Results for "guitar, acoustic"

Conrado Paulino

Style "...is like an effortless blend of Joe Pass and Baden Powell" [Fabio Carrilho, Violão PRO Magazine, Brazil]
The style of guitarist, composer and arranger Conrado Paulino is an original fusion of three major musical schools. The first one embraces the repertoire of Brazilian music, a universe from which his creative basis takes its shape.
The second one reveals itself in a jazzy influence that becomes conspicuous in its harmonically modern concept and its ample room for improvisation on his arrangements.
The last one is the utilization of classical guitar techniques, notably in his use of arpeggios and counter-melodies

Guy Buttery

Born: November 26, 1983

As you drive about 13 miles north of Durban, the largest city in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, you pass a lush fertile belt where the rich green shades of the sugar cane meet the turquoise of the Indian Ocean. This is where on the 26th November 1983, guitarist and composer Guy Buttery was born and raised in a small coastal town along the North Coast. This is a place of enchantment, freedom, promise and where the creative spirit takes charge. Besides being introduced to music at an early age through his mother who plays the piano and his older brothers who played guitar, the muse naturally took hold of Guy when he was ten

Jimi Durso & Karla Harby

Flute and guitar duo.

KJ Denhert

Internationally-acclaimed singer-songwriter KJ Denhert was recently tasked with telling her life story in a series of 10 slides. The first image she chose was that of a record player. “I spent hours in front of the record player dancing to the same song over and over. I must have been about 4 – music really held me together growing up. ” KJ’s career spans 40 years, 10 albums, with legions of devoted fans worldwide. She grew up in a time of fiery cultural upheaval and has experienced profound social growth in the world as she sees it. Her albums are personal and this, her 11th album, is her first in five years

Frankie Cisco Harris

Natural jazzman, rhythman said to have sat on Ella Fitzgeralds Knee as baby weaned @ Newport Rhode Island jazz club- Cliff Walk Manor -Home to many jazz gigs at the advent of the Newport Jazz fest era in the early 1950's ... Part native american Indian -(Spirit never Captured & Still thru today known as un-recorded a "Bonified Virgin" street musician, on of the fringes new and old counter cultursal , wholistic alternative ... longtime rainbow nation persona advocate of thaqt jam scene, hippy jazz musician , counter cultural musician since Woodstock ... while developing, learning mainly thru oral traditions of jamming busking, & playing globally, and nationally, inclusive of New England, Hawaii, Chicago, SF, Austin, Appalachia, Morrocco, Mexico, Costa Rica, Australia ...and Florida @at thousand campfires , communes, jams, clubs, house concerts, and coffee houses as free form Jazz vocalist, singer, songwriter, improviser, jazz standards rewritier...while consciously and by default of rhythm inclinations taking jazz to many differnt genres, levels, life styles and back agian to the street with admixtures of third wld, reggea, and open to and embracing all demographics ..

Frank Vignola's Gypsy Grass

One of the premier acoustic jazz guitarists on the scene today, Frank Vignola has launched a new all-star collective featuring some of the acoustic music scene's hottest young players. Melding contemporary gypsy jazz, bluegrass, toe-tapping swing and front porch picking into a uniquely eclectic, upbeat sound of their own, Gypsy Grass is sure to amaze fans of the various styles and genres it employs. At times sublime, controlled and elegant, these innovators can instantly change gears to wildly imaginative improvisation and nasty, hot picking. Think Django Reinhardt meets Jerry Reed with some flashes of Bach and Miles Davis… “Frank Vignola is the perfect guitarist really

Duane Andrews

Born: November 30, 1972

Bio Duane Andrews’s music is the product of a great ear, an adventurous spirit and a love of music that is beyond category. Uniting what would seem to be impossible – traditional Newfoundland music with the Gypsy Jazz of the legendary Django Reinhardt, Andrews makes it not just work – he makes it soar. The award winning guitarist, composer, producer and international performer’s latest album, Raindrops, is the best evidence yet of his truly unique musical vision and is the sound of him, literally, bringing it all back home. A native of the island of Newfoundland, off the east coast of Canada, Duane grew up exposed to the island’s mélange of cultural influences – a mix of English, French, Irish, Spanish and Portuguese - and his development as a guitarist reflects that

Anthony Ocaña

Born: March 7, 1980

Composer/guitarist with a personal voice where layers of different genres – classical, contemporary, minimal, pop, progressive rock, Caribbean, Latin American and jazz - are interwoven in a unique, unclassifiable style. He is born in the Dominican Republic on March 7th, 1980, is educated in the island, the USA and Spain, then becomes a Spanish citizen in 2007. His musical path begins at age 5 when he asks his father for piano lessons; once he starts learning music, he knows he would dedicate his entire life to it. At age 14 he begins studying classical guitar and enrols in the National Conservatory of Music in Dominican Republic studying with guitarist Ruben Gonzalez

Will Goldstein

Born: November 1, 1951

The King’s Court primarily features the music of Will Goldstein who writes, records, publishes, and distributes Christian cd’s and songbooks based on scripture. The King’s Court is in a licensing agreement with CCLI, and their database of church worship songs, song select. His Name Is Jesus is a call to worship cd. The King’s Court also hosts a directory of worldwide Christian Artists and Bands.

Jon Larsen

Born: January 7, 1959

JON LARSEN CV 1959 Born 7 January at Jar, near Oslo, Norway. At an early age attracted to drawing/painting and rockhunting in the mountains. 1972 Starts to play the guitar, but spends most time drawing and painting. 1976 First solo exhibition of paintings, inspired by Salvador Dal�-, followed by annual exhibitions for the next 20 years. First visit to Barcelona. First concerts with the trio Clo-Z, music inspired by Zappa, flamenco and jazz. 1977 One year of private studies of drawing with the Polish maestro Ryzard Warsinski. 1978 First visit to Paris. Moves to Barcelona to paint full time, spend one year with Catalan painters, but at the same time starts to study the music of Django Reinhardt. 1979 Forms Hot Club de Norvège together with two childhood friends Per Frydenlund (g/vocal) and Svein Aarbostad (b/poetry): Django music, traditional jazz, surrealistic poetry and happenings in small clubs and in the streets. 1980 Hot Club de Norvège records their first LP String Swing, and establishes the Djangofestival in Norway