Title: Intimacy and Honesty from a Genius
Product review: I purchased this CD several years ago when it first came out and play it regularly. It feels like Breau is in the room with you. I have never felt such emotion from a jazz recording, it gives me goose bumps with every listening. Also excellent is his Live on Bourban Street disc. I look forward to getting the Living Room Tapes CD in the near future. I don't have much to add to what others have said about Breau's stunning mastery of his instrument. I have been hooked on him since I heard his version of "Mercy Mercy Mercy" on a Guitar Player magazine jazz collection years ago (the cut is on the Velvet Touch cd). I am also a huge fan of the late Joe Pass, whom I was fortunate to see perform late in his career in a small basement club in Annapolis, but there is a shimmering ethereal quality in Lenny's playing that moves me in ways that no other musician does. If you love guitar music, buy this disc.
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