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Book Description
This collection of pieces is a nostalgic reminder of the bygone days of goodtime, bouncing, happy music. Some of these solo guitar settings of old standards are transcriptions (arrangements that are as close as possible to the original piano settings), but most are arranged by the author in a free swing or stride style. These familiar tunes are fun to play and use a variety of idioms that were used in the days of swing and stride playing. The harmonies and lines bring out the fullest richness of guitar sounds that many love to hear. Each tune is presented in standard notation and tablature with performance notes.
About the Author
Paul Lolax is a Vermont-based musician and music instructor who has played guitar for more than 30 years. He was born in New York City and raised in Worchester, Massachusetts. His career as a performer began in 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts, where he played solo and backup guitar at various coffeehouses and restaurants. Broadside Magazine voted him "Best Instrumentalist of the Year" in 1968. During the early '70s he toured the national college circuit, did studio work in Baltimore, Maryland, played in social service setting such as Boston's Charles Street jail, and served as an artist-in-residence at independent schools in Massachusetts.
Paul has played with two groups and as a soloist in a numerous home, church, wedding, restaurant, and social service settings since relocating to Vermont several years ago. He also has appeared on the cable access program Vermont Folk Stage.
Paul has written for Acoustic Guitar magazine, and the book Transcriptions of Scott Joplin and Joseph Lamb (Hansen House). He recorded Selected Works of Scott Joplin and Joseph Lamb (Titanic Records). He studied classical guitar with Aaron Shearer at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and has played bass guitar and the mandolin in addition to acoustic guitar.
Fingerstyle Swing,Paul Lolax,Mel Bay Publications, Inc.,0786649682,General,Music
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