Duke Robillard
Award winning guitarist Duke Robillard has traveled the world over for the last 40 years entertaining audiences with his special blend of blues and classic jazz. He has won four W.C. Handy awards for Blues Guitarist of the Year and has been nominated for a Grammy. He's recorded with, played with, or produced many of the most important artists of the last several decades, including Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Ruth Brown, Johnny Adams, Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, among many more. With 20 albums under his own name and many more as guitarist with countless artists, Duke has achieved tremendous musical legacy.
A Swingin’ Session with Duke Robillard, is an album for everyone, blues lovers or jazz fans. It is joyful, timeless music. Duke Robillard presides like a great chef, adding a touch of seasoning here, a little extra heat there. The players on A Swingin’ Session are Scott Hamilton, Doug James, Mark Teixera, Sax Gordon, Bruce Katz and Marty Ballou, all major players in the jazz / blues scene and many are bandleaders themselves. Duke and Red Oak Music are currently working on a series of lessons based on this album that will be live in Spring of 2009.
As the title implies, Guitar Groove A Rama is a showcase for Duke Robillard and his guitar collection. It allows him to both flex his chops in a variety of styles and display his impressive set of instruments--on the cover and in the grooves. It's a jumping-off place for songs that reference twang (a peppy version of Bob Dylan's "Down Along the Cove"), jazzy lounge/gospel ("Sunday Mornin'"), and tough swamp ("Sewed Up"), plus a "Tequila"-styled surf take on Sonny Boy Williamson's "No Way Out" and even a swinging instrumental rendition of "Danny Boy" with a surprise Beatlesque ending.
A Swingin’ Session with Duke Robillard, is an album for everyone, blues lovers or jazz fans. It is joyful, timeless music. Duke Robillard presides like a great chef, adding a touch of seasoning here, a little extra heat there. The players on A Swingin’ Session are Scott Hamilton, Doug James, Mark Teixera, Sax Gordon, Bruce Katz and Marty Ballou, all major players in the jazz / blues scene and many are bandleaders themselves. Duke and Red Oak Music are currently working on a series of lessons based on this album that will be live in Spring of 2009.
As the title implies, Guitar Groove A Rama is a showcase for Duke Robillard and his guitar collection. It allows him to both flex his chops in a variety of styles and display his impressive set of instruments--on the cover and in the grooves. It's a jumping-off place for songs that reference twang (a peppy version of Bob Dylan's "Down Along the Cove"), jazzy lounge/gospel ("Sunday Mornin'"), and tough swamp ("Sewed Up"), plus a "Tequila"-styled surf take on Sonny Boy Williamson's "No Way Out" and even a swinging instrumental rendition of "Danny Boy" with a surprise Beatlesque ending.
Buy it at Amazon.com --- Guitar Groove A Rama
The album's 16-minute centerpiece, "Blues A Rama," is a magnificent vehicle for Robillard. He uses a standard slow blues to introduce and play licks in the style of about a dozen influential guitarists, from the usual suspects such as Buddy Guy and Freddie, Albert, and B.B. King to the slightly more obscure likes of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. We liked that track so much that we decided to make a series of guitar lessons: Duke Robillard's Blues A Rama.
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| Blues A Rama . Lesson 10 | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Blues A Rama . Lesson 11 | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Blues A Rama . Lesson 2 | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Blues A Rama . Lesson 6 | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Blues A Rama . Lesson 7 | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Blues A Rama . Lesson 8 | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Blues A Rama . Lesson 9 | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Blues A Rama . Lesson 1 | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Lester Leaps In . Lead Lesson | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Lester Leaps In . Rhythm Lesson | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Lester Leaps In . Song | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Moten Swing . Lesson | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Moten Swing . Song | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Swingin' the Blues . Lesson 1 | Preview | Level: 3 |
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| Swingin' the Blues . Lesson 2 | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Swingin' the Blues . Lesson 3 | Preview | Level: 4 |
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| Swingin' the Blues . Lesson 4 | Preview | Level: 4 |
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