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Carlos Jiménez
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From the basement to the Montréal Jazz Festival: Guitarist Carlos Jiménez' self-taught road to success
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Lauren Rogers
On his latest album Undercurrents, guitarist Carlos Jiménez exhibits the cool self-confidence and keen precision of an artist at the top of his game, about as far as it gets from the kid who used to practice in his parents' basement. But every musician has to begin somewhere, and for Jiménez those tireless moments underground provided the key to his command of the instrument. “I'm initially self-taught," he revealed. “I would spend about seven hours a day in my parents' ...
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