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String Players: Steve Swallow, Charles Mingus and More
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This program showcases string players, mostly guitarists and bassists, as bandleaders, composers, and soloists. The featured players include
Steve Swallow
bassb.1940
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic1922 - 1979
Avishai Cohen
bassb.1970
Joe Venuti
violin1903 - 1978
Chris Lightcap
bassb.1971
Playlist
- Henry Threadgill Sextett "I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00
" data-original-title="" title="">Leroy Vinnegar "Big Shoes (For Your Feet)" from Walkin' The Basses (Contemporary) 1:05Leroy Vinnegar
bass, acoustic
1928 - 1999
" data-original-title="" title="">Lionel Loueke "Skylark" from Close Your Eyes (Sounderscore) 6:22Lionel Loueke
guitar
b.1973- Host Speaks 14:47
" data-original-title="" title="">Vitor Pereira "The Hero" from Jung (Self-Produced) 16:21Vitor Pereira
guitar
b.1979- Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth "Fuzz" from Deluxe (Clean Feed) 24:53
- Host Speaks 29:10
- Avishai Cohen "Madrid" from At Home (Razdaz) 31:15
- " data-original-title="" title="">Harry Miller Quintet "Opportunities" from Harry Miller—The Collection (Ogun) 37:07
Harry Miller
bass
b.1941 - Host Speaks 45:10
- Hedvig Mollestad "Slightly Lighter" from Ekhidna (Rune Grammofon) 46:27
" data-original-title="" title="">Ingrid Laubrock "Chant II" from The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic) 49:26Ingrid Laubrock
saxophone
b.1970- Host Speaks 1:00:36
" data-original-title="" title="">Stefan Grossman/John Renbourn "Idaho Potato" from Under the Volcano (Kicking Mule) 1:01:42Stefan Grossman
b.1945- Joe Venuti "In De Ruff" from 1933 (Classics) 1:06:32
- Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks "Shorty Falls In Love" from Original Recordings (Floating World) 1:09:38
- Host Speaks 1:13:00
" data-original-title="" title="">Manel Fortia "Circular" from Despertar (Microscopi) 1:14:34Manel Fortia
bass- Steve Swallow "Thinking Out Loud" from Real Book (Xtra/Watt) 1:22:46
- Host Speaks 1:27:49
- Charles Mingus "Once Upon A Time There Was A Holding Corporation Called Old America" from Music Written For Monterey 1965, Not Heard... Played in Its Entirety at UCLA (Sunnyside) 1:31:05
- Host Speaks 1:42:08
" data-original-title="" title="">Brandi Disterheft Trio "Manhattan Moon" from Surfboard (Justin Time) 1:42:51Brandi Disterheft
bass, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Brad Myers andBrad Myers
guitar
b.1975
" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Sharfe "Falling Grace" from Sanguinaria (Colloquy) 1:46:39Michael Sharfe
bass, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Pass "Robbins Nest" from Songs for Ellen (Pablo) 1:52:04Joe Pass
guitar
1929 - 1994
" data-original-title="" title="">Art Ensemble Of Chicago "Odwalla/The Theme" from Selected Recordings (ECM) 1:54:46Art Ensemble Of Chicago
band / ensemble / orchestra
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Steve Swallow
Jerome Wilson
Charles Mingus
Avishai Cohen
Joe Venuti
Chris Lightcap
Leroy Vinnegar
Lionel Loueke
Vitor Pereira
Harry Miller
Hedvig Mollestad
Ingrid Laubrock
Stefan Grossman
Manel Fortià
Brandi Disterheft
Brad Myers
Michael Sharfe
Joe Pass
The Art Ensemble of Chicago
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