Vestapol 13064
ISBN: 1-57940-972-50 1167130649 0Martin Taylor
Shining Stockings
My Funny Valentine
Just Squeeze Me
Tommy Crook
Melody Of Birdland
All The Things You Are
It Had To Be You
Wave
Jim Nichols
Can't Take That Away From Me
East Of The Sun
Taste Of Honey
Here's That Rainy Day
Duck Baker
Back Home In Indiana
Forty Ton Parachute
Out Of The Past
Seven Point one
Woody Mann
Mr. Guitar
Uptown Tales
Gypsy Girl
Cat Burglar
Running time: 77 minutes • Color
Cover photos by Anna Grossman
Nationally distributed by Rounder Records,
One Camp Street, Cambridge, MA 02140
Representation to Music Stores by
Mel Bay Publications
© 2003 Vestapol Productions
A division of
Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, Inc.Records by Charlie Byrd, Lenny Breau, George
Van Eps, Laurindo Almieda, and Joe Pass have
set a very high standard for solo fingerstyle jazz
guitar, and it is from this vantage point that
the solo flights of Taylor, Crook, Nichols, Baker,
and Mann take wing. Each player has
developed a distinctly different approach to
interpreting and writing jazz for solo guitar by
listening intently to numerous other musicians
and composers – pianists, horn players,
bassists, and singers as well as many guitarists
in jazz, blues and other styles. What
distinguishes them from more traditional jazz
guitarists (who more or less function as a linear
voice in an ensemble) is their ability to play
(or imply) all aspects of the music – rhythm,
chords, bass, and melody – without
accompaniment. Their performances not only
demonstrate their technical brilliance and
imagination, they are a testament to the
enduring power and beauty of jazz guitar in its
current evolution as a major instrumental force
in American music.