BY ANDREW SCOTT | FROM THE SPRING 2018 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR  Some years ago, I was asked to help build the 2009 Trinity College of Music guitar syllabus. Frustrated with the jazzy pastiche pieces that are presented to candidates, I wanted to give guitarists a musically satisfying arrangement of a jazz standard to play that was comparable to the quality of music elsewhere in the syllabus. I discovered Brazilian guitarist and composer Laurindo Almeida’s 1970s book of songs and … Continue reading Laurindo Almeida: Forgotten Genius of Guitar Arrangement