The Great Guitars

In the organizer's words:

The Great Guitars - that's Bireli Lagrene, Martin Taylor and Ulf Wakenius. The three guitar virtuosos create magical music with "one night, three award-winning guitarists, eighteen strings."

The colorful legacy of The Great Guitars dates back to the 1970s, when the legendary jazz guitarists of the era toured the world and recorded together.

Award-winning guitarist Martin Taylor, who replaced Herb Ellis to become part of the original group with the legendary Barney Kessel and Charlie Byrd in the 1980s, has reworked the format for the 21st century, bringing in two of today's finest jazz guitarists to create a brilliant program that combines masterful guitar playing with humor and deep emotion, a musical fireworks display.

Combining Taylor's award-winning virtuosic fingerstyle with Lagrene's breathtaking technique, and Wakenius' incredible musical versatility, the concert features solo, duet and trio performances as The Great Guitars from these three recognized masters of fingerstyle, jazz and gypsy guitar.
Together, these three guitar greats have collaborated with artists from Tommy Emmanuel to David Grisman, Donald Fagen to Wynton Marsalis and Bonnie Raitt to Bob Dylan.

More about the artists behind The Great Guitars:

Since the 1980s, Bireli Lagrene has been the undisputed king of jazz guitar worldwide. In the early 80s, Bireli was a child prodigy who developed his craft into an art.
Over the past 43 years, Bireli has released 39 albums, was awarded the Django d'Or for "Best French Musician" (1993), the French music award "Best Jazz Album" for "Front Page" (2001) and two more Django d'Or awards for "Best French Musician" (2002) and "Best Guitarist" (2007). His greatest achievement to date was being awarded the prestigious Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres medal (recognition for significant contributions to the arts) in 2012.

Pat Metheny calls Martin Taylor "one of the greatest solo guitarists in the history of the instrument". Pat Metheny calls Martin Taylor "one of the greatest solo guitarists in the history of the instrument", while Jeff Beck says: "He surpasses us all - I've never seen anything like it."
Taylor is widely recognized as the world's leading exponent of solo fingerstyle jazz guitar playing, with 15 British Jazz Awards, top 10 albums in the US and Europe and an MBE from the Queen of Great Britain. His innovative online guitar school now teaches guitarists in over 60 countries.

Ulf Wakenius. An extraordinary jazz guitarist who is celebrated all over the world. Between 1997 and 2007, Ulf Wakenius held perhaps the most prestigious position in jazz for a guitarist: a place in the Oscar Peterson Quartet, where he followed in the footsteps of Joe Pass.

Wakenius' guitar duo "Guitars Unlimited" rocked Scandinavia in the early 80s, culminating in the 1985 Melody Grand Prix, which was seen by 600 million viewers.
Shortly thereafter, Wakenius began a highly successful and long-lasting collaboration with legendary bassist Niels-Henning Örsted Pedersen. (NHOP), and his two albums with bass icon Ray Brown reached the top of the US jazz charts. Wakenius has also recorded with Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Ray Brown, Jack DeJohnette, Jim Hall, Milt Jackson, Joe Henderson, Phil Woods, Max Roach, Toots Thielemans, Bobby Hutcherson, Bill Evans, Randy Brecker and many, many others....

Experience The Great Guitars live at the ZMF and spend an unforgettable evening with jazz music and sparkling drinks in the festival summer 2024!

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