Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1938-1957
by: Oscar Alemán
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Sales Rank: 96748
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Rating: - * A TRUE MASTER OF THE GUITAR ... OSCAR ALEMAN IS NOT WELL KNOWN IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE HE RECORDED ALL OF HIS MUSIC IN EITHER FRANCE OR SOUTH AMERICA. BUT HE WAS A FANTASTIC GUITAR PLAYER, AND WAS A CONTEMPORARY OF DJANGO REINHARDT IN PARIS BEFORE WWII. THEY BOTH PLAYED "HOT JAZZ", BUT OSCAR'S STYLE OF PLAYING SWINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND THE MUSIC HAS MORE OF A LATIN FLAVOR. THEY COVERED A LOT OF THE SAME SONGS, THOUGH, AND IT IS INTERESTING TO COMPARE THEIR VERSIONS OF BASICALLY THE SAME MATERIAL. HOWEVER, DJANGO HAD STEPHANE GRAPPELLI TO WORK WITH, AND OSCAR'S ACCOMPANIMENT FALLS SHORT IN THAT AREA, IN FACT, PALES IN COMPARISON. BUT HIS PHENOMENAL GUITAR PLAYING WILL BE ENJOYED BY ALL MUSIC LOVERS, AND THIS CD COVERS A WIDE PERIOD OF TIME IN HIS RECORDING CAREER. Rating: - * Second to Django but not second rate. ... You might think of Oscar Oleman and Django Reinhardt in the same way you would Joe Frazier and Mohammed Ali. It's unfortunate in some regards when a truly monumental talent eclipses a great talent. Oscar shared the same time period as Django. He was from Argentina but spent time in Paris during the Hot Club era. He jammed with Django and they shared a great mutual respect. There is no doubt that Django was the superior player in many ways. However, Oscar was a towering talent in his own right. If you love period string jazz, this two-disc set will not disappoint. It covers a wide range of settings and moves from small combo arrangements to larger arrangements involving full string sections. Although the instrumentals will be of primary interest to guitarists, there are also some very interesting vocals that sit perfectly within a swinging guitar/violin setting. The playing is exceptional all ways `round and the beat is contagious. If you don't tap your foot to some of these pieces, you probably have a motor skills problem in your leg. I rate this collection very highly, beneath Django, but much higher than most others of that time. Rating: - * oscar oscar oscar ... i have been a big fan of Django Reinhardt since 1953...i can still get chills listening to certain tracks....but finding Oscar Aleman was such a suprise...he doesn't send chills down my spine, but he does keep my interest.....really well. something else i have noticed...there is a great radio station on the net "Hot Club Radio" on the Live 365 net; and of all the Gypsy guitarists: Oscar Aleman is right in there with all the other Gypsy/European guitarists... so those of you new to Oscar; give him a listen. john m. Rating:  - * Great guitar/mediocre accompaniment ... Aleman is a wonderful player, and there are some nice arrangements. A lot of the music is pretty dull when he isn't soloing though. It doesn't compare well to other small group jazz of the time. Aleman sings and scats in a harsh "jive" style, and the violin players range from OK to not so good. I love swing but don't tend to listen to Aleman's music often. Try Cats and the Fiddle or especially Spirits of Rhythm for joyful rhythmic playing, though their soloists aren't as good as Aleman. Rating: - * For Western Swingers Not about Django ... If you like Western Swing, especially the three and four fiddle section music of the Spade Cooley Orchestra, then you are going to love the second volume of this wonderful collection. When he returned to Argentina, Aleman recorded a lot of music with three and four fiddle sections that sound a whole lot like Spade Cooley, except unlike Cooley, who forced his musicians to maintain a staid conservative "businessman's bounce" (Cooley's term not mine) Aleman and his groups really swing out. The music is great and it is clearly a direction beyond where Rheinhart went. We know that Stephen Graphelli followed Western Swing fiddlers especially Farr who ended up playing for Cooley's first band and later for Tex William's first band (composed of almost everyone in Cooley's orchestra except cooley when cooley fired them all.) There is almost no doubt listening here that there was some interchange between Aleman and his fiddlers and the Cooley sound. Of course the first CD is excellent too. Despite the guitar shown on the Album, Aleman performed most of his prewar music on a national steel guitar. Finally, this CD set should be in every home. |
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