John Jorgenson Quintet
If you've got an album by Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Bonnie Raitt, Earl Scruggs, Luciano Pavarotti, Benny Goodman, Sting or Billy Joel at home, there's a good chance you have an album featuring John Jorgenson. As an 'A-List' session player working in LA, Nashville and London, Jorgenson has played with the best because he is one of the best. The three-time winner of the Academy of Country Music's 'Guitarist of the Year' award, and recipient of Guitar Player Magazine's 'Album of the Year' and 'Country Album of the Year' awards, is regarded as one of the pioneers of the American gypsy jazz movement, and has performed with some of the most respected European proponents of the style. He is sought after for master classes, his articles and lessons have been featured in prominent guitar magazines, and he is currently working on his third gypsy jazz guitar instruction book and DVD. Indeed, this man is so talented that he was chosen to portray Django Reinhardt in the feature film Head in the Clouds. Prodigious would not be an overstatement in describing John Jorgenson's talent.