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Jason Quick
Guitarist, Composer and Bandleader Jason Quick is based in Toledo, Ohio.
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Jason Quick is a guitarist, bandleader, composer, and educator based out of Toledo, Ohio. Quick’s namesake Trios and Quartets have been featured at venues, clubs, events, and festivals across the Great Lakes and Midwest regions, including historic Cliff Bell's in Detroit, the Treelawn Social Club in Cleveland, Ginger Rabbit in Columbus, Ziggy’s in Ypsilanti, Peacock Café in Toledo, Whiskey Parlor in Detroit, Columbus Jazz & Ribs Festival, Defiance Jazz Festival, Carmel, Indiana’s Jazz on the Monon, and downtown Louisville’s former jazz basement, Jimmy Can’t Dance. Quick Trio had a 3-year residency at Wesley’s Bar, playing every third Saturday. The residency continues at a new venue in downtown Toledo, Brewhouse Downtown. Quick Quartet plays packed house performances at Lucille’s Jazz Lounge. Longtime players on the Toledo music scene, Quick and his ensembles are known for memorable performances at Toledo Museum of Art, Crosby Festival of the Arts, and the Toledo Botanical Garden’s Jazz in the Garden series. Quick was originally inspired to study and play jazz music after his father took him when he was still a teenager, to a club in his hometown of Livonia to hear alto saxophonist, Larry Nozero. Also, during that time, he attended a clinic and performance given by Marcus Belgrave and George Benson which further instpired him to pursue a life in music. Quick has a degree in Jazz Studies from Wayne State University where he studied with Steven Carryer, Matt Michaels and Chris Collins, and a Master’s in Guitar Performance from Bowling Green State University where he studied with Chris Buzzelli, Dr. Donald Wilson and Dr. Wallace Depue. Along with consistent practice and study in music, guitar playing and composition, Quick has attended the 2019 Walden Creative Musicians Retreat in Dublin, New Hampshire with George Lewis as the composer in residence. He has also attended, for the past 3 years, the Alternative Guitar Summit Camp, which is an immersive experience in jazz guitar and improvisation. Guest artists and faculty include Kurt Rosenwinkle, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, and Mike Stern.
