Jeff Linsky
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Born | Whittier, California, U.S. | April 12, 1952
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Guitar |
Years active | 1969–present |
Labels | Concord, GSP |
Website | www |
Jeff Linsky (born April 12, 1952) is an American fingerstyle guitarist who plays Latin and Brazilian jazz.
Career[]
Linsky was born in Whittier, California. When he was ten, he began playing guitar. During the following year, he played at a church dance and attended a concert by classical guitarist Andrés Segovia. In his teens he often went to a jazz club in Hermosa Beach, but because he was too young to enter, he remained outside to listen to the music. A solo performance by saxophonist Sonny Stitt made a strong impression on him. He took lessons from Joe Pass and Vicente Gomez. From the early 1970s to the late 1980s, he lived in Hawaii. He toured as a solo musician in the U.S. and Europe, then moved to San Francisco in 1988, and his music began to get more attention.[1]
Discography[]
- Compositions (Insight 1977)
- Up Late (Concord Picante, 1988)
- Simpatico (Kamei, 1991)
- Solo (GSP 1992)
- Rendezvous (Kamei, 1992)
- Angel's Serenade (Concord Picante, 1994)
- In the Enchanted Garden with Kevin Kern (Real Music, 1996)
- California (Concord Vista, 1996)
- Passport to the Heart (Concord Vista, 1997)
- Guitarra Latina Romantica (2013)
DVD[]
- Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Solos (Mel Bay, 2003)
- Latin Jazz Gutar (Mel Bay, 2008)
References[]
- ^ Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
- American acoustic guitarists
- American male guitarists
- American jazz guitarists
- Fingerstyle guitarists
- 1952 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American guitarists
- 20th-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians