http://www.voicemagazine.org/articles/articledisplay.php?ART=8702Lorentz arrives to introduce the musicians. He then presents Giacomo Gates. Giacomo mounts the stage, folds his lanky frame onto a wooden bar stool, politely gives Bruce and John a song and a key, and launches into a standard. The experience of seeing and hearing him live after having listened to his recordings for a week is like walking from a closet into an arena. The man is a natural performer and his voice is better suited to spaces than to audio recordings. And in the one area that makes jazz performance so delightful to watch—that of group rapport—this little … Continue reading In Conversation with . . . Giacomo Gates, Part I