Solo Guitar Recommendations
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| Martin Taylor, Tuck Andress, and Steven King (not the
writer) are three of the living jazz fingerstylists of
our era. Their solo efforts fall within the genre in jazz
guitar spurred by the late great master Joe Pass. This
album, and the two-CD Virtuoso #4, were all recorded in
three days of November 16, 26, and 30 1973. Yet
recordings from those sessions remain to be definitive,
groundbreaking, and will always remain as the benchmark
for the solo jazz guitar genre. The guitar playing in this album is spontaneous and unpredictable, yet the harmonic sense can only come from someone who is very fluent in the jazz language. Each cut is a true gem. The classical guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk loves this guru. This is a classic, Joe Pass is a genius. |
"Solo Electric Blues Guitar"
features ten original solo blues guitar arrangements from
jazz guitarist Scott Foster. In this recording, Scott
applies his ability to simultaneously play bass lines,
chords and melody to a wide variety of blues styles.
Blues and jazz lovers will appreciate this collection of
fun, easy to listen to blues songs from this accomplished
fingerstyle guitarist. |
In recent years, Chet Atkins has shared albums with Mark Knopfler, Suzy Bogguss, and Jerry Reed, but the veteran guitarist recorded this 1996 disc just the way the title suggests: Almost Alone. Aside from the strings added to several cuts, only 3 of the 13 numbers feature any musicians other than Atkins. And on 11 of the tracks, only one Chet Atkins is present; in other words, those tracks feature a single take without overdubs. When it works, this minimalist format allows us to enjoy Atkins at his best--just 10 fingers and 6 strings. Unfortunaltely, hecan't resist his lifelong temptation to clutter up arrangements with sugary string charts. Still, he dazzles on such unaccompanied pieces as his own pretty pop tune "Happy Again" and Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek." |
