Bert Jansch
Jansch performing in August 2006
Born	November 3, 1943 (1943-11-03) (age 63) Glasgow, Scotland
Genre(s)	Folk
Affiliation(s)	Pentangle
Label(s)	Transatlantic
Notable guitars	Yamaha
Years active	1965 – present
Official site	www.bertjansch.com

Herbert Jansch (born 3 November 1943^[1]), known as Bert Jansch, is a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and, in the 1960s, he was heavily influenced by the guitarist Davey Graham and folk singers such as Anne Briggs. He is best known as an innovative and accomplished acoustic guitarist but is also a singer and songwriter. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 539 pixelsFull resolution (2742 × 1848 pixel, file size: 3. ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Glaswegian” redirects here. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic) Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English (de facto)1; Gaelic[1]2 and Scots3 (recognised minority... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... Pentangle is a British folk-rock band. ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic) Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English (de facto)1; Gaelic[1]2 and Scots3 (recognised minority... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... Pentangle is a British folk-rock band. ... “Glaswegian” redirects here. ... Hat, released in 1969 Davey Graham (originally Davy Graham, b. ... Anne Briggs 1973 album Sing a Song For You Anne Patricia Briggs (born 1944), known as Anne Briggs, is an English folk singer. ...

He has recorded at least 25 albums and has toured extensively starting in the 1960s and continuing into the 21st century. His work has influenced such artists as Johnny Marr, Bernard Butler, Jimmy Page, Ian Anderson, Nick Drake, Donovan and Neil Young, and earned him a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2001 BBC Folk Awards. Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher on 31 October 1963 in Ardwick) is an English guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player and singer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. ... This article is about the lead singer of Jethro Tull. ... Nicholas Rodney Drake (June 19, 1948 – November 25, 1974) was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. ... Donovan (Donovan Philips Leitch, born May 10, 1946, in Maryhill, Glasgow) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Neil Percival Young[1] OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director from Omemee, Ontario. ... An award is something given to a person or group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music. ...

Early years

Bert Jansch was born at Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow in 1943, but brought up in Edinburgh, where he attended Pennywell Primary School and Ainsley Park Secondary School. As a teenager, he acquired a guitar and started visiting a local folk club ("The Howff") run by Roy Guest. There, he met Archie Fisher and Jill Doyle (Davey Graham's half sister^[2]), who introduced him to the music of Big Bill Broonzy, Pete Seeger, Brownie McGhee and Woody Guthrie.^[3] See also: 1942 in music, other events of 1943, 1944 in music and the list of years in music. // Events January 1, 1943 - Frank Sinatra appears at The Paramount causing a mob scene of hysterical bobby-soxers to flood Times Square and blocking midtown New York City traffic for hours... , Edinburgh (() pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second largest city. ... Archie Fisher is a Scottish folk singer. ... Hat, released in 1969 Davey Graham (originally Davy Graham, b. ... Big Bill Broonzy (1893 or 1898-1958) was a prolific United States composer, recorder and performer of blues songs. ... Peter Seeger (born May 3, 1919), almost universally known as Pete Seeger, is a folk singer, political activist, and author. ... Walter Brownie McGhee (November 30, 1915 - February 16, 1996) was a folk-blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. ... Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912–October 3, 1967) was a prolific American folk musician. ...

After a stint as a nurseryman, Jansch became a full-time musician and spent two years playing one-night stands in British folk clubs. This was a musical apprenticeship which exposed him to a range of influences, including Martin Carthy and Ian Campbell, but especially Anne Briggs, from whom he learnt some of the songs (such as "Blackwaterside" and "Reynardine") that would later feature strongly in his recording career. Folk clubs (as distinct from American folk-music nightclubs) were primarily an urban phenomenon of 1960s and 1970s Britain. ... Martin Carthy (born May 21, 1941) is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring later artists such as Bob Dylan and Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk... Anne Briggs 1973 album Sing a Song For You Anne Patricia Briggs (born 1944), known as Anne Briggs, is an English folk singer. ... Black Mountain Side is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, featured on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin. ...

