{"id":3581,"date":"2011-09-27T15:56:51","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T13:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3581"},"modified":"2020-03-27T09:33:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T07:33:26","slug":"bantu-by-andrew-york-for-guitar-quartet-los-angeles-guitar-quartet-lagq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3581","title":{"rendered":"Bantu by Andrew York for Guitar Quartet &#8211; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bantu<\/strong> is the name of a piece for four guitars by <strong>Andrew York<\/strong>. I have dicovered this piece on the CD <strong>Labyrinth<\/strong> by the<strong> Los Angeles Guitar Quartet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like in Rumba by Stepan Rak the guitars are also used as percussion instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andrew York<\/strong> has been a member of the LAGQ for many years. He has composed many pieces for guitar ensembles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the website of the LAGQ I have found the following text about <strong>Bantu<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Bantu, says Scott Tennant, &#8220;one of our favorites to play, is best described as a cross between African drumming rhythms and Dave Brubeck.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I have found a number of youtube videos with guitar quartets and also bigger guitar ensembles that play <strong>Bantu<\/strong>. I have collected the best videos in my youtube playlist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playlist &#8211; Bantu by Andrew York<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gitarrenquartett - Bantu - Andrew York\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL919CBC528EF6DAB9\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can listen to the CD <strong>Labyrinth<\/strong> by the LAGQ with the following grooveshark widget:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional information<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Wikipedia about Andrew York: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_York_%28guitarist%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_York_%28guitarist%29<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Homepage Andrew York: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewyork.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.andrewyork.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Portrait Andrew York (German): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsaitensprung.de\/portrait.php5?id=247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.obsaitensprung.de\/portrait.php5?id=247<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LAGQ about Labyrinth: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lagq.com\/recordings\/labyrinth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.lagq.com\/recordings\/labyrinth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtve.es\/alacarta\/audios\/la-guitarra\/guitarra-andrew-york-12-01-14\/2303851\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast La Guitarra by RTVE<\/a>&nbsp;with Andrew York<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A. YORK: 3 danzas (9&#8217;30&#8221;), 8 discernimientos (9&#8217;53&#8221;), 3 delineaciones (10&#8217;05&#8221;), Into Dark (2&#8217;14&#8221;), Freelin&#8217; (4&#8217;00&#8221;), Perfect Sky (5&#8217;03&#8221;), When you Wish Upon a Star (arr. A. York) (2&#8217;43&#8221;), Sunburst (5&#8217;32&#8221;). A. York (guit.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtve.es\/alacarta\/audios\/la-guitarra\/guitarra-cuarteto-guitarras-angeles-11-09-11\/1194197\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Guitarra &#8211; Podcast by RTVE with the LAGQ <\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Programa dedicado al Cuarteto de Guitarras de Los \u00c1ngeles en el que se ofrecen las siguientes obras:<\/p><p>S. ASSAD: Interchange, para cuarteto de guitarras y orquesta (30&#8217;07&#8221;). Cuarteto de Guitarras de Los \u00c1ngeles, Orq. Sinf. de Delaware. Dir.: D. Amado.<\/p><p>YORK: Lotus eaters (3&#8217;31&#8221;) , Along the edge (7&#8217;16&#8221;) .<\/p><p>BELLINATI: Baiao de Gude (5&#8217;06&#8221;). Cuarteto de Guitarras de Los \u00c1ngeles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about Andrew York can be found in my post in German:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gitarrenbank.de\/eine-stunde-mit-andrew-york-stimmungsvolle-gitarrenmusik-into-the-dark-sunburst-und-perfect-sky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eine Stunde mit Andrew York \u2013 Stimmungsvolle Gitarrenmusik \u2013 Into the Dark, Sunburst und Perfect Sky<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bantu is the name of a piece for four guitars by Andrew York. I have dicovered this piece on the CD Labyrinth by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Like in Rumba by Stepan Rak the guitars are also used as percussion instruments. Andrew York has been a member of the LAGQ for many years. 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