Personnel: Duke Robillard (vocals, guitar); Ron Levy (Hammond b-3 organ); Thomas Enright (bass guitar); Tommy Dequattro (drums); Scott Billington (background vocals).
Once an original member of Roomful Of Blues (and later, the Fabulous Thunderbirds), guitarist Duke Robillard has had a protean career, switching gears between blues, rockabilly, jazz, and rock & roll, and excelling at them all. ESSENTIAL draws upon his recordings for the Rounder label 1985-90, parading 10 reasons why Duke is one of the hottest and most versatile of American guitar royalty.
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Economic issues aside, this is an outstanding collection of guitar pieces by the best performers and composers. Pepe Romero, John Williams, Andres Segovia, Julian Bream have several performances each. Some lesser known but excellent performers appear as well. Paco Pena, the superb Flamenco stylist, does two traditional Spanish tunes. Composers include Rodrigo, Albeniz, Bach, Tarrega, Torroba, Vivaldi, Villa-Lobos, Granados, and many others. Stanley Myers' "Cavatina", the theme to The Deer Hunter, fits in surprisingly well, although not strictly speaking a classical piece.
Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" played by Pepe Romero, with Marriner's Orchestra of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, is terrific. I liked it better than the more familiar versions of Julian Bream and John Williams. It seems more "Spanish", perhaps due to Romero's flamenco background, but I am only guessing at that. Marriner's superb orchestra certainly adds to the performance
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