Eclectic Guitar

Eclectic Guitar
Compilation album by Chet Atkins
Released Mar 19, 2007
Recorded 1954 - 1956
Genre Country, jazz
Length 51:19
Label El
Producer Chet Atkins, Stephen H. Sholes
Chet Atkins chronology
The Essential Chet Atkins
(2007)
Eclectic Guitar
(2007)
The Early Years 1946-1957
(2007)

Eclectic Guitar is a compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 2007 on the El label.

History

The single disc contains 20 tracks from the three-year period of 1954 through 1956 representing Atkins' work in a variety of styles; mostly pop, jazz, and classical with very little country music. Most of the songs are solo performances.

The cover photo had been previously used for the 1961 reissue of A Session with Chet Atkins.

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Track listing

  1. "Sunrise Serenade" (Carle) – 2:47
  2. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:41
  3. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:28
  4. "Mister Sandman" (Pat Ballard) – 2:18
  5. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:25
  6. "Minute Waltz" (Frédéric Chopin) – 1:47
  7. "Intermezzo" (Robert Henning, Heinz Provost) – 2:33
  8. "Minuet/Prelude" (Bach) – 2:30
  9. "Little Rock Getaway" (Carl Sigman, Joe Sullivan) – 2:19
  10. "Ochi Chornya (Dark Eyes)" (Traditional) – 2:46
  11. "La Golondrina" (Traditional) – 2:48
  12. "Indian Love Call" (Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach) – 2:58
  13. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 3:01
  14. "Alice Blue Gown" (Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney) – 2:22
  15. "Malaguena" (Ernesto Lecuona) – 2:48
  16. "Gavotte in D" (François Joseph Gossec) – 1:43
  17. "Waltz in A Flat" (Johannes Brahms) – 1:50
  18. "Adelita" (Tarrega) – 1:39
  19. "Petite Walz" (Traditional) – 2:50
  20. "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 2:46

Personnel

References

  1. "Eclectic Guitar > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
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