Track Listings (13) - Disc #1| All Artists: Alex De Grassi Title: Bolivian Blues Bar Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Narada Original Release Date: 10/19/1999 Release Date: 10/19/1999 Genres: International Music, Jazz, New Age, Pop Styles: South & Central America, Bolivia Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 724384828226, 0724384828257, 724384828240, 724384828257 |
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A work of quiet sophistication and subtle pleasures (including a jazz-tinged take on a cartoon character's theme music, off all things), guitarist Alex de Grassi's Bolivian Blues Bar is another collection of understated ex... more » |
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Amazon.com A work of quiet sophistication and subtle pleasures (including a jazz-tinged take on a cartoon character's theme music, off all things), guitarist Alex de Grassi's Bolivian Blues Bar is another collection of understated excellence from a fingerstyle specialist admired for his inquisitive musical nature. The album's title is a touch misleading; you'll find little "Bolivian" here other than a note explaining how de Grassi first tinkered with these vintage tunes with a friend from that country. Most of its 13 tracks are jazz standards (Monk's "'Round Midnight" and "Little Rootie Tootie"; a trio of selections from George and Ira Gershwin; plus three songs associated with Billie Holliday), which de Grassi, working strictly as an acoustic soloist, arranged with hopes of coaxing a vocalist's expressiveness from his six strings. He succeeds most effectively with the late-night coziness of "You Go to My Head" (Holliday), a handsome rendering of Charles Mingus's "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," and the concluding Monk selection. A subdued recording, but not entirely a sleepy one. --Terry Wood Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsA Walk On The Bluesy Side Bill Binkelman, Wind and Wire | Minneapolis, MN United States | 06/10/2000 (4 out of 5 stars) "This is a great late-night CD if you're an urbanite like me. While this CD may not play well out in the country with the sounds of crickets, if your window opens up on a street corner, maybe even graced by some neon lights, this will put you in the mood. Soulful, passionate blues played on an acoustic guitar with equal parts fire and ice, Bolivian Blues Bar will fit perfectly with the tinkle of ice in a tumbler of scotch and low lights.If you're looking for romantic music that is never sappy or maudlin, or if you need some blues that are "quiet" and not in your face, this is your ticket to hep-ville! Alex deGrassi is, of course, a consummate guitarist. But what may surprise you with this CD is his soulfulness. Frankly, I didn't know he had it in him!" Alex de Pass? renato oliveros | USA | 02/04/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "This fingerstyle guitar album moves into the territory of jazz guitar masters Joe Pass and Martin Taylor. What makes Alex de Grassi unique is the pure tone he gets from the acoustic-steel guitar he plays to interpret Thelonious Monk's Round Midnight and Little Rootie Tootie, Charlie Mingus' Goodpie Pork Hat, Gershwin's The Man I Love and Bess You Is My Woman, and classic tunes from Ellington and Carmichael. This is a gold mine for those who have been searching for acoustic guitar music in a jazz context. De Grassi does not need a back-up band for he also swings and handles those running-bass lines convincingly. Just listen to Mingus' Goodpie Pork Pie Hat, and Monk's Little Rootie Tootie. Improvisations are kept to the minimum as he works to bring the melodies of these jazz classics up-front. His move into jazz may disappoint some of his new age fans but this project wins the respect of jazz listeners and musicians alike."
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