This weblog will give you information about the "El Redescubrimiento de Oscar Aleman" project, the "Rediscovering of Oscar Aleman" project.
Oscar Aleman ( 1909 - 1980 )was an Argentinean jazz guitar player, entertainer and showman, born in Argentina, lived in Europe (1930s)and returned to Argentina ( 1940 - 1980 ).
He was one of the best jazz guitar players of his time.VIEJOS TIEMPOS
Sometimes, when listening to and watching higly skilled contemporary guitarists in any given genre of music, I cannot stop wandering, if the unique technique of playing the guitar developed by Oscar Alemán has disappeared from the world's music scene with his passing away in 1980. However, once in a while I hear fragments reminding me of Oscar's genius - for instance when watching and listening to the excellent tango guitar duo, shown below. Just recently I noticed the following videos uploaded at YouTube featuring the Faggiano Duo - Matias & Augustin Faggiano.Enjoy the duo in a performance of the tango "Viejos tiempos" by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Lepera
On this special day, the 99th anniversary of Oscar Alemán, it's a thrill to learn that Alemán's conception of the swing standard "I Got Rhythm" by Gershwin has survived in the Faggiano Duo's performance of the tune. Hope you to enjoy this performance of "Tengo Ritmo"
Jo
posted by Jo at 9:52 AM
2 Comments:
Thank you, Jo, remembering Oscar's 99th birthday. I'm going to play some of his records today ... that's the best we can do, isn't it ....... VERY LOUD !!
Keep swinging
Hans
También se cumplen dos años de la creación de vuestro blog tan bien documentado, que recomendamos siempre y visitamos con renovado placer. Un abrazo de Waldo y los muchachos de Hot Club de Boedo.
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