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About Mark Edward Fitchett

Instrument: Guitar

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I am passionate about improvisation in all styles of music. This is my love, my joy, my high in life. I get the most satisfaction from this aspect of my live performances. The creativity experienced, especially when I’m “on,” is something I don’t experience in normal everyday life. I had been playing the guitar for a couple of years as kid and was just starting to listen to Santana, Johnny Winter, Led Zeppelin and The Allman Brothers when one of my friends mentioned that the guitarists were making their solos up on the spot. That just floored me, I couldn’t believe it! I knew right then and there that I had to be able to do that too; thus starting my lifelong quest to perfect the art of improvisation on the guitar. Beginning with garage/basement bands, my friends and I got together and jammed for hours at a time on modal one chord jams, simple progressions and blues

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2009 Art & Jazz Festival on the Redondo Beach Pier

April 19, 2009

The new free spring event will offer a wonderful variety of artisans and jazz ensembles along the Redondo Beach pier. Attendees can shop and stroll to the sounds of jazz and waves. The free two-day event will feature jazz artists Scott Martin, Mark Shapiro & El Blammo, The Swingsations, Karl Grossman, Thelonious Dub, Abe Lagrimas, Jr., ...