Pure Alex de Grassi (2006)

About this title: Students of pioneering fingerpickers need no introduction to Alex de Grassi, but Windham Hill/Legacy's Pure Alex de Grassi goes a long way toward articulating his contributions to classical and jazz guitar for listeners less mindful of technique and more attuned to rhythm and harmony. Selections from his classic discs Turning: Turning Back (1978), Slow Circle (1979), and Southern Exposure (1983) sit alongside later works, among them the mesmerizing The World's Getting Loud (1993) and Deep at Night (1991). As a bonus, Gymnopédie No. 3, from 1992's complex and beautiful The Impressionists, is ... read more

Tracks:

1. Bright Sky [DeGrassi]
2. Western [DeGrassi]
3. McCormick [DeGrassi]
4. Clockwork [DeGrassi]
5. Deep at Night [DeGrassi]
6. Charlotte [DeGrassi]
7. Children's Dance [DeGrassi]
8. 36 [DeGrassi]
9. The Monkulator [DeGrassi]
10. Turning [DeGrassi]
11. Overland [DeGrassi]
12. Digital Interlude [DeGrassi]
13. Inverness [DeGrassi]
14. Cumulus [DeGrassi]
15. Gymnopédie No. 3 [Satie]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.