Track Listing

1. Handful of Riffs - Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang
2. Feeling My Way - Carl Kress, Eddie Lang
3. Teasing the Frets - Nick Lucas
4. Hot Fingers - Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang
5. Hittin' on All Six - John Cali, Tony Gottuso
6. Picking the Guitar - Nick Lucas
7. Have to Change Keys (To Play These Blues) - Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang
8. Chasing a Buck - Dick McDonough
9. Chicken a la Swing - Carl Kress, Dick McDonough
10. Satan Takes a Holiday - John Cali, Tony Gottuso
11. Stage Fright - Carl Kress, Dick McDonough
12. Dick Bernstein Ramble - Dick McDonough
13. Heat Wave - Carl Kress, Dick McDonough
14. Study in Brown - John Cali, Tony Gottuso

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #249701 in Music
• Released on: 1992-05-01
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

This archival recording is full of wit, charm, and economy.
This archival collection of guitar recordings is full of wit, charm, and economy of playing for the listener who can get past the 'old timey' feel. There is nary a clunker in this album. Aspiring jazz guitarists will find that these songs warrant further study and provide excellent transciption potential. The duets sound like a couple of old friends having a very interesting conversation. Listen to these tunes as often as possible; you'll hear something new each time.

Early jazz guitar legends...
This CD put out by the Yazoo label(surprisingly a US label) Usually we have to get this type of CD from a European label. This CD of mostly jazz guitar duets is great such jazz legends as Eddie Lang and Lonnie Johnson appear on several tracks as well as lesser known greats like Dick McDanough(who would later led his own big band, which included sideman bass sax legend Adrian Rollini). Every track is a gem, this is the best way to get introduced to the best jazz guitarists of the 30's, after you've already bought every Django Reinhart Cd there is. Recomended.

A gem
I defy anyone to resist the charm and energy of this album.
It was all downhill after these guys.
What a great compilation.