Jack Gates - Guitar, accoustic & electric ---
Sharyl Gates- Voice, words, art --
Phil Thompson - Drums --
Dean Muench - Bass ---
"Jack tremendous show last night--lit us all up. Excellent composing!!!!! I'm a big/big fan. Kudos thanks for ending the Parlor series on a very high note." July2009
Don Villa
Influences
Andres Segovia, Jimi Hendrix, Paco de Lucia, Julian Bream, Beatles , Ali Akbar Khan, Luiz Bonfa,
Milton Nascimento, Joao Bosco, Kenny Burrell.
From early beginnings as a pop and jazz musician in California, Jack Gates has evolved a very personal and evocative musical style.
Through a broad range of performing and recording experiences with Marcos Silva, Jeff Narrell, Claudia Gomez, Liza Silva, David Belove, Nayo Ulloa, Kit Walker, Joanne Shenandoa, Chuck Metcalf, and many others, Jack Gates has consistently brought an innovative and imaginative approach to sound and arrangements.
Strong melodies, exciting right hand flourishes and exotic rhythmic pulses are fused in the acoustic guitar of Jack Gates. Brazilian choro, jazz chording and flamenco duende are brought together in a singular musical montage. <<
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The Jack Gates Ensemble also features lyrics and vocals, by Sharyl Gates,
Phil Thompson, drums,
Top 100 New Age/Ambient/World Radio/Internet Airwaves Chart
Boulevard in Top Recording for October 2006
"I love his playing and his Brazilian touch is brilliant."
Saul Zavarce, Presenter and Producer, 106.7 PBS FM, Melbourne, Australia><
" He captures the essence of various world scenes, using acoustic and electric guitars to do so."
Cadence Magazine
“Being a longtime fan of Jack Gates’ playing, I expected Earth Messenger to be good,
but I was floored by how good it is. with its’ amazing blend of so many styles,
this CD will appeal to a huge cross section of music fans.”
Matt Blackett 2006 Frets magazine
Jack & Sharyl,
Boulevard is such a wonderful sounding recording!
I am confirming adding tracks 11, 4, 6, &1 to airplay of my channel at Galaxie CBC- Instrumental/ New Age
Renee Gelpi
Hey Jack,
Thank you. It was a blast on Friday. You and your your group sounded great! Have a great summer.
Bart Sullivan
Pixar June 2008
Whitegates Records
Earth Messenger with Kevin Mummey, David Motto, Sharyl Gates, Ernie Mansfield
Engineer ,Garth Webber, Red Rooster,Studios,Berkeley
Morning Song Evening Song with sitarist/flutist Tim White
New Geography with Michael Manring and Phil Thompson
Jack, your kind comments are very much appreciated! We were hoping to make an impression on James and the crew :) Cheers to you and your wonderful music! --your friends at OVG
Jack and Sharyl... great to see you here on MySpace! I've been enjoying your "morning song, evening song" CD for over two years now. It's one of my "most-played" CDs. Keep up the excellent work....
It was great to finally meet you after listening to your music for a year or so. The demo at Healdsburg was so well played and you made the guitars sound, well...., very mellow.
HI Jack Gates Ensemble ! Thanks for finding me and watching my Soul. Please stop by, relax , and feel free to leave your comment, suggestion or question. Just don't vanish in the NET abyss :) Please check the seoul film festival promo on my space :)
Jack, just had a listen.. really great sounds.. love your playing, also Sharyl's singing, and voice :) reminds me of my buddies, Nat & James! wish i could join you at healdsburg.. regards, cathy
Hi Jack and Sharyl, your CD is wonderful, last night my family was just kicking back listening to it, Great job!
We played it twice to listen more carefully, I love the background singing Sharyl was doing, very nice Sharyl. If I could play my guitar even one forth, like jack I would never put it down! ha-ha Alfred
