Featuring: Martin Taylor, Tommy Crook, Jim Nichols, Duck Baker & Woody Mann

Records by Charlie Byrd, Lenny Breau, George Van Eps, Laurindo Almieda, and Joe Pass have set a very high standard for solo fingerstyle jazz guitar, and it is from this vantage point that the solo flights of Taylor, Crook, Nichols, Baker, and Mann take wing.

Each player has developed a distinctly different approach to interpreting and writing jazz for solo guitar by listening intently to numerous other musicians and composers - pianists, horn players, bassists, and singers as well as many guitarists in jazz, blues and other styles. What distinguishes them from more traditional jazz guitarists (who more or less function as a linear voice in an ensemble) is their ability to play (or imply) all aspects of the music - rhythm, chords, bass, and melody - without accompaniment. Their performances not only demonstrate their technical brilliance and imagination, they are a testament to the enduring power and beauty of jazz guitar in its current evolution as a major instrumental force in American music.

Titles include:

Martin Taylor
Shining Stockings
My Funny Valentine
Just Squeeze Me

Tommy Crook
Melody Of Birdland
All The Things You Are
It Had To Be You
Wave

Jim Nichols
Can't Take That Away From Me
East Of The Sun
Taste Of Honey
Here's That Rainy Day

Duck Baker
Back Home In Indiana
Forty Ton Parachute
Out Of The Past
Seven Point one

Woody Mann
Mr. Guitar
Uptown Tales
Gypsy Girl
Cat Burglar

Downloadable pdf booklet available here.

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