JC Stylles

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JC Stylles (actually Jason Campbell , born October 7th around 1970 in Kuranda ) is an Australian jazz musician ( guitar , composition ) of modern jazz .

Live and act

Stylles started playing the guitar at the age of seven; he came into contact with jazz through his stepfather's record collection. He grew up in the rainforest of Kuranda, North Queensland ; at the age of 16 he began performing as a jazz musician, based on the style of George Benson . In the following years he took lessons from guest musicians such as John Scofield , Steve Erquiaga , Miroslav Vitous , Woody Shaw and Johnny Griffin . After moving to New York in 1992, he continued to study with Pat Martino , Tal Farlow , Rodney Jones , John Abercrombie and Barry Harris ; he also appeared in clubs such as Visiones . In the mid-1990s, he returned to Australia, only to live in New York again from 2005.

There Stylles recorded his first two albums Chillin 'at Home and Live and Unveiled , both in guitar / organ trio format. Since then he has worked with jazz organists such as Jimmy McGriff , Dr Lonnie Smith , Tony Monaco , Joey DeFrancesco , Pat Bianchi , Seleno Clarke , Jimmy "Preacher" Robbins, Melvin Davis, Nathan Lucas and Akiko Tsuruga. Most recently he presented the album Exhilaration and Other States at Motéma Music , on which Pat Bianchi (organ) and Lawrence Leathers (drums) had contributed. He has also performed in New York venues such as the Apollo Theater , Smalls , Smoke , Lenox Lounge , The Bar next Door, The American Legion Post, Minton's Playhouse , Fat Cat and Zinc Bar . JC Stylles is currently (2019) leading a quintet that includes Steve Nelson (vibraphone), Jon Davis (piano), George DeLancey (bass) and Byron Landham (drums).

Rick Anderson, who gave his Exhilaration album four (out of 5) stars in Allmusic , said Stylles was helping to "maintain a venerable jazz tradition that seemed to be dwindling for a while: the organ trio." a good ballad player, but he clearly lives for up-tempo numbers. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c JC Stylles. Smalls, March 1, 2019, accessed March 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ review of the album exhilaration and other States of at Allmusic (English). Retrieved October 21, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Stylles, JC
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Campbell, Jason
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian jazz musician (guitar)
DATE OF BIRTH October 7 around 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuranda