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The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery is an album by the American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. Most of its tracks exemplify two of Montgomery's distinguishing techniques: "thumb picking" and the use of octaves. In 2017, the album was selected for the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically ...
Columbia, ARTizen, Peak, Heads Up. Website. www .peterwhite .com. Peter White (born 20 September 1954) is an English musician and composer who plays guitar, piano, accordion and harmonica. He is known for his 20-year collaboration with Al Stewart. [ 1]
John McLaughlin (born 4 January 1942), [ 1] also known as Mahavishnu, is an English guitarist, bandleader, and composer. A pioneer of jazz fusion, his music combines elements of jazz with rock, world music, Western classical music, flamenco, and blues . After contributing to several key British groups of the early 1960s, McLaughlin made ...
Interview date January 24, 2015, NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History Library. George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) [ 3] is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in ...
Idle Moments is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label in 1965. [1] It features performances by tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, pianist Duke Pearson, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Al Harewood .
Atlantic, EMIdisc, Sire, Atco. Formerly of. Johnny and his Cellar Rockers, ZZ & the Maskers, The Hunters, Brainbox, Focus. Website. www .janakkerman .com. Jan Akkerman (born 24 December 1946) is a Dutch guitarist. [ 1] He first found international commercial success with the band Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer.
Life. William Henry Bauer was born in New York City. He played ukulele and banjo as a child before switching to guitar. [ 1][ 2] He played with the Jerry Wald band and recorded with Carl Hoff and His Orchestra in 1941, [ 2] before joining Woody Herman in 1944 as a member of the First Herd. In 1946, he played with Benny Goodman and Jack ...
Jazz Guitar is the debut album by jazz guitarist Jim Hall, recorded in early 1957 for the Pacific Jazz label. [1] [2] [3] It is composed mostly of standards. [4]Hall's group for the original recording sessions was a guitar/piano/bass trio, an instrumental combination popularized by Nat King Cole in the 1940s, and previously used by the poll-winning guitarist Tal Farlow on two notable albums ...