Laurence Juber

Laurence Juber – A Day In My Life (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:32 minutes | 688 MB | Genre: Folk
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In the twenty-plus years since it was first suggested that Laurence Juber should record a set of Beatles tunes, he’s released four albums in the ‘LJ Plays the Beatles’ series. This new album came out of a fresh opportunity to record at the famed Abbey Road Studios, in the very same studio the Beatles recorded so many years before – Studio 2. It was also in this very studio where LJ was recording in 1978 when he got the call to audion for Wings. He proceeded to work with Paul and Linda at the Abbey Road Studio, which became a second home during sessions for the ‘Back to the Egg’ album. That was the last time he had been there, until now.

The digital and special vinyl release of “A Day In My Life” will coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Beatle’s debut on Ed Sullivan’s show on February 9th, 2024 and LJ will be a featured guest at The Beatlefest in New York at the TWA hotel at JFK that weekend.

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Laurence Juber – Downtown (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 47:52 minutes | 444 MB | Genre: Jazz, Guitar
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This latest solo collection from Grammy-winning guitarist Laurence Juber, blends the intricate detail of his fingerstyle guitar arrangements with jazz-inspired improvisation. Recorded in one afternoon session at Hollywood s storied Capitol Studios, the repertoire is drawn from the Great American Songbook , with the bonus of a new Juber original. Downtown is a fusion of styles from both sides of the Atlantic, such as the English Folk- Baroque of John Renbourn and the solo jazz virtuosity of Joe Pass, filtered through Juber s unique guitaristic sensibility. Says LJ I ve played hundreds of sessions as a studio musician at Capitol, and recorded a number of my albums in the historic recording location set below the landmark tower at Hollywood and Vine. This intensive 5 hour session was the most focused of them all, as zing went the strings through a batch of favorite standard songs, with the legendary Al Schmitt engineering.

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