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Swingin' on a Seven-String
By Lenny Breau
Label: Art of Life Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Back in Indiana; You Needed Me; Bonaparte's Retreat; I Can't Help If I'm Still in Love With You; I Love You Because; Please Release Me; Blue Moon of Kentucky; She Thinks I Still Care; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Anytime; Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (bonus track)
Lenny Breau: Swingin' on a Seven-String
by John Kelman
While guitarist Lenny Breau's innovations may not seem so significant now, he was like a bolt of lightning when he emerged in the '70s out of Manitoba, Canada. A true self-accompanist who integrated virtuosic skills in jazz, country, and flamenco into an unmistakable voice, Breau made his guitar sound like an ensemble. Legend has it that ...
The Hallmark Sessions
By Lenny Breau
Label: Art of Life Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. It Could Happen to You (Burke/VanHeusen) - 5:42
2. Oscar's Blues (Breau) - 3:38
3. I'll Remember April (DePaul/Johnston/Raye) - 4:25
4. Undecided (Robin/Shavers) - 3:34
5. My Old Flame (Coslow/Johnston) - 5:29
6. 'D' Minor Blues (Breau) - 5:10
7. 'R' Tune (Breau) - 3:20
8. Lenny's Western Blues (Breau) - 2:33
9. Cannonball Rag (Travis) - 2:13
10. Solea (Traditional) - 4:01
11. Taranta (Traditional) - 3:58
12. Arabian Fantasy (Traditional) - 2:51
13. Brazilian Love Song (Batucada) (Bonfa) - 2:07
14. Oscar's Blues [*] (Breau) - 3:39
15. I'll Remember April [*] (DePaul/Johnston/Raye) - 4:24
16. Undecided [*] (Robin/Shavers) - 3:34
17. My Old Flame [*] (Coslow/Johnston) - 5:29
18. 'D' Minor Blues [*] (Breau) - 5:08
19. 'R' Tune [*] (Breau) - 3:17
*stereo version
The Complete Living Room Tapes
By Lenny Breau
Label: Art of Life Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Blues for Carole 9:06
2. How High the Moon 7:45
3. You Needed Me 5:07
4. The Claw 3:22
5. Secret Love 7:49
6. Sweet Georgia Brown 6:24
7. My Foolish Heart 5:35
8. I Fall in Love Too Easily 5:10
9. Send in the Clowns 3:54
10. Nin Pound Hammer 2:35
11. Cannonball Rag 1:31
12. Flamenco 5:15
13. It Could Happen to You 7:34
14. Visions 6:11
15. Remembering the Rain 6:27
16. Autumn Leaves 7:28
17. Indiana 6:08
18. Stella by Starlight 7:14
19. Emily 8:17
20. My Funny Valentine 8:56
21. Autumn Leaves 18:01
22. Johnny Cash Sings Jazz? 1:30
23. Lenny's Radio [*] 3:08
Lenny Breau: The Hallmark Sessions
by Elliott Simon
Following the reissue of Lenny Breau's Complete Living Room Tapes, Art of Life Records has released another CD of historical import and musical excellence. Recorded in 1961, The Hallmark Sessions are the heretofore unreleased first studio recordings of this guitarist who most capably fused classical, flamenco, and country finger picking with contemporary jazz. Seven of the ...
Lenny Breau & Brad Terry: The Complete Living Room Tapes
by Elliott Simon
Guitarist Lenny Breau's short life (1941-1984) is a movie waiting to be made. Before his still unsolved murder, he was able to bring a new voice to the guitar by adapting country fingerpicking technique to the intricacies of modern jazz. A Breau hallmark was his highly developed ability to play bass, chords and single notes concurrently ...
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