If Bajo el Sol is the album that captured listeners’ attention, Alma Vieja is the album that kept it—and the reviews prove there’s a lot more of Hewitt to come…
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- “Amazing!” Chris Mann of Smoothjazz.de (United Kingdom)
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- “…Hewitt’s music is immensely listenable, hugely entertaining and offers many a new twist to the genre…” Bill Binkelman – Retailing Insight.com
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- “Arguably the best guitarist to ever hail from DFW area…” Mark Beneventi of Lit Monthly
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- “The music or Russ Hewitt is filled with sunshine and with ‘Alma Vieja,’ it seems certain the the warm glow of attention will once again be very much on him.” Denis Poole – Smooth Jazz Therapy (United Kingdom)
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- “Russ Hewitt is one of the best guitar players out there right now, and you NEED to know him.” Scott Itter of DrMusic.org
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- “Originality seems to be a very definite and integral part of Hewitt’s overall appeal and style.” Ronald Jackson of thesmoothjazzride.com
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- “…knows how to bring the joy of Latin Jazz, Flamenco, Cuban or south American into the new and more modern dimension…” Randy K of jazzuality.com (Indonesia)
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- “A passionate enthusiastic album full of Flamenco exhilarations and zeal.” Scott Thomas – Guitarz Forvever.com
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- “Hewitt dazzles with his usual deft flamenco jazz sound…” Robert Silverstein of MWE3.com
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- “Hewitt continues to fuse his Nuevo Flamenco style with Latin and jazz themes with a very light touch of rock and roll attitude making his musical style unique and different to that of his peers.” Mike Debbage of Mainlypiano.com
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- “There are 11 sparkling tunes and i can guarantee that you’ll fall in love with Russ’s talent-filled playing.” Rotcod Zzaj of Zzaj Productions.com
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- “…the sound is rich and bursting with superb musicianship.” John M Peters of the-borderland.co.uk (United Kingdom)
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- “This second record work of Russ Hewitt comes to consolidate its artistic race like virtuoso of the guitar.” Javier Garcia Escamez of nosolosmoothjazz.com (Spain)
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- “Bravo to Russ Hewitt for his second guitar masterpiece!” Kathy Parsons of MainlyPiano.com
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- “The tempo is perfect making the songs both energizing and relaxing, and Hewitts guitar playing is effortlessly fluid.” Mike Cavanaugh, All Access Magazine
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- “Contemporary wizard of the Flamenco and Smooth Jazz genres…” The Sound Guitar Magazine interview
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- “…Hewitt has just the right mix of smoke and fire to keep it caliente enough to keep you coming back without burning your tongue.” Chris Spector of Midwestrecord.com
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- “…able to delve into the very soul of this music and extract something that you can mold into a solidly creative production.” Bluelover – The blues/that Jazz
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- “…in row with the most outstanding flamenco masters of the present.” SergeKozlovsky.com (Belarus)
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- “Hewitt once again shows why he’s a true virtuoso that can bring the Nuevo Flamenco and all its extension in the modern way at its best.” jazzuality interview
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- “A superb guitarist…” Ieesha Chandler of Cover2Cover.com
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- 22 “Do your soul a favor and go listen.” EmilyFide of Faithfully yours
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- “Beautiful Album…Highly recommend getting your hand on this one.” Distracked. Music Blog
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- Interview by Zzaj Productions
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- Interview by Venue Anthology