Between 1963 and 1965, he travelled around Europe and beyond, hitch-hiking from place to place and living on earnings from busking and casual musical performances in bars and cafes.^[4] Before leaving Glasgow, he married a 16-year-old girl called Lynda Campbell: a marriage of convenience, which allowed her to travel with him although she was too young to have her own passport. They split up after a few months and Jansch was eventually repatriated to Britain after catching dysentery in Tangiers.^[5] Busking is the practice of doing live performances in public places to entertain people, usually to solicit donations and tips. ... For other types of travel document, see Travel document. ... Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is the term for tenesmus (painful straining to pass stool), cramping, and frequent, small-volume severe diarrhea associated with blood in the feces. ... Tangier (in Berber and Arabic Tanja, in Spanish Tánger and in French Tanger) is a city of northern Morocco with a population of 350,000, or 550,000 including suburbs. ...

London (mid-1960s)

The debut album Bert Jansch was released in 1965 and went on to sell 150,000 copies.

Jansch moved to London where, in the mid-1960s, there was a burgeoning interest in folk music. There, he met the engineer and producer, Bill Leader, at whose home they made a recording of Jansch's music on a reel-to-reel tape recorder. Leader sold the tape for £100 to Transatlantic Records, who produced an album directly from it.^[6] The album Bert Jansch was released in 1965 and went on to sell 150,000 copies.^[7] It included Jansch's protest song "Do You Hear Me Now" which was brought to the attention of the pop music mainstream later that year by the singer Donovan, who covered it on his Universal Soldier EP, which reached No. 1 in the UK EP chart and No. 27 in the singles chart.^[8] Also included in Jansch's first album was his song "Needle of Death" which is claimed to have influenced the drug-taking habits of a generation of British youth.^[9] In his early career, Jansch was sometimes characterized as a British Bob Dylan. This, however, was misleading, in that Jansch's best work has always been fundamentally instrument-driven unlike Dylan's which is primarily lyric-based. Image File history File links Bert_jansch. ... Image File history File links Bert_jansch. ... Bill Leader was an English recording engineer and producer, who also founded the Leader and Trailer record labels. ... “GBP” redirects here. ... Transatlantic Records was an independent British record label. ... Bert Jansch is the debut album by Bert Jansch. ... Donovan (Donovan Philips Leitch, born May 10, 1946, in Maryhill, Glasgow) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ...

Jansch followed his first album with two more, produced in quick succession: It Don't Bother Me and Jack Orion—which contained his first recording of "Blackwaterside", later to be taken up by Jimmy Page and recorded by Led Zeppelin as "Black Mountain Side". Jansch says: Jack Orion is a 1966 folk album by Bert Jansch. ... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. ... Led Zeppelin were an English rock band that formed in September 1968. ... Black Mountain Side is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, featured on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin. ...

The accompaniment was nicked by a well-known member of one of the most famous rock bands, who used it, unchanged, on one of their records.^[10]

