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CHRIS LUTHER
Guitar, Acoustic & Electric,
Theory and Harmony
Chris Luther has been
playing and studying music for the last 16 years.
He first started learning country guitar and
classic rock-n-roll.
Chris attended Grimsley
High School in Greensboro and played
for the
jazz band under the direction of Forrest Munden. For
four continuous
summer sessions throughout high
school, he attended the Jamey Aebersol
Jazz
Camp where he had the opportunity to perform and
share
ideas with some of the nations finest
players. He also attended the
Greensboro Music
Academy and has studied with Greg Hyslop,
who is
currently a performing artist in Greensboro and who
taught
the Greensboro's Guilford college.
Throughout high school, Chris played in
many
different bands ranging from rock, funk, ska, and
reggae.
After high school, Chris decided that in
order to become a true
professional musician,
Jazz would become his lifelong study.
Chris
decided it was time to leave Greensboro, and he
moved to
Wilmington in 2000. He first started to
hook up into the music
scene thanks to the Rusty
Nail Jazz Jam which was then lead
under
Classical and Jazz Guitarist, Marc Siegel. Chris
enrolled in
Cape Fear Community College, and
started taking classes that
included the CFCC
Jazz Combo under Mr. Siegel. After jamming around
town
at various jam sessions, Chris began getting his
name out in the
public eye. It was then
that he was asked to lead the Sunday night
traditional Jazz Jam at the famed Rusty Nail. He
continued to lead the
jazz jam Saxophonist Benny
Hill took over in 2006.
Overall Chris has lead
or been to the Jazz Jam every Sunday for almost 8
years now.
Chris had heard about a great
teacher named Bobby Russell
on staff at the
University of North Carolina in Wilmington, and
decided that UNCW was his next stop. Chris carved
out a nice
niche for himself in the jazz
community here in Wilmington.
Throughout
college, Chris had the opportunity to perform in
Jazz combos, big bands, learn classical theory and
composition,
and study privately with Professor
Bob Russell. Chris also studied
keyboards,
Jazz Theory, and arranging with Professor Jerald
Shynett.
He Graduated from UNCW in 2007 with a
General Music Degree
with a focus on Jazz
Guitar.
Over the past 16 years, Chris has
performed with various Rock, Funk,
and Jazz
bands and assembled Jazz trios to full ensembles for
weddings,
formal events, receptions, and
restaurants, In 2008, Chris performed with
Band
Director, Jeff Simmons, in the Cape Fear Jazz Big
Band.
Chris is currently writing arrangements
and original compositions for his debut album
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