Nate Najar - Blues For Night People
[CCD 79992]

£9.99

Guitarist Charlie Byrd came into international prominence with his collaborations with Stan Getz in the formative days of the Bossa Nova movement. Rising star guitarist Nate Najar was attracted to Byrd’s playing whilst taking guitar lessons at High school in Washington D.C.

Nate admired the simple elegance of the Charlie Byrd style- sounding as it did as if that was the “right” way to do it.Here Nate plays Charlie’s actual guitar in similar style but committed to maintaining his own individuality while still paying tribute to Charlie. He chose the songs based on Byrd’s affinity for a great melody and fine composers of the 20th century. As Charlie’s widow Becky says “There is no doubt that there is a piece of Charlie’s soul in Nate’s mind,heart and fingers. Get ready world- here comes Nate Najar !”

1) BLUES FOR NIGHT PEOPLE
(Charlie Byrd)
2) DJANGO
(John Lewis)
3) DESAFINADO
(Antonio Carlos Jobim)
4) SWING 59
(Charlie Byrd)
5) O PATO
(Nierza Teixeira & Jayme Silva)
6) THE SINGLE PETAL OF A ROSE
(Duke Ellington)
7) CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ
(Joaquin Rodrigo)
8) HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES?
(Richard Rodgers)
9) WHO CARES?
(George Gershwin)
10) SOMEONE TO LIGHT UP MY LIFE
(Antonio Carlos Jobim)
11) SI TU VOIS MA MÈRE
(Sidney Bechet)
12) REMEMBERING CHARLIE BYRD
(Nate Najar)

NATE NAJAR (unamplified guitar)
CHUCK REDD (drums 1-3, 7-10, 12 and vibraphone (tracks 4, 5, 11)
TOMMY CECIL (bass)