In London, Jansch met up with other innovative acoustic guitar players, including John Renbourn (with whom he shared a flat in Kilburn), Davey Graham and Paul Simon. They would all meet and play in various London music clubs, including The Troubadour, in Old Brompton Road, and Les Cousins club in Greek Street, Soho. Renbourn and Jansch frequently played together, developing their own intricate interplay between the two guitars, often referred to as Folk Baroque. In 1966, they recorded the Bert and John album together, featuring much of this material. Late in 1967 they tired of the all-nighters at Les Cousins and became the resident musicians at a music venue set up by Bruce Dunnett, a Scottish entrepreneur, at The Horseshoe pub (now defunct) at 264-267 Tottenham Court Road.^[11] This became the haunt of a number of musicians, including the singer Sandy Denny. Another singer, Jacqui McShee began performing with the two guitarists and, with the addition of Danny Thompson (string bass) and Terry Cox (drums), they formed the group, Pentangle. The venue evolved into a jazz club, but by then the group had moved on.^[12] John Renbourn (born August 8, 1944, Marylebone, North London, England) is a British guitarist and songwriter. ... Kilburn is an area of North London on the border of the London Borough of Brent and the London Borough of Camden. ... Hat, released in 1969 Davey Graham (originally Davy Graham, b. ... Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, half of the folk-singing duo Simon and Garfunkel who continues a successful solo career. ... Exterior of the Troubadour Damien Rice at the Troubadour The Troubadour is a nightclub located in West Hollywood, California, at 9081 Santa Monica Boulevard just east of Doheny Drive and the border of Beverly Hills. ... The junction connecting Old Brompton Road and Pelham Street, outside South Kensington tube station. ... The 1970 album: 49 Greek St, produced by Sandy Roberton Les Cousins was a folk and blues club in the basement of a restaurant in Greek Street, in the Soho district of London. ... Street in Soho, London, leading south from Soho Square to Shaftesbury Avenue. ... Cast-iron architecture in Greene Street SoHo is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Jacqui McShee is an English singer. ... Daniel Henry Edward Danny Thompson (born 4 April 1939) is an English double bass player. ... Terry Cox played drums in the British folk-rock bands The Pentangle, Duffys Nucleus and Humblebums. ...

In 1968, Jansch married Heather Sewell, then an art student—as Heather Jansch she has become a well-known sculptor. She inspired several of his songs and instrumentals: the most obvious is "Miss Heather Rosemary Sewell", from his 1968 album, Birthday Blues, but Jansch says that, despite the name, "M'Lady Nancy" (from the 1971 Rosemary Lane album) was also written for her.^[13] Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... A sculpture is a three-dimensional object, which for the purposes of this article is man-made and selected for special recognition as art. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ...

Pentangle years (1968–1973)

Rosemary Lane was released in 1971 with cover art by Heather Jansch

Pentangle's first major concert was at the Royal Festival Hall, in 1968, and their first album was released in the same year. Although Pentangle were regarded as a folk music group, they played many of their own compositions and Jansch undertook much of the writing. Pentangle embarked on a demanding schedule of touring the world and recording and, during this period, Jansch largely gave up solo performances. He did, however, continue to record, releasing Rosemary Lane in 1971. The tracks, for this album were recorded on a portable tape recorder by Bill Leader at Jansch's cottage in Ticehurst, Sussex — a process which took several months, with Jansch only working when he was in the right mood.^[14] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Royal Festival Hall is a concert, dance and talks venue within the South Bank Centre in London, England. ... Ticehurst is a relatively small village in south east England. ... Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ...

Pentangle split up in 1973, and Jansch and his wife bought a farm near Lampeter, in Wales, and withdrew temporarily from the concert circuit. Lampeter (Welsh: Llanbedr Pont Steffan, or more informally, Llambed) is a town in Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom, lying at the confluence of the River Teifi and the River Dulas. ... This article is about the country. ...

Late 1970s

The 1979 album, Avocet, was one of Jansch's most ambitious projects and remains one of his own favourites from his work.

After two years as a farmer, Jansch left his wife and family and returned to music (although Jansch and his wife would not be formally divorced until 1988^[15]). In 1977, he recorded the album A Rare Conundrum with a new set of musicians: Mike Piggott, Rod Clements and Pick Withers. He then formed the band Conundrum with the addition of Martin Jenkins (violin) and Nigel Smith (bass). They spent six months touring Australia, Japan and the United States.^[16] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Pick Withers (born April 4, 1948) was the original drummer for the rock band Dire Straits and played on their first four albums, which included hit singles such as Sultans of Swing, Romeo and Juliet and Skateaway. ...

With the end of the tour, Conundrum parted company and Jansch spent six months in the United States, where he recorded the Heartbreak album with Albert Lee. Albert Lee is an English guitarist. ...

Jansch toured Scandinavia, working as a duo with Martin Jenkins and, based on ideas they developed, recorded the Avocet album (initially released in Denmark).^[17] Jansch rates this as amongst his own favourites from his own recordings.^[18] Judge Martin J. Jenkins (born 1954) is a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. ...

