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Jamie Slater

About Me

James Slater is a professional Jazz guitarist (as opposed to all those amateurs one meets each day at Starbucks!). James holds a degree in Music Theory and Composition with his concentrated instrument being Jazz guitar. He has studied composition under internationally renowned composers Dr. Trevor Weston, Dr. Edward Hart and ASCAP award-winning composer Dr. David Maves. He studied classical guitar under Marc Regnier and Jazz guitar under Jim Bastien. James has composed music for a variety of ensembles but now mostly writes for his Jazz trio the Skyline Trio.

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Member Since: 02/02/2006
Band Website: www.skylinetrio.com
Band Members: Skyline Trio:James Slater: Guitar. Daniel Crider: Drums. Jesse Anderson: Bass.
Influences: Wes Montgomery, Pat Metheny, Grant Green, John Scofield, Ashley Holt, Charlie Hunter, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner, Sting, The Smiths, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Costello, Brian Setzer, and lots more...
Sounds Like:BUY SKYLINE TRIO’S CD!
Record Label: Profound Abstraction
Type of Label: Indie

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New Artist Here

Hi...It's great to be here...I feel as if I am already a member of a thriving community.  Pretty soon my music will be available for listening to.  I hope you will like it
Posted by on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:02:00 GMT