Name: Pioneers of the Jazz Guitar
Brand: Yazoo
SKU: 63376
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Pioneers of the Jazz Guitar

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Album: Pioneers of the Jazz Guitar
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Handful of Riffs - Eddie Lang/Lonnie Johnson
2)	Feeling My Way - Eddie Lang/Carl Kress
3)	Teasing the Frets - Nick Lucas
4)	Hot Fingers - Eddie Lang/Lonnie Johnson
5)	Hittin' on All Six - Tony Gottuso/John Cali/Tony Guttuso
6)	Picking the Guitar - Nick Lucas
7)	Have to Change Keys (To Play These Blues) - Eddie Lang/Lonnie Johnson
8)	Chasing a Buck - Dick McDonough
9)	Chicken a la Swing - Dick McDonough/Carl Kress
10)	Satan Takes a Holiday - Tony Gottuso/John Cali/Tony Guttuso
11)	Stage Fright - Dick McDonough/Carl Kress
12)	Dick Bernstein Ramble - Dick McDonough
13)	Heat Wave - Dick McDonough/Carl Kress
14)	Study in Brown, A - Tony Gottuso/John Cali/Tony Guttuso

Album: Pioneers of the Jazz Guitar
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Handful of Riffs - Eddie Lang/Lonnie Johnson
2)	Feeling My Way - Eddie Lang/Carl Kress
3)	Teasing the Frets - Nick Lucas
4)	Hot Fingers - Eddie Lang/Lonnie Johnson
5)	Hittin' on All Six - Tony Gottuso/John Cali/Tony Guttuso
6)	Picking the Guitar - Nick Lucas
7)	Have to Change Keys (To Play These Blues) - Eddie Lang/Lonnie Johnson
8)	Chasing a Buck - Dick McDonough
9)	Chicken a la Swing - Dick McDonough/Carl Kress
10)	Satan Takes a Holiday - Tony Gottuso/John Cali/Tony Guttuso
11)	Stage Fright - Dick McDonough/Carl Kress
12)	Dick Bernstein Ramble - Dick McDonough
13)	Heat Wave - Dick McDonough/Carl Kress
14)	Study in Brown, A - Tony Gottuso/John Cali/Tony Guttuso

Performer Notes

Performers include: Carl Kress, Dick McDonough, Eddie Lang.
Personnel: John Cali (guitar, banjo); Dick McDonough, Eddie Lang, Tony Gottuso, Nick Lucus, Lonnie Johnson, Carl Kress (guitar).
Liner Note Authors: John Miller ; Stephen Calt; Woody Mann.
Recording information: 11/17/1928-08/26/1937.
Other than Django Reinhardt, the who's who of jazz guitar (all acoustic players) are heard on this sampler album from Yazoo. There are guitar duets by Lonnie Johnson and Eddie Lang, Lang and Carl Kress (the memorable "Feeling My Way"), Kress and Dick McDonough, and the team of John Cali and Tony Guttuso. In addition there are solo performances by McDonough and Nick Lucas. Although it would have been preferable to have this music with the complete sessions and in chronological order (the recording dates are unfortunately not included on the LP), this album has more than its share of classic performances and is worth a search. ~ Scott Yanow