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Set One
That's A-Plenty
151
28600-TRACK
Estrellita
163
28601-TRACK
Just Friends
153
28602-TRACK
Body And Soul
272
28603-TRACK
If I Had You
140
28604-TRACK
I'll Never Be the Same
236
28605-TRACK
Stella by Starlight
127
28606-TRACK
Fiddleobia
171
28607-TRACK
Golden Earrings
228
28608-TRACK
You Win Again
222
28609-TRACK
Fly Me To the Moon
167
28610-TRACK
Corrina Corrina
150
28611-TRACK
The Shadow of Your Smile
141
28612-TRACK
Smiles
170
28613-TRACK
Solitude
201
28614-TRACK
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
171
28615-TRACK
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Show Notes
"There's just something special about a mandolin and a guitar," Jethro Burns used to say. And so there is -- especially when Jethro, the late master of swing, is playing the mandolin. Swing Low, Sweet Mandolin, the last recordings of the great Jethro Burns, is the legacy of a string jazz legend. With the help of his good friend Don Stiernberg, a propulsive rhythm guitarist, Jethro goes through a rich repertoire of standards, some familiar ("Body and Soul," "Fly Me To The Moon," "Solitude") and others more obscure ("Estrelita," "Fiddleobia," "You'll Never Be the Same"). The resulting compilation is everything Jethro was - soulful, entertaining, witty, and wonderful.For most of his 50-year career, he was best known for the work he did with the musical comedy team Homer and Jethro, a partnership that yielded 35 albums, a Grammy, and regular appearances on national TV and radio. But he also had a profound impact on mandolin players who studied his sophisticated harmonies and his groundbreaking chord melody arrangements for solo mandolin. In 1987, just after he learned he had cancer, Jethro set out to document a lifetime of his favorite music. Over the course of four informal sessions in the basement of his home, Jethro and Don recorded nearly 50 tunes. This first volume of Jethro's last sessions is part of the Acoustic Disc Archive Series featuring rare recordings of artistic and historical merit.