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Al Vescovo  

Al Vescovo is a well known jazz and pop studio musician from Los Angeles, on both guitar and pedal steel. His recording credits as a sideman are too numerous to list here, but we are proud to carry his solo steel guitar albums in this catalog.


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Man Of Steel
Steel Guitar Extravaganza

Al's first solo album is a conservative mix of pop and jazz standards, played with taste and class.

  1. Frankie Renee
  2. Tequila Sunrise
  3. Por Qua Va
  4. Amanhacer
  5. Mood Indigo
  6. Lee's Blues
  7. San Pedro Lights
  8. Put It On
  9. Swan Lake
  10. Oh, Lonesome Me
  11. Little Rock Getaway
  12. Cause I Love You
  13. St. Louis Blues 
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In The Steel Of The Night
"An Instrument of Mass Seduction"

Armed with a new 14-string Excel pedal steel and a Fender Steel King amplifier, Al was inspired to record a selection of the most famous show tunes ever written. Rich, jazzy chord changes abound on these carefully constructed arrangements. The melodies are right out front at the top of each tune, and then Al takes you on a tasty ride through steel land over the changes. Great playing by a master jazzman. Thanks, Al!

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  1. The Way You Look Tonight
  2. Younger Than Springtime
  3. On The Street Where You Live
  4. Where Or When
  5. In The Still Of The Night
  6. People Will Say We're In Love
  7. Dearly Beloved
  8. If Ever I Would Leave You
  9. Might As Well Be Spring
  10. Little Girl Blue
  11. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
  12. Speak Low 


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"Steelin' Some Jazz "

This is a well-produced, straight-ahead jazz album featuring Al Vescovo on his 14-string Excel pedal steel. His band includes Rich Eames (piano), Bob Saravia (bass), Bruce Becker (drums), and an occasional appearance by Howie Segurson (alto sax).

Al has been playing jazz on guitar and steel for many years, and that experience really shows on this CD. He takes the head and then solos on every tune. This is very cool stuff, sure to shut the mouth of anyone who insists that the pedal steel is "just a country instrument". Whether he's playing chord lines or single note riffs, backing or soloing, Al Vescovo is the epitome of a jazz musician who knows exactly what he's doing.

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  1. Bernie's Tune (bernie Miller)
  2. Mr. John (Al Vescovo)  
  3. Well You Needn't (Thelonius Monk)
  4. Steelin' Along The Desert (Al Vescovo)
  5. Gentle Rain (Luis Banfi)
  6. Four Brothers (Jimmy Giuffre)
  7. There Gina Goes Again (Al Vescovo)
  8. Groovin' High (Dizzy Gillespie)
  9. Don't Take Your Love From Me (Henry Nemo)
  10. Cottontail (Duke Ellington)
  11. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Duke Ellington)
  12. At The End Of The Day (Bill Anschell)


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"Steelin' in Dixie"

I've never heard anything like this! Al Vescovo realized that his steel guitar could sound like each of 3 different instruments in a Dixieland band: clarinet, trumpet and trombone. Through the miracle of overdubbing, he has now re-created that New Orleans sound with a pedal steel. Accompanied by Richard Maloof on tuba and string bass, Bruce Becker on drums, Rich Eames on piano, and himself again on guitar and tenor banjo, Al has made a steel guitar album like no other. His "clarinet" rides are especially fascinating, as his intonation in the upper register is spot on. This has quickly become one of my all-time favorite steel albums.

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  1. Ida
  2. Georgia
  3. Dixie
  4. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
  5. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
  6. Basin Street Blues
  7. Indiana
  8. There'll Be Some Changes Made
  9. Honeysuckle Rose
  10. It Had To Be You
  11. Blue Moon
  12. Comin' Home Baby
  13. I Cover The Waterfront
  14. Street of Dreams


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"Steelin' Some Big Band"

This is not a big band - it's Al's studio combo recording songs made famous by the big bands. Al's jazz chops on pedal steel are among the best you'll hear anywhere.

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  1. Broadway
  2. I'll Be Seeing You
  3. Shiny Stockings
  4. Snowfall
  5. One O'Clock Jump
  6. Body & Soul
  7. Blues In The Night
  8. Marie
  9. Opus One
  10. Tenderly
  11. Sentimental Journey
  12. Moten's Swing
  13. In The Mood
  14. Song Of India  


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"Steelin' South Of The Border"

This CD features Al Vescovo's pedal steel on a great selection of jazz tunes with Latin rhythms, including two songs penned by Al himself.  

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  1. La Rosita
  2. Caravan
  3. What a Difference a Day Makes
  4. Dindi
  5. Afro-Blue
  6. Estate
  7. Mexican Aviator*
  8. Bossa De Norma Jean*
  9. Poinciana
  10. Sabor A Mi
  11. Wave
  12. Samba de Orfeu  
*written by Al Vescovo

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