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GUITARS, VOLUME 1 & 2

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Of all the adjectives that might be applied to Alfred Ferdinando Viola, perhaps the most all embracingly apt would be resourceful. A Brooklyn native who developed most of his career as a guitarist in Hollywood, he became known in the mid 40s as an integral part of the popular Page Cavanaugh Trio. Later, in the Fifties, when he joined Bobby Troup's trio, he worked and recorded with Julie London, Jimmy Witherspoon, June Christy and many other great singers most memorably Frank Sinatra in addition to holding the guitar chair with the diverse big bands and styles of Harry James, Nelson Riddle, Ray Anthony and Buddy Collette's modern jazz quintet. That hard earned versatility is reflected in these late 50s recordings, in which he is a one man guitar orchestra, performing and arranging all the parts himself. He recorded the rhythm and bass guitars separately on one tape for the basic rhythmic pattern. On another, the amplified or gut stringed guitars were used for fills in which the guitars were the equivalent of a brass, string or reed section. The first two tapes were then combined and the single fingered solos were added on a third tape. Viola put them all together with judicious balancing, and gave each of the twelve standards its own individual treatment, with varied instruments used to provide the special effects. The fruit of his hard work and unquestioned ability is stunningly revealed in 'The Guitars.'

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When You're Smiling

Moonlight In Vermont

I'll Always Be In Love With You

And The Angels Sing

You And The Night And The Music

Blue Skies

Route 66

Take Me In Your Arms

Sophisticated Lady

Always

The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)

Lover

Lonesome Road

Angel Eyes

It Could Happen To You

I'll Remember April

All Star

I Cover The Waterfront

Makin' Whoopee

Sometimes I'm Happy

Wait Till You See Her

Lemon Twist

It's Easy To Remember

I'll Take Romance

Label:	FRESH SOUND
Number:	633
Item Code:	67020
Format:	CD
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Dates:	(1959)
Price:	$17.00 New!

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