Customer: “Hi, I’m looking for a gift for my dad. He likes jazz – who do you recommend?”
Clerk: “Well, Louis Armstrong is pretty popular.”
Customer: “Louis Armstrong? Isn’t he the astronaut? He’s like the first guy to walk on the moon.”
Clerk: “No, no, you’re thinking Neil.”
Customer: “Fine, whatever, the first guy to kneel on the moon.”
The first piece is a solea. The second, a bolero, is a Nana Caymmi hit called Resposta ao Tempo.
Nataly Makovskaya again, filmed by Roman Gurochkin.
Per-Olov Kindgren is the classical guitar star of YouTube. Here’s a good example of why he is so popular!
Rob MacKillop here is playing Sor on gut strings, with no nails, on a Panormo (copy) guitar, with the guitar resting on a table in front of him. Rob says:
“These pages will document my attempt to perform the music of Fernando Sor with the techniques and interpretive practices outlined in his musical scores and tutors.”
Beautifully done!
Sor Op31 No18 Lesson in Bm from Rob MacKillop on Vimeo.
Sor Op31 No18 Lesson in Bm from Rob MacKillop on Vimeo.
This comes from the YouTube channel of Roman Gurochkin:
Here’s my favorite old-timer on YouTube. Her name is Lorna Jack. I found her while I was participating in an online stock market forum, of all things. Somehow the topic veered onto music and one of the participants mentioned that his 84-year-old mother was on YouTube playing piano. I checked it out, not expecting much, and found something beautiful:
I’ve been noticing some older guys with guitars showing up on YouTube lately. Here’s Ken Speers (69) playing some pretty cool (if you ask me) fingerstyle jazz (When You Wish Upon a Star) with some pretty slick artificial harmonics:
And then again with Lady Be Good:
I think it’s time to start an “Old Guys” category!
Her own composition, Parranda.
Meg says: “I have always loved classical guitar, so i wrote this piece :)”
