Elisabeth Roma

About

Elisabeth is a Catalonian guitarist most known for playing with her daughter Rita Payés. Though Rita plays some guitar, she mostly sings and plays the trombone.

What to listen for

Elisabeth creates guitar textures for Rita to sing and play over. She also plays interesting solo passages. Listen for the classical and Spanish inspirations in her playing.

Examples

Only one video this week because it's so long. This is a tiny desk that Rita did. She's playing Spanish jazz and it's interesting to hear how a nylon string guitar fits into an ensemble context like this.