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Estrellas de Radio

by Jake Sanders

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Jeudi This album is one of my favorite discoveries on Bandcamp. "Waltzes, rags and blues" doesn't begin to describe how immersive an experience it is listening to these songs; which transport you to the early part of the last century. The collection toggles between USA and Italy and though the band has mastered both locales, I find the Italian songs are truly swoonworthy. Such a brilliant group of artists playing on this album. It's just fabulous! Bravo Jake for putting this together! Favorite track: L'Ultimo Amore.
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Jose Tello No need for a time machine, this album has you covered.

Sit back in a turn-of-the-century Italian cafe or take a stroll through Lenox Avenue in the 1920s. All tracks have unique string textures to them and altogether they make listening a participatory experience rather than just an idle, contemplative one. Favorite track: L'Ultimo Amore.
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Sunset Blues 07:29
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Margaret 03:25
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Gold Diggers 02:23
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released February 16, 2018

El Trio: Jared Engel, bass; Dalton Ridenhour, piano

Dennis Lichtman, mandolin, tracks 5, 9 • Aaron Jonah Lewis, violin, tracks 1, 2, 11, 12 Patrick Donley, guitar, piano, tracks 3, 8, 13 • Paul Asaro, piano, tracks 1, 2, 11, 12 Beau Sample, bass, tracks 1, 2, 11, 12

Engineered by Alex Hall at Reliable Recorders, Chicago

Eric Esquivel, Cover Photo • John Hasbrouck, Graphic Design • Fraulini Guitars handcrafted by Todd Cambio featured on tracks 3, 8, 13 • Agradecimientos especiales para Kevin McEvoy y Barbara Epstein, Mike Walbridge, Naomi Uyama, Carolina y todos los Cracovianos.

About the Album:

Estrellas de Radio features the sounds of acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, violin, piano and upright bass. The songs and styles range across a broad spectrum of traditions, drawing from or expanding upon the roots of American jazz. The album features beautiful waltzes, rags, blues, and band arrangements of four guitar solos originally published in the 30’s which have never been previously recorded. Three of these rare and unique compositions are credited to guitar legend Nick Lucas.

Recorded over a two year period by Alex Hall at Reliable Records in Chicago, the album features a host of musicians from New York, Chicago and Detroit; these include: Jared Engel, Dalton Ridenhour, Dennis Lichtman, Aaron Jonah Lewis, Beau Sample, Paul Asaro, and Patrick Donley.

Three tracks feature the exceptional sounds of Fraulini Guitars hand-crafted by the esteemed luthier Todd Cambio. (Jake Sanders plays an Annunziata on Serate Primaverili, Speranze Perdute, and Flappers Trot; Patrick Donley plays an Angie on Speranze Perdute).

While the early Italian pioneers of the jazz guitar Nick Lucas and Eddie Lang made their mark on 20th century music, an earlier generation of Italian string virtuoso were also recording in America. Masters such as Giovanni Gioviale and Giovanni Vicari brought old world sounds to the new world. L’Ultimo and Serate Primaverili are adaptations of Giovale’s brilliant compositions originally conceived for mandolin. Speranze Perdute was inspired by a recording by Giovanni Vicari, as was the mazurka Mia Carina, which he recorded with The Continental Trio.

While Nick Lucas is famous amongst jazz aficionados both as a vocalist and for his early recorded guitar solos (Picking the Guitar and Teasing the Frets), he is also credited with composing numerous guitar solos which were never recorded, but appeared in folios and early flat-picking method books. Bootlegger’s Blues, Flappers Trot, and Gold diggers are all examples of Lucas guitar solos which exist as sheet music, but have not been recorded until now.

The exquisite waltz, Margaret, appears as a piece in The Nick Lucas Guitar Method Vol. 1, however was composed by J. Nicomede. Sanders unique conception and arrangements of these songs are drawn from his nearly 20 years of playing roots music. (Flappers Trot, guitar and piano) (Bootlegger’s Blues, Gold diggers, Margaret, guitar, violin, piano, bass).

Let Me Call You Sweetheart and Wang Wang Blues are classically-styled guitar and mandolin duets arranged in studio. Charleston Rag, known as a piano solo, is heard here uniquely arranged for piano, guitar, and upright bass. The Memphis Shakedown, made famous by the Memphis Jug band, is a common tune for old-time and jug bands performing today. However on Estellas de Radio the tune becomes something altogether different, achieving new sounds in old music. The Sunset Blues is the album's one original composition. Like any blues it borrows from the past, however it’s spare style, unusual form, and crafted melody give it a sound all its own.


About Jake Sanders:

Jake Sanders is a guitarist, bandleader, and arranger, whose musical career began in New York City at the end of the last century. After years as a street performer, playing jazz and American traditional music, Sanders formed the popular roots band, The Cangelosi Cards. They performed nightly in the back rooms and bars of the East Village, but soon traveled well beyond Manhattan, playing shows from Shanghai to Stockholm. After years with the Cards, Jake joined The Fat Babies, an acclaimed hot jazz band which continues to perform weekly at Chicago’s world famous Green Mill Cocktail Lounge. His last album with the group, Solid Gassuh (Delmark Records), made DownBeat Magazine’s "Best of 2017” list - a rare feat for a traditional jazz band in modern times.

A long time musical collaborator with vocalist and world-renowned Lindy hop champion, Naomi Uyama, Jake both plays guitar and arranges for her swing outfit, Naomi & Her Handsome Devils. Sanders has recorded with the great stride and ragtime piano player Paul Asaro, and has been featured on record and stage with the Jonathon Doyle Swingtet.

Jake Sanders has performed at The Chicago Jazz Festival, The Detroit Jazz Festival and The Brooklyn Folk Festival as well as countless clubs, dance halls and theaters throughout North America. Jake’s guitar playing has brought him across Europe and Asia and he is a regular performer in-residence at Cracovia 32, home of the emerging swing scene in Mexico City. As a solo performer or with the Handsome Devils, The Dotted Halves trio or with the quintet, The Lovestruck Balladeers, Jake Sanders is a consummate traveling musician who can be heard far and wide.

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