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1	The Original Guitar Wizard (2005) more music like this by Lonnie Johnson Lonnie Johnson was best known for his tonally beautiful guitar playing, but he was also a fine singer and songwriter, and pretty adept on violin, piano, banjo, mandolin, harmonium, and bass as well. Equally at home in the blues or the jazz world (he worked with artists as raw as Texas Alexander and as polished as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington ... see all copies from $16.70! new only from $23.94!
2	Hittin' on All Six (2000) more music like this by Various Artists Jazz guitar fans should be thrilled by this lavish box set from Proper. Just as they did with they equally impressive survey of jazz drumming (Engine Room: A History of Jazz Drumming From Storyville to 52nd Street), the English label focuses here on one of the less-hailed components of the jazz firmament. Including extensive sessionographies, ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $42.99!
3	Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey (2003) more music like this by Original Soundtrack This five-disc, 116-track box set presents a sweeping history of the blues from its emergence in the early 1900s clear through to its various contemporary guises, and includes samples of country blues in all of its regional variations, as well as cuts from string bands, jug bands, jazz combos, gritty Chicago blues outfits, and a look at how rock ... see all copies from $35.00! new only from $35.00!
4	The New York Sessions 1926-1935 (2003) more music like this by Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti The recordings of master jazz duo Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti have been compiled many times and in many ways, but never before as easily as JSP's four-disc box set The New York Sessions 1926-1935. While Mosaic still deserves pride of place for its massive set The Classic Columbia and OKeh Sessions (which doubles the number of discs), this set earns ... see all copies from $25.71! new only from $25.71!
5	Stringing the Blues (1963) more music like this by Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti This two-LP set (reissued on CD by Koch in 2000) contains a definitive cross-section of the recordings of violinist Joe Venuti and guitarist Eddie Lang. The 32 performances include everything from duets and a few of Lang's meetings with fellow guitarist Lonnie Johnson to examples of Joe Venuti's Blue Four and guest appearances with singer Annette ... see all copies from $18.73! new only from $22.76!
6	Great Blues Guitarists: String Dazzlers (1991) more music like this by Various Artists Ten excellent blues guitarists are heard on 20 selections dating from 1924-40 on this enjoyable CD reissue from the Columbia/ Legacy series. Included are Sylvester Weaver (the first blues guitarist to record an unaccompanied solo), the team of Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang (who are heard on a pair of duets and with singer Texas Alexander), the ... see all copies from $5.38! new only from $5.38!
7	Complete Recorded Works (1925-1932), Vol. 4: 1928-1929 (1991) more music like this by Lonnie Johnson The period of time covered in the fourth of seven Lonnie Johnson Document CDs found the guitarist/singer being well-featured as a leader in many settings. He is heard on three two-part double-entendre performances with singer Victoria Spivey ("New Black Snake Blues," "Toothache Blues," and "Furniture Man Blues"); on five guitar duets with the ... see all copies from $7.35! new only from $7.35!
8	Pioneers of the Jazz Guitar (1928) more music like this by Various Artists Other than Django Reinhardt, the who's who of jazz guitar (all acoustic players) are heard on this sampler album from Yazoo. There are guitar duets by Lonnie Johnson and Eddie Lang, Lang and Carl Kress (the memorable "Feeling My Way"), Kress and Dick McDonough, and the team of John Cali and Tony Guttuso. In addition there are solo performances by ... see all copies from $12.62! new only from $16.19!
9	Swing Out Rhythm (2000) more music like this by Lonnie Johnson see all copies from $11.49! new only from $17.23!
10	Two of a Kind: Groovemasters, Vol. 8 (2002) more music like this by Pat Donohue & Mike Dowling see all copies from $12.16! new only from $18.07!
11 view cover	Mr. Johnson Blues [Mamush/Aim] (197?) more music like this by Lonnie Johnson Fourteen cuts from the late '20s to early '30s, with Eddie Lang, Victoria Spivey, Texas Alexander, Mooch Richardson, Katherine Baker, and Violet Green. Highlights include "Uncle Ned Don't Use Your Head" and "Winnie the Wailer." Barry Lee Pearson, All Music Guide see all copies from $6.76! new only from $6.76!
12 view cover	Blue Guitars, Vols. 1 & 2 (1998) more music like this by Eddie Lang/Lonnie Johnson Two virtuoso guitarists are featured alone, together and with a small cast of supporting players on the 1998 BGO double-album reissue compilation Blue Guitars, Vols. 1 & 2. Philadelphia native Salvatore Massara, known professionally as Eddie Lang (1902-1933) and New Orleans' own Alonzo Johnson, who worked under the name Lonnie Johnson (1899-1970) ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $29.69!

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