(Currently - David Sanchez, Miguel Zenon, Gonzalo Rubalcaba) Miles Davis - All periods! especially 60's. George Benson, Lenny Breau, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Mick Goodrick, Hirum Bullock, Mike Stern, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Jackson Jr, Nile Rogers, Andres Segovia, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Dexter Gordon, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Bob Gullotti, Yomo Toro, Fania All Stars, Claude Debussy, Johannes Brahms, J. S. Bach, Anton Webern, David King, Defunkt, Bob Moses, too many more.....
I grew up in a musical household, with a piano teacher/church organist mother - had a few piano lessons and played clarinet and saxophone, but discovered the guitar as a teenager. Started out playing blues, rock and R&B, but when I saw guitarists George Benson and Pat Martino at a local club (Gilly's in Dayton, Ohio) I got hooked on jazz guitar!
After HS I moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music. Studied guitar there with Bill Leavitt and Al DeFino and also studied privately with saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi, pianist Charlie Banacos, guitarist Mick Goodrick and drummers Bob Moses and Bob Gullotti. After graduation, I joined the faculty at Berklee as a guitar instructor and stayed in Boston for several years, teaching and playing various styles of jazz and R&B, mostly on the East Coast before moving to Los Angeles, my current home base.
I have performed with a variety of jazz/latin jazz/instrumental artists, including Bob Moses, Antonio Hart, Delfeayo Marsalis, Hendrik Muerkins, Stuart Hamm, Bruce Arnold, "Rhubumba" (with Bobby Shew, Sal Cracciolo), Ramon Banda, Eddie Resto, David King and Reid Anderson (The Bad Plus), Ben Schacter, Gray Sargent, Kevin Eubanks, Gary Foster, Tony Rizzi's "Wire Choir" with Pete Christlieb; Mike Vax, as well as commercial recording artists including Marilyn McCoo, Latoya Jackson, Linda Hopkins, Little Anthony, The Coasters, The Platters, The Diamonds, The Drifters, The Marvelletes, Brenton Wood, Kenny Hamber...
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Happy Christmas and a Happy new year! New sologuitarcd "Two days in august" at www. gason. se Own compositions and tunes like Bill Evans Very early, Mingus Goodbye porkpie hat, All the things you are with uptempo chordmelody and walkingbass. CD "For your dreams" with trumpetplayer Johan Nordfeldt is also available at www. gason. se
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Good luck for the things you do and have a great weekend. Best regards - Christoph
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