David Qualey

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David Qualey (born December 30, 1947 in Salem , Oregon ) is an American guitarist and composer .

At the age of nine, David Qualey began to learn the Hawaiian guitar at a traveling music school , before teaching himself to play the electric guitar a little later based on recordings by country musician Chet Atkins . From 1962 to 1965 he played in a school band with which he won the "Battle of Bands" competition at the California State Fair. In 1966 he played in the folk group Fourth and Main , which was later renamed Aerial Landscape . In 1968 Qualey was drafted into the army. In order not to be sent to Vietnam, he committed himself for three years and did his military service in the US Army until 1971. He then played in restaurants and clubs in the United States until 1973. He came to Europe in May 1973 and has been living in the Weserbergland for a long time . He produced his first LP with Stockfisch Records .

David Qualey is referred to as a representative of the so-called fingerstyle , even if he distances himself from this term, since it only describes the playing technique, but not the style of the music.

Well-known pieces by him are Santa Cruz and his free arrangement of the Bach composition Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring . The latter is now also played by other well-known guitarists such as Werner Hucks . In his books with pieces like Only For Guitar there are other guitar pieces , such as Opus 20 . As a contemporary composer for classical guitar, his compositions are accepted in German music schools and colleges and taught as music for classical guitar. They are suitable for more advanced guitarists.

17 records have now been released. In 1986 A Winter's Solstice , a collaborative effort with other musicians, was nominated for a Grammy and awarded a gold record .

Discography

  • Only Guitar (own compositions, Stockfisch Records , 1974) Some tracks on this album were re-released under the name Soliloquy in 1979 by Windham Hill Records , Qualey recorded the corresponding tracks again. The pieces on this LP are currently available on the CD Only Guitar Parables , which also contains the pieces from the LP Guitar Parables - the title of the CD is a combination of the two LP titles.
  • Guitar Solo (own compositions, Teldec, 1977)
  • Guitar Parables (own compositions, Teldec, 1980)
  • 3.5 hours (Qualey's legendary recordings, which were recorded by NDR in Hamburg in 1979. He plays his arrangements of compositions by Jobim , Lennon / McCartney , James Taylor , Gilbert O'Sullivans and Burt Bacharachs . Stockfisch Records, 1996. The original album was released by Label Teldec with 12 tracks under the name Awhile Ago in 1982, the LP says that the recordings were made on Oct. 24, 1973)
  • Reflections (own compositions, Teldec, 1983, with synthesizer and drum machine)
  • Handmade (own compositions, Stockfisch Records, 1992)
  • Blue House (own compositions, Stockfisch Records, 1995)
  • Encounter (processing of chorales on behalf of the Protestant Regional Church of Baden-Württemberg, 1996)
  • Time Passing (own compositions, 2000)
  • Daheim (processing of chorales on behalf of the Bavarian Radio , 2001)
  • Songs of Christmas (arrangements of Christmas carols from around the world, 2002)
  • unBEATable songs (arrangements of Beatles songs, 2004)
  • One Way Home (own compositions, 2006)

Publications

  • Only for guitar - new Compositions for solo guitar (1976), B. Feldmann & Co.
  • Guitar Parables (1980)
  • Guitar Solo (1984), MMC, Cologne
  • Reflections - Solo Guitar (1985)
  • Classical Fingerstyle Pop Classics - arrangements for solo guitar (1992)
  • Step by step - Solos, Duos, Trios (1993), David Qualey Music

literature

  • Harald Thon: "The guitar could be made of concrete ..." An interview with David Qualey. In: Guitar & Laute 1, 1979, 3, pp. 3-11.

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Qualey: And then I discussed it with my guitar. From the life of a “self-made” star: David Qualey on his musical career in the USA. In: Guitar & Laute 2, 1980, 1, pp. 41-43; here: S: 41
  2. ↑ David Qualey: And then I discussed it with my guitar ... , p. 42
  3. ↑ http://qualeysguitardeutsch.blogspot.com/
  4. ↑ http://www.werner-hucks.de/50plus_infos.htm
personal data
SURNAME Qualey, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Salem (Oregon)