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Chris Buono
I make a living with a guitar in my hands.
About Me
Chris Buono is a prolific guitar player & educator. As a leader, sideman and/or guest soloist Chris Buono has performed and/or recorded with Dweezil Zappa, Snarky Puppy, Bumblefoot, Vernon Reid, Karsh Kale, David Fiuczynski, Oz Noy, Keith Carlock, James Chance & The Contortions, Rodney Holmes, Dopapod, Kung Fu, Consider the Source, JAZZ IS PHSH and many more.
As an educator Chris has made an impact on guitarists all over the world through his time at Berklee College of Music as a professor, his ongoing work as a TrueFire artist with nearly 50 titles including the celebrated Guitar Gym series and as a writer for respected institutions including Hal Leonard, Alfred, Guitar Player & Guitar One. Buono’s critically acclaimed Guitarists Guide To Music Reading [Hal Leonard] has become a mainstay in the guitar instructional book landscape.
As a one-on-one teacher Chris has taught some of today’s leading guitarists including Bob Lanzetti, Ben Levin, Rob Compa, Aurelien Budynek, Harvey Valdes, Alexis Pareja, Marcus Rezak, Ben Brandt & Mark Bronzino.
Chris Buono uses guitars, pedals, accessories and software made by wonderful people such as Rick Toone, Vigier Guitars, Downes Guitars, Taylor Guitars, Gibson & Mesa/Boogie, Fender, Victory Amps, Fractal Audio Systems, D’Addario, DiMarzio, Bog Street, Fusion Bags, SKB, Chase Bliss Audio, Origin Effects, Pigtronix, Source Audio, Amptweaker, TWA, Cusack Music, Graph Tech, Ableton, Arobas Music and Neck Diagrams.
My Jazz Story
My House Concert Story
House concerts are rare birds in my playing history. However, two stick out. First one was years ago with a band I led that included Ben Stivers on organ whose played with everyone, Sonny Jain on kit of Red Baraat fame and Anibal Rojas on tenor who always defies logic even when playing with the likes of Kelly Clarkson. We were booked by a local (to me) dentist for a private event where the music was apparently the showcase. I was thrilled to be able to bring down this formidable group to my 'hood. I had great history logged in with Sonny and Anibal already and Ben and I were finding ourselves in cahoots often and really vibing off each other. With all that said, you'd think the playing area would be commensurate of the event. When I tell you the area cordoned off for us was, err, small I'm being uncharacteristically polite. Did I mention it was in a separate room from where the guests were corralled? Yeah... The other and more recent date was in Youngstown, Ohio with Joe Deninzon. Nice people, good times peppered with gunshots in the wind. Surreal.
