Flight Over Rio by Al Di Meola (1954-) Al Di Meola is an acclaimed American jazz fusion and Latin guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin. With a musical career that has spanned more than three decades, he has become respected as one of the most influential guitarists in jazz to date.
Take Five by Dave Brubeck (1920-) David Warren “Dave” Brubeck is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including “In Your Own Sweet Way” and “The Duke”. Brubeck’s style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother’s attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for …
Beneath An Evening Sky by Ralph Towner (1940-) Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.
National Seven by John Renbourn (1944-) John Renbourn is an English guitarist and songwriter. While most commonly labelled a folk musician, Renbourn’s musical tastes and interests take in early music, classical music, blues and world music. His most influential album, Sir John Alot (1968), featured his take on songs from the Medieval era.
Tic Tocative by Bert Jansch (1943-2011) Herbert “Bert” Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter. He recorded at least 25 albums and toured extensively from the …
The Night by Kostas Grigoréas (1957-) Kostas Grigoréas (Gree-go-réh-as) was born in Athens in 1957. He has studied guitar and theory. He started his guitar studies with Yannis Andreopoulos and he continued with Dimitris Fampas. His activities include solo recitals, song accompaniment, composition and teaching.
The Duke by Dave Brubeck (1920-) David Warren “Dave” Brubeck is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including “In Your Own Sweet Way” and “The Duke”. Brubeck’s style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother’s attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for …
The Sun by Kostas Grigoréas (1957-) Kostas Grigoréas (Gree-go-réh-as) was born in Athens in 1957. He has studied guitar and theory. He started his guitar studies with Yannis Andreopoulos and he continued with Dimitris Fampas. His activities include solo recitals, song accompaniment, composition and teaching.
Hornpipe by Daniel Purcell (1664-1717) Daniel Purcell was an English composer, the younger brother or cousin of Henry Purcell. As a teenager, Daniel Purcell joined the choir of the Chapel Royal, and in his mid-twenties he became organist of Magdalen College, Oxford. He began to compose while at Oxford, but in 1695 he moved to …
Hymn To The Sun by Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov (1844-1908) Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He was a master of orchestration. His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade—are considered staples of the classical music …
