Jason McGuire, Jose Manuel Blanco "El Grillo", Arnold Garza, Sudhi Rajagopal, Carmelo Torres, Yaelisa, Felix de Lola
Influences
Paco de Lucia, Tomatito, Vicente Amigo, Manolo Sanlucar, Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery, Sabicas, Pepe Habichuela, Jimmy Page, Steve Howe, Eric Clapton, David Gilmore, Joe Pass, Chuck Pangburn, Enric Madriguera
Taranto performed and Choreographed by Yaelisa with music by Jason McGuire. Musicians include Jason McGuire (guitar), Pedro Cortes Jr. (guitar), Manuel Malena (cante) and Felix de Lola (cante), with paintings by Roberto Zamora.
Flamenco guitarist Jason McGuire El Rubio began playing at the age of nine. He received formal training in Dallas, Texas from the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. While in high school he was given the prestigious "DEE-BEE" award from Down Beat magazine in the category of "Instrumental Jazz Soloist" and later was one of four finalists in the 1988 American String Teachers Association (ASTA) National Classic Guitar Competition. He began performing as a flamenco guitarist in New York playing alongside the legendary Pedro Cortes Jr. In 1995 Jason recorded with famed Gypsy guitarist Carlos Heredia on his CD "Gypsy Flamenco," and released a recording of his own composition "Distancias" in 2005, which has received unanimous critical praise. He has accompanied and collaborated with many great artists, including Savion Glover, Yaelisa, Alejandro Granados, Antonio El Pipa, Enrique El Extremeno, Carmela Greco, Manuel and Antonio Malena, among others. Jason has been awarded a California Arts Council Music Fellowship and has been nominated twice for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award. Jason currently serves as music director for both Yaelisa & Caminos Flamencos and The New World Flamenco Festival. He is also an accomplished recording engineer and producer. He shares producer/engineer credits with David Schiffman (Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash etc.) on the latest Powerslave Records CD release "What's In Your Mind" from the band Zeromind.
Jason's CD "Distancias can be purchased at Barnes & Nobles and Tower Records stores and online at the following links:
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JFJO returns San Francisco in support of their new album One Day in Brooklyn on Fri. Sept. 11th at Cafe Du Nord, with The Last Ambassadors supporting. Doors at 8:30pm and music at 9:30pm. Advance tickets still available. JFJO is also in Santa Cruz at Kuumbwa Jazz Center tonight! See you soon!
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I'm currently producing this artist called "Anna Belinda Bee" she is like Cute High School Rap from the UK. It is by far the best music I've made so far. We are moving fast and will be done sooner than we expected. Whats up with you? How's everything?
Hey Jason. wishing you the best. Hope to keep in touch with you and get enough funds to finish a CD in the future. If you know anyone up that that in NC, spread the word. J
Hi, and thanks for the friendship! The Danish composer Per Nørgård's music has been much on my mind the past few years. Arguably the most important now living Scandinavian composer also has a remarkable output for the guitar. I spent a couple of years working with the composer on this repertoire, spanning from 1973 to 2000, in order to embrace the emerging performance practice associated with his work.
I have just uploaded 10 new tracks, all taken from "Tales From the North", my double CD box with the complete guitar works of Danish composer Per Nørgård. Also, in my latest blog you will find recent reviews of this release.
For further reading about the composer, this is an excellent website, with articles by a series of scholars and performers that have dedicated much study to his work:
Thanks alot for the add Jason, love your music, you truly inspire me to continue to pursue the art of Flamenco. Much Respect. P.S. would like to know which brand of Flamenco Guitars, you would recommend, I prefer low-action ofcourse. Gracias Maestro.
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JFJO returns San Francisco in support of their new album One Day in Brooklyn on Fri. Sept. 11th at Cafe Du Nord, with The Last Ambassadors supporting. Doors at 8:30pm and music at 9:30pm. Advance tickets still available. JFJO is also in Santa Cruz at Kuumbwa Jazz Center tonight! See you soon!
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