Eclectic Guitar

Eclectic Guitar is a compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 2007 on the El label.

Eclectic Guitar
Compilation album by Chet Atkins
Released	Mar 19, 2007
Recorded	1954–1956
Genre	Country, jazz
Length	51:19
Label	El
Producer	Chet Atkins, Stephen H. Sholes
Chet Atkins chronology
The Essential Chet Atkins (2007) Eclectic Guitar (2007) The Early Years 1946-1957 (2007)

History

The single disc contains 20 tracks from the three-year period of 1954 through 1956 representing Atkins' work in a variety of styles; mostly pop, jazz, and classical with very little country music. Most of the songs are solo performances.

The cover photo had been previously used for the 1961 reissue of A Session with Chet Atkins.

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Track listing

1. "Sunrise Serenade" (Carle) – 2:47
2. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:41
3. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:28
4. "Mister Sandman" (Pat Ballard) – 2:18
5. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:25
6. "Minute Waltz" (Frédéric Chopin) – 1:47
7. "Intermezzo" (Robert Henning, Heinz Provost) – 2:33
8. "Minuet/Prelude" (Bach) – 2:30
9. "Little Rock Getaway" (Carl Sigman, Joe Sullivan) – 2:19
10. "Ochi Chornya (Dark Eyes)" (Traditional) – 2:46
11. "La Golondrina" (Traditional) – 2:48
12. "Indian Love Call" (Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach) – 2:58
13. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 3:01
14. "Alice Blue Gown" (Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney) – 2:22
15. "Malaguena" (Ernesto Lecuona) – 2:48
16. "Gavotte in D" (François Joseph Gossec) – 1:43
17. "Waltz in A Flat" (Johannes Brahms) – 1:50
18. "Adelita" (Tarrega) – 1:39
19. "Petite Walz" (Traditional) – 2:50
20. "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 2:46

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar
• Ray Edenton – guitar
• Poppa John Gordy – piano, celeste
• Buddy Harman – drums
• Marvin Hughes – piano, celeste
• Ernie Newton – bass
• Dale Potter – fiddle