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Jacques Lesure
About Me
Jacques Lesure Musical Services offers musical
entertainment, enrichment and education
through, live Jazz performances, individual and
group lessons, lectures, and music clinics. A
resident of Los Angeles, CA, Mr. Lesure is eager
to give back to the community and expose
today's youth to the rich history of Jazz while
keeping the adults grooving to his amazing
sound. Jacques is a professor of Jazz Guitar at
UCLA.
He teaches and presents all over the United
States and abroad tocreate and nurture a love
and appreciation for the tradition of Jazz and
Blues as original, American art forms,
emphasizing how their sound is the root and
foundation of music today.
Originally from Detroit, Mr. Lesure has
performed with many of Jazz's greatest artists;
Pharoh Sanders,Oscar Brown Jr., George Benson,
Freddy Cole, Jimmy Smith,Stanley
Turrentine,Mark Murphy,Oliver Lake,Chico
Freeman, Javon Jackson, Les Mcann,Linda
Hopkins,Jon Hendricks, Eric Reed, Wessel
Anderson, Wynton Marsalis, George Bohannon,
and many others. He has collaborated in the
creation of and performed in a variety of stage
plays, movie scores and special projects made for
television. He continues to perform at clubs,
benefits, various celebrations and Jazz festivals
and events locally and around the world.
Contact us to bring music to your life.
My Jazz Story
I love jazz because it’s my LIFE in musical form. My advice to new listeners is to listen with your HEART.