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Silvan Joray

Born: March 23, 1996

Silvan Joray is a Swiss jazz guitarist and composer currently based in New York City. He has gained recognition in the jazz community, having won special prizes at the UNISA International Strings Competition in South Africa 2022 and the Smietana Jazz Guitar Competition 2019 in Poland. He has performed at prestigious jazz festivals including the Krakow Summer Jazz Festival, Offbeat Jazzfestival Basel, and International Jazz Festival Bern, and has toured in Germany, Norway, Poland, Spain, and Israel.

Joray grew up in a musical family and began his formal training on the classical guitar, which he studied for eight years before discovering jazz and switching to the electric guitar. He was initially interested in playing jazz standards and influenced by guitarists such as Wes Montgomery. However, his studies with renowned jazz guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel at Jazzcampus Basel broadened his musical horizons, inspiring him to compose his own music. This eventually led to the release of his debut album "Cluster" in 2020, which was produced by Muthspiel and co-produced by Swiss Radio SRF2.

Zsòfia Boros, Filippo Sala, Azat Bayazitov, Ron Blake & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 19, 2023

Emerging saxophonists, emerging guitarists, established masters, and the good feeling that we're in the middle of a great time for jazz where tradition and innovation bring about tons of good music.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Freddy DeBoe “Lora Blu" Lora Blu--Single (Daptone) 0:16 ...

cluster

By Silvan Joray

Label: Neuklang Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: See You In June; Gyrotwister; Blutmond; In High Heels on a Mountain Road; Cluster Song; See You in Late September; Something Happy; Bass Space; Wolfgang's Choral; Space 7; Space 12; Sonnenwind; Looking Up