On returning to England, he set up Bert Jansch's Guitar Shop at 220, New King's Road, Fulham.^[19] The shop specialised in hand-built acoustic guitars but was not a commercial success and closed after two years.^[20] Fulham is a suburban area of west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, located 3. ...

1980s

In 1980, an Italian promoter encouraged the original Pentangle to reform for a tour and a new album. The reunion started badly, with Terry Cox being injured in a car accident, resulting in the band's debuting at the Cambridge Folk Festival as a four-piece Pentangle. They managed to complete a tour of Italy (with Cox in a wheelchair) and Australia, before Renbourn left the band in 1983. There then followed a series of personnel changes, ultimately leaving Jansch and McShee as the only original members.^[21] The Cambridge folk festival is renowned for its eclectic mix of music and a wide definition of what might be considered folk. ...

Jansch had always been a heavy drinker but, in 1987 he fell ill while working with Rod Clements and was rushed to hospital, where he was told that he was "as seriously ill as you can be without dying" and that he had a choice of "giving up alcohol or simply giving up".^[22] He chose the former option: Colin Harper states that "There can be no doubt that Bert's creativity, reliability, energy, commitment and quality of performance were all rescued dramatically by the decision to quit boozing".^[23] Jansch and Clements continued the work they had started before Jansch's illness, resulting in the 1988 Leather Launderette album. Colin Harper (born 1968) is an Irish music journalist. ...

1995 onwards

The 2006 album, Black Swan, included contributions from a new generation of musicians, such as Beth Orton.

Since 1995, Jansch has appeared frequently at the 12 Bar Club in Denmark Street, London. Live at the 12 Bar was originally a bootleg, but was of studio standard, and issued officially in 1996. In 2002 Jansch, Bernard Butler and Johnny "Guitar" Hodge performed live together at the Jazz Cafe, London. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Elizabeth Caroline Orton,[1] commonly known as Beth Orton, (born December 14, 1970), is a Brit Award–winning English singer-songwriter. ... Denmark Street is a short narrow road in central London, notable for its connections with British popular music, and is known as the British Tin Pan Alley. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 2003, Jansch celebrate his sixtieth birthday with a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Guest musicians included Johnny Marr, Ralph McTell, Hope Sandoval, David Roback and Colm O'Ciosoig.^[24] The Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) is a music venue on the South Bank in London, which hosts daily classical, jazz, and avant-garde music and dance performances. ... Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher on 31 October 1963 in Ardwick) is an English guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player and singer. ... Ralph McTell (born Ralph May in Farnborough, England, 3 December 1944) is an English singer/songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk scene since the 1960s. ... Hope Sandoval (born June 24, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter who was lead singer for Mazzy Star and later Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions. ... Guitarist and songwriter David Roback was a member of paisley underground 80s group Rain Parade. ... Colm OCiosoig (born October 31, 1964 in Dublin, Ireland) was the drummer and founding member (along with Kevin Shields) of seminal Irish Shoegazing group My Bloody Valentine. ...

In 2005, Jansch teamed up again with one of his early influences, Davey Graham, for a small number of concerts in England and Scotland. However, his concert tour had to be postponed, owing to illness, and Jansch underwent major heart surgery in the later part of 2005.^[25] By 2006 he had recovered and was playing concerts again. Jansch's long-awaited album The Black Swan was released on Sanctuary on 18 September 2006, featuring Beth Orton and Devendra Banhart, amongst other guests. ^[26]. Hat, released in 1969 Davey Graham (originally Davy Graham, b. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... Elizabeth Caroline Orton,[1] commonly known as Beth Orton, (born December 14, 1970), is a Brit Award–winning English singer-songwriter. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Recognition and awards

In 2001 Jansch received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. An award is something given to a person or group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field. ... The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music. ...

