John James: Descriptive Guitar Instrumentals - COMPACT DISCS

John James: Descriptive Guitar Instrumentals - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Descriptive Guitar Instrumentals Artist: John James Label: Stefan Grossman's Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 725543173720 Genre: Folk Release Date: 2013 10 15 Number of Discs: 1 This is one of those albums that excited me from the word go. When John and I first discussed the possibilities of his recording I was very pleased. You see, John James is one of the most creative and important acoustic guitar players performing and living in Europe

Title: Descriptive Guitar Instrumentals
Artist: John James
Label: Stefan Grossman's
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 725543173720
Genre: Folk
Release Date: 2013-10-15
Number of Discs: 1

This is one of those albums that excited me from the word go. When John and I first discussed the possibilities of his recording I was very pleased. You see, John James is one of the most creative and important acoustic guitar players performing and living in Europe today. His music owes little to the days of Davey Graham and Bert Jansch. These were the English guitar heroes of ten years ago. Instead John's music has traveled a path derived from folk music, ragtime and jazz sounds. From these sources he has developed a very unique and beautiful style of playing as well as composing. Once we had recorded all the material for this album I knew we had a proverbial "hot platter" on our hands. Finally, the complete talents of John James seemed to have been captured on record. All of his skills as a guitarist, arranger, and composer were clearly present. Plus, John was happy to transcribe his solos into tablature and we have prepared a PDF booklet, that accompanies this album, which features these pieces. This will certainly bring joy to guitarists who have struggled to learn John's intricate instrumentals.

Tracks:
1.1 Trio
1.2 New Nothynge
1.3 Rumble
1.4 First Meeting
1.5 Hanna's Skipping Song
1.6 From the Bridge
1.7 Of Days Gone By
1.8 Guitar Jump
1.9 Feet on the Ground
1.10 Bumpass Stomp
1.11 Gazing High
1.12 You and I Across the Water
1.13 When I Was Young and Easy
1.14 [CD-ROM Track] [Multimedia Track]