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Steve Howe
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For nearly 35 years, Steve Howe has been at the forefront of guitarists in popular music. Actually, simply referring to Howe as a just a guitarist is limiting. In addition to being a songwriter, he plays more instruments than just the guitar. If it has strings and a fretboard, Howe has mastered it and recorded with it at some point on one of countless albums he's been a part of as a group member, solo artist and special guest ...
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2. Carl Michel
Guitarist Carl Michel's website features biography, discography, sound bites, transcriptions, itinerary, reviews, etc ...
Composer and guitarist Carl Michel started playing music at a early age, initially inspired by rock and blues guitarists. After high school his interests shifted towards jazz, and after studying for a brief period at the West Bank School Of Music in Minneapolis, he eventually went to Berklee College of Music (1977-1979). In 1980, he moved to Austin, TX, with his brother, percussionist Robert "Booka" Michel, and--with Tina Marsh--became Co- founder of "The Creative Opportunity Orchestra," a large ensemble dedicated to performing new compositions.
In 1985, he moved to Madison, WI, where he was actively involved with the Madison Music Collective. The Carl Michel Group, featuring Gerald Cleaver on drums, Michael Graye on alto sax and Tim Flood on bass, has been performing in the Detroit area since 1995. He has performed in Austin with Alex Coke, Rich Harney, Rock Savage, and Horacio Rodriguez. In Madison, he performed with Joan Wildman, Hans Sturm, Ray Kaczynski, Dane Richardson, Bill Anschell, Les Thimming, and Scott Fields. In Ft. Worth, Drew Phelps performed with him, and in Detroit, in addition to the musicians who are featured on his recently released CD, he has performed with Mark Hynes, Ken Kellet, and Ron Jackson ...
Composer and guitarist Carl Michel started playing music at a early age, initially inspired by rock and blues guitarists. After high school his interests shifted towards jazz, and after studying for a brief period at the West Bank School Of Music in Minneapolis, he eventually went to Berklee College of Music (1977-1979). In 1980, he moved to Austin, TX, with his brother, percussionist Robert "Booka" Michel, and--with Tina Marsh--became Co- founder of "The Creative Opportunity Orchestra," a large ensemble dedicated to performing new compositions.
In 1985, he moved to Madison, WI, where he was actively involved with the Madison Music Collective. The Carl Michel Group, featuring Gerald Cleaver on drums, Michael Graye on alto sax and Tim Flood on bass, has been performing in the Detroit area since 1995. He has performed in Austin with Alex Coke, Rich Harney, Rock Savage, and Horacio Rodriguez. In Madison, he performed with Joan Wildman, Hans Sturm, Ray Kaczynski, Dane Richardson, Bill Anschell, Les Thimming, and Scott Fields. In Ft. Worth, Drew Phelps performed with him, and in Detroit, in addition to the musicians who are featured on his recently released CD, he has performed with Mark Hynes, Ken Kellet, and Ron Jackson ...
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James Taylor's musical reliance upon nuance and subtle feeling would make it seem that he is a bad fit for generally impersonal large venues, but his ability to project those qualities to sizable audiences has always served his material well.
Friday night, he opened his summer tour at the ctnow.com Meadows Music Theater in Hartford, and lavished an abundance of his still-potent mellow charm on a captivated audience with a classy, first-rate performance.
Taylor's brand of showmanship is stylistically earthbound, understated in ways that allowed him to glide nonchalantly into his program with the supple "Secret O' Life," a lightly ringing synthesizer accompaniment married to his lone acoustic guitar. The mood set, he brought on his full seven-piece band and three backup vocalists and eased into the airy, flute-edged bounce of "Summer's Here."
Taylor was accommodating enough to sign autographs from the stage during the show, but not so slavish to fan desires that his set list was predictable. He left out several notable songs from his catalog, "You've Got a Friend" among them, opting instead for the less obvious, idyllic storytelling of "On the 4th of July" and a chipper, soulful cover of the Dixie Chicks tune "Some Days You Gotta Dance" ...
Friday night, he opened his summer tour at the ctnow.com Meadows Music Theater in Hartford, and lavished an abundance of his still-potent mellow charm on a captivated audience with a classy, first-rate performance.
Taylor's brand of showmanship is stylistically earthbound, understated in ways that allowed him to glide nonchalantly into his program with the supple "Secret O' Life," a lightly ringing synthesizer accompaniment married to his lone acoustic guitar. The mood set, he brought on his full seven-piece band and three backup vocalists and eased into the airy, flute-edged bounce of "Summer's Here."
Taylor was accommodating enough to sign autographs from the stage during the show, but not so slavish to fan desires that his set list was predictable. He left out several notable songs from his catalog, "You've Got a Friend" among them, opting instead for the less obvious, idyllic storytelling of "On the 4th of July" and a chipper, soulful cover of the Dixie Chicks tune "Some Days You Gotta Dance" ...
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Larry Carlton's own musical story began in Southern California. He picked up his first guitar when he was only six years old. He was introduced to jazz in junior high school after hearing The Gerald Wilson Big Band album, Moment of Truth, with guitarist Joe Pass. Larry then became interested in Barney Kessel, Wes Montgornery and the legendary blues guitarist B.B. King. Saxophonist John Coltrane was also a major influence on Carlton, beginning with Coltrane's 1962 classic Ballads.
In 1968 he recorded his first LP, With A Little Help From My Friends (Uni). The enthusiastic industry response garnered him a place among jingle singers The Going Thing, recording on camera and radio commercials for Ford. Mid-season in his second year, he segued to Musical Director for Mrs. Alphabet, an Emmy-nominated children's show on the same network. It was here that Carlton showcased his acting skills, performing as the show's co-star, "Larry Guitar" ...
In 1968 he recorded his first LP, With A Little Help From My Friends (Uni). The enthusiastic industry response garnered him a place among jingle singers The Going Thing, recording on camera and radio commercials for Ford. Mid-season in his second year, he segued to Musical Director for Mrs. Alphabet, an Emmy-nominated children's show on the same network. It was here that Carlton showcased his acting skills, performing as the show's co-star, "Larry Guitar" ...
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Rainer Rohloff Songs und Projekte. classical guitar player:
“…It must be a special feeling to be a German guitarist, to sit in an International orchestra and play Greek music.
Rainer Rohloff, born in 1959, had already been given guitar lessons at the age of seven and finished his studies at the University of Music”Musikhochschule Weimar”from which he graduated with diploma in 1981. Not only his educational background but his ability to have a distant view at the conventional classic guitar music allowed him to be engaged as permanent member of the orchestra of the Greek componist Mikis Theodorakis in 1988. Rohloff had stayed there for about ten years and joined a number of tours and recordings. During that time his idea to do a brave project grew which also shows deep admiration of Theodorakis: the arrangement of some of his songs and works for classic guitar music as a solo program in order to add it to the guitar repertoire…”
GITARRE aktuell, No. 86
“…It must be a special feeling to be a German guitarist, to sit in an International orchestra and play Greek music.
Rainer Rohloff, born in 1959, had already been given guitar lessons at the age of seven and finished his studies at the University of Music”Musikhochschule Weimar”from which he graduated with diploma in 1981. Not only his educational background but his ability to have a distant view at the conventional classic guitar music allowed him to be engaged as permanent member of the orchestra of the Greek componist Mikis Theodorakis in 1988. Rohloff had stayed there for about ten years and joined a number of tours and recordings. During that time his idea to do a brave project grew which also shows deep admiration of Theodorakis: the arrangement of some of his songs and works for classic guitar music as a solo program in order to add it to the guitar repertoire…”
GITARRE aktuell, No. 86
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