Autumn
Leaves Written by Joseph Kosma and Johnny Mercer.
(1,545KB) Recorded direct to CD-R in December 2002, with just a Strat
plugged into a stock Fender Vibroverb. I used an SM67 on one speaker
and a C100 on the other speaker.
Yesterdays A
classic
by Jerome Kern. (1,030KB)
The Days of
Wine and Roses By Henry Mancini and Johnny
Mercer. (4,000KB) Played on my new Trenier Excel, using an AKG C391
over the bridge and a C414 over the neck, mixed hard left and right.
Recorded February 2012.
Here's That Rainy Day
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen. (2,800KB) My Trenier Magnolia Classic, same
setup as above. Recorded February 2012.
Stella By Starlight
By
Victor Young, 1944. (4,100KB) This has been one of my favorite pieces
for years. Recorded with my Trenier Excel, November 2011.
Misty A classic written
in 1954 by Erroll Garner. (2,700KB) I was trying out a new mic
technique, and used a AKG C391 placed high over my right shoulder, and
a Blue Woodpecker facing the guitar top. The reverb is just the room
sound on the C391. The guitar is my 2009 Trenier Magnolia Classic.
Recorded October 2010.
Naima Written by John
Coltrane. (741KB) This is a mono (!) recording, completely dry, of my
1945 Gibson L-5. Recorded in October 2003 with an AKG C414. That’s it,
as simple as it gets. I learned this arrangement from my teacher Adam
Levy in the early ‘90s.
Don’t Get
Around Much Anymore By Duke Ellington. (1,078KB).
My L-5 again, recorded in October of 2004, this time using a mono mix
of the C414 over the 15th fret and an AKG C391 over the bridge. Not
many people use a bridge microphone, but I find that it adds
interesting harmonics and liveliness to the sound and is much closer to
the true acoustic sound of the guitar.
My One and Only Love
By Guy Wood and Robert Mellin. (1,037KB) The same guitar and mics as
above, same session, but this time with the neck and bridge mic mixed
left and right in a stereo spread.
In A Sentimental Mood
Another by The Duke. (921KB) I played my Grimes Montreux into an AKG
C414 microphone positioned over the 12th fret, mixed hard left, and a
C391 over the bridge, mixed hard right. The mix is perfectly dry.
Recorded in June 2001.
My dear friend
But Beautiful
By Jimmy Van Heusen. (4,500KB) Robert Griffith on flugelhorn, me on
guitar. Recorded January 2013.
I Could Write a Book
By Richard Rogers. (2,800KB) With Robert on trumpet, same as above.