Tuesday, March 29, 2011

One of the great things about going to music school is the number of events, such as concerts and workshops, that one has the opportunity to attend. One such occasion for me was a very memorable workshop with the great American jazz/classical guitarist, Gene Bertoncini. On that day, he captivated the audience with his virtuosity, his humour, and his generosity in sharing his approach and musical concept (I remember several of the top guitarists at school carefully taking notes). And I should clarify the term (jazz/classical) used above: What I mean is that, essentially, Bertoncini is a jazz player, but one who plays it on a classical guitar using classical technique. But a picture's worth a thousand words, and a video some exponent of that, so here's a link to a performance of "The Shadow of Your Smile" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCss_FtMWDQ), and here's another to his website (http://www.genebertoncini.com/). He's got nineteen other videos on his YouTube channel, many of which contain insights on his work that would be helpful to listeners, and other guitarists, of course.

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