Par ROSAZ JEAN-CHRISTOPHE. Hommage au tango auquel le violoncelle ou l'alto prêtent leur voix chaleureuse et la guitare sa nostalgie: comme un pont lancé par-dessus l'océan, cette composition est dédiée à ma grand-mère née en Argentine ainsi qu'à toute ma famille qui vit dans ce pays. Mais avec la distance, nous n'entendons que des bribes de cette musique légendaire. / Niveau : Assez Difficile / Contemporain / Date parution : 2004-07-01/ Répertoire / Alto et Guitare

Rev. Gary Davis is the real thing. The authentic blind-seer. He is a genius with a brightly burning spirit enormous musical intelligence technical brilliance an encyclopedic memory driving passion deep faith araunchy and gracious sense of humor. A mystic. He is an icon of the style of Guitar he was born into known today as the Piedmont blues. Through players of the first half of the twentieth century like Alfred Shultz Mose Ranger Merle Travis and Chet Atkins this is the signature American fingerpicking style that would so deeply inform the country folk blues and even rock and roll of our day.Rev. Davis (1896-1972) was born black indeep poverty in South Carolina blind from an early age. He overcame these longest of odds to become world famous a giant of American music. He brought together black and white styles country gospel folk themes blues jazz ragtime minstrel songs dance tunes and popular song. He developed his own brilliant fingerpicking style that was deep economical and adaptable enough to easily cover all these genres. Supporting all his creativity was anunshakable faith that pulled him through the obscurity the bitter hard times and crushing poverty he would endure until the folk music awakening of the fifties and sixties caught up to him.Ernie Hawkins has transcribed 13of Rev. Davis' best known blues and ragtime arrangements. Tunes such as Candyman Cocaine Blues Hesitation Blues Baby Let Me Lay It on You Spoonful and Delia are included alongside the ragtimeinstrumental tour de forces of Slow Drag (Cincinnati Flow Rag) and Make Believe Stunt (Maple Leaf Rag).The playing of Rev. Davis has influenced generations of Guitar players from Blind Boy Fullerto Dave Van Ronk Bob Dylan David Bromberg Ry Cooder Jorma Kaukonen Bob Weir Stefan Grossman and Woody Mann. His tunes have been recorded by a host of today's finest rock musicians: The Grateful Dead Hot Tuna Bob Dylan

Ragtime music and DADGAD tuning seem to be made for each other or so you will believe after playing these wonderful arrangements by Rob MacKillop. With performance levels running from intermediate to advanced there is plenty here to challenge and delight the player and audience too. With titles by Scott Joplin (The Entertainer Weeping Willow etc.) James Scott (Grace and Beauty) Charles L. Johnson (Dill Pickles Rag) Fred VanEps (Rag Pickings) to popular jazzier pieces by A. J. Weidt and the rag-influenced Piedmont blues of Blind Boy Fuller there is quite a variety of styles to explore. Additionally recordingsby Rob MacKillop will guide and entertain you in the art of DADGAD ragtime guitar! Access to online audio is included. Written in tablature and standard notation.