Jazz and the Classical Guitar

The duets in Ten Concert Pieces for Classic Guitar Duo are written in different musical styles and varying degrees of difficulty. In addition to several pieces emulating the Baroque and Classical periods the collectionincludes compositions inspired by the bossa nova jazz blues and even the musical cross-pollination of the stride piano style. Ideal for recital concert or festival settings audiences as well as intermediate to moderatelyadvanced guitarists will enjoy the timeless international flavor of these engaging original compositions. Written in standard notation only.

for Solo Guitar Vol. 1-This collection will help spark an interest in the development of an American repertoire for the classical guitar. Traditional Scottish and Irish tunes were transformed by the African rhythms of banjo players which in turninfluenced popular music and led to ragtime jazz and blues. The amount of folk music in America is staggering. The nineteenth century gave birth to many unique American styles and its songs are an important part of our musicalheritage. Even today quite a few of the tunes in this collection will seem very familiar. Written primarily in standard notation the exceptions being those tunes in altered tunings which logically appear in tablature only.

The composer says: Several musical threads led to my writing this piece of music to celebrate my friend Matanya Ophee's (AKA MO) 80th birthday - a life lived with the guitar. Jelly Roll Morton once asserted: 'In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning; I call it, for jazz.' Over the last couple of years I moved back to Jelly Roll Morton's city: New Orleans, home of my adolescence and reacquainted myself with the tinges of Spanish in its rich musical heritage. One of these pieces was the Mardi Gras Mambo, an iconic song frequently played during Mardi Gras and, in David Newman's reworking of the lyrics, at the New Orleans Saints football games as the Super Bowl Mambo. Uncited sources on both Wikipedia and Essortment say the word Mambo means 'conversation with the gods' in Kikongo, the language spoken by Central African slaves taken to Cuba where it became the name for a musical form and a dance style that developed originally in Cuba in the able hands of Cachao's (Bassist Orestes Lopez) tune: Danzon Mambo. This rhythmic style became famous in the 1950's following its use in dance bands in Mexico and through New Orleans to the United States. The infectiousness of the New Orleans re-interpretation of the Mambo's ostinato bass line and the reaction of people who are readily moved to dance when they hear it spoke to me of dance and celebration. This led me to choose some of this piece's characteristics and title for this piece: Mambo for MO. As we have progressed on the instrument, some of us may have encountered the four-chord descending minor chord progression known as the Andalusian cadence: i - VII - VI - V in many different genres and guises. After all, it appears in Ray Charles' Hit the Road, Jack, the verse on Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys, Walk, Don't Run by The Ventures, Runaway by Del Shannon and in that great work arranged and embraced by the Guitar: J.S. Bach's Chaconne from the Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004. This bass line derived from a Latin American musical style as reinterpreted in New Orleans, a chord progression that evokes the Flamenco Music of Spain, and my impressions of the sinuous lines of people dancing the Second Line in the streets of New Orleans at Mardi Gras led me to this synthesis as a tribute to a man who has contributed so much in his lifelong efforts for the guitar, its history and lore on the occasion of his birthday! Happy Birthday, Matanya! Carlos Barrientos was born on June 25, 1954 in Tela, Honduras. He began his formal music studies at the National Music Conservatory in Guatemala City, Guatemala C.A. His training with Maestro Elias Barreiro, Director of Guitar Studies at Tulane University, was supplemented with Master Classes with Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, Juan Mercadal, Michael Newman, Tommy Tedesco and Carlos Barbosa-Lima. He studied composition under the tutelage of Dr. Jerry Sieg, University of New Orleans, and Dr. Roy Johnson, Florida State University. He consulted with Michael D. Martin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, Albany State University, Albany, GA in the creation of a recordings library that reflects Western Art Music and American Jazz for the students at Albany State University. The New York Premiere of the First Movement of his Second Guitar Sonata was dedicated to and performed by Classical Guitarist Maestro Carlos Barbosa-Lima in 2003 at Carnegie Hall. At the request of U.S. Senator Bob Graham one of his compositions, Si Tu Te Vas (If You Go Away), was included on a recording to promote The Everglades Trail. In 2004, at the American Church in Paris, France the World Premiere of his Romance for Flute and Guitar was performed by the award-winning Serenade Duo, flutist Michelle LaPorte and guitarist Gerry Saulter. He has performed with such legendary musicians as Herbie Mann, Donald Byrd and Debbie Reynolds, led an on stage Renaissance Trio in a University of New Orleans production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and played incidental music for their production of Bertold Brecht's The Good Woman of Sichuan. He has performed Carulli's Guitar Concerto in A, Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story and Marvin Hamlish's A Chorus Line with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL, and with the Southern Art Music Ensemble, a Jazz/Latin Fusion Sextet, including an Honors Convocation in Atlanta for Mr. Ted Turner. He has been a guest performer with the Albany State University Jazz Ensemble at The Fletcher Henderson Jr., Macon and Atlanta Jazz Festivals, and played the banjo in the Albany State University /Albany Symphony's co-production of George Gershwin's Opera Porgy and Bess.

