Essential for the jazz enthusiast, this book provides detailed analysis of the individual playing styles and interpretive techniques of leading jazz guitarists, such as Eddie Durham and Lonnie Johnson.

Includes transcriptions of recordings: Ain't Misbehavin' (Djanjo Reinhardt) • By Heck (Dick McDonough) • Chasing Shadows (Django Reinhardt) • Cheers and Carvin' the Bird (Barney Kessel) • Cherokee • Deep Minor Rhythm Stomp (Lonnie Johnson) • Dinah (Django Reinhardt) • Four or Five Times (Teddy Bunn) • Guilty (Tony Mottola) • Here's That Rainy Day (Louis Stewart) • Hittin' the Bottle (Eddie Durham) • Honeysuckle Rose (Charlie Christian) • How High the Moon (Les Paul) • I Surrender, Dear (Charlie Christian) • If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight (Allan Reuss) • I'm Coming, Virginia (Eddie Lang) • In De Ruff (Eddie Lang) • I've Got the World on a String (Teddy Bunn) • Love Me or Leave Me (Eddie Durham) • Nuages (Django Reinhardt) • Paducah (Lonnie Johnson) • September in the Rain (Billy Bauer) • Singin' the Blues 'til My Daddy Comes Home (Eddie Lang) • Someday Sweetheart (Eddie Lang) • Stringin' the Blues (Eddie Lang) • Sweet Georgia Brown (Oscar Moore) • S'wonderful (Carl Kress) • The Sheik of Araby (Charlie Christian) • Three Blind Mice (Eddie Lang) • Tonsillectomy (Arv Garrison) • Two Moods (Carmen Mastren) • Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Teddy Bunn) • What Is This Thing Called Love (Billy Bauer) • Whispering (Oscar Aleman).

Publisher: Music Sales America
Series: Music Sales America
Medium: Softcover
Pages: 160
Credits: by Ivor Mairants
Author(s): Ivor Mairants