Manfred Fuchs method books

Manfred Fuchs, born in 1956 in Leutkirch im Allgäu, began to play guitar at the age of nine, mainly learning autodidactically.
When he was nineteen years old, he received his first real guitar lessons by Dimitris Nikitos in Stuttgart. Thereafter he studied classical guitar with Santiago Navascus at the Munich Conservatory.

During a stay in Norway, a friend gave him the Rosenberg Trio's first CD and since then his guitar playing is influenced by gypsyjazz.

His first book, dealing with that topic "Gypsy Jazz Workshop", was published in 2009 by the music publisher Doblinger, Vienna, followed by other books like “Swing Up Your Guitar” and “Gypsy Jazz Step By Step, Book One”, both published by Doblinger.
In 2014 the CD “Bánosi Swing” and a book of the same title, containing transcriptions of all tunes and solos, was released by Acoustic Music Books, Wilhelmshaven.

Since 2006 he is organising small concert tours with Andreas Öberg in South Germany every year where he plays rhythm guitar. Sometimes he also does gigs with Wawau Adler, Robin Nolan and Ismael Reinhardt. With his Trio he performs own songs, inspired by gypsy jazz and Spanish guitar music.

Gypsy Jazz Workshop

Language: german, english
Interpret: Andreas Öberg
Publisher: Doblinger (Austria)
ISBN: 978-3-902667-14-4
ISMN: 979-0-012-19850-5
Editions-Nr.: DOBL 35930
Date of publication: 2010
Pages: 127

Lead- and Rhythm Guitar performed by Andreas Öberg.

Table of content:
    •    How to practice improvisation
    •    Veum's Blues
    •    Bánosi Swing
    •    Private Gig
    •    Dark Eyes
    •    Kuvika
    •    Silent December
    •    For Franz
    •    Swing Gitan
    •    El Bombo
    •    Transcription Veum's Blues
    •    Transcription Bánosi Swing

Swing Up Your Guitar!

Modern Gypsy Jazz Collection
CD included
Publisher: Doblinger (Austria)
ISMN: 979-0-012-20129-8
Editions-Nr.: DOBL 35944
Date of publication: 2012

In this book you will find compositions of some famous musicians from the german and swedish Gypsy Swing scene.

Table of content:
    •    Swing de Vienne (Schneeberger/Spitzer)
    •    Friendship (Reinhardt)
    •    Puri (Adler)
    •    Foxy Blues (Öberg)
    •    Made for Joschi (Graf)
    •    Lebenslust (Stojka)
    •    Cornu (Fuchs)
    •    Some other Time (Fuchs)

Gypsy Jazz Step By Step - One

for Guitar/Tab (+ CD)
Book One
Language: german, english
Publisher: Doblinger (Austria)
ISMN:
979-0-012-20346-9
Editions-Nr.: 35 953
Date of publication: 2014
Pages: 112

This book gives you a step by step guidance to learn the improvisation over common chord changes in Gypsy Swing and Jazz in general.
You start with a "one chord Swing" and will learn more and more chords and arpeggios with each new song/lesson.
Some of the tunes are well known Gypsy Jazz standards. with this knowledge, you can join the next jam session near by.

All this songs are available in the Djangolizer library!

Table of content:
    •    One Chord Swing
    •    Strolling
    •    Velvetone Swing
    •    Dane of the drunken Shepherd
    •    Twighlight Hour
    •    Another Minor Swing
    •    Nothing planned for tonight
    •    Hot Shot Swing
    •    Take Care
    •    Me Hum Mato
    •    Waves of the Danube
    •    Joseph, Joseph
    •    Petyorshka
    •    Pannonia
    •    Weird Waltz
    •    Drifting by
    •    Light Blues
    •    Magic Mojo Swing
    •    Song for Harri
    •    Four Roses
    •    Two Hours in Paradise
    •    A few stranded souls
    •    Twice-told Tale
    •    Open up
    •    Katjusha
    •    Mad Man's Marriage
    •    Fuli Tschai
    •    Red eyes
    •    Gypsy Melody
    •    Bossa Manfredo
    •    There is only one girl in the world
    •    Chicken George Junior's jolly jump
    •    Larifari Swing
    •    Birthday Swing
    •    Blues for Andreas
    •    Tame your tone
    •    Made for made
    •    Seven Fountains

Bánosi Swing - Manfred Fuchs Trio

for Guitar

Acoustic Music Books, March 2014
ISBN 9783869471266

CD to this book:
Label: Ears Love Music
Order-Number: elm 8015

Note for note transcriptions of themes and solos for guitar from the CD of the same name. A tribute to Gypsy Swing

    •    Another Minor Swing
    •    Blues for Andreas
    •    Dulcet Bolero
    •    Bánosi Swing
    •    Cornu
    •    Kali's Coffee
    •    Pannonia
    •    Tiny's Wedding Waltz
•    Song For Harri

All this songs are available in the Djangolizer library!