After a journey to Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bosnia in the late 1980s, Sparks began an interest in Eastern European music. He began playing in various world music groups and immersed himself in various styles. He has described Guitar Bazaar as a fusion of Middle Eastern and American roots music. The album includes arrangements of Béla Bartók's Romanian Dances. It was this album that John Zorn heard that led to Sparks' recording of his series of albums for Tzadik Records.[2]
Guitar Player wrote in their review, "If you're getting complacent about your acoustic fingerpicking, you'd better hear Tim Sparks' new CD... There's nothing forced or studied about his playing or compositions: his intense, on-the-edge attack speaks of many nights wailing around campfires in places most of us have never heard of."[3]
guitar, bazaar, second, solo, recording, sparks, acoustic, music, records, label, released, 1995, studio, album, sparksreleased1995recorded1995genrefolk, worldlength47, minuteslabelacoustic, music, records, 31910802, producertim, sparks, flemingtim, sparks, ch. Guitar Bazaar is the second solo recording by Tim Sparks on the Acoustic Music Records label released in 1995 1 Guitar BazaarStudio album by Tim SparksReleased1995Recorded1995GenreFolk worldLength47 minutesLabelAcoustic Music Records 31910802 ProducerTim Sparks Jay M FlemingTim Sparks chronologyThe Nutcracker Suite 1993 Guitar Bazaar 1995 One String Leads to Another 1999 Contents 1 History 2 Reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Production notes 6 ReferencesHistory editAfter a journey to Hungary Yugoslavia and Bosnia in the late 1980s Sparks began an interest in Eastern European music He began playing in various world music groups and immersed himself in various styles He has described Guitar Bazaar as a fusion of Middle Eastern and American roots music The album includes arrangements of Bela Bartok s Romanian Dances It was this album that John Zorn heard that led to Sparks recording of his series of albums for Tzadik Records 2 Reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingGuitar PlayerA 3 Guitar Player wrote in their review If you re getting complacent about your acoustic fingerpicking you d better hear Tim Sparks new CD There s nothing forced or studied about his playing or compositions his intense on the edge attack speaks of many nights wailing around campfires in places most of us have never heard of 3 Track listing editAll compositions by Tim Sparks Bach n Aliya 5 08 The Rain Beggar 6 21 Guitar Bazaar 3 17 Sleeping Giant 9 15 Chasing the Dragon 4 40 Rumanian Folk Dances 5 19 It s Greek to Me 5 28 Sailing to Byzantium 4 32 Dr Smedvig s Berzerka 3 40Personnel editTim Sparks acoustic guitar Tim O Keefe frame drum harmonica doumbec Jim Price violin Mark Stillman accordion Yanaris Asimakes bouzoukiProduction notes editProduced by Tim Sparks and Jay M Fleming Executive producer Peter Finger Engineered by Jay FlemingReferences edit Allmusic entry for Guitar Bazaar Retrieved December 2009 Espeland Pamela November 6 2009 In Conversation with Tim Sparks Jazz com Archived from the original on February 11 2010 Retrieved May 28 2010 a b Review Guitar Bazaar Guitar Player April 1997 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Guitar Bazaar amp oldid 1210714770, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
