LAGQ Live!

Mel Bay is pleased to present the long-awaited publication of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet's 'loose' arrangement of the Pachelbel Canon for four Guitars. Originally intended as an inside joke for the LAGQ members this cleverand comical send-up of Pachelbel's beautiful (and somewhat overplayed) melody has become a standard LAGQ encore and an internet sensation. Featured in performance on the Mel Bay DVD LAGQ Live at the Sheldon this uniquearrangement presents the pristine Baroque theme and then adapts it in a number of unexpected musical styles: Reggae salsa bluegrass jazz flamenco disco and even punk. This is the only arrangement in the LAGQ repertoire thatwas a true group-project with all four members (John Dearman William Kanengiser Scott Tennant and Andrew York) contributing; as a special bonus new LAGQ member Matt Greif has added an alternative solo for the jazz section. Carefully notated to capture the nuances of LAGQ's stylistic flair the parts are presented in standard notation as well as in tablature for those less familiar with note-reading. It's a challenging and fun re-imagining of atimeless classic. All five parts the score and four Guitar parts are in the book. Also access to online PDF of the Guitar parts 2 3 and 4 available.

The Grammy-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet teams up with legendary comedian Phil Proctor (of Firesign Theatre fame) to create a unique synthesis of virtuoso narrative and musicianship in ?The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote:Words and Music from the Time of Cervantes.? In telling the story of the famous knight of La Mancha Mr. Proctor gives a tour-de-force dramatic performance creating over a dozen different characters from the novel (includingthe quixotic gentleman and his trusty squire Sancho Panza). Accompanying the action LAGQ plays brilliant new arrangements (by LAGQ member William Kanengiser) of pieces from Spain?s Golden Age music that Cervantes could haveheard during his lifetime. Included are some of the ?Greatest Hits of the Spanish Renaissance ? including favorites like ?Gaurdame las Vacas? and ?Ludovico?s Harp.? In a multi-media presentation the words and music mergetogether to take the listener on journey into Cervantes? world giving the full measure of the humor pathos and surrealism of this most beloved story. As a special bonus LAGQ plays a mini-recital of the ever-popular ?Barber ofSeville Overture? by Rossini and ?Carmen Suite? by Bizet. Filmed in front of a live audience at the Sheldon Theater in St. Louis this is a truly innovative and unforgettable theatrical event.