Results for "guitar, electric"

Roger Stafford

Born: January 6, 1943

Roger Stafford, lead singer with the popular 1960's television and recording surf band, The Royale Monarchs. Stafford, the handsome, vivacious and driving front man was a real showman on stage and became popular at the Cinnamon Cinder night clubs and developed a large following from the TV show appearances in the Los Angeles area. He and the Monarchs sat front row center when The Beatles first played the Hollywood Bowl, which Bob Eubanks had placed his home up as collateral to bring the English mob head group to Los Angeles, producing the event. The Royale Monarchs were a Southern California surf band of the late 1960s, signed by radio personality Bob Eubanks as house band at his Cinnamon Cinder night clubs, regulars on his "Hollywood Dance Time" and "The Cinnamon Cinder" television shows. The original group included founder, Dan Anthony, vocals & lead guitar, Roger Stafford lead vocal & rhythm guitar, Wilson Smith later replaced by George Haraksin on drums with Jack Schaeffer on tenor sax and Ed Loewe rounding out the group on bass. While playing the "sock hops" they often performed as backup band for touring recording artist, Jan and Dean, The Hondells or The Honeys

Thomas Fleming

Born: November 1, 1989

Currently studying at the University of Richmond. Plays jazz guitar and Interested in playing straight ahead on a regular basis in the Richmond area.

Amirkhanov

Born: March 29, 1973

Bio: 29 march 1973 Ukraine Location Kiev, UA Genre: Fusion / Jazz / Nu-Jazz Influences: George Benson, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Mike Shtern, Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, John Abercrombie, Jim Hall

Christer Fredriksen

Born: April 15, 1972

Christer Fredriksen is an ambient jazz guitarist and composer with a distinctive sound and a unique ability to tell stories through his music. Christer was born 1972 in Kristiansand, Norway and fell in love with the woods and the electric guitar at the age of 13. He studied music at the Agder University, finishing his Masters Degree with a Performing Masters in Rhythmical Music and began his musical career working as a session guitar player. He soon began composing his own music, leading his own jazz-trio with bassist Audun Ramo and drummer Bjørn Stiauren, releasing his first solo album Urban Country (2011) on Losen Records with his old tutor/renowned saxophonist Bendik Hofseth (Steps Ahead) as a featured artist

Paul Garner

Born: December 2, 1977

The Paul Garner Band is an original, progressive, guitar/organ blues trio. They put out a gritty, funky sound to back Paul's intelligent and cliché-free original blues songs. Individually and collectively the band exhibit the highest standards of musicianship, and are one of the few groups on the scene today with the talent and vision to push the blues into new territory while maintaining a strong connection with the roots. The Paul Garner Band perform regularly at London venues, such as Ain't Nothin' But blues bar. The members are: Paul Garner: guitar and vocals
Claudio Corona: keyboards
Jason Ribeiro: drums
Career highlights include:

• Opening for Jools Holland to a crowd of 2000+ at the Rhythm On The Thames event in London.
• National TV and Radio appearances in Australia and New Zealand and airplay on BBC Radio 2.
• Festival appearances in UK, France, Australia and New Zealand including main stage at the Blues At Bardies Festival (France) alongside Matt Schofield & Ian Siegal, and at the Montana National Jazz Festival (NZ).

Terry Brewis

Born: September 22, 1952

I've been playing guitar for about forty years and now that I have retired, I have decided to try to improve my level of playing ability. I'm keen to learn jazz and blues techniques.

Colin Alexander Smith

Born: July 10, 1962

Jazz and rock guitarist based in Bordeaux, France

Maciej Flaczynski - Dj Konik Morski

Born: October 23, 1980

Born: 1980 Dj Konik Morski - truely called Maciej Flaczynski - jazz guitarist and composer from Poznan in Poland. He plays/compose for: - jazz band called Zezz Kwartet (own compositions, modern jazz, swing, charlie mingus tunes) - Fancy Group (r''n''b-soul-jazz-groove music). - Reed Vibration - blues-jazz band with harmonica as a lider instrument - Gentle Jazz Trio - soul-jazz trio with singer Ewa Nawrot (soul,r'n'b, jazz standards) As Dj Konik Morski made some sampled, electronic music combine with jazz and soul harmonies and instrumentations. All about Dj Konik Morski music at: www.myspace.com/djkonikmorski Maciej founded in 2006 Jazz Event Music Agency - www.jazzevent.pl which provides Jazz and Classic Music Bands from Wielkopolska area for business and private clients

Josh Smith

Born: October 7, 1979

Josh Smith was born October 7, 1979 in Middletown, Connecticut. Before he was 1, his family relocated to Florida, eventually settling in Pembroke Pines, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale. At age 3, he received his first guitar and at 6, he started taking guitar lessons. Josh was exposed to the blues at an early age. He listened to a variety of artists, such as Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Albert King and T-Bone Walker. He also started going to concerts, including the Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen. By 12, Josh was playing at established professional blues jams in South Florida, such as Musicians Exchange Café in Fort Lauderdale and Club M in Hollywood, FL. When Josh was 13, the Rhino Cats, house band at Club M, asked him to be the lead guitarist

Yuriy Matveyev

Born: September 27, 1960

Yuriy hails from an unnamed village in Siberia, which was settled solely by the Matveyev family in the early 1500s. Their location was so remote that it lost contact with the rest of humanity until the mid-20th century. At that time, the Matveyev homestead was slated to serve as a nuclear testing site. Fortunately, scientists came out to the area to set up cameras and instruments before conducting the first explosion, and discovered that the land was actually inhabited.

Yuriy's generation was the first to be re-integrated into Russian society. Frustrated by the language barrier (the entire clan spoke an unintelligible, anachronistic dialect), young Yuriy took a vow of silence which he has kept to this day