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Jazz Guitarists [ 525 as of 19-JAN-2009 ]
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Transcriptions of the legendary guitar player, Hank Garland
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Performing an incredible 200 dates a year, the next superstar of adult contemporary pop and world music all but dares you not to tap your toes, sing along gleefully and smile, like a kid at Christmas. He's doing it. And it's the real deal. Often likened to a hybrid of George Benson and Bobby McFerrin, Steve revels in sharing the joy of what he does best -celebrating life and music.
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Michael O'Neill
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Dick Onstenk
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Dutch Jazz guitarist hosts a two-weekly Jazz session in the city of Eindhoven.
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Mike Oria
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Mike Oria plays an
America Archtop
guitar by master luthier Dale Unger.
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Mike Oria is a gigging jazz guitarist(7-string) in the SF bay area. And primarily plays as a duo with vocalist, Stephanie Miller.
Mike Oria hit the road to jazz in the 7th grade playing the bari sax, an instrument that was almost as tall as he was. He eventually settled on tenor sax and clarinet before discovering the guitar. He began performing in pop cover bands during the 80's, and became a veteran of the thriving Austin, Texas music scene with original rock trio, Thru the Tulips. As a member of The University of Texas Jazz Ensemble, Mike studied with guitarist Scott Sherwood.
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Matern (Matt) Otten
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Mike was born in Manchester and first became involved with music at age 5 playing the violin. At 14 he started playing the guitar and initially took lessons from classical guitarist Martin Roberts and guitarist Pete Bocking. After school he studied at Leigh College Music Centre with Steve Willingham, Steve Berry, Gary Boyle and Mike Walker. He also gained experience playing with many groups on the Manchester music scene.
In 1998 Mike moved to London. Since then he has worked with Herbie Mann, Carleen Anderson, Dave O'Higgins, Cinematic Orchestra, Rebecca Hollweg, Martin Speake, M.J. Cole, Nikki Iles, Jacqui Dankworth, Stan Sulzmann, Photek and has played with guitarists Martin Taylor, Jim Mullen and John Etheridge.
Mike is also Guitar Professor at Trinity College of Music, The Royal Academy of Music, Middlesex University, Thames Valley University, The Royal Welsh college of Music and Drama and has also taught for the Glamorgan and Wavendon summer schools, 'Live Music Now', The Purcell School, The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has given numerous workshops, clinics and summer schools internationally.
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Trefor Owen
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Trefor Owen, who has a unique approach to improvisation, is one of the foremost Jazz guitar teachers in the UK He has over twenty years' experience teaching at the highest level both in Britain and the USA. For eight of those years he was an Associate Lecturer at Leeds College of Music and for twenty four years was visiting lecturer at Liverpool Community College. In 2006, for the third consecutive year, he toured California, appearing in San Francisco and at John Pisano’s Guitar Night at Spazios, Sherman Oaks, L. A and in May 2007 he performed in the Jazz Bar at the American Classic Guitar Show, and at the prestigious Jazz Cafe, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. For seven years, Trefor has led a team of international guitarists tutoring and performing at the North Wales International Jazz Guitar Festival and Summer School in Wrexham, the biggest jazz guitar event in the world, where his teaching has won annual applause. Trefor Owen has considerable experience in tutoring clinics and workshops. Also, he has conducted celebrity workshops at Cork International Jazz Festival, London's Guitar Institute, the Zinc Bar, New York, New York Guitar Show, Long Island, the Chet Atkins Convention in Nashville, Jazzmasters Workshops, Carmel, USA and Frigolet, France.
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Here are a few of my favorite jazz guitarists
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Guitarist you MUST check out: Chuck Anderson.
Chuck has a great CD out titled Angel Blue with Phillys hottest players.
Chuck has also
re-releasing his 1975 trio recording Mirror In A Mirror on CD.
One of the BEST sites for information on classic jazz guitarists visit classicjazzguitar.com. Great for an artist's discography and bio information.
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For artists not listed at classicjazzguitar.com,
I've not seen a better site for information than this site. Check it out. There
are links throught out the guitarists listing here.
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