A fluent and skilled musician, famous in his native country as a classical Spanish guitar player, Almeida went to the USA in the 40s to work in film and television studios. His jazz work was first widely exposed during a spell with Stan Kenton in the late 40s. Although continuing his film and television work, Almeida also took many opportunities to play jazz, joining forces with bass player Harry Babasin, altoist Bud Shank and drummer Roy Harte in 1953. The work of this group anticipated many of the hallmarks of the bossa nova craze that came a few years later. During his career Almeida won Grammy awards in 1959 for his performance on Danzas, and the following year for The Spanish Guitars Of Laurindo Almeida and Conversations With The Guitar…
A fluent and skilled musician, famous in his native country as a classical Spanish guitar player, Almeida went to the USA in the 40s to work in film and television studios. His jazz work was first widely exposed during a spell with Stan Kenton in the late 40s. Although continuing his film and television work, Almeida also took many opportunities to play jazz, joining forces with bass player Harry Babasin, altoist Bud Shank and drummer Roy Harte in 1953. The work of this group anticipated many of the hallmarks of the bossa nova craze that came a few years later. During his career Almeida won Grammy awards in 1959 for his performance on Danzas, and the following year for The Spanish Guitars Of Laurindo Almeida and Conversations With The Guitar…
A fluent and skilled musician, famous in his native country as a classical Spanish guitar player, Almeida went to the USA in the 40s to work in film and television studios. His jazz work was first widely exposed during a spell with Stan Kenton in the late 40s. Although continuing his film and television work, Almeida also took many opportunities to play jazz, joining forces with bass player Harry Babasin, altoist Bud Shank and drummer Roy Harte in 1953. The work of this group anticipated many of the hallmarks of the bossa nova craze that came a few years later. During his career Almeida won Grammy awards in 1959 for his performance on Danzas, and the following year for The Spanish Guitars Of Laurindo Almeida and Conversations With The Guitar…
Deluxe 10 Disc (eight CD / two Blu-rays) box set featuring all of the recordings made and released by Hawkwind and Hawklords between 1977 and 1979 Featuring Robert Calvert. Featuring New stereo and 5. 1 surround sound mixes of Quark, Strangeness And Charm, Hawklords - 25 Years On and P. X. R. 5 by Steven Wilson. With an additional four CDs of live material including all the surviving recordings from the September 1977 Sonic Assassins concert in December 1977 and Hawklords Live At Uxbridge University, all mixed from the original multi-track masters. Also including the previously unreleased promotional film of Hawklords At Uxbridge University in 1978 and a performance of Quark, Strangeness And Charm on the Marc Bolan TV show, plus a lavishly illustrated book, essay and a poster.
Deluxe 10 Disc (eight CD / two Blu-rays) box set featuring all of the recordings made and released by Hawkwind and Hawklords between 1977 and 1979 Featuring Robert Calvert. Featuring New stereo and 5. 1 surround sound mixes of Quark, Strangeness And Charm, Hawklords - 25 Years On and P. X. R. 5 by Steven Wilson. With an additional four CDs of live material including all the surviving recordings from the September 1977 Sonic Assassins concert in December 1977 and Hawklords Live At Uxbridge University, all mixed from the original multi-track masters. Also including the previously unreleased promotional film of Hawklords At Uxbridge University in 1978 and a performance of Quark, Strangeness And Charm on the Marc Bolan TV show, plus a lavishly illustrated book, essay and a poster.