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Showing posts with label Guitarists. Show all posts

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Chet Atkins – Trambone : The Nashville "A" Team Collection

 


The Chet Atkins Story, 1946-52

1-1 Chet Atkins– Guitar Blues (Pickin' The Blues)

1-2 Chet Atkins– I've Been Working On The Guitar

1-3 Chet Atkins– Hybrid Corn

1-4 Chet Atkins– Theme From "The Third Man"

1-5 Chet Atkins– Memphis Blues

1-6 Chet Atkins– Country Gentleman

1-7 Chet Atkins– City Slicker

1-8 Chet Atkins– Wildwood Flower

1-9 Chet Atkins– Red Wing

1-10 Chet Atkins– San Antonio Rose

1-11 Chet Atkins– Mr. Sandman

1-12 Chet Atkins With Hank Snow– Silver Bell

1-13 Chet Atkins– Ochi Chornya

1-14 Chet Atkins– The Poor People Of Paris (Jean's Song)

1-15 Chet Atkins With Hank Snow– New Spanish Two-Step

1-16 Chet Atkins– Trambone

1-17 Chet Atkins– Malaguena

1-18 Chet Atkins– Tiger Rag

1-19 Chet Atkins– Czardas

1-20 Chet Atkins– Armen's Theme

1-21 Chet Atkins– Boo Boo Stickbeat

1-22 Chet Atkins– I Know That You Know

1-23 Chet Atkins– Teensville

1-24 Chet Atkins– One Mint Julep

1-25 Chet Atkins– Night Train

1-26 Chet Atkins– Slinkey

1-27 Chet Atkins– The Streets Of Laredo

1-28 Chet Atkins– Theme From "The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs"

1-29 Chet Atkins– Hot Mocking Bird

1-30 Chet Atkins– Going Home

1-31 Chet Atkins– Man Of Mystery

1-32 Chet Atkins– Salty Dog Rag

1-33 Chet Atkins– Yellow Bird

1-34 Chet Atkins– Drown In My Own Tears


Sessions & Productions, 1950-62

2-1 Hank Williams– Cold Cold Heart

2-2 The Carlisles– No Help Wanted

2-3 Webb Pierce– There Stands The Glass

2-4 Eddy Arnold– Hep Cat Baby

2-5 Kitty Wells– Thou Shalt Not Steal

2-6 The Louvin Brothers– When I Stop Dreaming

2-7 Charline Arthur– Burn That Candle

2-8 Elvis Presley– Money Honey

2-9 Anita Carter– He's A Real Gone Guy

2-10 Dave Rich– Tuggin' On My Heart Strings

2-11 The Browns – I Heard The Bluebirds Sing

2-12 Melvin Endsley– I Like Your Kind Of Love

2-13 Janis Martin – Two Long Years

2-14 Jim Reeves– Four Walls

2-15 Jean Chapel– Oo-Ba La Baby

2-16 Don Gibson– Blue, Blue Day

2-17 'Nita, Rita & Ruby– (He Said Yeah) Baby You're The One

2-18 The Everly Brothers*– Wake Up Little Susie

2-19 Sammy Salvo– Say Yeah

2-20 Hank Locklin– It's A Little More Like Heaven

2-21 Autry Inman– Mary Nell

2-22 Johnnie & Jack*– Lonely Island Pearl

2-23 Roy Orbison– Almost Eighteen

2-24 Jack Clement– Edge Of Town

2-25 Floyd Robinson– Out Of Gas

2-26 Floyd Cramer– On The Rebound

2-27 Sonny James– Apache

2-28 John D. Loudermilk– Language Of Love

2-29 Jimmy Elledge– Funny How Time Slips Away

2-30 George Hamilton IV– If You Don't Know, I Ain't Gonna Tell You

2-31 Skeeter Davis– End Of The World

2-32 Roger Miller– Trouble On The Turnpike

2-33 Porter Wagoner– I've Enjoyed As Much Of This As I Can Stand

2-34 Bobby Bare– I'd Fight The World

Chet Atkins – Trambone

Sunday, December 28, 2025

Jean-Pierre Sasson - A French Bop-Chorus Master

 


Jean-Pierre Sasson (1918-1999) was a magnificent yet often overlooked figure in the history of French jazz guitar. Despite his remarkable contributions during the golden era of French jazz in the 1950s, Sasson’s legacy has sadly faded from memory. In 1939, he took his first steps into the professional music scene, initially drawn to the strong personality of Django Reinhardt, but ultimately developing his style based on the schools of Teddy Bunn and Al Casey. Listening to them, Sasson learned to interpret the blues with an authentically black spirit.

Amid the upheavals of World War II, Sasson moved to London in 1940, where he continued to interact with the English jazz scene until he joined the R.A.F., serving as captain-pilot until the end of World War II. Upon returning to France in 1946, Sasson was captivated by Charlie Christian’s electrically amplified guitar, and single-string solo technique, marking a crucial moment in Sasson’s musical evolution. Later, in the early 1950s, Sasson did not evade the significant influence, both in terms of rhythm and harmony, that Jimmy Raney and Tal Farlow exerted on many French guitarists and modern jazz in general. Nevertheless, Sasson gradually distanced himself from these influences to forge his own versatile path.

