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At Bradleys 1974
Jimmy Raney
At Bradleys 1974
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 
  •  Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (8) - Disc #2

From 1967 to 1974, the Great Guitarist Jimmy Raney (1927-1995) Went Into Semi-retirement in Louisville, and Didn?t Make a Single Trip to the Recording Studios. Whether this was Due to Personal Problems (Like his Growing Al...  more »

     
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All Artists: Jimmy Raney
Title: At Bradleys 1974
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Gambit Spain
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 2/12/2007
Album Type: Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: Jazz, Pop
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Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 8436028692668

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From 1967 to 1974, the Great Guitarist Jimmy Raney (1927-1995) Went Into Semi-retirement in Louisville, and Didn?t Make a Single Trip to the Recording Studios. Whether this was Due to Personal Problems (Like his Growing Alcohol Addiction) Or to the Lack of Interest by the Major Recording Companies, his Discography Presents a Notable Gap of Almost Ten Years, which is Only Represented by a Couple of Live Recordings. Recorded with Amateur Equipment on December 17 and 18, 1974 at New York?s Famous Bradley?s Club, the Concerts on this CD Occurred Just after Raney?s Comeback. Like Many Other Great Jazzmen, Jimmy Raney Had a Unique Musical Sound, which Encompassed Both Modern and Traditional Styles. These Recordings at Bradley?s ? Issued Here for the First Time Ever ? Give More Than Ample Proof of Raney?s Exceptional Creativity, featuring the Guitarist as the Only Solo Voice, Backed by Another Guitar and Bass, and with the Omnipresent Murmur of an Enthusiastic Crowd.
 

CD Reviews

Good playing, poor sound quality
Mad bin Tod | Ireland, TX USA | 06/01/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Jimmy Raney is one of the greats of jazz guitar with feet firmly planted in the Charlie Christian be-bopping horn-like school. From a certain perspective, almost anything he played is worth hearing at least once, and that's the perspective you need to adopt with this 2-cd set. Sounding wobbly and distorted, as if it were recorded on a hand-held Realistic tape recorder, which it may well have been, you can nevertheless hear Jimmy Raney playing much as he did in his youth - endless and fluid lines of crystalline harmonic logic. He's accompanied on all tunes by some straightforward electric bass and on some tunes by a second guitar. No drums. No horns. Just Jimmy Raney as he was in 1974, just out of "retirement" and embarking on the last phase of his career."
Jimmy's two shining hours -- plus 20 minutes more
Steve Emerine | Tucson, AZ United States | 04/17/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Gambit's issue of this previously unknown Jimmy Raney session from 1974 is good news for all jazz guitar fans. Each disc will entertain you with 70+ minutes of solid guitar music done as only Raney could do. There are no comments or jokes, no lengthy introductions or pauses. These live recordings are jazz guitar music from start to finish. Kudos to Gambit, an excellent Spanish firm, for yet another fine jazz package."