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Attila László: Concerto for Jazz Guitar & Chamber Orchestra
by Friedrich Kunzmann
A household name in Hungary's jazz topographic for about 40 years, Hungarian guitarist Attila Laszlo has made a lasting impact on the fusion guitar world with a number of critically acclaimed collaborations, and by performing alongside international heavy weights of the genre, such as Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine and Weather Report bassist Miroslav Vitous. More recently he released an exciting workout in original modern fusion on Bridges of Souls (Dreamers Collective, 2014) in co-leadership with his compatriot Ferenc Nemeth on ...
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by Mark Sabbatini
There's a reason so many musicians perform modern interpretations of Bach: do almost anything to his compositions and they still sound great.
Skeptical? Try this: download his Brandenburg Concertos from the internet in MIDI format ( www.bachcentral.com has an excellent selection of his work available for free) and change the instruments to anything except percussion (heck, even that may work). The results will nearly always be pleasing and harmonically correct.
If that's too technical, then consider ...
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