Deja Vu

Frank Vignola | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 6, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B00000IGRL
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,992 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. White Room

2. It's Too Late

3. I Shot The Sheriff

4. Deja Vu - Part One

5. Spain

6. Waiting For A Girl Like You

7. Deja Vu - Part Two

8. Deja Vu

9. Imagine

10. Walkin' On The Moon

11. Deja Vu - Part Three

12. Walk This Way

13. Alison

14. Deja Vu - Part Four

15. Dust In The Wind

Editorial Reviews

From Jazziz

Frank Vignola is another primarily straightahead electric guitarist who knows that an instrumental cover of a well-known hit is only as good as its arrangement. On Déjà Vu (Concord Vista), he gives the smooth-jazz, light-funk treatment to pop gems of the '70s and '80s. Although a few of the tunes are a little too-easy-listening (a take on Carole King's "It's too Late" is saved only by Vignola's improvisations at the end), Vignola mostly finds inventive ways to tackle these songs. Most notable is Kansas' folky hit "Dust in the Wind," here punched up with a brisk disco beat, a chanting female chorus, and a potent back and forth between Vignola's electric and a synth-horn section. Vignola then sets Foreigner's slow-dance smash "Waiting for a Girl Like You" to a 6/8 pace, and uses the tune to create an entirely new motif that he weaves throughout the track. Best of all, however, is a fiery spin on "Walk This Way," in which rumbling funk bass lines and distorted rock guitar stand a firm middle ground between the original Aerosmith version and the later Run DMC take.

--- JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Deja Vu, October 30, 2010

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This review is from: Deja Vu (Audio CD)

Frank Vignola is perhaps the most outstanding jazz guitarist of the decade and this collection of cover songs demonstrates his virtuosity in a very appealing variety of modern classics. Favorite and familiar songs performed in a unique way with some of the most amazing jazz guitar work you will get anywhere. You do not have to be a guitar player to appreciate the great tunes and musical genius captured in this collection. You don't have to even recognize these songs to love this music, but chances are you will do both again and again! This is the Really Good Stuff!