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Eddie Lang/Carl Kress/Dick McDonough Pioneers of Jazz Guitar 1927-1938 Release Date: 1998 08 04 Label: Challenge Records This 1998 CD has a great deal of timeless music. Guitar features were very rare in jazz prior to Django Reinhardt, and particularly before the guitar became amplified in the late '30s. This essential reissue has all of Eddie Lang's guitar features (leaving out only a few numbers in which he led a bigger group), the two Lang/Carl Kress duets, the Kress/Dick McDonough duets, and all of Kress' unaccompanied solos. The Lang numbers (mostly duets with Arthur Schutt, Frank Signorelli, or Rube Bloom offering quiet support on piano) were unprecedented in jazz at the time. Highlights include "Add a Little Wiggle," "I'll Never Be the Same," and "There'll Be Some Changes Made." Actually, the most memorable moments on this CD are the two Lang/Kress collaborations, classics from 1932 called "Pickin' My Way" and "Feelin' My Way." Lang's single-note lines work perfectly with Kress' advanced chords, and it is surprising that no arranger has transcribed these wonderful performances and orchestrated them for a larger group. Highly recommended, and proof that the jazz guitar did not begin with Charlie Christian. Scott Yanow, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Eddie's Twister Lang 2:55 2 April Kisses Lang 3:08 3 Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2 Rachmaninov 3:07 4 Little Love, a Little Kiss Silesu 3:03 5 Melody Man's Dream Lang, Signorelli 2:49 6 Perfect Krassner, Signorelli, Lang 3:03 7 Rainbow Dreams Lang 2:49 8 Add a Little Wiggle Yellen, Ager 2:46 9 Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time) Gilbert, Shilkret 2:52 10 I'll Never Be the Same Signorelli, Malneck, Kahn 3:02 11 Church Street Sobbin' Blues Williams, Cowley, Lada 3:02 12 There'll Be Some Changes Made Higgins, Overstreet 3:11 13 Pickin' My Way [Guitar Mania, Pt. 1] Kress, Lang 3:02 14 Feeling My Way [Guitar Mania, Pt. 2] Kress, Lang 3:00 15 Danzon Kress 3:08 16 Stage Fright McDonough 3:00 17 Chicken a la Swing Kress, McDonough 2:13 18 Heat Wave Berlin 2:25 19 Afterthoughts [In Three Movements, Pt. 1] Kress 2:48 20 Afterthoughts [In Three Movements, Pts. 2 & 3] Kress 3:02 21 Peg Leg Shuffle Kress 2:34 22 Helena Kress 2:43 23 Love Song Kress, Weill 3:18 24 Sutton Mutton Kress 3:03 Releases: Year Type Label 2008 CD Challenge Records

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