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Adolfo Meija Navarro's Bambuco

by Mark Hilliard Wilson

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It used to be that I would spend hours in record stores like the Record Exchange in Boise, Idaho, or Cellophane Square in Bellingham, and then Tower Records in Seattle. I'd comb through records, read liner notes, inspect album covers and then listen to bits of records on the record players provided over in the corners of the shop. I'd often scan the dollar bin or the buy $20 and get one record free bin and, oddly, this is where I found many of my favorite records. I'd heard a little bit about George Sakellario's guitar playing and teaching, so when I found "Music from South America" I picked it up. It was 1987, I'd stopped by my girlfriend's house to hang out, and as things were, in college, in my 20's, more people dropped in and a party developed. I'm not sure what prompted me to leave and just sit alone in my girlfriend's room and put on the record "Music from South America" but once it was on I was unable to move, and only able to listen to the incredible music coming from George Sakellaro's guitar. I don't know if the recording quality of the record had something to do with this, but it was one of those revelatory moments, where the playing and the choices somehow aligned all of the forces of good taste and beauty into one single moment that unfolded over 15 minutes on each side of this magical record. Bambuco was the first piece on side one and it is the piece I fell in love with the hardest. I was later able to meet George and he told me his wife is from Columbia, the birthplace of Adolfo Meija Navarro, and he wanted to play some music from the birthplace of his wife. This is a wonderful piece based on the Bambuco, and Andean folk form that uses the large drum called the Bomba. Thanks for reading this long rather self involved love note to the past; record stores, my youth and a culture of sitting alone with a record player listening to the mysteries of sound heal and inspire the soul.

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released March 31, 2020

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Mark Hilliard Wilson Seattle, Washington

Guitarist and composer Mark Hilliard Wilson is the founder and director of the 21 year old Seattle Guitar Orchestra. He performs concerts once a month at St James Cathedral, where he is Cathedral guitarist, a position he has held for the last 12 years. Notable venues are churches along the Camino de Santiago, Weill Recital Hall with Ensemble Sospeso and the Royal Palace in Budapest. ... more

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