Lotta-Maria Saksa - Youre The Cream In My Coffee '2018

Tracks list

Tracklist
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01. Youre the Cream in My Coffee
02. Moonglow
03. Chinatown, My Chinatown
04. Am I Blue
05. After Youve Gone
06. The Charleston
07. It Had to Be You
08. Ill See You in My Dreams
09. Dinah
10. Lets Do It
11. Honeysuckle Rose
12. Dream a Little Dream of Me

You really need a lot of enthusiasm to spend hours on end, evening after
evening, year after year, sorting through old piano rolls. Player pianos were
all the rage at the beginning of the twentieth century. A pianist – often
a composer – had to record his or her work once. The music is stored by
perforating paper rolls (like old punch cards) that can be replayed over and
over. Thousands of these old rolls were made before they were displaced by the
long-playing record. 

The Finnish guitarist Lotta-Maria Saksa took on the task of transferring this
piano music straight from the original rolls to the guitar. While there are many
scores for these pieces, they often lack the rhythmic directions. Lotta-Maria
Saksa really wanted to steer as closely as possible to the original groove. But
because a single guitar cannot cover all registers of the piano, she decided to
make the arrangement for guitar duet. The result is hundreds of amazing
arrangements of old jazz standards and almost forgotten hits. Just how
fascinating these arrangements are can be heard on the recently released CD
“You’re The Cream In My Coffee”. As a classically-trained
guitarist, Saksa has all the required skills for this immense project. Be that
as it may, she does get the groove straight from the old masters of the piano.
Listening to the recordings will transport you to another era. Youll be
surprised at how fresh and youthful this music sounds.

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