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Legends (CD)

By: George Van Eps (Artist) and Johnny Smith (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Legends (CD) Album By George Van Eps (Artist) and Jo...
1   I'm Old Fashioned
2   Macho's Lullaby
3   Round Midnight
4   Wally's Waltz
5   Black, Black, Black
6   Golden Earrings
7   Romance De Los Pinos
8   Nortena
9   Maid With The Flaxen Hair
10   Waltz
11   Old Castle, The
12   Sevilla
13   Cheek To Cheek - (with George Van Eps)
14   Foggy Day, A - (with George Van Eps)
15   Tangerine - (with George Van Eps)
16   Sunny - (with George Van Eps)
17   Why Was I Born? - (with George Van Eps)
18   I Didn't Know What Time It Was - (with George Van Eps)
19   Tea For Two - (with George Van Eps)
20   Man I Love, The - (with George Van Eps)
21   For You - (with George Van Eps)
22   I Hadn't Anyone Till You - (with George Van Eps)
23   I Could Write A Book - (with George Van Eps)
 

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Review

JazzTimes (12/94, p.117) - "...Having these two masters 'alone together' gives us two portraits of the art and craft of solo guitar....Smith is more...jazz, classical, folk and Spanish music...Van Eps known for his seven-string guitar and harmonic inventiveness...sticks to jazz standards..."

Title Note

Personnel: Johnny Smith (acoustic guitar), George Van Eps (electric 7-string guitar).

Students of jazz guitar are inevitably drawn to those sultans of swing Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery, whose playing approximated the rhythmic excitement and melodic intricacy of horn players such as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. But there is a parallel tradition in which the guitar is treated less as a horn than as an orchestral instrument, and with the release of LEGENDS, listeners are treated to an exemplary recital by two fabled chord melody masters. Both deploy a full array of moving bass lines, harmonically sophisticated chord changes and supple melodic variations to make their treatments of classical pieces and American popular songs come alive.

Johnny Smith, performing on an acoustic arch-top 6-string guitar, evokes Andres Segovia in his treatment of classics by Albeniz, Ponce, Mussorgsky and Debussy, while bravura interpretations of "Round Midnight" and "Golden Earrings" demonstrate Smith's sweeping emotional range, impeccable ear for chordal color and crystalline picking attack. On the other hand, George Van Eps, employing an electric-acoustic arch-top 7-string, treats his instrument almost like a piano. Expansive performances such as "A Foggy Day," "Tea For Two" and "The Man I Love" are remarkable for the guitarist's harmonic juggling, as he keeps multiple voices moving in contrary motion with a beautifully nuanced timbre, dreamy melodic relaxation, and nary a wasted note. LEGENDS is a perfect recording.

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