| The Legendary Lenny Breau...Now! | ||||
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| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | August–September 1977, August 1978 | |||
| Studio | C.A. Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 30:24 | |||
| Label | Sound Hole | |||
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The Legendary Lenny Breau...Now! is an album by Canadian jazz guitarist Lenny Breau that was released in 1979. [1]
The album was recorded in Chet Atkins' home studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Due to Breau's drug problem, he stayed in Atkins' home prior to the session in order to be clean and able to perform. The release was on John Knowles label, Sound Hole Records, which had only two releases (the other being Knowles' own Sittin' Back Pickin'). This out of print album is one of Breau's rarest. It was sold only through ads in guitar magazines, with total sales estimated between two and three thousand. [2] Breau recorded with guitars made by Tom Holmes and Hascal Haile. [3] On some songs Breau played a separate rhythm guitar track that he later overdubbed a solo onto. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Paul Kohler wrote of the album "this record showcases Breau in the solo guitar spotlight... Breau's version of McCoy Tyner's "Visions" is astounding!!" [1]
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.
Finger-Style Guitar is the sixth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1956.
Me and My Guitar is the forty-eighth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins. It was nominated for the Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance Grammy in 1978. Atkins joined Floyd Cramer and Danny Davis that same year to produce Chet Floyd & Danny which was also nominated.
The Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau – Live! is a live album by Canadian jazz guitarist Lenny Breau that was released in 1969.
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Guitars is an album by McCoy Tyner released on his McCoy Tyner Music label in 2008. It was recorded in September 2006 and features performances by Tyner, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jack DeJohnette, along with electric guitarists Marc Ribot, John Scofield, Derek Trucks and Bill Frisell and banjo player Bela Fleck guesting on multiple tracks. The album package also contains a DVD featuring video footage of the studio sessions. It was Tyner’s final studio album.
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Solo: Live from San Francisco is a live album by McCoy Tyner released in 2009 on his label, McCoy Tyner Music, a subsidiary of Half Note Records. The album was recorded at the Herbst Theatre as part of the San Francisco Jazz Festival's Spring Series in May 2007 and features a solo performance by Tyner.
LA Bootleg 1984 is a live album by jazz guitarist Lenny Breau that was recorded in 1984 and released in 2014.
Vision is a jazz instrumental composed by McCoy Tyner which first appeared on Tyner's 1969 album Expansions. It was the signature tune for guitarist Lenny Breau who recorded it several times, including on his albums The Legendary Lenny Breau... Now!, Live at Bourbon St., and The Living Room Tapes, Vol. 2.