Virtuoso Guitar (Laurindo Almeida album) explained

Virtuoso Guitar
Type:	studio
Artist:	Laurindo Almeida
Cover:	LaurindoAlmeidaVirtuosoGuitar.jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	November – December 1976
Studio:	Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California
Genre:	Jazz, classical
Label:	Crystal Clear
Producer:	Ed Wodenjak

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.^[1] The recording is a blend of jazz and classical music.^[2]

Track listing

Side one:

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

Side Two:

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

• Allegro - Comodo

• Adagio

• Com Espirito

Source:^[3]

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

Source:

Notes and References

1. [High Fidelity (magazine)|High Fidelity]
2. [Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]
3. Almeida, Laurindo . 1977 . Virtoso Guitar . LP record . Crystal Clear . CCS 8001 .