Uffe Steen : blues and jazz guitarist.
During the past decade, Uffe Steen has become a very respected Jazz and Blues guitarist,
who has played with such great jazz musicians as:
Joye Baron, Jeff Ballard, Maria Bergman, Allan Botchinsky, Thomas Clausen, Hal Galper,
Lennart Ginman, Tim Hagans, Lars Janson, Jens Jefsen, Alex Acuna, David Liebman,
Lars Møller, Adam Nussbaum, Alex Riel, Bob Rockwell, Jimmy Smith,
Bernard Purdie, Peter Vuust, Hans Ulrik, Diz Watson and many more ...
The Offical Homepage of Richard Smith the Finger Picking Virtuoso.
Richard Smith was born in Beckenham, Kent, England in 1971. One day, at the age of five, Richard was watching his father fingerpick “Down South Blues” (an Atkins-Travis recording) on his guitar. The boy begged his dad to show him how to play it, and finally he did. Despite the fact that Richard is left-handed and his dad’s right-handed guitar was not designed for tiny hands, by the end of that day, Richard learned and played both the chords and the melody. Within no time, the toddler outstripped his dad’s six-string prowess and it was clear to all who saw or heard him play that Richard was one of those rare phenomena -- a child prodigy.
Concentrating initially on the music his father loved – the country picking of Chet Atkins and Merle Travis – young Richard digested everything he heard, learning even the most complicated of these tunes with ease, and confounded everyone with his dexterity. It seemed that, not only did the boy possess amazing physical skill, but a photographic musical memory as well. Often, a single hearing was all it took to get a piece under his fingers ...
Julie Adams is one of the most diverse cellists on the music scene today.Raised in Dayton, Ohio, and classically trained at the Interlochen Center for the Arts and the Cincinnati Conservatory, Julie has won many competitions and played in a wide variety of musical settings. In 1996, she was selected to perform the Dvorak Cello Concerto with the Cincinnati Conservatory Orchestra. Since then, she has performed with orchestras in Chicago, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio and Vero Beach, Florida ...
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Official Website on Sony Music:
By the summer of 1982, Stevie Ray Vaughan was already a veteran of the Southern blues circuit. Desperately searching for his big break, he was asked to play "Blues Night" at the annual Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland. Playing like his life depended on it, Stevie put on a fiery performance - full of future SRV classics like "Pride And Joy" and "Love Struck Baby." The audience could not have cared less. Every song Stevie played was greeted by an increasing wave of boos and hisses and he left the stage bewildered and heart-broken.
As fate would have it, this would be the most important single show Stevie ever played. In attendance at the festival were two figures who would prove instrumental in Stevie's subsequent rise to stardom: David Bowie and Jackson Browne. They immediately recognized Stevie's raw talent and limitless passion. As a result, Jackson Browne offered Stevie the opportunity to record (free of charge) at his own studio--the tapes that would be Texas Flood--Stevie's first studio album for Epic Records. In addition, Stevie was asked to play on Bowie's hugely successful Let's Dance album and tour ...
Sony Landreth:
Southwest Louisiana-based guitarist, songwriter and singer Sonny Landreth is a musician's musician. The blues slide guitar playing found on his two Zoo Entertainment releases, Outward Bound (1992) and South of I-10 (1995) is distinctive and unlike anything else you've ever heard. His unorthodox guitar style comes from the manner in which he simultaneously plays slide and makes fingering movements on the fret board. Landreth, who has an easygoing personality, can play it all, like any good recording-session musician. His distinctive guitar playing can be heard on recordings by John Hiatt, Leslie West and Mountain, and other rock & rollers ...
The official website of John McLaughlin includes video clips, photos and information about previous groups and recordings as well as information on present and future projects. He gives an overview about the major influences and incidents in his life.
Uffe Steen : blues and jazz guitarist.
During the past decade, Uffe Steen has become a very respected Jazz and Blues guitarist,
who has played with such great jazz musicians as:
Joye Baron, Jeff Ballard, Maria Bergman, Allan Botchinsky, Thomas Clausen, Hal Galper,
Lennart Ginman, Tim Hagans, Lars Janson, Jens Jefsen, Alex Acuna, David Liebman,
Lars Møller, Adam Nussbaum, Alex Riel, Bob Rockwell, Jimmy Smith,
Bernard Purdie, Peter Vuust, Hans Ulrik, Diz Watson and many more ...