On 5 June 2006, Jansch received the Mojo Merit Award at the Mojo Honours List ceremony, based on "an expanded career that still continues to be inspirational". The award was presented by Beth Orton and Roy Harper. Another award winner at the ceremony was Sir Elton John, who reminisced from the stage about how he and Bernie Taupin used to listen to Bert Jansch records.^[27] is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mojo is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... Elizabeth Caroline Orton,[1] commonly known as Beth Orton, (born December 14, 1970), is a Brit Award–winning English singer-songwriter. ... Roy Harper (born June 12, 1941), is an English rock singer-songwriter / guitarist who specialises in folk music. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Bernie Taupin (born May 22, 1950) is an English lyricist most famous for his collaboration with Elton John. ...

Music

Bert Jansch's musical influences are many and varied: folk (Anne Briggs and A.L. Lloyd); jazz (Charlie Mingus and John Coltrane); early music (John Renbourn and Julian Bream); Indian music (Ravi Shankar) and many others. From these, he has distilled his own unmistakable guitar style. Anne Briggs 1973 album Sing a Song For You Anne Patricia Briggs (born 1944), known as Anne Briggs, is an English folk singer. ... A. L. Bert Lloyd (1908-1982) was a British folksinger and collector of folk songs, and as such was a key figure in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Charles Mingus Stamp issued by the USPS on September 16, 1995. ... John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Early music is commonly defined as European classical music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Baroque. ... Madame Villa-Lobos and Julien Bream at the presentation of the Villa-Lobos Gold Medal, officially awarded to Julian Bream in 1976. ... Timeline and Samples Genres Classical (Carnatic and Hindustani) - Rock - Pop - Hip hop Awards Bollywood Music Awards - Punjabi Music Awards Charts Festivals Sangeet Natak Akademi – Thyagaraja Aradhana – Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Media Sruti, The Music Magazine National anthem Jana Gana Mana, also national song Vande Mataram Music of the states Andaman and... Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar Maestro © www. ...

Some of his songs feature a basic clawhammer style of right-hand playing but these are often distinguished by unusual chord voicings or by chords with added notes. An example of this is his song "Needle of Death", which features a simple picking style but several of the chords are decorated with added ninths. Characteristically, the ninths are not the highest note of the chord, but appear in the middle of the arpeggiated finger-picking, creating a "lumpiness" to the sound.^[28] Clawhammer and frailing describe a class of fingerpicking techniques used by banjo and, rarely, guitar players. ... Typical fingering for a second inversion C major chord on a guitar. ... In music, voicing is an inversion of a chord. ... In music or music theory a ninth is the note nine scale degrees from the root of chord and also the interval between the root and the ninth. ... Various arpeggios as seen on a staff Notation of a chord in arpeggio In music, an arpeggio is a broken chord where the notes are played or sung in succession rather than simultaneously. ...

Another characteristic feature is his ability to hold a chord in the lower strings whilst bending an upper string—often bending up from a semitone below a chord note. These can be heard clearly on songs such as "Reynardine" where the bends are from the diminished fifth to the perfect fifth.^[29] Like many guitarists, string bends are a feature of his work and are often used to create notes which are just slightly sharp or slightly flat (by bending a little less than a semitone), creating the impression of a tonality that does not belong to a diatonic scale. Example of bending on electric guitar A bend is a guitar technique that involves bending the tone upwards, thus making the note or chord sound sharper than normal. ... A semitone (also known in the USA as a half step) is a musical interval. ... This article is about the musical interval. ... The perfect fifth or diapente is one of three musical intervals that span five diatonic scale degrees; the others being the diminished fifth, which is one semitone smaller, and the augmented fifth, which is one semitone larger. ... Figure 1. ... Look up flat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Tonality is a system of writing music according to certain hierarchical pitch relationships around a key center or tonic. ... In music theory, a diatonic scale (from the Greek diatonikos, to stretch out; also known as the heptatonia prima; set form 7-35) is a seven-note musical scale comprising five whole-tone and two half-tone steps, in which the half tones are maximally separated. ...

