10 Fellow Jazz Guitarists Guitarists
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(from artist's site ) Nate Najar is one of only few guitarists who play jazz on the classical guitar. Many guitar players emulate horn players with blistering single note runs, but Nate prefers the more orchestral approach afforded by the classical guitar. Contrapuntal lines, lush harmony, and a full swinging sound have come to be associated with his guitar work. Swinging jazz sounds, blues, and Brazilian styles are all at home under Nate's hands. Rick Anderson of the All Music Guide says it best:
"one of the most consistently interesting and enjoyable young guitarists on the jazz scene.... Highly recommended."
Nate has learned from some of the world's greatest guitarists including Frank Mullen, Jack Wilkins, Gene Bertoncini and Romero Lubambo.
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(from artist's site ) In 1999, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust honored me by naming me the "Established Artist of the Year." I remember telling them that my career has been a "work in progress" since age three.
As a child performer, I performed on radio and appeared in theatrical and stage productions throughout the tri-state area. I was even chosen to become one of Pittsburgh's "Stars of Tomorrow." A voice change shattered my confidence and I stopped performing. Shortly after, I began to seriously study the guitar.
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(from artist's site ) Jazz Guitarist, Bandleader, Guitar Instructor, Composer & Author/Lecturer on Music Larry Newcomb, performing and recording jazz guitarist, moved back to New York on Valentine’s Day 1999 after earning the Ph.D. in Music Education. Focusing on Guitar History and Literature at the University of Florida, Dr. Newcomb performed and taught extensively in Florida. Currently, Larry performs classic and original jazz in solo, duo, trio, and quartet configurations in the greater metropolitan New York City area and Eastern United States.
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(from artist's site ) The co-operation of Helmut Nieberle and Sonntag Guitars has been existing since 1994, when the very first Sonntag Archtop saw the light of the world at that time. Helmut Nieberle was the first who could ring some notes out of this guitar. Meanwhile Sonntag Guitars was allowed to equip Germany‘s most renowned 7-string player with various Archtop models and the Helmut Nieberle Signature Jazz Ukulele .
Helmut Nieberle belongs to the most experienced mainstream Jazz guitarists in Europe and is one of the rare 7-string-players. He learned playing Jazz guitar at the Berklee College in Boston (Big Band arrangement) and at workshops of the old and new guard of world's well-known Jazz guitarists: Barney Kessel, Eddie Marron, Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Attila Zoller, Peter Leitch, Karl Ratzer et al.
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Amazing Slow Downer
(From ronimusic.com) - Musicians like to learn new songs and techniques while listening to repeated parts of songs. Usually, they aren't able to control the speed of playback.
Amazing Slow Downer provides the means to slow down the music, so you can learn the music in real-time by playing it from a CD, MP3, WAV, AIFF (Mac only) or WMA (Windows only) file.
Other features include: Increasing the music speed to up to twice the normal rate - making pitch adjustments in semi-tones at full or lower speed - setting loop points - using keyboard shortcuts.
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Robin Nolan, while being considered one of the world's leading Gypsy Jazz guitarists in the tradition of Django Reinhardt, has also set himself apart by creating his own unique style.
From his base in Amsterdam, he has circled the globe with performances at the Lincoln Center, the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Toronto Jazz Festival, DjangoFest and numerous others. A friend of George Harrison's he has played at Friar Park many times, being George's favorite guitarist.
Joined by his brother Kevin Nolan on rhythm guitar and Gypsy Jazz veteran Simon Planting on double bass, the Robin Nolan Trio blazes through a mix of Django, Latin and Swing classics, peppered with stunning and inventive original compositions.
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Wes Norton
Sonobra Music
PO Box 47094
Philadelphia, PA 19140-3725
Tel: 215.225.1018
Tel: 215.360.7828
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(from artist's site ) Wes has a long history of performance, study and instructing in Jazz and Classical styles from the middle 1950s to present. Primary Classical training was with Peter Colona at the Settlement School in Philadelphia, PA. Incidental training was with Andres Segovia and a master class with Christopher Parkening.
Performances of a limited Classical repertoire have been held at Fisk University (Nashville, TN), Lincoln University (PA) and various churches in the Philadelphia, PA area (incidental wedding music, preludes and offertories, choral and solo accompaniment).
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(from artist's site ) Brian Nova is one of the few Jazz artists in the world who has studied and toured with the two titans of Jazz guitar, Herb Ellis and Joe Pass. Brian has spent many years on the road, with these great men and others, developing and mastering his own unique Jazz guitar and vocal style.
But he feels one of his greater accomplishments has been the preservation and expansion of the Seattle Jazz Scene. From 1990-1996, Brian headed up the Jazz Program at Seattle University as the Director of Jazz and Guitar Studies, guiding the younger generation to understand and love Jazz as he does. He has also kept many of the local Seattle Jazz musicians busy through being a central player for booking great Jazz in the Northwest, as well as producing workshops in the area. He has also established eleven new venues which all offer live Jazz today!
Brian has released four CD's and has appeared on many others as a guest artist. Through this busy schedule he still finds time to conduct clinics, give lessons, and is one of the most sought-after studio musicians in the Northwest.
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