Results for "guitar"

Geokoo

Born: March 14, 1981

George Koutras (geokoo) was born in Athens in 1981. He bought his first guitar at age 14 and for the next three years he taught himself to play rock ’n’ roll and the blues. At 17 he decided to devote himself to gardening. Eventually he studied classical guitar, music theory and piano. By 2005 he had completed his studies, having obtained Diplomas in classical guitar (2005) under the tutelage of soloist C. Kotsiolis, and Advanced Music Theory under composer T. Maropoulos (Harmony, 2000, Counterpoint, 2003, and Fugue, 2005). He also took seminars on choral conducting and the Kodaly method by Maestro and educationalist M

Guy Kark

Jerusalem born composer, arranger, guitar and oud artist. Reflecting the special texture and colors of Canaan, Guy Kark's music travels constantly between eras, and has been inspired by the unusual local musical diversity, as well as the variety of sounds, songs, and echoes that permeate the Mediterranean atmosphere. Kark has developed, through the years, a unique, personal language of composition and improvisation, creating his own musical landscape. His music explores the territory spanning from Mediaeval and Early Music, Middle Eastern and Sephardic roots, World music and jazz. Along with his ensembles, Kark has performed worldwide (Holland, Belgium, USA, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, France, Italy, Zimbabwe, Turkey, Germany, Uzbekistan, Spain, Portugal, The Czech Republic, Serbia, Canada, Israel etc.)

Bob Bruce

Born: April 18, 1952

Bob Bruce sas been playing professionally in Chicago for the last 25 years. Specializing in jazz guitar, he also plays pop and classical favorites. Bob studied with famed teacher Jack Cecchini and studied at the Bloomschool of Jazz and the American Conservatory of Music as well as 3 years with famed jazz guru Charlie Banacos. He was one of 6 performers chosen to play for the world reknown classical guitarist Oscar Ghiglia in a master class at the American Conservatory of Music, in which he received praise from the Maestro. Bob has been "gigging" around Chicagoland playing numerous private parties and corporate events

Vitor Pereira

Born: July 24, 1979

Vitor Pereira was in Porto (Portugal), where he started studying classical music graduating in classical guitar in 2003. Vitor Pereira was born in Porto/Portugal where he studied classical music and started developing an interest for jazz. He participated in several jazz seminars and private lessons in Europe with musicians such as Pat Metheny, Jonathan Kreisberg, Gilad Hekselman or Aaron Goldberg and in 2004 moved to London to study jazz performance at Middlesex University. Since then, living in London he’s been an active name in the local and European jazz scenes performing with Asaf Sirkis, Marc Demuth, Binker Golding, Andre Canniere, etc... With his quintet he published three albums of original music

Patrick Smith

Born: November 8, 1957

I'm a Guitar player. I started in 1969 when I finally got the guitar I had wanted since seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Meanwhile I had gone through tap dancing, Piano, Clarinet and Bassoon lessons which, at the time weren't what I was interested in. I played in garage bands through high school in Evanston Il. I also played in the E.T.H.S Jazz band my senior year. In the summer of 1975 I was sent off to Coe College in Cedar Rapids Iowa where I played in the Jazz Band the first year and in the Swing Choir the second year. Like many youthful bums, I was more interested in playing guitar and girls than I was in studying

Emiel van Egdom

Born: February 24, 1956

EMIEL VAN EGDOM Musician with major worldwide releases... A highly talented guitarist who has demonstrated the highest levels of musical achievement” Alma Berk, Jim Hall Jazz Award, USA Equally at home in high energy electric jazz or fusion as in his romantic classical and contemporary acoustic solo guitar arrangements... His albums and concerts read like a who's who in contemporary music and jazz…Bob MIlitello, Bob Sheppard, Eric Gale, Bob Berg, John Patitucci, Brian Bromberg, Tom Brigandi, Steve Curry, Joel Taylor, Alex Acuna, Peter Gordon, Michael Pedicin Jr., Jan Knooren, Ron van Stratum, Bart Rademakers, Consuelo Candelaria, Demetrios Papas, Corey Allen, Cheryl Bentyne, Tony Galla, Bob Leatherbarrow, Bob Jones etcetc

Jesse Statman

Born: October 22, 1993

Jesse Statman is a young singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist from Brooklyn, NY. His music is an original blend of styles ranging from folk to rock to experimental/avant-garde music and jazz, and he plays many instruments including bass, drums, melodica, and ukulele. He also records frequently in his home studio in addition to playing live shows regularly in NYC and elsewhere. His solo shows are often performed on acoustic guitar, but are difficult to put a label on as they incorporate many different styles of music.

Matthew Kucharski

Born: July 6, 1981

Matthew Kucharski started playing guitar at the age of 10 studying with classically trained guitarist Steve Matos (of Fall River RI) and Matthew Gray (of Barrington RI) for 5+ years. He played in original bands including The Obscurities, The Dean's List, and Rebecca Nurse from 2000-2007 opening for acts such as The Misfits, Days of the New, and Taking Back Sunday. After years of playing in original bands, he partnered with a saxophone player, Adam Go to do smaller restaurant gigs as a cover band from 2007-2009. After deciding to hang up his "performing shoes", he is a family man, happily residing close to his work in Cumberland Rhode Island with his wife and son

Chase Emerson

Born: August 30, 1994

17 Year old aspiring guitarist getting into jazz for 6 months or so now

Alexander Stakenburg

I first really touched a guitar at age 15. I got really serious with it at age 17 and at age 18 I enrolled into the preliminary year of the Conservatory of Hilversum, which later merged with the CVA, studying guitar, jazz in particular. I finished my studies there in 2000 and got a job in ICT directly afterwards, mostly because I was feeling terribly insecure about embarking on a musical career at that time. I got married with a wonderful woman and we're blessed with 6 children. I've been working in ICT for seven years, only to firmly establish that I should get back into music asap. In 2007 I quit my job and started my own guitarschool, making a living teaching guitar and music