Six-String Standards

I may be wrong about this, but I have this idea in my head that whenever a guitarist wants to make an unaccompanied solo album, he or she almost always opens with "Stompin' at the Savoy." And with good reason: that tune is a perfect blend of graceful melody line and swinging danceability. The same can be said of Mason Razavi's whole album: he takes wizened chestnuts like "Body and Soul," "Days of Wine and Roses," and "Darn That Dream" and makes you hear them with new ears. His blend of warm (but not muted) tone, chordal inventiveness, and ability to play an extended single-note solo without ever losing the thread of the tune's swing makes this album a joy to hear. Note also his subtle but effective use of such advanced techniques as walking basslines under comped chords, artificial harmonics, and classically-derived single-string tremolo. Very cool.