When Jean-Marc graduated from the Los Angeles Musicians Institute of Technology, he received the Outstanding Jazz Student of the Year Award presented to him by Joe Pass. The following year, he started to teach at the famous school and play the local scene ...
Guitarist Peter Leitch's website features reviews, sound bites, itinerary, biography, cds ...
PETER LEITCH has over the years, gained an international reputation for his unique personal style, rooted in tradition but recognizably his own. Of his fourteen recordings as a leader, many feature his long-time rhythm section of pianist John Hicks, Ray Drummond and Smitty Smith. Several also include a saxophonist (Pepper Adams, Bobby Watson and Gary Bartz have each contributed to Peter's recordings) ...
Bill Farrish: Jazz Guitarist: The term “accomplished musician” only scratches the surface in a description of Bill Farrish. The range and breadth of his musical prowess are yet to be defined as he continues to write, perform and produce music.
Bill was born in 1962 in St. Albans in Queens, a borough of New York City which had been the home of many jazz greats. Bill began playing the guitar at 12, imitating the styles of renowned guitarists, including Buddy Guy. By 17 he became heavily influenced by the likes of instrumentalists with no particular association with the guitar. Bill studies his own instrument in relation to the music of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and the immortal John Coltrane.
Although he was self-taught, Bill added to his arsenal of natural ability by receiving formal musical education. He earned a Bachelor of Music Performance, at Five Towns College in New York and endeavored in private studies JoAnne Brackeen, Joe Monk, Peter Rogine and Mark Elf.
Over the next two decades Bill would make his musical bones playing live, wherever his guitar could be heard. His unique style and creative phrasing he developed caught the ears of many locally and nationally known musicians. Among them were Bernard Purdie, Cecil Bridgewater, David Garibaldi, Jimmy Halperin, Ray Alexander, The Dennis Bram Quartet and Bob Emry ...
John Bruce Wallace is a composer, improvisational guitarist, and painter. He has performed concerts in Russia and Lithuania as well as in the United States. Mr.Wallace has shared performance billings with: Tim Hodgkinson, Evan Ziporyn, John King, Vladimir Tarasov, ZGA, Enver Izmailov, Burham Ocal and Jazz Band Arkhangel'sk, to name a few. His recordings have received radio and Internet airplay across the United States, Canada, and Europe. His performances and recordings have been reviewed in leading foreign and domestic trade journals and publications. His paintings have been exhibited in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Washington, DC, as well as other exhibitions across the United States. His computer images have been exhibited on line at the MetaCreations (formerly MetaTools) Users' Gallery web site. He has published a monograph in philosophy on solipsism. His production company, Jace W. Ball Creative Enterprises, serves as an outlet for his music and painting endeavors, as well as graphic arts and record production. He is currently employed as the Information and Marketing Coordinator of a Washington, DC law firm.
Norman K. Anderson: Shadow Veil Records:
New album out now! Twelve hot new tracks for
you to dig your teeth into. Free mp3 samples in the audio section!
Guitarist Norman K. Anderson's second CD, Victory And Valor, continues in the neo-classical tradition staked out by his debut release "Mirror, Mirror". Anderson gets the ball rolling with his variation on a Bach melody on the title track, and proceeds to offer classically flavored leads and progressions, as well as thematic, well-crafted guitar solos. Fans of instrumental guitar music will dig the almost nine minute opus "Dragonfire, the moving "Con Duolo Appassionato" and the heartfelt "My Angel". Victory And Valor even features a solo piano piece, Petr Bucinsky's "Thought Of Reason". Neo-Classical