Gene Bertoncini - Classical & Jazz Guitar Music Master
Over the decades, classical jazz guitarist Gene Bertoncini has firmly established himself as one of the most eloquent and versatile masters of the pickstyle steel String Jazz guitar and fingerstyle nylon String Classical guitar! With elegance and ease, he bridges jazz, classical, pop, and bossa nova styles - integrating his own spontaneous and tasteful jazz guitar music improvisations along the way. He has earned the highest critical acclaim for his artistry on both the classical and electric guitar! Gene was fortunate enough to have studied guitar with jazz guitar virtuosos Johnny Smith and Chuck Wayne when he was younger.
Bertoncini's musical roots go back to his early years in the Bronx where he grew up in a house filled with music. His love affair with the guitar began when he was seven years old and by the time he was sixteen he was appearing on New York television shows. His career took an unusual turn when he decided to fulfill another long standing interest and earned a degree in architecture at Notre Dame. He was quickly swept into the musical scene at the university and the first thing he did after picking up his degree was to work opposite Carmen McRae in Chicago. He returned to New York to work with vibraphonist Mike Manieri and then with a quintet led by drummer Buddy Rich. He describes his architectural experience as something which gives his jazz guitar music its finely wrought form and style. He wins continual praise for the superb structure of his solo jazz guitar arrangements and improvisations which serve as a vehicle for his virtuoso pickstyle and fingerstyle guitar technique.
Gene Bertoncini has worked with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Benny Goodman Sextet, singers Tony Bennett, Morgana King, Lena Horne, Vic Damone, and Edye Gorme, jazzmen Buddy Rich, Wayne Shorter, Hubert Laws, Clark Terry, Paul Desmond, and Paul Winter, and arranger/composers Burt Bacharach, Lalo Schifrin, and Michel LeGrand among others! He performed regularly on the Merve Griffin and Johnny Carson shows and has been one of the most prolific and popular studio guitarists in New York City. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Gene performed with upright jazz bassist Michael Moore in a duo which The New York Times described as "one of the finest pairings of jazz strings". They recorded several albums together which are considered by many to be some of the most incredible jazz guitar recordings ever released.
Bertoncini's teaching credits include the Eastman School of Music where he regularly performs and conducts summer workshops for jazz guitarists, the New England Conservatory, New York University, and the Banff School of Fine Arts. He has been a highly sought after guest clinician in colleges and universities throughout the country. Fortunately for aspiring guitarists, Gene has gone on to release several instructional jazz guitar tab books and DVD courses that teach his harmonic arranging concepts and techniques.
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