Great Guitar Work on a Great Collection of Classic Tunes
gfmusic | NY, USA | 05/10/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"While his choice of tunes may have surprised his fans, Juber really delivers the goods. As with earlier releases by Linda Ronstadt and Rod Stewart, this CD will introduce a whole new audience to these classic melodies.
For another look at this material on solo guitar, see Acoustic Standards Volume 1 and Acoustic Standards Volume 2 by Rick Kuncicky, an amazing fingerstyle/classical guitarist with a wide range of influences from Chet Atkins & Charlie Byrd to Earl Klugh & Guy Van Duser, but with a fresh style that's all his own."
He keeps topping himself!
Richardson | Sunny California USA | 01/07/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"As perhaps the current generations top fingerstyle player/composer...Laurence jubers arrangements of Beatles classics at the start of the decade "LJ Plays The Beatles" took us fans of instrumental acoustic guitar by storm! A few years later LJ as he's known answered Sir McCartney's request to turn his arranging skills loose on "One Wing"...and found a depth in some tunes many of us had written off as pop fluff.
On the heels of his GRAMMY winning arrangement of "the Pink Panther Theme" by Henry Mancini....Juber opened up one of the greatest songbooks of the century for "I've Got The World On Six Strings"...which features is solo guitar arrangements of some of the most beloved Harold Arlen songs!
Its hard to pick a favorite..the opening track "I've Got The World On a String" bounces along quite nicely and the following "Get Happy" is down right propulsive. Juber plays around the melody on track 3 before launching into an arrangement of "If I Only Had a Brain" that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and have guitarists looking for the inevitable transcription! Stormy Weather finds Juber exploring his bluesier picking with predictably excellent results. Over the Rainbow is heartbreakingly beautiful and ...well I don't want to rave about every song...go to iTUNES and download or pick it up...you won't be sorry...
This, Like LJ Plays the Beatles, will thrill guitarists and the non-guitarists in the audience equally!
oh..and the sound is fanatastic...like he's sitting in your living room!"
Track Listings (12) - Disc #1