Par VINITSKY ALEXANDER. These 21 original pieces for classical guitar feature bright melodies, convenient fingering, and exquisite harmonies. They are composed so that their performance gives an impression of two or three instruments sounding simultaneously. The collection contains 12 12-bar blues, all in different keys, at an intermediate level - a difficult etude in blues form - and six jazz preludes which are easy to intermediate. Written in notation only. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Jazz and Blues - Solos / Recueil / Guitare Classique

Classically trained jazz guitarist Diego Barber presents five well-developed themes and a 3-movement solo sonata transcribed from his outstanding commercial CD recordings: Calima One Minute Later Tales and The Choice. Two of the tracks “Elvira Maria” and the 3-movement Sonata “Banc d’Arguin” are strictly guitar solos while “Richi” is a solo accompaniedby light percussion. “Kilian’s Mountain” is a reduced score of an extended duet with a pianist and “Desierto” and “Virgianna” include expert sidemen on saxophone bass and drums.The music ventures from complex melody-chord textures to hard-swinging grooves all played with spontaneity and a heightened awareness of time dynamics color technique and tone. Even seasoned guitarists will find thesepieces rhythmically and technically challenging but they provide a roadmap to the recordings and rare insight to the workings of a unique musical mind. Diego Barber’s Compositions for ClassicalGuitar are written in standard notation only with online access to stellar solo and ensemble recordings. About Sonata “Banc d’Arguin” … Diego Barber is a native ofLanzarote in the Canary Islands just off the northeast coast of Africa; in writing Sonata “Banc d’Arguin ” the main solo piece in this collection he was inspired by the major cities Nouadhibouand Nouakchott the Banc d’Arguin National Park and the desert of the West African country of Mauritania.

Jazz Favorites For Classic Guitar - Christiansen Corey (Edited). Par CHRISTIANSEN COREY. Dix-sept ans de jazz normes arrangés pour guitare classique avec la contribution de John Carlini, Thomas Heck, Kirk Hanser et Stephen Rekas. Ecrit en notation standard avec doigtés, ces belles mélodies intermédiaires servent comme matériau pratique parfait pour les guitaristes classiques qui veulent ajouter de la musique jazz à leur répertoire. Chansons comprennent : How High la Lune, Days of Wine et Roses, toutes les choses vous êtes et plus. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Jazz - Solos / Recueil / Guitare Classique et Fingerpick

Par TISSERAND THIERRY. / Niveau : Assez Facile / classique / Répertoire / Guitare

of Guitar Solos-Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995) belongs to an elite group of Brazilian/American guitarists who by composing important works for the guitar reinstated the instrument in his native country as worthy of serious musical study.Stylistically his compositions synthesize his classical background Afro-Brazilian rhythms traditional Brazilian music and American jazz. This collection presents Almeida's solos preserving the original left and right handfingerings. The fingering is unique and tells us something about his skills as a professional guitarist. It also reflects the Brazilian school of guitar technique in the 1930's. Written in standard notation only.

Theory And Application. Par HATFIELD KEN. Cet ouvrage est conçu pour familiariser les guitaristes classiques avec le vocabulaire musical du jazz et d'encourager les guitaristes de jazz pour explorer les sonorités magnifiques et le potentiel expressif illimité de la guitare classique. La première moitié du livre contient les explications théoriques axées sur l'analyse harmonique des types de modifications de la corde et les formes de chanson on rencontre régulièrement du répertoire jazz, puisqu'il démontre l'application de toutes les douze notes de la gamme chromatique à une corde dans toute situation. La seconde moitié du livre est composée de Ken Hatfield compositions originales et transcriptions de ses solos improvisés. Tant les mélodies et les solos transcrits démontrent comment le matériel théorique dans la première moitié du livre peut être habilement appliqué dans le contexte des compositions représentant les trois genres musicaux qui ont servi de sources de renouvellement tout au long de l'histoire du jazz profonde et illustres : blues, les changements de rythme et normes. Le compagnon de 14-piste... / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Jazz - Methods / Recueil / Guitare Classique

Jazz Favorites For Classic Guitar-Jazz Goes Classic: Jazzy Favorites For Classic Guitar contains 17 jazz standards arranged for classic Guitar with contributions from John Carlini Thomas Heck Kirk Hanser and Stephen Rekas.Written instandard notation with fingerings these fine intermediate tunes serve as the perfect practice material for classic guitarists who want to add jazz music to their repertoire. Songs include How High the Moon Days of Wine andRoses All the Things You Are and more.

Leichte bis mittelschwere Etüden-Paul Coles' 26 Melodic Studies are designed to help the student to develop a basic technique based upon the traditional teachings of renowned guitarists Francisco Tárrega Fernando Sor and Mauro Giuliani to name but a few. The studies progress from relatively easy to more demanding pieces so it is an album designed to accompany the student on their journey as they advance from an initial to an intermediate standard. The contemporary style of the music is tuneful and light making the featured pieces both fun and interesting to play and fingerings have been carefully considered for accuracy and ease of facility. 'PaulColes brings to these studies his combined skills as composer guitar player and teacher and sets out a clear technical and musical route map for the student to achieve excellent results.More than plain studies he uses a pleasing and up-to-date musical language. Here are some pieces with catchy melodies jazzy harmonic turns and foot-tapping rhythms.I am sure they will inspire the student to learn and enjoy at the same time an ideal combination.' - Carlos Bonell International guitarist arranger and teacher