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Mickey Baker, Guitarist, Is Dead at 87 – Complete Course in Jazz Guitar

Mickey Baker, who was an influential guitarist, has died at the age of 87 in France. He has played in many recordings and influenced many younger guitarists. He has also published some widely used instruction books for jazz guitar: Mickey Baker’s Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 1 (Ashley Publications) Mickey Baker’s Complete Course in […]

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Bert Weedon – The Guitar Sound of the Sixties – Play in a Day

On April 20, 2012 Bert Weedon has passed away. Weedon was a very influetial guitarist in Great Britain, his instructional book Play in a Day has served many important guitarists including Paul McCarney and Eric Clapton to learn to play their instrument. Wikipedia: Herbert Maurice William ‘Bert’ Weedon, OBE (10 May 1920 – 20 April 2012)

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The Invention of the Electric Guitar – Great Online Feature of the Lemelson Center

Electric guitars were first used during the 1930s, today an electric guitar can be found in almost every rock band. A great online feature about the invention of the electric guitar can be found at the site of the Lemelson Center: Sometimes, but typically it is a far more complex process. Amplifying the sound of

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A Concert with Sebastiao Tapajos – A Great Guitar Player from Brazil

Sebastiao Tapajos is a guitarist from Brazil who played frequently in Germany too. I am sure that I have attended one of his concerts in the 70s in Freiburg. An interesting fact that I have found in a blog about Sebastiao Tapajos is that he played a concert as a repetition of one of his

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Bill Frisell – Concert at the NPR – Bill Frisell Trio On JazzSet – Tiny Desk Concert 2012

One year ago the guitarist Bill Frisell has recorded a one hour concert with the NPR. I had written about this in my German blog www.gezupftes.de, but I have just found that I did not make an English version for this blog. Now I have just found a new Tiny Desk Concert with three Beatles

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Famous Ragtime Guitar Solos * Ton van Bergeyk * Produced by Stefan Grossman

When I searched for pieces by Abe Holzmann I have found a video of a ragtime guitar solo by Ton van Bergeyk – Smokey Mokes. This piece is contained in the collection Famous Guitar Ragtime Solos that has been produced in the 1970s by Stefan Grossman. The complete Album is available at youtube – you

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The Duo Siqueira Lima – A Great Guitar Duo from Uruguay and Brazil

Talentos – Duo Siqueira Lima A TV- show from Brazil with the guitar duo Siqueira Lima. This duo plays an interesting repertoir of Brazilian and classical guitar music. In this program the duo plays mainly the Brazilian pieces, pieces by Baden Powell, Pixinguinha (Um a Zero), Astor Piazzolla but also a piece by Andrew York.

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Guitarre-Solostücke by Josef Kellner (um 1900) – Bavarian Folk Music for Guitar – Free Download

Recently I have added a scan with music for classical guitar to my website www.mandoisland.de as a free download. The book is Guitarre-Solostücke Leicht arrangiert von Josef Kellner Heft 4 This selection of guitar music has been published around 1900 in Munich. I do only own this part 4. On the title page you can

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Glenn Jones – Of Its Own Kind – A Great Fingerpicking Guitar Solo – New CD “The Wanting”

I have recently discovered the Tiny Desk Concert video with guitarist and banjo player Glenn Jones. You can watch this video at NPR and download the audio version. http://www.npr.org/event/music/145511760/glenn-jones-tiny-desk-concert It is also available as youtube video: Glenn Jones: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts The following text can be found on the NPR site: Glenn Jones

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Bantu by Andrew York for Guitar Quartet – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ)

Bantu is the name of a piece for four guitars by Andrew York. I have dicovered this piece on the CD Labyrinth by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Like in Rumba by Stepan Rak the guitars are also used as percussion instruments. Andrew York has been a member of the LAGQ for many years. He

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