Bob’s Birthday 1/26! Outtakes from Guitar de Amor and Latin Love

To celebrate Bob's birthday (today!), here are two tracks from his personal rough reference disks of his solo recordings on Capitol. First off from Guitar De Amor, the achingly beautiful Pavane composed by Maurice Ravel as part of his "Mother Goose Suite". Bob's affection for Ravel's music is well known and his tender acoustic performance here is spare and haunting. Then, from Latin Love, the classic Brazilian choro Tico Tico. Recorded by everyone from Charlie Parker to the Berlin Philharmonic, this infectious standard is given the classic Bain treatment-fluid acoustic rhythm with that soaring, unmistakable Telecaster lead. Happy Birthday Bob!