Virtuoso Guitar (Laurindo Almeida album)

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| type = studio

| artist = Laurindo Almeida

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| released = 1977

| recorded = November – December 1976

| studio = Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California

| genre = Jazz, classical

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| label = Crystal Clear

| producer = Ed Wodenjak

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Virtuoso Guitar is an album released by Laurindo Almeida in 1977 on Crystal Clear CCS 8001. The album was recorded direct-to-disc, and uses the 45 rpm format.High Fidelity. Volume 27 (1977), Issue 2, p. 123 The recording is a blend of jazz and classical music.Gramophone. Volume 55 (1977), p. 1566

Track listing

Side one:

"Yesterday" (Lennon - McCartney)
"Jazz Tuno at the Mission" (Almeida)
"Late Last Night" (Almeida)

Side Two:

Radamés Gnattali (1906–1988): Sonata for Guitar and Cello in Three Movements

::*Allegro - Comodo

::*Adagio

::* Com Espirito

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Personnel

Laurindo Almeida - guitar
Chuck Domanico - bass
Clare Fischer - acoustic/electric piano
Chuck Flores - drums
Emil Richards - 'vibes'/marimba
Aime Maurice Vereeck - percussion
Frederick Seykora - cello

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References

Category:1977 albums

Category:1970s instrumental albums

Category:Laurindo Almeida albums