Brad says:
> And wasn't that 50s/60s country session guitarist, Garland (Hank
> or Wayne?), a jazz guitarist, too? -- Terry Smith
>
> It was Hank Garland. His "Jazz Winds From A New Direction" was
> the debut recording of vibraphonist Gary Burton, and was
> straightahead jazz.
True enough, though Garland started out as pretty much a hillbilly picker,
influenced by Maybelle Carter and Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. By chance,
I picked up Bear Family's 1992 collection, Hank Garland And His Sugar
Footers just yesterday at Darren Blaze's Shake It Records store over in
Northside; it's material from the late 40s and early 50s, and there's some
very nifty stuff on it. Anyhow, Garland's certainly another one who brought
jazz sensibilities into the Nashville Sound recordings.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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