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African Guitar DVD This 60 minute video offers a rare view into the rich textures of African fingerstyle guitar music. It was recorded by the famed cultural anthropologist Gerhard Kubik between 1966 and 1993. these are audio-visual field recordings from isolated African villages to the gardens of Europe, presenting some fo the legends of this style: Mwenda Jean Bosco, Faustino Okello, Pierre Gwa, Daniel Kachamba and others.
Price:£19.96 Product Code: VESTAPOL13017

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Electric Hot Tuna: Live At The Fillmore The legendary Delta-inspired blues-rockers performing at the Fillmore, San Francisco in 1994, with all the atmosphere and electricity of a true homecoming show. Whilst Elvis and Buddy Holly were...
Price:£19.96 Product Code: VESTAPOL13040

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Devil Got My Woman DVD DVD edition of this heretofore-unseen glimpse of a unique blues summit between blues masters Son House, Howlin' Wolf, Bukka White and Skip James. A bracing reminder of this music's elemental vitality and the culture that nurtured it, recorded live at the 1966 Newport Folk Festival.
Price:£19.96 Product Code: VESTAPOL13049

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World Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Records by Charlie Byrd, Lenny Breau, George Van Eps, Laurindo Almieda, and Joe Pass have set a very high standard for solo fingerstyle jazz guitar, and it is from this vantage point that the solo flights of Taylor, Crook, Nichols, Baker, and Mann take wing. Each player has developed a distinctly different approach to interpreting and writing jazz for solo guitar by listening intently to numerous other musicians and composers - pianists, horn players, bassists, and singers as well as many guitarists in jazz, blues and other styles. What distinguishes them from more traditional jazz guitarists (who more or less function in a linear voice in an ensemble) is their ability to play (or imply) all aspects of music - rhythm, chords, bass, and melody - without accompaniment. Their performances not only demonstrate their technical brilliance and imagination, they are a testament to the enduring power and beauty of jazz guitar in its current evolution as a major instrumental force in American mu
Price:£19.96 Product Code: VESTAPOL13064

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