Jansch often fits the accompaniment to the natural rhythm of the words of his songs, rather than playing a consistent rhythm throughout. This can lead to occasional bars appearing in unusual time signatures. For example, his version of the Ewan McColl song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", unlike most other covers of that song, switches from 4/4 time to 3/4 and 5/4.^[30] A similar disregard for conventional time signatures is found in several of his collaborative compositions with Pentangle: for instance, "Light Flight" from the Basket of Light album includes sections in 5/8, 7/8 and 6/4 time.^[31] Rhythm (Greek = flow, or in Modern Greek, style) is the variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or other events. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Ewan MacColl (1915- October 22, 1989) was a Scottish playwright, poet, actor, folk-singer, and record producer. ... Alternate covers Promotional single The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face is a 1957 folk song written by Ewan MacColl for his wife Peggy Seeger. ... Basket of Light is a 1969 (see 1969 in music) album by the folk rock group Pentangle. ...

Instruments

Through the development of Pentangle, Jansch played a number of instruments: banjo, Appalachian dulcimer, recorder and concertina—on rare occasions he has even been known to play electric guitar.^[32] However, it is his acoustic guitar playing that sets him apart from other folk musicians. For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) A modern 5-string banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument of African American origin adapted from several African instruments. ... Two Appalachian dulcimers The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, although contemporary versions of the instrument can have as many as twelve strings and six courses. ... Various recorders The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes — whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle and ocarina. ... English concertina made by Wheatstone around 1920 A concertina, like the various accordions, is a member of the free-reed family of instruments. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ...

Jansch's first instrument was a Zenith which was marketed as the "Lonnie Donegan guitar" and which he played in the folk clubs in the early 1960s. His first album was reputedly recorded using a Martin 002 borrowed from Martin Carthy.^[33] Pictures of Jansch in the middle 1960s show him playing a variety of models, including Martin and Epiphone guitars.^[34] He had a guitar hand-built by John Bailey, which was used for most of the Pentangle recordings but was eventually stolen. He then had a contract with Yamaha, who provided him with an FG1500 which he is still playing, along with a Yamaha LL11 1970s jumbo guitar.^[35] Jansch's relationship with Yamaha continues and they presented him with an acoustic guitar with gold trim and abalone inlay for his 60th birthday although, valued at about £3000, Jansch is quoted as saying that it is too good for stage use.^[36] The Martin logo. ... Martin Carthy (born May 21, 1941) is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring later artists such as Bob Dylan and Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk... Epiphone Emperor The Epiphone Company is a guitar manufacturer. ... John Bailey is a Luthier who made and repaired guitars and other stringed instruments during the 1960s revival of English folk music and beyond. ... The Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社; TYO: 7951 ) is a Japanese company with a large number of product areas. ... Species Many, see species section. ...

Influence

Jansch's music, and particularly his acoustic guitar playing, have influenced a range of well-known musicians.

• Jimmy Page not only recorded a version of Jansch's "Blackwaterside" but cites him as an influence. He is quoted as saying "At one point, I was absolutely obsessed with Bert Jansch. When I first heard that LP [1965], I couldn't believe it. It was so far ahead of what everyone else was doing. No one in America could touch that."^[37]
• Neil Young is quoted as saying, "As much of a great guitar player as Jimi [Hendrix] was, Bert Jansch is the same thing for acoustic guitar...and my favourite."^[38]
• Mike Oldfield practised acoustic guitar alone as a child, and was then heavily influenced by Jansch's style. "Angie" (Jansch's version of the Graham tune) was his favourite, and would drive Oldfield to call his first band (with sister Sally) "The Sallyangie".^[39]
• Bernard Butler states that Noel Gallagher, Jarvis Cocker, and Johnny Marr (as well as himself) have "paid homage to this quiet, unassuming, but hugely revered master".^[40]
• Nick Drake was an admirer of Jansch, and a cover of "Courting Blues" was included on the bootleg "Tanworth-in-Arden".
• Donovan recorded "House of Jansch" on his fourth album Mellow Yellow.
• Several musicians have had the honour of being described as "The New Bert Jansch", including guitarist Dave Ellis, in the early 1970s.
• Gordon Giltrap's album "Janschology" (2000) has two tunes by Jansch, plus two others that show his influence.

