John Stowell

John Stowell (* in Connecticut ) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, author and music educator.

Life and work

Stowell, who plays electric and acoustic guitar, grew up in Connecticut and had lessons with Linc Chamberland and John Mehegan. In 1976 the long-standing collaboration with bassist David Friesen in New York; 1983 were the two musicians with Paul Horn and his son, drummer Robin Horn on a tour of the Soviet Union. In 1977 he presented the debut album Golden Delicious; his companions were Jim McNeely, Mike Richmond and Billy Hart

Stowell also works as a music teacher, gives workshops in Germany (including the Jazz & Rock schools Freiburg and with Frank Haunschild, with whom he recorded a duo album ), Indonesia, Argentina and the United States and Canada. He also worked in various projects with Uwe Kropinski, Dave Liebman, Hiram Mutschler, Gérard Pansanel, Kelley Shannon and Nicolao Valiensi. He was 1991 as deputy director of the Oregon Public Broadcasting 's PDX Jazz Summit; since 1995, he writes columns for a number of music magazines such as Down Beat, Guitar Player, Canadian Musician, Soundcheck and Guitar Club. In 2005 he presented the book and the DVD Jazz Guitar Mastery. Stowell lives in Portland (Oregon ).

John Stowell plays a single -note style, in which he holds the guitar similar to the position of the cello.

Awards

Stowell's album Through the Listening Glass with David Friesen was chosen by the Los Angeles Examiner, one of the ten best albums of the decade; 1978 and 1979 he was Talent Deserving Wider Recognition of Downbeat 's International Critic's Poll.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Through the Listening Glass ( Inner City, 1978) with David Friesen
  • Somewhere ( semaphores, 1985)
  • Picture In Black And White ( Acoustic Music, 1996) with Uwe Kropinski
  • The Banff Sessions ( Origin, 1998) with Dave Liebman
  • Resonance ( Origin, 2003/ 04) solo
  • Listen to This ( acoustic music, 2004) with Frank Haunschild
  • Summer Nights ( Jardis, 2005) with Shannon Kelley
  • Swan Tones, Vol 1 ( Soloway, 2005)
  • Solitary Tales ( Origin, 2008) solo
  • Shot Through With Beauty ( Origin, 2011) with Michael Zilber, John Shifflet, Jason Lewis
  • Rinnova ( Origin, 2011)
  • John Stowell / Dave Liebman: Blue Rose ( Origin, 2013)
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