Results for "Stefan Grossman"

Stefan Grossman

Born: April 16, 1945

String Players: Steve Swallow, Charles Mingus and More

by Jerome Wilson
July 12, 2023

This program showcases string players, mostly guitarists and bassists, as bandleaders, composers, and soloists. The featured players include Steve Swallow, Charles Mingus, Avishai Cohen, Joe Venuti, and Chris Lightcap. (Please excuse the brief pause after the first track.) Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & ...

Shining Shadows

By Stefan Grossman

Label: Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released: 2010
Track listing: Blues For the Mann; Requiem For Patrick Kilroy; Logan's Water; Lemon's Jump; Ms. Josephine Ayers; Beyond the Pleasure Principle; Sparkling on the Wind; Shining Shadows; Capricorn Five; Just a Closer Walk With Thee; Lament for a Goodman.

Aunt Molly's Murray Farm/The Gramercy Park Shiek

By Stefan Grossman

Label: Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released: 2010
Track listing: Aunt Molly's Murray Farm; Foregone Conclusion; Religious Trainfare Blues; See See Rider; Delia; Sideways Nowhere Bound; Special Rider; Wall Hollow Blues; Cow Cow's 4/4 Waltz; Dallas Rag; All My Friends Are Gone; Number One; Boys, My Money's All Gone; Big Road Blues; Roberta; Little Rock Blues No. 2; Lena Anne; Hans Fried; Crow Black Squall; Gentle Joys, Gentle Sorrows; Requiem For Patrick Kilroy; Yola Blues; Not You Or I, My Dear; Mississippi Blues No. 2; Cross Eyed Blues; Irene's Lullaby.

Stefan Grossman: Shining Shadows

by David Rickert
October 7, 2010

It makes sense that Stefan Grossman and Eric Clapton hung out together in the sixties, because they both have similar approaches to the guitar: Clapton isn't the flashiest of players, but can craft lines out of a few notes that are filled with feeling and taste; Grossman is a like-minded player--not one to create finger-busting arrangements ...

Rev. Gary Davis: At Home and At Church 1962-1967

by David Rickert
May 25, 2010

The Rev. Gary Davis was, by all accounts, an incredible guitarist--one who influenced everyone from Taj Mahal to the Grateful Dead--who seemingly mastered everything he wanted to do with the instrument. However, over his long career he was recorded only sporadically, and most of his recordings have been released posthumously. Davis was more of a live ...

Stefan Grossman: Aunt Molly's Murray Farm/The Gramercy Park Shiek

by David Rickert
May 10, 2010

It's a well-known irony that if you were interested in playing traditional blues in the sixties, one of the best places you could be was overseas in England. Fed up with the Vietnam War, Stefan Grossman headed across the pond and began running around the town with the likes of Cream going to see new blues ...

Various Artists: Contemporary Ragtime Guitar

by David Rickert
November 2, 2009

Most people's knowledge of ragtime doesn't go past a few classic Scott Joplin compositions, and practitioners of the style today (not to mention composers) are few and far between. However, there has always been a small cadre of guitarists devoted to playing traditional and original ragtime tunes, and most of them are quite good at adapting ...

Stefan Grossman's Shake That Thing: Fingerpicking Country Blues

By Stefan Grossman

Label: Creative Sources
Released: 1998

Guitar Festival

By Stefan Grossman

Label: Creative Sources
Released: 1984