Author: auburnwalker
Published articles: 17
Guitar performer and five-string banjo virtuoso Eddie Adcock has been one of bluegrass music’s finest and most revolutionary performers for over 40 years. He cut his musical teeth with Bill Monroe and Mac Wiseman, and as one-third of the groundbreaking trio The Country Gentlemen Eddie was the initial internationally acclaimed five-string bluegrass banjo player to …
The international acclaim of audiences and music critics alike has recognized Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995) as one of the industry’s truly stellar concert guitar players, and yet he is also well remembered as a showcased soloist with the Modern Jazz Quartet on two critically acclaimed world tours. From Beethoven and Bach to Bossa Nova, Broadway hits …
Welcome to the fascinating world of guitar chords and harmony! While this third report is not meant to replace any of the excellent guitar tab and guitar tablature harmony / theory books available that elaborate in greater detail, I think you will find it contains even more information that you can quickly and easily use …
Welcome to the fascinating world of guitar chords and harmony! While this report is not meant to replace any of the fine harmony / theory guitar tab and guitar tablature books available that elaborate in greater detail, I think you will find it contains information that you can quickly and easily use to enhance and …
Joe Pass is one of the finest jazz guitarists in the history of jazz music! A real virtuoso of all the idioms of jazz guitar music, he was equally at ease with a burning bebop line, a down home blues groove, a gentile “rubato” ballad, or a gorgeous chord melody solo. Pass was additionally extremely …
There are extremely few guitar players deserving of C.G.P. (Certified Guitar Player) status. As the founder of that elite club, Chet Atkins should know! And when Chet Atkins calls you “without a doubt, one of the most incredible guitar players on the planet”, you know you’re doing something right. Tommy Emmanuel has been doing many …
Jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery preferred the sound and responsiveness of an archtop electrical acoustic jazz guitar. He was closely identified throughout his career after 1960 with the Gibson L5 CES (Cutaway Electric Spanish) model, in various configurations. L5s are single cutaway (both Florentine or Venetian), deep bodied acoustic guitars with F-holes and two built in …
One of the most exciting facets of the guitar playing style of Wes Montgomery was his jazz chord technique! He had a natural born ability for chord melody solos and was able to seamlessly integrate improvised block chording into his solo playing – as in “Cariba”, “Sundown”, “Missile Blues” and many others that are still …
From the start, Wes Montgomery appeared to hear things differently on the guitar! Instead of pursuing the classic “plectrum” or “pickstyle” approach, he opted for a thicker, warmer sound created by playing the guitar strings with the fat part of his right hand thumb. He generated an uniquely personal sound in his single note guitar …
Jazz guitar performer Wes Montgomery cut his initial jazz guitar album as a leader for Riverside Record Company, thanks primarily to the passionate recommendation of saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. The recording sessions took place on October 5th and 6th, 1959 at Reeves Sound Studios in New York. The record, which was named “The Wes Montgomery Trio”, …