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Dave Halverson

Dave Halverson is a guitarist/composer based in Santa Barbara, CA and a founding member of the jazz/art rock band Trance Lucid. To date, he has released 14 albums of instrumental music — six as a solo artist, five with Trance Lucid, and three with Sea Rocket Jasmine.

The music ranges from jazz/progressive rock, electronic rock, and avant rock, to textural mood pieces, solo pieces, and more experimental works. Inspirations include random noises, found sound, visual art, science, technology, and shortwave radio experiments.

Take Five With Dave Halverson

by AAJ Staff
April 27, 2009

Meet Dave Halverson: Dave Halverson is a guitarist/composer based in Oakland, CA. He is also a founding member of the jazz/art rock band Trance Lucid. To date, he has released seven CDs of instrumental music--three as a solo artist, and four with Trance Lucid.

The music ranges from jazz/progressive rock, electronic rock, and avant rock, to textural mood pieces, solo pieces, and more experimental works. The tone is often contemplative, with undertones of tension and darkness. ...

...his tasty arrangements and inventive electric guitar work are always captivating and imaginative. -20th Century Guitar magazine

...pushes boundaries with his constantly varied, mostly indefinable blend of sound. -indieville.com

Dave Halverson's guitar playing is both tasteful and heartfelt. He is as strong a composer as anyone out there. -progscape.com

Halverson is an extremely flexible guitarist with a wealth of fresh ideas and techniques. On most tracks he relies on an appealingly vibrant fusion tone, with nice deviations. -allaboutjazz.com

...intelligent instrumental jazz with a rock fusion edge

Primary Instrument

Guitar

Location

Santa Barbara

Credentials/Background

I began teaching the guitar in 1986. I have experience teaching individuals (ages 7 to 60) and also groups of children. I am willing to teach beginner, intermediate, and advanced students.