John Jorgenson - "One Stolen Night" - LA Times top pick
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 5:52 am
Hi everybody,
this is slightly off-topic, because I'm not talking about fingerstyle guitar, but since Chet admired Django Reinhardt's work, I thought I'd let you know about John Jorgenson's latest album: His gypsy guitar release "One Stolen Night" was just picked as one of the top ten records in 2010 by LA Times music critic Randy Lewis. I'd never expected to find an instrumental guitar record in such a list, surrounded by works from Neil Young, Tom Jones, Peter Gabriel, Arcade Fire and others.
I bought this record last spring. For sure, all Gypsy guitar playing is flashy to a certain degree. But John Jorgenson is not the flashiest Gypsy guitarist in the world. There are other speedkings out there, whereas John's focus (fortunately) is on melody, tone, arrangements and compositions. He's by far the best writer in that style today. Even though he draws inspiration from various fields and incorporates them into his music on "One Stolen Night", he always stays true to the style. That's the best contribution to Django's heritage I can think of.
Find out what Randy Lewis has to say about the recording:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_b ... -year.html
If you want to purchase the record, go to John's website:
http://www.johnjorgenson.com
You'll also find a second release from 2010 there: "Istiqbal Gathering". It's the first time, music was especially written for gypsy guitar and orchestra. Recorded with Orchestra Nashville.
Here's a nice insight on one of the recording sessions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHskHvMIul8
Regards,
Ingo
this is slightly off-topic, because I'm not talking about fingerstyle guitar, but since Chet admired Django Reinhardt's work, I thought I'd let you know about John Jorgenson's latest album: His gypsy guitar release "One Stolen Night" was just picked as one of the top ten records in 2010 by LA Times music critic Randy Lewis. I'd never expected to find an instrumental guitar record in such a list, surrounded by works from Neil Young, Tom Jones, Peter Gabriel, Arcade Fire and others.
I bought this record last spring. For sure, all Gypsy guitar playing is flashy to a certain degree. But John Jorgenson is not the flashiest Gypsy guitarist in the world. There are other speedkings out there, whereas John's focus (fortunately) is on melody, tone, arrangements and compositions. He's by far the best writer in that style today. Even though he draws inspiration from various fields and incorporates them into his music on "One Stolen Night", he always stays true to the style. That's the best contribution to Django's heritage I can think of.
Find out what Randy Lewis has to say about the recording:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_b ... -year.html
If you want to purchase the record, go to John's website:
http://www.johnjorgenson.com
You'll also find a second release from 2010 there: "Istiqbal Gathering". It's the first time, music was especially written for gypsy guitar and orchestra. Recorded with Orchestra Nashville.
Here's a nice insight on one of the recording sessions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHskHvMIul8
Regards,
Ingo