The Beautiful Sound of Nylon Strings
“Autumn Leaves” is a popular song. Originally it was a 1945 French song, “fr: Les feuilles mortes” (literally “The Dead Leaves”), with music by Hungarian-American composer Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prevert. It seems that the chords of this…
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“Nuages” is one of the most famous compositions by Django Reinhardt, who has made it thirteen versions. But it is also one of the standards gypsy jazz most played, to which are also added the words, even if the original…
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“Take the A Train” is a jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn. It is inspired by the “A” line of the New York metropolitan area, which at the time led by eastern Brooklyn up to Harlem and to the northern…
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Georgia on My Mind is one of the most important songs of the last century. It is also in the ranking of Rolling Stones magazine, which puts it at number 44 among the best songs of all time. The song…
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Fly me to the Moon is a well known jazz standard composed by Bart Howard in the fifties. The most famous version is still the one recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1964, in collaboration with Count Basie. It ‘a song…
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Waltz for Debby is a song composed by the great pianist Bill Evans, contained in the album whit the same name from Evans trio with Scott LaFaro. It is a very delicate piece that goes well with sweet tones of…
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Blue Bossa is one of those standards that are never lacking in the repertoire of guitarists who are starting to study jazz. The instrumental theme of this song fits very well to the guitar, even though it was originally composed…
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Stella by Starlight is one of the most popular standard jazz played by musicians. It was written by Victor Young for the film The Uninvited, 1944, and originally it was just an instrumental theme. It is not one of the…
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“Sunday Morning Overcast” is a beautiful composition of Andrew York, which is contained in the album “Perfect Sky” (1986). Notice the perfect setting of the right hand of York, really effective! As a classical guitarist Andrew York has had a long…
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I would like to tell you about one of my musical project that ended with the creation of a solo guitar CD containing twelve tracks plus a bonus-trak: “Some Little Musical Things“. This is the first video that I made…
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