Jan Akkerman is worlds best acoustic guitar player of this planet !
Listen and shiver
Listen also to Suite 1 (Central Station) on RU-vid
Jan Akkerman - PASSION - 1999 -
"Passion" was recorded in the late nineties, when Jan Akkerman spent a lot of time playing in theatres with double bass player Wilbrand Meischker and bassist Manuel Hugas. The album consists mainly of improvised acoustic pieces, which were recorded during soundchecks for these concerts. As is usual with these kind of albums from Jan, it is easy to hear why Jan Akkerman is regarded as a living legend. He is one of the very few guitarists who can play any style of music equally well, anything from rock and blues to Spanish and classical. As stated before on this blog, the terms, world's greatest guitarist, best guitarist of all time, etc, etc, are "bandied" around a lot. However if we take some of the definitions of great, like "of outstanding significance or importance", "superior in quality or character", "powerful; influential", or "remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect", then Jan Akkerman is truly a great guitarist, as all the aforementioned definitions apply to Jan's playing. "Passion" is a precious work of musical art from a guitar genius.
TRACKS / COMPOSERS
2. Suite 2 - Akkerman, Leer, Linden, Muleta, Ruiter
- a. Monkey
- b. Sweethearts
- c. Close Enough
- d. Central Park
- e. Ab-so-rocking-lutely
- f. D.Jan.Go
- g. Mary
Music played by Jan Akkerman, using a Lowden OS 25 acoustic guitar via a Peavey Preamp (Tube Flex)
See also : www.last.fm/music/Jan+Akkerman...
11 апр 2011
