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Tom Guarna

Born in Brooklyn, New York, guitarist, composer and arranger Tom Guarna began his musical career at age 15, when his father introduced him to the guitar. His natural ability to play and compose with phrasing reminiscent of his idols, combined with a relentless drive to refine and invent a unique guitar style has made him a desired commodity in the music industry. He is currently performing and recording with jazz groups internationally, and is first-call on a wide range of projects, from session work, jazz venues, tours, and large arenas. Guarna developed an interest in classical guitar performance and composition at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in 1986, where he studied guitar with Michael Cedric Smith and composition with Robert Starer

Brad Whiteley: Presence

By MIKE JURKOVIC

It's not stretching the imagination to wonder where and how New York City fits the myriad of excellent jazz players who call the city home. They come, gratefully, from everywhere, bringing with them fresh ideas, odd twists on the tried and true and a creative energy that lights this most fertile diaspora. Making comparisons ...

Brad Whiteley: Presence

By JEROME WILSON

Pianist Brad Whiteley has had a lot of varied experiences in his career. He has played with rock artists like Regina Spektor and David Byrne and improvisers like Dave Liebman and Cameron Mizell. He's also worked on film soundtracks and played in the pit band of a Broadway show. That eclecticism is reflected in Presence--his second ...

Tom Guarna: The Wishing Stones

By FRIEDRICH KUNZMANN

After having established himself amongst the leading modern Jazz-guitar voices with remarkably ambitious 2014 release Rush , Brooklyn-Born Tom Guarna returns leading an all-star quartet comprised of drummer Brian Blade, bassist John Patitucci and pianist John Cowherd on the inspired The Wishing Stones, sonically carrying forth what had defined the last record. While Rush saw Guarna ...

The Wishing Stones

By TOM GUARNA

Label: Destiny Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Prelude; Song for Carabello; Surrender Song; Hope; Moment = Eternity; Unravel; Modules; The Wishing Stones; Deacon; Run Signal; Native Tongue.

Tom Guarna: The Wishing Stones

By JOHN KELMAN

An unfortunate reality for too many musicians--even those who are well-known--is that most of their audiences are aware of but a portion of their true work...their fullest capabilities. Recordings only tell part of the story, since artists often tour with groups that are never documented. And even those tours, for those fortunate enough to experience them, ...

Blue Monday

By LETIZIA GAMBI

Label: RP Production
Released: 2016
Track listing: Sweet Georgia Brown/Dig; True Love Remember Me; Without You/Senz’e Te; Que Sera Sera; Under the Moon; But Not For Me; Blue Monday; back To Black; You’ll Say Tomorrow/Perché Domani; When You Were Here; Skin To Skin; Suo Pe’ Parla; Perché Domani.

Dave Anderson: Blue Innuendo

By EDWARD BLANCO

A follow up to his highly-acclaimed debut album Clarity (Pony Boy Records, 2010), saxophonist Dave Anderson presents his second foray into the modern jazz landscape but this time, adding a tinge of the blues with the artful and engaging Blue Innuendo, offering a selection of original music that sizzles and swings from beginning to end. The ...

Rush

By TOM GUARNA

Label: Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Rush; Beringia; Dreamland; Shambleau; Elegy for Etan (Dedicated to Etan Patz); Movement and Repose; Forgivenness; High Plains.