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Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1937-1957

Oscar Alemán

Initial release : 1998

Acoustic Disc ACD 29

Double CD of archive material featuring the jazz guitar of Aleman.

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Tracks

  • Sweet Sue (Harris/Young)
  • Limehouse Blues (Braham)
  • Nobody's Sweetheart (Erman/Kahn/Meyers/Schoebel)
  • Whispering (Public Domain)
  • Russian Lullaby (Berlin)
  • Just a Little Swing (Aleman)
  • Dear Old Southland (Public Domain)
  • Jeepers Creepers (Mercer/Warren)
  • Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie/Casey/Pinkard)
  • In the Mood (Garland/Razaf)
  • Hombre Mio (Man of Mine) (Aleman)
  • I Got Rhythm (Gershwin)
  • Begin the Beguine (Porter)
  • Bye Bye Blues (Fields/Johnson/MacHugh)
  • Negra de Cabello Duro (Hasser/Soares)
  • Besame Mucho (Velazquez)
  • Tico-Tico-No Fubá (Abreu)
  • Temptation (Brown/Freed)
  • I Never Knew (Egan/Marsh/Pitts)
  • Caminos Cruzados (Malaguena) (Lecuona)
  • Limehouse Blues (Braham)
  • Scartunas (Aleman)
  • You Made Me Love You (McCarthy/Monaco)
  • Cherokee (Noble)
  • Stardust (Carmichael)
  • Honeysuckle Rose (Razaf/Waller)
  • Lady Be Good (Gershwin)
  • Doin' the New Lowdown (MacHugh)
  • Improvisaciones Sobre Boogie Woogie (Aleman)
  • Swinging on a Star (Burke/Van Heusen)
  • Melancolia (Catton)
  • Sentimental Journey (Brown/Green/Homer)
  • Como Te Llamas (Aleman)
  • Bugle Call Rag (Meyers/Pettis/Schoeber)
  • Darktown Strutter's Ball (Brooks)
  • I'm Beginning to See the Light (Ellington/George/Hodges/James)
  • Blue Skies (Berlin)
  • Twelfth Street Rag (Bowman)
  • Diga Diga Do (Fields/MacHugh)
  • Swanee River (Foster)
  • Vieni Sul Mar (Public Domain)
  • Delicado (Azevedo)
  • Scartunas (Aleman)
  • Mia Casita Pequeñita (Public Domain)
  • Crazy Rhythm (Caesar/Hahn/Mayer)
  • Daphne (Grappelli/Reinhardt)
  • Dolores (Aleman)
  • April in Portugal (Lucchessi/Popp)
  • You Belong to Me (Public Domain)
  • Who's Sorry Now? (Snyder)
  • Tiger Rag (DeCosta)
  • Tea for Two (Youmans)
Musicians

Oscar Alemán Y Su Orquestra De Swing;

  • Oscar Alemán - guitar, vocals
  • Anders Alvarez - bass
  • Svend Asmussen - violin
  • Alberto A. Barbera - piano
  • Mario Felix - clarinet
  • Julio Grana - violin
  • Bibi Miranda - drums
  • Aldo "Nene" Nicolini - bass
  • Alberto Ramos - guitar
  • Alfred Rasmussen - bass
  • A. Traversa - violin
Credits

  • Producer - David Grisman
  • Executive Producer - Craig Miller
  • Mastering - Paul Stubblebine
  • Artwork, Design - D. Brent Hauseman
  • Liner Notes - Enrique Coria, David Grisman, Dexter Johnson
Related releases

Besame Mucho and Man Of Mine were included on the Acoustic Disc sampler;


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