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Pronunciation note

Jansch pronounces his surname 'Jansh' [dʒænʃ], although his name is often pronounced as 'Yansh' [jænʃ].^[41] The latter pronunciation has been adopted by two of Bert's sons, Kieron and Adam.

Partial discography

See also: Pentangle

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Albums

• 1965 – Bert Jansch
• 1965 – It Don't Bother Me
• 1966 – Bert And John (with John Renbourn)
• 1966 – Jack Orion
• 1967 – Nicola
• 1969 – Lucky Thirteen (U.S. release)
• 1969 – Birthday Blues
• 1971 – Rosemary Lane
• 1973 – Moonshine
• 1974 – L.A. Turnaround
• 1975 – Santa Barbara Honeymoon
• 1977 – A Rare Conundrum (released 1976 in Denmark and 1977 in UK)
• 1979 – Avocet (released 1978 in Denmark and 1979 in UK)
• 1980 – Thirteen Down (as Bert Jansch Conundrum)
• 1982 – Heartbreak
• 1985 – From The Outside (only released officially in Belgium)
• 1989 – Leather Launderette (with Rod Clements)
• 1990 – The Ornament Tree
• 1990 – Sketches
• 1993 – From the Outside
• 1995 – When the Circus Comes to Town
• 1998 – Toy Balloon
• 2000 – Crimson Moon
• 2002 – Edge of A Dream
• 2006 – The Black Swan

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Singles/E.P.s

• 1966 – Needle of Death (EP)
• 1967 –"Life Depends on Love"/"A Little Sweet Sunshine"
• 1973 – "Oh My Father"/"The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face"
• 1974 – "In The Bleak Midwinter"/"One For Jo" (non-album A-side)
• 1975 – "Dance Lady Dance"/"Build Another Band"
• 1978 – "Black Birds of Brittany"/"The Mariner's Farewell"
• 1980 – "Time and Time"/"Una Linea Di Dolcezza"
• 1982 – "Heartbreak Hotel"/"Up To The Stars"
• 1985 – "Playing the Game"/"After the Long Night"
• 2003 – "On the Edge of a Dream"/"Walking This Road"/"Crimson Moon"

Compilations

• 1969 – Bert Jansch: The Bert Jansch Sampler
• 1972 – Box Of Love: The Bert Jansch Sampler Volume 2
• 1986 – Strolling Down The Highway
• 1992 – The Gardener: Essential Bert Jansch
• 1993 – Three Chord Trick
• 2000 – Dazzling Stranger: The Bert Jansch Anthology

Live

• 1980 – Bert Jansch Live at La Foret (released in Japan only)
• 1993 – BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
• 1996 – Live at the 12 Bar:An Authorised Bootleg
• 1997 – Blackwaterside
• 1998 – Young Man Blues
• 2001 – Downunder: Live in Australia
• 2004 – The River Sessions
• 2007 - Fresh As a Sweet Sunday Morning (Live concert 2006)

References

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Bibliography

• Doug Kennedy: The Songs and Guitar Solos of Bert Jansch, New Punchbowl Music, 1983. Although this is a book of music, it contains a great deal of biographical information and photographs of Bert Jansch.
• Colin Harper: Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival (2000, Bloomsbury) ISBN 0-7475-5330-0 (pbk)

External links

• Official Bert Jansch website
• Bert Jansch website
• Bert Jansch Complete Discography at the Folk Blues & Beyond website
• Acoustic Magazine The UK's only dedicated Acoustic magazine - cover feature with Bert Jansch
• Bert Jansch tablature page, from Ultimate Guitar
• Sanctuary Records
• Heather Jansch website

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Interview links

• Interview with Bert Jansch on Trilogy Rock (Spain)