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George Van Eps ‎– Jump Presents: George Van Eps And The Eddie Miller

- George Van Eps - Stan Wrightsman Trio

Label:
 Jump ‎– J12-6
Format:
 Vinyl, LP, Compilation, 12", 33 RPM
Country:
 US
Released:
 1976
Genre:
 Jazz
Style:
 Traditional Jazz, Cool Jazz

Tracklist

    Van Eps Solos
A1     Kay's Fantasy    
A2     Tea For Two    
A3     Once In A While    
A4     I Wrote It For Jo    

    Miller - Van Eps - Wrightsman
A5     Ain't Misbehavin'    
A6     Pigeon Toe'd Joe    
A7     Stomp Mr. Henry    

    Miller - Van Eps - Wrightsman
B1     Easy To Remember    
B2     Love Is Just Around The Corner    
B3     Back Home    
B4     Once In Awhile    
B5     Stars Fell On Alabama    
B6     Peg O' My Heart    

Credits

    Bass – Jack Ryan (5) (tracks: A2, A4), Phil Stephens (tracks: A1, A3)
    Drums – Nick Fatool (tracks: A1 to A4)
    Guitar [7-String] – George Van Eps
    Piano – Stan Wrightsman (tracks: A5 to B6)
    Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Miller (2) (tracks: A5 to B6)

Notes

Tracks A2, A4 recorded April 1, 1949
Tracks A1, A3 recorded June 13, 1949
Tracks A5, B1, B3, B6 recorded March, 1946
Tracks A6, A7, B2, B4, B5 recorded March 8, 1949

- BIO - George Van Eps
Real Name:
George Abel Van Eps.
Profile:
American jazz guitarist.
Born : August 07, 1913 in Plainfield, New Jersey.
Died : November 29, 1998 in Newport Beach, California.
Son of Fred Van Eps.

George worked with : Freddy Martin (1931-'33), Benny Goodman (1934-'35), Ray Noble (1935-'36 and 1940-'41), Paul Weston (1950s) and recording as a leader or unaccompanied soloist.

 George Van Eps began playing banjo when he was eleven years old. After hearing Eddie Lang on the radio, he put down the banjo and devoted himself to guitar. By the age of thirteen, in 1926, he was performing on the radio. Through the middle of the 1930s, he played with Harry Reser, Smith Ballew, Freddy Martin, Benny Goodman, and Ray Noble.

 Van Eps moved to California and spent most of his remaining career as a studio musician, playing on many commercials and movie soundtracks.

 In the 1930s, he invented a model of guitar with another bass string added to the common six-string guitar. The seven-string guitar allowed him to play basslines below his chord voicings, unlike the single-string style of Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt. He called his technique "lap piano". It anticipated the fingerpicking style of country guitarists Chet Atkins and Merle Travis and inspired jazz guitarists Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pizzarelli, and Howard Alden to pick up the seven-string.

 Dixieland had a following in Los Angeles during the 1940s and 1950s, and he played in groups led by Bob Crosby and Matty Matlock and appeared in the film "Pete Kelly's Blues." He famously played guitar on Frank Sinatra's classic 1955 album In the Wee Small Hours.

 Van Eps played guitar into his 80s, having built a career that lasted over sixty years. -wikipedia

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NM-
(NEAR MINT) The vinyl is almost flawless, bright and shiny. A very light minor, barely visible mark or two may be permitted. The disc should play with no audible noise. The label is bright, clean and unmarked. Sleeve looks almost Mint.
VG++/EX
(VERY GOOD ++/ Excellent) Disc plays near perfectly, but may have minor, light scuffs that do not interfere with the sound quality. There can possibly be a light hairline scratch or two but nothing that is obvious or affects play. Vinyl is bright and shiny; label is clean and unmarked. Sleeve is Excellent.