Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo

by Sandy Bull

Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1963
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:03
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Sandy Bull pioneered an eclectic, visionary blend of global folk elements, classical structures, and fingerpicked American primitivism. Anchored by the sprawling side-long epic 'Blend', this album is a hypnotic, deeply meditative instrumental journey.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, instrumental, acoustic, rhythmic, melodic, progressive, virtuosic, improvisation, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Blend (21:51)
  2. Carmina Burana Fantasy (4:33)
  3. Non Nobis Domine (1:35)
  4. Little Maggie (4:09)
  5. Gospel Tune (9:55)

Credits

  • Sandy Bull - primary artist, banjo, guitar, written-by
  • Billy Higgins - primary artist, drums
  • Jules Halfant - design
  • Nat Hentoff - liner notes
  • David Gahr - photography by
  • Eugene C. Beck Jr. - photography by
  • Carl Orff - written-by [based on]
  • William Byrd - written-by

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