In August 2012 we were lucky enough to have Tommy Emmanuel perform here at the Australian Institute of Music (AIM). He also brought 2 very special guests Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo from New York. Here Tommy, Frank and Vinny perform Les Paul's hit " How High The Moon" AIM -- The Leading School For Today's Music Industry Check out all our You Tube Channels AIMtvSydney - http://www.youtube.com/user/AimTVSydney AIMtvStage - http://www.youtube.com/user/AIMtvStage AIMtvTestimonials - http://www.youtube.com/user/AIMtvTestimonials AIMtvDramaticArt - http://www.youtube.com/user/AIMtvTestimonials Our Website - http://www.aim.edu.au/ AIMtv on our Website - http://www.aim.edu.au/student-life/aim-tv Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AustralianInstituteofMusic Twitter - http://twitter.com/AIMsydney Instagram - http://instagram.com/australianinstituteofmusic Linkedin - http://www.linkedin.com/company/739302?trk=NUS_CMPY_TWIT Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/+AimEduAu/posts AIMtv and AIMtv Testimonials is our in-house filming production service, a creative platform for capturing video content from students & staff. To study music at AIM is all about having a fun, professional, academic experience, that helps set you up for a diverse lifelong career in the music industry, from performing to studio work, teaching, publishing, entertainment management, music business and a whole lot more, all connected as part of the AIM learning experience. The best thing you can from here do is to come along to an OPEN Day or check out our website at http://www.aim.edu.au Websites Tommy Emmanuel -- http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/ Frank Vignola - http://www.frankvignola.com/ Vinny Raniolo - http://www.vinnyraniolo.com/ Emmanuel's unique style — he calls it simply "finger style" — is akin to playing a guitar the way a pianist plays a piano. While Tommy has many imitators, few approach his mastery. He even has his own annual guitar festivals, "Tommy Fest," in Newport News, Virginia, Louisville, KY and Dortmund, Germany. Jazz legend Chet Atkins was one of the first people who inspired Emmanuel to pick up a guitar. Decades later, Atkins himself became one of Emmanuel's biggest fans, and is responsible for declaring Emmanuel a "Certified Guitar Player" — an honour shared by only two other people in the world (Jerry Reed and John Knowles). "I think he's probably the greatest finger-picker in the world today," Atkins said a few months prior to his death in 2001. "He's inventive, fearless and has a flawless sense of rhythm. You can't watch Tommy perform and not feel happy." "I've spent my whole life from the age of 4 playing music and entertaining people. I never wanted to do anything else," says Emmanuel. "Playing the guitar is much more than a career for me. It's a passion ... my life. The best thing in the world is to make people happy and bring them together through my music. Because I'm touring so much these days, the whole world has become my home." In his storied career, the Grammy-nominated Emmanuel has set sales records that have yet to be broken and performed alongside hundreds of other musical legends including Chet Atkins, EricClapton, Sir George Martin, Hank Marvin and Joe Walsh. Olivia Newton-John, Al Jarreau and Sheena Easton have also recorded songs written by Emmanuel. The earliest recorded hit version was by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra. It was recorded February 7, 1940 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 35391, with the flip side "Fable of the Rose". The Les Paul Trio recorded a version released as V-Disc 540B with a spoken introduction which was issued in November, 1945 by the U.S. War Department. In 1948, bandleader Stan Kenton enjoyed some success with his version of the tune. The recording, with a vocal by June Christy, was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 911 (with the flip side "Willow, Weep for Me") and 15117(with the flip side "Interlude"). It reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on July 9, 1948, its only week on the chart, at #27. The best-known recording of the song is by Les Paul and Mary Ford, made on January 4, 1951. The record was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1451, with the flip side "Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues", and spent 25 weeks (beginning on March 23, 1951) on the Billboard chart, 9 weeks at No1. The record was subsequently re-released by Capitol as catalog number 1675, with "Josephine" on the B-side.

• published: 11 Sep 2012
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