As a jazzman, Sasson’s significant quality lay in an attack that is both flexible and incisive, generating swing with great ease of execution. His delightful sound evolved somewhat over the years, parallel to his evolving style. The guitarist with the most recorded jazz sessions in France, for whom his entire approach was dedicated to one objective: producing swing. —Jordi Pujol

01 Jumpin' With Sass - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

02 Blues - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

03 J.P.Special - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

04 Blues Is Yellow - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

05 I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town  - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

06 Morning Noon And Night - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

07 Woke Up This Morning - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

08 Blue Suede Shoes - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

09 Let's Rock And Roll - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

10 Rockie Et Lollie - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

11 Artillerie Lourde - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

12 Jumpin' At Pleyel - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

13 Sass Is Groovy - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

14 Paris Blues - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

15 Slightly Old Fashionned - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

16 Fascinating Blues - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

17 Bluebird Blues - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

18 Minor Blues - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

19 Lucky T - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

20 I Want A Little Girl - Jean-Pierre Sasson 

21 Une Petite Salade - Jean-Pierre Sasson 


Jean-Pierre Sasson - A French Bop-Chorus Master



Monday, August 22, 2022

Eddie Condon - 1930-1944...Giants of Jazz compilation

 


Albert Edwin Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang.

He was based in Chicago for most of the 1920s, and played with such jazz notables as Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden, and Frank Teschemacher. He and Red McKenzie formed the Chicago Rhythm Kings in 1925. While in Chicago, Condon and other white musicians would go to Lincoln Gardens to watch and learn from King Oliver and his band. They later would frequent the Sunset Café to see Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five for the same reasons.

In 1928, Condon moved to New York City. He frequently arranged jazz sessions for the record companies, sometimes playing with the artists he brought to the recording studios, including Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller. He organised racially integrated recording sessions—when these were still rare—with Fats Waller, Armstrong and Henry 'Red' Allen. He played with the band of Red Nichols for a time. Later, from 1938, he had a long association with Milt Gabler's Commodore Records.



Eddie Condon - 1930-1944

Monday, December 7, 2015

Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti 1920's and 1930's Sides Volumes One and Two



Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti were masters of their instruments (guitar and violin, respectively). They were pioneers in the "string swing" type of jazz, almost a decade before Django and Stephane Grappelli started doing it over in France (admitting to have been influenced by Lang and Venuti). Only a few of the selections on these two discs are popular tunes of the day, most of the others are compositions of those performing (and it's not just Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang--we also hear Jimmy Dorsey, Frankie Trumbauer, Rube Bloom, Adrian Rollini, and some others on some of the "Blue Four" tracks). These recordings were ahead of their time, and they hold up remarkably well today.

Thanks to the excellent remastering by John R. T. Davies, the recordings sound fresher than other re-issues. Joe Venuti's high-pitched harmonics come through sparkling clear as a bell, and Adrian Rollini's bass sax is so warm and rounded, it's the best thing we have to hearing the group perform live. Most of the tracks on the disc have the same overall texture. If you like one, you'll like 'em all. 

Disc: 1
  1. Black And Blue Bottom - Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti
  2. Stringing The Blues - Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti
  3. Stringing The Blues - Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti
  4. Wild Cat - Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti
  5. Sunshine - Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti
  6. Doin' Things - Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti/Arthur Schutt
  7. Goin Places - Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti/Arthur Schutt
  8. Kickin' The Cat
  9. Beatin' The Dog
  10. Cheese And Crackers
  11. A Mug Of Ale
  12. Penn Beach Blues - Joe Venuti/Don Murray/Frank Signorelli/Eddie Lang/Justin Ring
  13. Four String Joe - Joe Venuti/Don Murray/Frank Signorelli/Eddie Lang/Justin Ring
  14. Dinah
  15. The Wild Dog
  16. The Man From The South
  17. Pretty Trix
  18. Doin' Things
  19. Wild Cat
  20. The Blue Room
  21. A Sensation

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Disc: 2
  1. My Honey's Lovin' Arms
  2. Goin' Home
  3. Runnin' Ragged (Bamboozlin' The Bassoon)
  4. Apple Blossoms
  5. Raggin' The Scale
  6. Put And Take
  7. Put And Take
  8. The Wild Dog
  9. Really Blue
  10. I've Found A New Baby
  11. Sweet Sue-Just You
  12. Pardon Me Pretty Baby
  13. Little Girl
  14. Little Buttercup (I'll Never Be The Same)
  15. Tempi Di Modernage
  16. There's No Other Girl - Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys
  17. Now That I Need You You're Gone - Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys
  18. The Wolf Wobble - Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys
  19. To To Blues - Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys
  20. Doin' Things - Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys
  21. Wild Cat - Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Django Reinhardt...40 Breathtaking Recordings


Jean "Django" Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer. He was born in Liberchies, Pont-Ă -Celles, Belgium, into a family of Manouche Romani descent. Reinhardt's nickname "Django", in the Romani language, means "I awake." Reinhardt spent most of his youth in Romani (Gypsy) encampments close to Paris, playing banjo, guitar and violin from an early age.

Reinhardt is often regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time and is the first important European jazz musician who made major contributions to the development of the idiom. Using only the index and middle fingers of his left hand on his solos (his third and fourth fingers were paralyzed after an injury in a fire), Reinhardt invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique (sometimes called 'hot' jazz guitar) that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture. With violinist Stéphane Grappelli, he co-founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France, described by critic Thom Jurek as "one of the most original bands in the history of recorded jazz."Reinhardt's most popular compositions have become jazz standards, including "Minor Swing", "Daphne", "Belleville", "Djangology", "Swing '42", and "Nuages".


This collection contains the best of his immortal recordings with Stephane Grappelli together with other highlights illustrating his instrumental prowess.