Royce Campbell - ProfilesArchive

About Me

For a complete list of Royce Campbell's music
available for purchase online, visit
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By the time Royce finished high school, he was certain he wanted to pursue a career in music, but he didn't have the means to go to music school. Fortunately, his uncle Carroll DeCamp, a renowned arranger/pianist/guitarist, invited Royce to live with him and study.

Soon Royce's reputation as a quality musician spread, and in 1973 he was asked to tour with vocalist Marvin Gaye. Two years later, Royce was hired by a local music contractor to do three concerts with Henry Mancini in Indianapolis. Mancini was so impressed by Royce's abilities that he asked him to become his regular touring guitarist. Royce would remain with Mancini for 19 years until Mancini's death in 1994.

Royce has been featured on the cover of the two main jazz guitar magazines String Jazz and Just Jazz Guitar. He was also featured in profiles in Jazz Times, Down Beat, Guitar Player Magazine, Vintage Guitar, 21st-Century Guitar, Japan's Swing Journal, and Germany's Akustik Gitarre.

Royce has toured in Europe seven times and toured Japan ten times as a soloist. Royce has also performed with many jazz greats such as Mel Torme, James Moody, Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Jack McDuff, Ray Brown, Dave Brubeck, Joe Williams, Cleo Laine, Eddie Daniels, Eddie Harris, Frank Morgan and Mose Allison.

Currently, Royce resides in the Virginia/Washington D.C. area, and he continues to compose and produce recordings regularly.

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Member Since: 4/17/2006
Band Website: roycecampbell.com
Band Members: Royce's CDs feature him with many of the greatest jazz guitarists, including Herb Ellis, Tal Farlow, Jimmy Raney, Cal Collins, Pat Martino, John Abercrombie, Larry Coryell, Dave Stryker and Bucky Pizzarelli, Charlie Byrd, Gene Bertoncini, Mundel Lowe, and John Pisano.

Performances with Dave Brubeck, Nancy Wilson, Eddie Harris, Groove Holmes, Jack McDuff, Eddie Daniels, Ray Brown, Doc Severinson, Urbie Green, Frank Morgan, Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughn, Cleo Laine, Rosemary Clooney, Vanessa Rubin, James Moody, Mel Torme, Gerry Mulligan, Ed Shaughnessy, Mose Allison, Quincy Jones, Ken Peplowski, John Clayton, Rene Marie, Wycliff Gordon.

Also played with Henry Mancini, Ben E. King, George Burns, Bob Hope, Marvin Gaye, Petula Clark, Fifth Dimension, Englebert Humperdinck, Tommy Tune, Joel Grey, Liza Minelli, Bobby Vinton, Della Reese, Debbie Reynolds, Patti LuPone, Robert Goulet, Michelle LeGrand, Drifters, Roger Williams, James Galway, Ferrante and Teicher, Carol Channing, Luciano Pavarotti, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Julie Andrews, Bernadette Peters, Peggy Lee, Ben Vereen, Margaret Whiting, Michael Feinstein, Marvin Hamlish.

Recordings with Al Kiger, Frank Smith, Ratzo Harris, Terrance Cook, Stan Gage, Lynn Seaton, Claude Sifferlen, John Von Ohlen, Steve Dokken, Kevin Kaiser, Art Reiner, Dave Clark, Jeff Lashaway, Bill Shields, Chris Leiber, Melvin Rhyne, Jimmy Cobb, Bruce Barth, Bill Moring, Terry Clark, Adrian Ingram, Dave Linane, Dave Hassell, Ray Drummon, Akira Tana, Colin Bailey, Jim Hughart, Paul Langosch, Bill Goodwin, Keeter Betts, Chuck Redd, Tom Baldwin, Howard Curtis, Jr., Essiet Essiet, Ugona Okegwo, Billy Drummond, Marcello Pelliteri, Joe Cocuzzo, Mark Wolfey, Fred Hersch, Dick Dennis, Cathy Morris, Bob Bowen, Phil Riddle, Butch Taylor, John D'Earth, Bobby Read, J.T. Brown.
Influences: Wes Montgomery, Tal Farlow, Jim Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane
Sounds Like: Jazz, Jazz Guitar, Mainstream Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Guitar, Blues, Gypsy Jazz, Henry Mancini
Record Label: mooncyclerecords.com
Type of Label: Indie