Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection

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Nashville has always been filled with country musicians who moonlight playing jazz. Superb session guitarist Hank Garland, who played alongside country stars such as Patsy Cline and Elvis Presley, also waxed an album with jazz heavy Gary Burton. Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, the phenomenal steel guitar/electric guitar tandem, incorporated heavy doses of bebop into their work. Emmons too was bitten early by the jazz bug, and this 16-song retrospective proves he had the chops to fit in. The first three cuts find the then-19-year-old Emmons backed by Little Jimmy Dickens's Country Boys. Of most significance, however, is the presence of 1963's Steel Guitar Jazz, which includes jazz contemporaries Booby Scott, Charlie Persip, and Jerome Richardson. Emmons glides through standards, old ballads, and even handles Sonny Rollins's "Oleo" and Horace Silver's "The Preacher." His atmospheric, mood-creating work on the slow numbers is as impressive as his rippling runs on the uptempo tunes. Emmons is the consummate "musicians' musician." --Marc Greilsamer

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Average customer rating: It's a classic! Most recent cut on this CD was recorded in 1963.

Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection Buddy Emmons Manufacturer: Razor & Tie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Golden Steel Guitar Hits/Steel and Strings Minors Aloud ASIN: B000002ZB9 Release Date: 1997-05-20

Tracks:

1. Raisin' The Dickens (As The Country Boys)
2. Country Boy Bounce (As The Country Boys)
3. Silver Bell
4. Four Wheel Drive
5. Blue Wind
6. Bluemoons
7. Any Time
8. Where Or When
9. Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)
10. Gravy Waltz
11. Oleo
12. The Preacher
13. Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
14. Witchcraft
15. Gonna Build A Mountain
16. There Will Never Be Another You

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Nashville has always been filled with country musicians who moonlight playing jazz. Superb session guitarist Hank Garland, who played alongside country stars such as Patsy Cline and Elvis Presley, also waxed an album with jazz heavy Gary Burton. Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, the phenomenal steel guitar/electric guitar tandem, incorporated heavy doses of bebop into their work. Emmons too was bitten early by the jazz bug, and this 16-song retrospective proves he had the chops to fit in. The first three cuts find the then-19-year-old Emmons backed by Little Jimmy Dickens's Country Boys. Of most significance, however, is the presence of 1963's Steel Guitar Jazz, which includes jazz contemporaries Booby Scott, Charlie Persip, and Jerome Richardson. Emmons glides through standards, old ballads, and even handles Sonny Rollins's "Oleo" and Horace Silver's "The Preacher." His atmospheric, mood-creating work on the slow numbers is as impressive as his rippling runs on the uptempo tunes. Emmons is the consummate "musicians' musician." --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

It's a classic!.......1998-09-11

This is essentially a reissue of Buddy's classic "Steel Guitar Jazz". It was Buddy's first trip to the Big Apple, and his first encounter with legitimate jazz musicians. The prhasing and style are distinctive Emmons, and there's even an original blues written in the studio: "Bluemmons".

While it lacks the clarity of vision and arrangment of his later "Emmons Guitar Company" album, "Steel Guitar Jazz" turned the steel world on its ear when it was released. This is a classic that deserves a spot in the collection of every steel guitarist and steel guitar fan. I've been listening to it for years and I've never tired of it.

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Most recent cut on this CD was recorded in 1963........1998-08-23

This is vintage Emmons. He showed his genius at an early age. My disappointment was that I thought I was going to here some recent renditions, since the the release date for the CD was 1997. Unfortunately, all the recordings were cut in 1963 and before according to the jacket.

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