Oscar Alemán - El Rey De La Guitarra Swing

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01 - oscar aleman - dulce georgia brown
02 - oscar aleman - caminos cruzados
03 - oscar aleman - limehouse blues
04 - oscar aleman - me has enamorado
05 - oscar aleman - me voy de fiesta al campo
06 - oscar aleman - improvisaciones sobre boogie woogie
07 - oscar aleman - apanhei te cavaquinho
08 - oscar aleman - o vestido de bolero
09 - oscar aleman - cielos azules
10 - oscar aleman - diga diga doo
11 - oscar aleman - pe de manaca
12 - oscar aleman - ritmo loco
13 - oscar aleman - tengo ritmo
14 - oscar aleman - saudades
15 - oscar aleman - st louis blues
16 - oscar aleman - nadie me ama
17 - oscar aleman - nada mas que un poquito de swing
18 - oscar aleman - tonterias
19 - oscar aleman - ardiente sol
20 - oscar aleman - milonga triste
21 - oscar aleman - casi negro
22 - oscar aleman - casi bueno
23 - oscar aleman - de buen humor
24 - oscar aleman - oscarinados

Oscar Alemán, one of the finest jazz guitarists of the 1930s, is a difficult player to evaluate because he sounded like a near-exact duplicate of Django Reinhardt. Since Django was a year younger, some have speculated that he developed his style from Alemán, although the opposite is just as likely. Alemán began playing guitar as a teenager in Argentina and in the late '20s, he moved to Europe, Spain at first. By 1931, he was living in Paris and during 1933-1935, he was a regular member of Freddy Taylor's Swing Men From Harlem. Alemán appeared on records with trumpeter Bill Coleman and clarinetist Danny Polo and was the leader on eight selections from 1938-1939. He moved back to Argentina in 1941 and, although he recorded as late as 1974, few outside of his native country have ever heard of him. Strangely enough, Oscar Alemán does not seem to have ever visited the United States and none of his many recordings of swing tunes in his post-Europe years (except for a few titles put out by the collectors TOM label) have ever been released domestically. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide