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How Bert Jansch Changed Folk—And Rock, Too (New Yorker)

The Scottish acoustic-guitar legend Bert Jansch--pronounced _jansh_--died
today, at the age of sixty-seven, after a long battle with lung cancer. He
released his first solo record, "Bert Jansch," in 1965. His final recording
was "The Black Swan," released in 2006 by Drag City Records. After moving to
London in 1965, he formed the successful group Pentangle with the guitarist
John Renbourn in 1967. (They sometimes identified themselves as "folk-jazz.")
The band recorded six albums. In 1973, Jansch left the band, which continued
to perform in various permutations. The original lineup reunited in 2008 for a
limited tour, and Jansch's final live performance was with Pentangle at
London's Royal Festival Hall on August 1, 2011. (Click here for the set list
and sound samples. For a fabulous two-disc compilation of Jansch's solo work,
try "Dazzling Stranger," available here if you have Spotify.)

As long as the genres under discussion are neither traditional American blues
nor country (where a different subset of heroes obtain), Bert Jansch is one
the most important figures in finger-picking and the acoustic guitar itself,
alongside people like Davey Graham and John Fahey. Both a singer and player,
Jansch was an understated virtuoso, someone ...

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