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The Oscar Alem​á​n Play​-​Along Book

by Greg Ruby Music

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This is the Digital Download 112 page PDF of the Oscar Alemán Play-Along Songbook Vol. I which include the book’s corresponding Chord Chart Companion and seventeen play-along audio tracks.

The Oscar Alemán Play-Along Songbook Vol. I includes:

Thirteen detailed transcriptions from Oscar Alemán’s recorded repertoire:
Daphne
Dedos Duros
Diga Diga Doo
Hombre Mio (Man of Mine)
I Never Knew
Joseph! Joseph!
Melancolia
Russian Lullaby
Scartunas
Stardust
Sweet Georgia Brown
Twelfth Street Rag
You Made Me Love You

Ten detailed transcriptions of Oscar Alemán’s improvised guitar solos
Three original Oscar Alemán’s compositions
Notated in standard notation, guitar tablature and chord diagrams
A biographical essay about Oscar Alemán by Michael Dregni
Over twenty rare photographs
112 pages
The Seventeen play-along audio tracks make it easy to practice along with Oscar’s repertoire. Russian Lullaby, Scartunas and Joseph! Joseph! have both fast and medium tempo versions.

The Chord Chart Companion is exactly that – only the chords charts. This is an easy and efficient way to get these songs into your band’s repertoire!

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released November 3, 2021

The Oscar Aléman Play Along Book Vol 1 by Greg Ruby

Transcriptions by Greg Ruby

Musicians performing on the Play-along audio tracks:
Greg Ruby – guitar
Matt Weiner – bass
Eugene Bazhanov – violin


Audio Play-along tracks engineered by Greg Ruby
Violin tracks engineered by Chris Spencer at SophiaHat Studios
Play-along audio tracks mixed by David Lange at David Lange Studios

Book design by John Hubbard / EMKS, Finland

Front cover photo used with permission from the collection of Guillermo,
José and Estanislao Iacona

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Greg Ruby New York, New York

Greg Ruby began playing swing and early jazz music while leading the bohemian life of a busker in the 1990’s. As part of Django Reinhardt renaissance of the early 2000’s, Greg formed the seminal group Hot Club Sandwich and later joined Pearl Django in 2002. He continues to lead his own groups including the Greg Ruby Quartet, Greg Ruby & the Rhythm Runners and the Greg Ruby Six! ... more

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