Results for "guitar, acoustic"

MUSICIAN Born: March 26, 1980

Ramiro Pinheiro

Ramiro Pinheiro is a subtle and creative acoustic guitarist from Brazil who is also a talented songwriter. He was mostly self-taught at the beginning, learning the guitar by ear before attending the Conservatório Souza Lima in São Paulo. Pinheiro moved to Barcelona (Spain) 14 years ago and he has been an important part of the local music scene ever since, working with a wide variety of top jazz and Brazilian musicians. While he has appeared on several recordings since 2010, Sentido is his debut CD as a leader.

MUSICIAN Born: February 6, 1988

Philip Czarnecki

Philip Czarnecki started playing the guitar at 8 years. Already during his school years he became a member of the “Junge Akademie“ (a prestigious course at the state music school of Hamburg/Germany) and a youth-student at the conservatory of his hometown Hamburg. Furthermore he was a member of the German Youth Jazz Orchestra and eventually studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where he did his Bachelor and Master degree in Jazz Guitar. Philip has been touring with a variety of projects throughout Europe, South Africa and India. Currently he is leading his Jazzrock Powertrio PC ENERGETIC, a solo guitar project and is a band-member of the Soul/Pop singer Rakel Salazar

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Joseph de Dominicis

Joseph de Dominicis, ‘Joe D’, is a composer and acoustic guitarist. He performs his music on a seven steel-string archtop guitar. He is a native New Yorker. His first album, ‘Joseph de Dominicis Songs: Volume One’ with vocals and piano by Gloria Cooper was released on the label Carol MRP Co. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in General Music and he earned a Master of Arts Degree in Music Composition from the City University of New York at Hunter College in 1995, studying with Edward Knight and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Melinda Wagner. He was the winner of the 1995 Shirley P

MUSICIAN Born: September 16, 1975

Matthew Joy

Matthew Joy, has been an active performer and composer for decades recording and performing in Boston, New York and Nashville as well as touring the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Europe. His guitar playing and composing styles come from a cross-breeding of jazz, folk, Latin and classical music wherein Matthew maintains a personal style that functions as an equilibrium between avant-garde and structure, primitive and scholarly, historical and modernity. Matthew is currently based in West Palm Beach, Florida. He works as a freelance editor and composer/arranger for various FJH Company's guitar pedagogy selections

MUSICIAN Born: July 11, 1977

Bryan Lubeck

Bryan Lubeck is an American guitarist known for his unique fusion of Spanish guitar, pop, jazz and urban influences. For the most part his music is played on radio stations in the "Smooth Jazz" genre. He has played concerts with many of the top names in the industry like Richard Elliott, Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and Mindi Abair. His most popular album to date is his 2013 released Tuscan Sky which spent 16 weeks in the top 40 of the Smooth Jazz charts with 3 consecutive radio singles and music video's released. Bryan was a Billboard Magazine Critic's choice in 2012. His CDs have sold well over 40,000 copies but primarily through non-traditional corporate/retail outlets

MUSICIAN Born: July 30, 1968

Mukwuru

Mukwuru's music comes from a world of pain. When this songwriter says, 'Listen to the song I sing,' he means it. So, let the music move you and take heart. A singer/songwriter fusing jazz with many flavors . . . . This singer/songwriter crosses over many genres. It's music for the people. What you hear now is just a sampling of this singer can do. This singer/songwriter guitarist has at least 50 songs under his belt. For the Jazz purist - a concert of pure jazz. For the people who just like good music - mix it up. For the socially conscious and those who want to join the protest, 'Know What Matters' and 'Can You Imagine' gives you something to think about

MUSICIAN Born: May 4, 1973

Marius Noss Gundersen

Norwegian guitarist Marius Noss Gundersen acquired his education at the Agder Conservatory of Music and the Norwegian State Academy of Music. He studied Advanced Instrumental Studies at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, being the only guitarist to receive a full scholarship for the academic year 2000/2001. He is also holding a Master's degree in Performing Arts from the University of Agder. Marius has had the privilege of receiving tutelage under teachers such as Per Kjetil Farstad, Per Skareng, Sven Lundestad and Robert Brightmore, and has participated in master classes with some of the world’s most prominent guitarists, such as David Russell, Roland Dyens, Marco Socias, the Assad brothers, Peter Sculthorpe and Carlos Bonell

MUSICIAN Born: November 16, 1969

YOHAM ORTIZ

YOHAM ORTIZ is a composer, guitarist and vocalist having a conversation about environmental awareness and personal growth. A musician with an open ear to the world, Yoham’s compositions share stories about caring for our planet and each other. Yoham’s performances are driven by his emotive vocals and energetic finger-style guitar playing. His virtuosic guitar technique fuses Classical, Jazz, Caribbean and South American styles including the little known Dominican Carabine. He sings in English and in Spanish. “To perform solo acoustic guitar is a bold statement in a time when audiences expect big, multi- dimensional sounds

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Anouman

NYC-based gypsy jazz quartet ANOUMAN (www.anoumanmusic.com), is a critically acclaimed ensemble that has appeared at such festivals as Winter Jazz Fest (NYC), MidWest Gypsy Swing Fest, Django by the Sea Festival, Music Mountain Festival and many more. ANOUMAN recently completed their debut studio album "La Storia" (Release date of 11-30-18), featuring six forward leaning originals and one extensively arranged Django standard. The instrumentation of saxophone, lead guitar, rhythm guitar and bass allows the ensemble to simultaneously evoke the gypsy jazz sounds while exploring new territory within the canon.

MUSICIAN Born: December 16, 1958

Steven Blane

Steven Blane is a Pop-Americana Jazz infused chill electro pop Singer-Songwriter in the style of Billy Joel, Neil Young, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen. He is inspired by Elvis, Roy Orbison and Chris Isaac and plays guitar, ukulele and piano. He self-produces all of his work and gigs constantly in NYC and South Florida. During this Corona Virus Pandemic, he has been journaling his experience by writing songs of the days and producing videos of his songs. One of his lyrics was featured in an article in Vanity Fare. Among his most recent releases is a cover of Neil Young's "After the Goldrush, a Passover EP, a chill electro-pop track entitled "Dumbo" and an inspirational pop ballad called "Fly Again." He has produced a brand new album, entitled “Sweet Dreams” which features eleven tracks of chill electro jazz-infused pop