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Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) [1] was a British jazz and rock guitarist, violinist and composer. He contributed to numerous bands, including Soft Machine, U.K.
He has taught jazz guitar at Indiana University and Montclair State University and at the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop, the Litchfield Jazz Camp, and the Veneto/New School Workshop in Italy. [2] In 2018 Stryker began teaching jazz guitar online through the ArtistWorks music education website. [3]
However, since he was no longer able to play the guitar, he began arranging and composing music for a 12–14 piece ensemble. The Peter Leitch New Life Orchestra debuted at Club 75, the Bogardus Mansion, in New York City's fashionable TriBeCa district, November 30, 2018, and at this writing has a series of upcoming engagements at this location.
Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 [1] [2] – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter. He was a pioneer of jazz guitar and jazz violin and is recognized as the first to play an electrically amplified violin. [3] [4]
The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21st Century (7 ed.). Chicago, Ill.: Lawrence Hill Books. ISBN 978-1-55652820-0. Bjorn, Lars (2001). Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-06765-6. Bogdanov, Vladimir, ed. (2002). All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music (4 ed.).
Hollowbody electric guitars are quite common in jazz; the Gibson ES-175 is a classic example. It has been in production continuously since 1949 until 2019. Jazz guitar may refer to either a type of electric guitar or a guitar playing style in jazz, using electric amplification to increase the volume of acoustic guitars.
The Art of Jazz: Essays on the Nature and Development of Jazz: 1962 36 Sidney Bechet: Treat it Gentle: 1962 37 Jay Smith, Lenn Guttridge Jack Teagarden. The story of a jazz maverick: 1962 38 Stanley Dance: Jazz Era: The Forties: 1962 221975291: 39 Henry Pleasants: Death of a Music? The Decline of the European Tradition and the Rise of Jazz ...
In Germany, he teaches at Jazz & Rock Schulen Freiburg with Frank Haunschild, with whom he plays regularly. He has also worked with Uwe Kropinski, Dave Liebman, Hiram Mutschler, Gérard Pansanel, Gustavo Assis-Brasil, David Becker, and Nicolao Valiensi. In 2005 he published Jazz Guitar Mastery (book and DVD).