Results for "guitar"

Elizabeth Ayoub

With a fresh, coming-of-age sensitivity, Elizabeth Ayoub graces the stage by blending the traditional with the contemporary, the East with the West. The youngest of seven siblings, her Lebanese immigrant parents fled to Venezuela before the civil war, in search for a promising future. It was in Venezuela where Elizabeth was thrust into an environment where three different languages were freely spoken and where her musical influences ranged from Koranic verse and Fairuz, to Simon & Garfunkel and Barbra Streisand. A songstress at heart

Greg Arney

When Greg was 10, he asked his father to teach him to play the guitar. His father said, "If you start playing now, when you grow up, people will love you." He imagined what it would be like to be gawked at and admired because of such a skill, and decided he didn't want to learn. It would be nearly a decade before he was to reconsider. Music continued searching for him until finally, seven years later, he discovered an acoustic guitar in the attic. Greg became obsessed with discovering all of the sounds that it could make. He listened to and imitated many recordings, including blues, jazz, funk, Latin, flamenco, celtic and Japanese popular music. Greg currently lives in Boston, MA where he is involved in the thriving music scene

Alexey Revenko

The composer, singer and guitarist (as well as poet and writer) Alexey Revenko is well known by his approach and experiments in music. He is called a founder of acoustic neoclassical and neoromantic music style in Ukraine and Russia (albums "Felicity" (2003), "Apogee of the Soul" (2008), "Flight to the history"(2008)). His "Revenko Band" recorded a cover disc of DDT band hits but in his own way - only instrumentals, which had a huge success. One of the last projects is an an incarnation of new Alexey's idea - guitar and piano combination (album "View Creator" 2009). Alexey in his "Revenko Band" uses great variety of musical instruments and co-operate with really strong musicians.

Tony Marcus

Tony has long been a presence on the San Francisco Bay Area acoustic music scene. From a start playing traditional folk music (in his first band, both Laurie Lewis and Kate Brislin were his bandmates for a time) to the jazzier sounds of more recent years (Leftover Dreams, Cats & Jammers, etc.) Tony has played guitar, violin and other stringed instruments as well as vocalizing. He is often called on to do clinics and workshops in swing guitar and vocal harmonizing and arranging These have included the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, International Guitar Seminars, California Coast Music Camp, Augusta Heritage Workshops and more

Wayne Brasel

The versatile guitarist and composer from California, combines the best of jazz, blues, soul, and rock guitar with a post-bop approach to improvisation. The music he composes is an eclectic blend of styles and influences that often defies categorization. As an L.A. session guitarist, Wayne recorded and toured with artists such as Donna Summer, Debby Boone, Otis Stokes, Tata Vega, Rose Stone, and Andrae Crouch. Performances around the world have included the JVC Jazz Festival in New York, the New Orleans Jazz Festival , the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollwood Bowl, as well as an appearance on Saturday Night Live. Performing as a sideman and with his own group, Wayne has played alongside many of the world's top musicians, including: Mike Stern, Alex Acuna, Abe Laborial, Vinnie Caliuta, Justo Almaria, Kenneth Nash, Shiela Jordan, Brandon Fields, John Patitucci, Joe Sample, Wilton Fielder, Tom Brechlein, Gary Willis, Peter Erksine, Rick Margitza, Joe Pass, Hal Crook, and Frank Gambale. Growing up in Northern California, Wayne began playing guitar at the age of 10

Victor Unukovsky

A Russian born UK guitarist and composer.

Maurice Johnson

Born: July 2, 1959

Milwaukee born guitar veteran, Maurice Johnson first gained notice in 1985 shortly after forming the Oklahoma City based, “After Five” band. Considered the young lions of jazz, “After Five” gained a great deal of popularity, sharing the stage with major acts including, George Benson, George Howard, Norman Brown, Nancy Wilson, Al Green, Alex Bungon, Stanley Turrentine, Little Melton, Mary Wright, Ronny Laws, Jennifer Holiday, Freddy Jackson, Larry Coryell, Barney Kessel and many others. In 1991 the group signed with New York label, Warlock Records and released the EXPRESSIONS CD. After a nearly ten-year stint, “After Five” would ultimately disband. As the early 90’s unfolded, Maurice found himself at the helm of a unique industry as co-founder of D’Leco Acoustic Instruments with luthier / partner James W

Ryan Pate

Born: August 11, 1980

A native of Florida, Ryan Pate is an increasingly in demand guitarist in the jazz and creative music scene in New York. In 2006 Ryan was accepted into the Masters program at Manhattan School of Music, where he had the opportunity to study with numerable jazz greats. Ryan is a forward thinking musician within the tradition of jazz. His clear, warm tone, lyrical phrasing, and adventurous harmonic palette distinguish him as a modern jazz artist to watch in the coming years. As a composer, Ryan strives to incorporate diverse influences and interests into his music such as contemporary classical, pop, and folk music, while remaining in the jazz tradition and centered around improvisation

May Nasr

May Nasr has inspired a world-wide following with her plaintive voice and meditative music. She often focuses on the plight of the Lebanese people in her music, using songs of peace, love, and resilience to inspire positive change in local and global Arab communities. A strong voice for social justice as well, Nasr helps support local charities and organizations throughout the world with her many popular concerts. "When I sing, whether alone or in front of a crowd, I forget about everything around me and just let my heart do the reaching out through the melody and meaning I so wish to convey. It is like a meditation for me, and it gives me deep satisfaction and gratitude to see that other people actually find it as satisfactory for them to hear me sing." - May Nasr

André Matos

The distance between modern post-bop sounds and free jazz suffused with high-tech experimentalism narrows significantly on the new CD Quare, from André Matos, a brilliant young guitarist and Portuguese native now living in the United States. Released on Greg Osby's Inner Circle Music, Quare is Matos' third album as a leader, and it features his spectral playing in various musical settings with accompaniment from some of the top young jazz artists on the scene today.

Matos possesses a strikingly mature musical vision for an artist still in his late twenties. His first release, 2005's Pequenos Mundos (Small Worlds), showcases a more languid guitar style that stands atop the arrangements, but with his second album, Rosa-Shock, Matos began taking a more integrated approach in terms of balancing his instrumental voice with that of his band mates. Key to Matos' development in this regard has been a steady association with pianist Leo Genovese (known also for his work with Argentine singer Sofia Rei Koutsovits) and bassist Thomas Morgan, as well with budding vocal star Sara Serpa, also from Portugal--and the guitarist's partner in many musical settings. Adding drummer Ted Poor to the rhythm section and bringing in Noah Preminger on tenor saxophone for several cuts on Quare undeniably enhanced the musicality and adventurousness of the recording, a sign that Matos thinks compositionally and seeks the right atmosphere for his ideas.