| Pickin' Cotten | ||||
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| Live album by Lenny Breau and Richard Cotten | ||||
| Released | 2001 | |||
| Recorded | September 23–24, 1977 | |||
| Venue | Blue Bird, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Guitarchives | |||
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Pickin' Cotten is a live album by guitarists Lenny Breau and Richard Cotten that was recorded in 1977 and released in 2001.
Cotten taped a weekend show at the Bluebird Cafe and, after his death, his wife gave the tapes to Randy Bachman of Guitarchives Records. [1]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| JazzTimes | (favorable) [3] |
In his review for Allmusic, music critic Dave Nathan describes Breau's "transformation of Bill Evans' piano technique to the guitar." [2] In reviewing the release for JazzTimes, critic Jim Ferguson wrote "This isn't a flawless recording: there's a modicum of tape hiss and fretboard/ string clicks in the background. Moreover, Breau stumbles at times, although his stumbles are frequently better than most players' best efforts, and Cotten's contributions are workmanlike, resulting in little interplay. That having been said, the sound is clear, with Breau's occasional grunts and groans attesting to the relaxed setting and receptive audience that no doubt contained many Nashville pickers looking for a guitar lesson... Lenny's playing, though, was never standard. Throughout, he conjures many of the stylistic trademarks that have made him a veritable legend among guitarists: unique extended chord voicings, rippling octave harmonics and virtuosic single-note lines." [3]
Production notes:
Leonard Harold Breau was an American-Canadian guitarist. He blended many styles of music, including jazz, country, classical, and flamenco. Inspired by country guitarists like Chet Atkins, Breau used fingerstyle techniques not often used in jazz guitar. By using a seven-string guitar and approaching the guitar like a piano, he opened up possibilities for the instrument.
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