JAZZ GUITAR SOLO 78 : OSCAR ALEMAN ON UK HMV X.6213

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OSCAR ALEMAN ON UK HMV X.6213

• Titles are 'Nobody's Sweetheart’ b/w 'Whispering’ - great sides!...................................................................................Oscar Marcelo Alemán (February 20, 1909 – October 14, 1980) was an Argentine jazz guitarist, singer, dancer and entertainer. n 1929 Los Lobos and dancer Harry Fleming travelled to Europe, and after the tour, Alemán stayed in Madrid to play as a soloist. In the 1930s he discovered American jazz via Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti. He then moved to Paris where he was hired by Josephine Baker to lead her band, the Baker Boys at the Cafe de Paris, providing him an opportunity to play regularly with American musicians who would come to see Baker and sit in with her band. While in Paris, he met Django Reinhardt, for whom he would sometimes substitute if Reinhardt couldn't make a gig. Alemán spoke of his friendship to Reihhardt: "I knew Django Reinhardt well. He used to say jazz was gipsy - we often argued over that. I agree with many Americans I met in France who said he played very well but with too many gipsy tricks. He had very good technique for both hands, or rather one hand and a pick, because he always played with a pick. Not me, I play with my fingers. There are things you can't do with a pick - you can't strike the treble with two fingers and play something else on the bass string. - But I admired him and he was my friend. He was my greatest friend in France. We played together many times, just for ourselves. I used to go to his wagon, where he lived. I've slept and eaten there - and also played! He had three or four guitars. Django never asked anyone to go to his wagon, but he made an exception with me. I appreciated him, and I believe the feeling was mutual".[3] Though the two men played together, no recording exist of their collaborations. Throughout the 1930s Alemán toured Europe, playing with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington before forming his own nine-piece band, which would play nightly at the Le Chantilly in Paris.
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1. The record is in V++ condition with light needlewear.

2. The labels have white stickers on both sides.

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