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Fantasias For Guitar And Banjo
''Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo'' is the debut album of the folk guitarist Sandy Bull, released in 1963 through Vanguard Records. Recording Bull recorded the album accompanied by Billy Higgins, a session jazz drummer who had previously appeared on early Ornette Coleman records.Fellezs, Kevin''Birds of Fire: Jazz, Rock, Funk, and the Creation of Fusion'' Duke University Press. 2011. pg. 50. Retrieved August 11, 2012. Together they recorded three original pieces as well as interpretations of Carmina Burana Fantasy and Non nobis Domine. Music The highlight of ''Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo'' is usually considered to be its opener "Blend", a lengthy improvisational piece.Larkin, Colin. ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz''. Virgin Books. 1999. pg. 135. Retrieved August 11, 2012. According to Bull, the ideas behind the piece originated from his admiration of Folkways Records, which documented ethnic music from across the world. He also claimed to being particularly inspired f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Bull
Alexander "Sandy" Bull (February 25, 1941 – April 11, 2001) was an American folk musician and composer. Bull was an accomplished player of many stringed instruments, including guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, and oud. His early work blends non-western instruments with 1960s folk revival, and has been cited as important in the development of psychedelic music. Early life and education Born February 25, 1941, in New York City, Alexander "Sandy" Bull was the only child of Harry A. Bull, an editor in chief of '' Town & Country'' magazine, and Daphne van Beuren Bayne (1916–2002), a New Jersey banking heiress who became known as a jazz harpist under the name Daphne Hellman. His parents were divorced in 1941, shortly after his birth. By his mother's second marriage to ''The New Yorker'' writer Geoffrey T. Hellman, Bull had a half-sister, the sitar player Daisy Hellman Paradis, and an adopted half-brother, Digger St. John. In the 1950s he studied music at Boston University and pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |