Canciones del alma (Songs from the Soul)

Track Listings

1. Rumba Azul aka (Blue Rumba) Johnson/bmi

2. Baile de la paloma(Dance of the Dove) Johnson/bmi

3. Cancion del alma (Song from the Soul) Johnson/bmi

4. Fire of the Gypsy Doyle/bmi

5. Segovia's Dream Cenicola

6. Chi-di-di-cha-cha Randell

7. Camina no corras aka (Walk Don't Run) Smith/bmi

8. Rumba Oriental aka (Mama Song)Taiwanese traditional

9. Venus Marshall / ascap

10. Sambaleo Johnson/bmi

11. The River Suite Johnson/bmi

12. Pharoah's Journey Johnson/bmi

13. Pipeline Spickard, Carman/bmi

14. Melancolia aka (Melancholy) Johnson/bmi

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
New Jersey-born Wayne Wesley Johnson was inspired as a boy by Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Duane Eddy, Nokie Edwards and The Ventures, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery and later by George Benson, Pat Martino, and Earl Klugh. Wayne took up guitar when he was nine and was groomed primarily as a jazz style flatpicking guitarist, having studied with Sandy DeVito, Gary Keller, Eddie Berg, and Vic Cenicola. He also studied classical technique with Carol Hammersma, and flamenco techniques with Ruben and Miguel Romero.

Wayne was a leader of his own bands, "The Yellow Jackets" and "Sons and Lovers," and also worked on occasion as drummer for guitar legend Les Paul, with whom he toured the U.S. and South America. He also worked as a drummer for Nokie Edwards, formerly of The Ventures, and with his friends and thumbpicking artists Thom Bresh, Tom (T.W.) Doyle, Eddie Pennington, Steve King, Bob Saxton, Tommy Flint, and Anthony Smith.

Wayne's international circle of friends includes some of the world's greatest guitarists and guitar makers. He was introduced only a few years ago, in Nashville, to the thumbpicking country style of Thom Bresh (son of the late Merle Travis), Buster "B" Jones, the late Marcel Dadi, Eddie Pennington, Bob Saxton, Tommy Flint, and the fingerstyle influences of Laurence Juber (Wings), Ed Gerhard, Martin Simpson, Charles David Alexander, and the classical French guitarist Valerie Du Chateau. Wayne was privileged to perform with Thom Bresh at a private convention held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Upon putting down the flatpick in favor of thumb and fingerstyle technique, Johnson later became interested in the Spanish and New Mexico flamenco and Latin sounds of Paco de Lucia, Ottmar Liebert, Armik, Strunz and Farah, Shahin and Sepher, Willie and Lobo, the Gipsy Kings, and his friend and partner on "Hypnotic Safari" Ruben Romero.

Wayne has since begun developing a playing style of his own, an integration of different techniques, which he refers to as "Jazzamenco."

Over the years, Wayne has also developed as a collector and has had as many as 100 guitars in his collection, several of which are featured on his recordings. He has also designed guitars both for himself and for well-known manufacturers. A self-professed "equipment junkie," Wayne has an arsenal of guitars, amplifiers, studio gear, and sound modules. With the advent of reliable and higher-performance guitar synthesizers and Roland COSM technology, Wayne has embraced the use of the GR-1, GR-30, and VG-8, used on some mixes of his latest CD.

Additionally, Wayne is a contributing consultant to Just Jazz Guitar Magazine.

Product Description
Guitarist Wayne Wesley Johnson brings together a diverse group of musicians for his 2003 solo release "Canciones Del Alma", meaning `songs from the soul`. On several tracks, Johnson integrates Chinese pentatonic melodies perfomed on guitar, guitar synthesizer and pipa (Gao Hong) blended with Spanish and Latin rumba flamenco rhythms and further complimented with Bolivian pan flutes and charango (Mario Reynolds). Another highlight is Johnson`s collaboration with Ventures guitarist Nokie Edwards

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