Jackie King is a master guitarist, a virtuoso who crosses all boundaries and limitations on the instrument he loves.
I've had the honor to perform with Marian McPartland, Ray
Charles, Les Paul, Willie Nelson, The Boston Pops & the San
Francisco Symphony, Joffrey Balley, Chet Baker, Sonny Stitt,
Kenny Burrell, Lenny Breau, Herb Ellis, Tal Farlow, Barney
Kessel, Jerry Garcia, Stevie Ray Vaughn - to teach at Berkeley
College of Music, University of the Arts, San Francisco Music
Conservatory, Musician's Institute (then GIT), owned the
Southwest Guitar Conservatory and Indigo Moon Records,
published instructional audio and video tapes with REH Hotlines
and Hotlicks, and published a book series on improvisation (Mel
Bay Publishing). I love the guitar. It has allowed me a very full life
around the world.
Home
Mill Valley, CA
My Desert Island Picks
- Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus: Jazz At Massey Hall
- Cannonball Aderly, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Sam & Hank Jones: Somethin Else
- Wes Montgomery : Boss Guitar
What I'm Listening To Now (As of 2004-09-09)
- Lenny Breau - The Living Room Tapes
- Leslie Lyons - Once in a Blue Moon
- David Underwood - A Dream
Favorite Web Sites
- All About Jazz - Entertaining, informative, supportive
- DOBAD - Amazing lyrics; politically astute. Listen up old Gs.
- CriagsList.org - The most real community on the web.
