Mandolin CDs

[SandyBarRanch]

Yes, "Hold on We're Struming" is WELL worth it. One that hasn't made it to the list yet is Jethro Burns - "Bye Bye Blues" & "Sing Low Sweet Mandolin". I love that stuff.

[Eugene]

What, no classical (other than occasional excursions on Traversata)? As an excellent demonstration of how rich a solo mandolin can sound without any accompaniment whatsoever in the context of "art" music, you really should see if you can find:

Gertrud Tröster/Troester. 1995. The Romantic Mandolin: 10 unaccompanied preludes of Raffaele Calace. Thorofon, 2211.

Absolutely inhuman! You may have to listen a few times to convince yourself that there are no overdubs.

[Tibby]

Just checked out "the Romantic Mandolin." Awsome stuff!

I seem to say that about everything you guys suggest. Lets face it, the Madnolin is just awsome, peroid!

[Geoff]

Jazz Mandolin Project. "Jungle Tango" is their newest album. Its quite a long way off from bluegrass, but its one of my favorite albums to listen to lately. Drums, Bass, mandolin. Oh and some acordion and piano.

[Tibby]

Thanks, I'll check it out. Don't want my collect to get TO MUCH blue grass, after all.

[jasona]

Then you might consider the Creaking Tree String Quartet--its its own thing. New acousitc with a chamber music feel. Really innovative stuff, and now up for a Juno!

[grsnovi]

Always looking for new tunes, so I copied down some of these suggestions and just got back from picking up a few.

I'm only two tracks into "Jungle Tango" and I'm hoping that somewhere in the remaining tracks a mandolin emerges... The first two tracks sound more like WEATHER REPORT than say: INTO THE CAULDRON (which I don't view as "bluegrass")

On the jazz side of the spectrum I tend to lean more towards Benny Goodman with Charlie Christian than Jaco Pastorius.

I really like INTO THE CAULDRON a lot (more so than other Thile and Nickel Creek stuff).

I also picked up HOLD ON WE'RE STRUMMIN' by Sam and Dave...

[peterbc]

I don't have any cd's, but got a few mp3's from this site of Harmonious Wail and I really like the mandolin picking in that group.