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:
Hey Jason, I've seen you at Fresno State, you were great! We are coming to San Francisco for the first time! if you were to mix Carlos Santana and Jimi Hendrix and put them on a violin. That is our sound! Come and join us at Nickies on Haight St. for music that will move your soul as well as your feet! Please feel free to ask me any questions you might have! - Thank you, Patrick Contreras
Wassup El Rubio, looking forward to the big show at the Barclay, I'll be hanging out with cervesas and watching those spanish dudes rip it up, I'm sure it will rock as usual, if not more!
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts 500 Castro Street, MV Saturday July 26, 8PM $29, $25 students/seniors, $18 children, reserved seating Box Office: 650-903-6000 (tue-sat) on-line at http://www. ci. mtnview. ca. us/mvcpa/mvcpa. html
