Results for "guitar"

Steve Fell

Guitarist, and composer Steve Fell is a fixture on the Boston music scene, performing with many groups in a variety of settings from free jazz and experimental, to funky organ combos, to west African and Carribean ensembles, to straight ahead jazz, and multi-media performances combining visual art and sound. He has performed internationally at festivals and clubs in Europe, Korea, Japan, and Canada, where he has appeared at the Montreal Jazz Festival. He can often be heard several nights a week in and around the Boston area.

Przemyslaw Straczek

Born: August 15, 1976

Przemysław Strączek - jazz guitarist, composer, producer, graduate of the Academy of Music. Karol Szymanowski in Katowice, two-time winner of the Master Jazz Guitarist Competition. Marek Bliziński in Warsaw, one of the seven finalists of the global soloist Thailand International Jazz Conference Solo Competition in Bangkok. For many years he has been present in the ranking of the best Polish guitarists according to Jazz Forum readers - Jazz Top. In 2013, he received the Special Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for artistic achievements. Since 2011, he has been co-creating international projects as a leader with musicians from different continents, presenting contemporary trends in jazz and ethno-jazz music

Kim Prevost and Bill Solley

Kim Prevost and guitarist Bill Solley has been racing the high road to success since winning the 1999 "BET on Jazz" Jazz Discovery Award. Individually and together, they've performed with musical greats like Arturo Sandoval, Bobby McFerrin, Nicolas Payton, Nine Inch Nails, Oleta Adams, Ed Calle, Sammy Figaroa, Kirk Whalum, Matt Lemmler, and Allen Toussaint. Both artists are natives of the birthplace of jazz, New Orleans. They have appeared at numerous festivals, and have toured extensively from England to the Netherlands, Japan, Denmark, Brazil, South Africa, Argentina, Germany, the United States with plenty stops in between

Wyatt Moss-Wellington

Born: 1983

"Challenging preconceptions of song structure, guitar and vocal techniques, subject matter and stylistic homogeneity ... bounced between satire and aching tenderness, power chords and delicate finger-picking - sometimes all within one line! Moss-Wellington makes most of his peers sound like they have never fully considered the breadth of options open to them." John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald

Zjaca

Biography Guitarist / Performer / Composer / Recording Artist / Educator Ratko Zjaca is considered a very gifted stylist, assumes many roles in his macrocosm of music: contemporary guitarist, composer, performer and educator. His unique musical vision absorbs and reflects all manner of music while retaining an enviable individualism and high quality craftsmanship that can span from quiet intimacy to searing intensity. Diverse musical backgrounds, which include jazz, world music, and free improvisation. He has been working on original compositions as well as crafting beautiful and haunting improvisations

Brian Clark

Born: June 19, 1967

Guitarist with the Winnipeg jazz trio TABLE 4 THREE.

Ken Avis

Born: May 3, 1959

London, Paris, Geneva, Washington DC! Guitarist/vocalist, Ken Avis, never imagined he would live in these cities after growing up in a Northern English coal mining town close to Liverpool. After travelling in over 80 countries, across four continents, he is now based in Northern Virginia with his wife, the stunning French Canadian vocalist {{m: Lynn Veronneau = 31434}}. Together they are putting their world experiences to good effect in the eclectic, multi-national music of their band Veronneau. Meeting in Geneva, Ken and Lynn debuted together at a festival in the mountains of France, they continued to perform and record internationally as a duo before forming a group (called simply Veronneau ) in 2010 with Brazilian jazz guitarist David Rosenblatt and drummer Pete Walby

Joshua Stauffer

Joshua is a jazz musician based in Philadelphia. Building on a rigorous training in classical violin, Joshua found himself drawn to the harmonies and textures possible on the guitar. After a not-so- brief infatuation with rock and roll he found his musical home in the rich language of jazz. He studied performance and composition at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and now works as a free-lance performer and educator in the tri-state area.

Peter Hand

Guitarist, composer and arranger Peter Hand leads his own big band, ten-piece band and smaller groups, and his music encompasses a wide variety of original compositions, new interpretations of jazz classics and Latin & Brazilian jazz.

He has recorded three highly acclaimed big band albums on Savant Records and worked with many top artists and bands as a leader, arranger/composer and sideman, including Carmen Lundy, Jon Lucien, George Coleman, Lee Konitz, Houston Person, Claudio Roditi, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Kansas Jazz Orchestra and the Charleston Jazz Orchestra.

Teriver Cheung

Born: January 23, 1985

Teriver Cheung is one of the most exciting upcoming jazz guitarists/composers in his generation. Currently based in New York City, the Hong Kong native had the opportunities to tour and perform with Latin Grammy Award winner bassist Eddie Gomez, and world renowned musicians such as Bernard Wright, George Garzone, Billy Drummond, Taylor Eigsti. Teriver had already brought his music internationally to the US, Poland, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and Mexico, and appeared on different music festivals and venues. The Hong Kong native began his musical journey at age 5 playing the piano