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    Tones Behind The Tracks

    Jan 07, 2022 5 minutes

    Artist: Chris Standring

    Album: Wonderful World (Ultimate Vibe/Lateralize Records)

    British-born guitarist Chris Standring has been a leading light of the jazz-guitar scene in America for many years. Described as “one of the most lyrical guitarists in jazz” by Jazz Times, his latest album, Wonderful World, is likely to win him plenty of new fans across the pond, too. An elegant collection of jazz standards, the album’s lush orchestral parts were recorded in Studio Two at Abbey Road – but the real star of the show is Chris’s sublime melodic playing on a Benedetto archtop. He joins us to talk about the difficult task of bringing fresh life to classic melodies for the album, and also offers invaluable, down-to-earth advice on how to go beyond ‘shapes and boxes’ and become truly free as a melodic guitarist.

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