Results for "guitar, acoustic"

Dave Fisher

Born: July 19, 1940

Dave was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 19, 1940, the son of Abe and Sadie Fisher. His special talent as a musician and singer first surfaced at Hillhouse High School where he was a member of “The Academics,” a popular doo-wop singing group that toured New England to great acclaim. Their hit “Something Cool,” with David singing lead, can still be heard on www.doowopjukebox.com as a song featured in June, 2006, and November 2008, and on YouTube. Upon graduation from high school in 1958 he left The Academics behind and entered Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he continued his musical interests, graduating in 1962 with the University’s first degree in Ethnomusicology

Jean-Pierre Chassé

Born: June 18, 1956

Jean-Pierre Chasse was born in Montreal in 1956. Self-taught guitarist, he became known with the pianist Claude Marc Bourget, with which he very freely improvising duo, from the 80’s, both Quebec and France, particularly in the context of the EMIM (Ensemble de musique improvisée de Montréal). Followed several years of tours with Michael Laucke, renowned Canadian guitarist (flamenco), including Jean-Pierre Chasse was a spectacular companion. His solos passionate lovers of guitar performance. After a long pause, he went to meditate his art and perfect his technique in contact with world music, Jean-Pierre Chasse makes a comeback strong and convincing, complete artist whose eyes and covers a wide field cultures. The music of Jean-Pierre Chasse is now in the broad category of music from jazz but, fed to classical music and the world, tend to a more general term and seek their synthesis. More specifically, the music of Jean-Pierre Chasse borrows elements of rhythm to the music the strongest such flamenco, bossa nova and bebop, and tonal elements common to different traditional and modern music, for assembly into a universal character, which gives it a great attraction

Meklit Hadero

If Joni Mitchell were East African and met Nina Simone for tea in San Francisco’s Mission District, she might end up sounding like Meklit Hadero. Meklit is a true modern global artist: born in Ethiopia, raised in US and nurtured for the last several years in San Francisco’s richly diverse arts scene. Add in a warm and luminous singing voice and lyrical songwriting that moves from the starkly personal to the poetically metaphoric, and you have her entrancing debut full-length recording, “On a Day Like This…”, released on the San Francisco-based Porto Franco Records on April 20, 2010. While Meklit’s music is like a sponge soaking up influences from all over the world, in some ways she’s the perfect embodiment of the City by the Bay

Ralf Krebs

“I see it as a big personal challenge, to expand the feasabilities of the guitar in my own compositions and arrangements. The more I explore new paths, the more ways, techniques and sounds are revealed to me, all lifting the guitar as an eminent instrument of Jazz on a higher level.“ (Ralf Krebs) The native Berliner began his musical career at the age of 11, taking lessons in drumming and latin percussion. He was much in demand as a drummer and percussionist in numerous local bands and counted amongst his influences Salsa, Fusion and the Jazz Rock of the 70s and 80s. His love of harmony and melody led him to undertake the transition from drums to guitar

Murillo Da Ros

Born: May 20, 1973

Brazilian musician and composer, Murillo studied Guitar (Classic, Flamenco, Jazz), Theory and Improvisation in several music academies, involving himself in a miriad of styles in universal music. With his delicate guitar technique, he turned out to be one of the essencial guitar players in Brazil as well as a recognized Brazilian composer.Murillo offers the listener an unforgettable experience where instrumental music never stops surprising, timeless and universal.

Eduardo Niebla

Born: July 29, 1955

“World class virtuoso” (Time Out) Spanish guitarist and composer EDUARDO NIEBLA is one of the most brilliant and emotive performers on the world circuit today, fusing “poignantly poetic…and truly fabulous” (The Scotsman) flamenco gypsy jazz with Arabic, Indian, Latin and classical influences, to create a truly “stunning” (The Sound) and “exhilarating” (Jazz Journal) musical experience “full of hot, dark, Mediterranean passion” (The Scotsman) His concerts appearances have included the OLYMPIC GAMES GREECE, THE Tbilisi International Jazz Festival, Georgia, Glastonbury and the Brecon International Jazz Festivals, England, the San Isidro Fiesta, Madrid, in addition to numerous international festivals throughout Europe and the Baltic States

Rahul Awale

Born: August 17, 1992

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Derek Gripper

Born: November 14, 1977

Derek Gripper is a composer and guitarist from the Western Cape of South Africa, merging "the imagery and mystery of the rural areas of the Cape" with the techniques of classical guitar and the string music of Africa (uhadi bow, umrhubhe, kora, guitar). Derek calls this new evolution of music New Cape describing it as a “rethinking of the Cape’s transcultural heritage.”

Derek’s solo performances draw on a wealth of original compositions, as well as works by J.S.Bach, Ali Farke Touré, Toumani Diabaté, Dembo Konté, Egberto Gismonti, Heitor Villa Lobos, Benjamin Britten, Toru Takemitsu, and Luis de Narvaez.

The Samuel C Lees Quartet Featuring Eva Gray

Born: May 5, 1975

The Samuel C Lees Quartet was started by Samuel C Lees And Graham Kidd in 2008 as a duo, both Samuel and Graham had a love of Gypsy Jazz and the music of Django Reinhardt and formed to do an appearance at a acoustic world music festival. Both Samuel and Graham have worked with some of the worlds leading artists such as Yngwie Malmsteen, Walter Trout, Robben Ford, along with many more. The group then evolved into a trio with the inclusion of beat young drummer Grant Kershaw who, like Samuel and Graham, has a great love of Jazz. This love of music inspired the group to approach songs that are outside the gypsy jazz era. The addition of Samuel’s brother, Joe Lees on bass, gave the group added depth

Muriel Anderson

Widely respected as the premier woman fingerstyle guitarist on the scene today, Muriel Anderson is the first woman to have won the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship. Her show presents virtuosic guitar work from Spanish flamenco and Japanese Koto music to the Beatles, and to her own adventurous compositions, mixed with a gentle sense of humor. Muriel is the founder of the "Muriel Anderson's ALL STAR GUITAR NIGHT®" and the Music for Life Alliance.

Recordings and Publications A prolific composer, Muriel has recently completed commissioned works for the Nashville Chamber Orchestra and Vox Caelestis Womens Choir. She has released seven CD's in the US and three in Japan, two videos, and has authored numerous articles and instructional books. Her music for guitar and cello “Theme for Two Friends” has received widespread acclaim, and her “Heartstrings” cassette traveled as far as outer space, accompanying the astronauts on a space shuttle mission.