Results for "guitar, electric"

Aleif Hamdan

Born: March 2, 1994

Aleif Hamdan is a guitarist/composer from Indonesia and Malaysia. Growing up in South East Asia, Aleif was exposed to a wide variety of music, contributing to a diverse and eclectic palette of taste. Aleif moved to Kuala Lumpur in 2010 to pursue studies at the International College of Music, and eventually earned a reputation in the national music scene after winning several competitions and awards. In 2012, he moved to the States after receiving the Berklee Achievement Scholarship to further explore new voices in music. Here he gained further recognition as a musician, performing at major venues in the Boston and New York area such as the U.N

Kristian Svalestad Olstad

Kristian Svalestad Olstad (b.1985) studied jazz/pop/rock at the Arctic Univesity of Norway between 2005-2013. As well as being involved as a freelance musician and studio-technician in several musical acts in various genres, his main focus is the music within the improvised scene in Norway working with bands like LEAGUS, Kol, MØRK and Eter amongst others. Kristian is also the co-founder of the record label CAMO together with Benjamin Mørk.

Pedro Branco

Pedro Branco is a Portuguese guitar player now residing in Amsterdam. Born in Lisbon, he has studied with some of the finest jazz musicians on the Portuguese scene (André Fernandes, Afonso Pais, Mário Delgado, Demian Cabaud, Gonçalo Marques, Desidério Lázaro) and participated in several workshops and masterclasses (Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Goldberg, Dave Holland, Matt Renzi, David Doruzka, Peter Bernstein). Graduated from the Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa in 2013, he has participated in many projects, not only in jazz (Pedro Branco Quartet, Reflections Trio, Jorge Moniz, Then They Flew, Oh! Calcutta!), and has played in such venues as the Hot Club of Lisbon, Café Tati, Fábrica Braço de Prata, Bacalhoeiro and many others

Jens Thoresen

Born: April 28, 1969

Jens Thoresen is a busy guitarist, composer and arranger. He is a regular member of the big band Ensemble Denada, and a freelancer who has composed a lot fro TV, radio, theater and film. Whether it is pop, rock or jazz, Jens Thoresen is the guitarist many are calling up to have on the team. He has toured around the world with different bands and musicians. He has also collaborated with Nick Kershaw, Chesney Hawkes and Michael Jay.

Umberto Tricca

Umberto Tricca was born in Vimercate (Me) in 1973. He studied jazz guitar in Milan at the “Cemm” school directed by Walter Donatiello and Berklee’s School teachers. Over the years he studied jazz harmony, composition and arrangement with Giovanni Tommaso, Giancarlo Boselli, Stephen Franceschini, Tomaso Lama, John Abercrombie, David Linx and Paul Fresu at Nuoro Jazz. He shared his research and study of contemporary artists such as Dave Holland and Steve Coleman with some musicians of the the Florentine scene, examinating harmony and rhythmic aspects. He took part in different musical projects: The Dotters (Claudio Giovagnoli, Peter Spitilli, Stephen Tamborrino) in which he faced the contemporary jazz repertoire; A.G.U.A

Lucas Rochaix

Born: 1992

Lucas Rochaix was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1992. At the age of 9, he started to play guitar. After a while, he started playing with some rock groups and continued learning guitar and music, taking lessons and hearing different records. At the age of 14, he started his formal studies of classical guitar at the Conservatory, where he studied six years with the maestro Sergio Moldavsky. Meanwhile, he continued studying popular music like rock, Argentinian folk music, tango, etc. Then he discovered jazz music. He took Jazz guitar lessons with Armando Alonso and harmony, arranging and composition with Diego Schissi. In 2014 he entered to the "Tecnicatura Superior en Jazz" of Manuel de Falla Conservatory

Willem Heylen

Born: May 8, 1994

steven m gallagher

Born: January 3, 1951

Zayn Mohammed

Zayn Mohammed based in London, England. Guitarist, composer/arranger, multi instrumentalist & fragment of Oneness. Influences: The Funk, Flamenco, Hip-Hop, Bulgarian Choir Music, Rock Music, Turkish Classical Music, North & South Indian Classical Music, North & West African Music, Mauritanian Music, Oliver Messiaen, Gyorgi Ligetti, Ahmad Jamal, Michael Jackson, George Benson, Nitin Sawhney, Tigran Hamasayan, Django Reinhardt, Karim Ziad, J Dilla, Hiatus Kayote, Christian Scott, Pat Metheny, Lenny Breau, Ted Greene, Bireli Lagrene, Sylvain Luc, John Mclaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Supertramp, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitgerald, and 100000's more.

Luc Herrmann

Born: April 28, 1991

Luc Herrmann is a Montreal based guitarist and a strong voice in the next generation of great jazz musicians the city has developed a reputation for. Having heavily studied the jazz guitar tradition, all the while appreciating current composers and improvisers, Luc’s sound is a natural blend of the old and the new. As a recent McGill graduate, Luc was able to study and perform with some of the best jazz musicians Canada has to offer. “The Luc Herrmann Group” is a modern Jazz quartet dedicated to playing the guitarist's music and achieving his artistic vision. Featuring Luc's favorite Montreal musicians: Jules Payette (Alto Saxophone) Louis-Vincent Hamel (Drums) and Levi Dover (Bass) The band always brings a high level of energy and great camaraderie to each performance having played together a number of years. The Quartet released their debut album entitled ''Luc Herrmann Group'' on October 10th 2017 at Resonance Café, one of Montreal's choice venues to hear emerging and creative jazz.