Extremely Versatile Spanish, Jazz, & Classical Guitarist

Professional London based guitarist available for Weddings and Events

Jeff is a professional London based guitarist who performs a wide variety of jazz, classical or Spanish live guitar music in the Greater London and South East. Booking him will ensure your guests are treated to various styles and musical journeys, all expertly performed at a concert standard.

He also offers a vast selection of the finest jazz standards from Bop traditions, the Great American Songbook, Bossa and the Blues! Jeff can be booked to perform just Jazz or Spanish & Classical or All Three Styles.

All the Things You Are

Body & Soul

Doxy

My Foolish Heart

Solo Jazz Guitarist, Solo Spanish Guitarist, Solo Classical Guitarist

Repertoire

Jazz

Testimonials

We hired Jeff as the guitarist to entertain our guests at the easyJet Holidays launch party and were all amazed at the level of his musicianship. Jeff managed to blend his music perfectly to the tone of our event, receiving many accolades from the great and the good who attended the event, including members from the Spanish tourist board. I would have no hesitation in recommending Jeff to anyone looking for a top drawer guitarist to create some magic at your event. A pleasure to work with 10/10

G.C. – EasyJet

Just a quick email to pass on my compliments to Jeff for his performance at our wedding reception. The music was fantastic and helped create the atmosphere we wanted to for our reception drinks. Many guests commented to us (and I think direct to Jeff) on how good he was. Jeff – great stuff, and many thanks!

S.W.

Private Client

Just a quick thank you for last Saturday. It was great to have you there, and you played exactly what we were after. So many of our guests all commented how lovely your music was

Laura

MFL090

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The Flamenco is made up of three crucial parts, guitar playing (guitarra), song (cante), and dance (baile). Flamenco dancing evolved from “toque de palmas” which is the combination of singing and the clapping of hands that the dancing was set to. It Is known to be a very emotional style of dance, given the varied purposes flamenco dancing has; whether the intentions are for it to be entertaining, romantic, or comforting, traditional flamenco dancers rarely received any sort of formal training. However, it was seemed to be more of something that was either passed on or passed down from friends, relatives, and neighbors, depicting the very personal and intimate features of the traditional dance. Whilst most dancers follow ancient tradition in the way in which the flamenco is perform, the use of guitars and other musical instruments have been introduced and has become more popular in modern flamenco. Through physical body movements and facial expressions flamenco dancers express their deepest emotions. They may be seen clapping their hands or kick their feet, snap small percussion handheld instruments such as castanets.

It is difficult to imagine a contemporary flamenco show without the hauntingly percussive accompaniment of the flamenco guitar. The flamenco guitar has come to play an increasingly important role over the years, to the extent that the flamenco solo guitar is an independent genre today with even greater international renown. In comparison to classical guitars, there are many ways to distinguish the difference as the purpose of a flamenco guitar is to be able to produce sharper, loud sonic bursts with a bright punchy sound. As an instrument that plays a crucial role in Spanish traditional music, it needs to be able to hold its own when part of the entirety of the performance and when competing with the energetic dancers as it is designed to cut through the noise of flamenco dancing.

Spain is rich with diverse folk music traditions, the most known genres being Flamenco and Celtic. Despite of this, there are ways in which Arabic ties cross through certain regions of Spain with strong influences on traditional music. The Flamenco is a form of dance and song that originates from and is most commonly associated with Southwestern Spain of Andalusian Roma. However, the roots of flamenco seem to lie in the Roma migration from Rajasthan Northwestern India to Spain between the 9th and 14th centuries. It was through this geographical move and cultural collision where they brought an abundance of musical instruments; tambourines, bells, wooden castanets along with an extensive repertoire of compositions and dances. In Spain, they encountered the rich cultures of the Sephardic Jews and the Moors. Their centuries-long of cultural intermingling produced and created the universally loved and known art form of Flamenco.

Cante, which is Spanish for song, is the essence of what makes Flamenco music. There are three categories that make up cante; cante jondo (profound, or deep), cante intermedio or cante flamenco (intermediate) and cante chico (light). The cante jondo whose structure is usually based upon a complex and ectensive 12-beat rhythm, is thought to be the oldest form. It is characterized by deep and profound emotion that deals with themes of death, pain, anguish, despair, or even religious doubt. The cante intermedio is a hybrid version of song that consists elements of Spanish music styles like the fandango. Lastly, the cante chico, is generally a lot simplistic in rhythm than the other two forms, it still demands considerable technical skill but with much less emotional investment, dealing as it usually does with humour, romance, the countryside, and gaiety. Each song and cante style, is distinguished by a characteristic rhythm and chords structure; yet several types of cante may share the same or similar rhythmic tones but individualise them through accentuation, subtleties and emotional content.