Jazz guitarist and composer Steven Kirby has built a reputation for performing exciting, melodic, lyrical and expressive mainstream and contemporary jazz. He has performed and/or recorded with Chris Potter, George Garzone, Scott Colley, Bruce Barth, Harvie Swartz, Joe Hunt, Garrison Fewell, Bevan Manson, George Schuller, Steve Johns, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Mark Shilanski, Phil Grenadier, Bruce Gertz , Matt Malley ( of the rock band Counting Crows) , and many others. During the course of his 20 year professional playing career Steven has toured throughout the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, and Europe including appearances at the festivals in Italy, the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland; the Bath Arts Festival, Bath, England and the Bracknel Jazz Festival, England.
In 1998 Steven Kirby's jazz CD "Point Of Balance" was released internationally on the European based Challenge/ A-Records label to much critical praise. His new CD "North Light" will be released in Feb of 2003 also on Challenge. It features Kirby along with many fine musicians including some particularly well-known jazz artists like Chris Potter, Bruce Barth, Scott Colley and Matt Wilson performing 7 new original compositions and 3 unique arrangements of jazz standards ...
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.
John Stowell began his successful career with guitar lessons in his native Connecticut from guitarist Linc Chamberlind, and from John Mehegan, pianist and respected jazz educator at the Julliard School of Music and Yale University. Several years later he met noted bassist David Friesen in NYC and launched a critically acclaimed touring (Itinerary) and recording association that lasted 7 years, included 6 albums, (Discography) and performances in Europe, Canada, USA and Australia ...
Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique, and versatility, Sharon Isbin is one of the finest guitarists in the world.
Sharon Isbin’s world premiere recording of concertos written for her by Christopher Rouse and Tan Dun (composer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) received a 2002 GRAMMY Award for Concert de Gaudi for Guitar & Orchestra by Rouse in the category ‘Best Classical Contemporary Composition’, and earned Isbin her third GRAMMY nomination (‘Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra’) ...
Fred Deluc:
The musicianship immediately stands out and will either make you want to pick up your guitar and start practicing or hide in the closet because it's so good.
Leduc has created a magnificent album that is very pleasing to listen to any time of the day.
With the success and affluence of various new age/ international guitarists, Fred Leduc ranks right up there in the top quartile.His guitar sings, giving us both melody and harmony, and with guitar solos that enrich the entire experience.The music and engineering it contains are outstanding!
Fred began playing Guitar during his teenage years, he attended the Northern Metropolitan College of Tafe and completed the 2 year Advanced Certificate in Jazz Performance. During this time, Fred was involved in the recording of an album with the Progressive Rock band named 'Vaudeville'. This album proved extremely popular landing him contracts throughout Asia and parts of Europe. Fred continued on to complete further study, attending La Trobe University studying the Bachelor of Music Degree based on classical influences, which he successfully completed in 1998 ...
Guitarist Ron Jackson's website features reviews, sound bites, itinerary, biography, cds.
Welcome to the official website of New York based jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, producer, recording artist, instructor, Ron Jackson. Here you can read Ron's itinerary, his biography, reviews, listen to sound bytes of his music, view his links, download his photos and press, and buy his CDs.
Ron is considered one of the most versatile guitarists in the music world. Ron is adept in styles such as African, Rock, R+B, Brazilian, Pop, Country, Calypso, Reggae, Soul and Funk, Classical, but his greatest passion is in jazz. His main jazz guitar influences are George Benson, Charley Christian, Wes Montgomery, Les Paul, Kenny Burrell, Pat Metheny, Django Reinhardt, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, Johnny Smith, John Scofield, Grant Green, Jim Hall and John McLaughlin.
Ron has 5 jazz guitar instrumental CD's as a leader, "A Guitar Thing" and "Thinking of You" on Muse Records, "Song For Luis" - a duo with Rufus Reid on Mastermix Records, "Concrete Jungle" is co-led with bassist Nicki Parrott on Airmen Records and "The Dream I Had" is on Roni Music, all of which you can purchase on this website. You can also hear MP3 samples from Ron's CDs ...