Fishman Artist // Jeff Linsky
Award-winning guitarist and composer Jeff Linsky has been sharing his beautiful music with audiences around the world for over three decades. Known for his highly improvisational, "pianistic" approach to the guitar, along with an unending repertoire that includes many styles of music, Guitar Player Magazine writes: "Linsky's talent is the stuff guitarists' dreams are made of."Jeff Linsky has performed in many of the world's finest concert halls and played privately for Presidents and Royalty. He has presented Solo Guitar Arranging and Improvisation Workshops at music schools and conservatories throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America. In Brazil, Tribuna do Imprensa raved: "Jeff Linsky stands out as and artist with an extremely personal approach, revealing an attractive intimacy with Brazilian music. Jeff fuses his astonishing improvisational fluency with a captivating rhythmic propulsion. Simply superb!"
As a composer, Jeff has written for film and television, as well as his own CD's, DVD's and books. Jeff's original composition "Monterey" served for years as the broadcast theme of the Monterey Jazz Festival, while London's BBC featured Linsky's "Up Late" as the theme for their jazz programming. For his popular Latin Jazz compositions, Latin Beat Magazine named Jeff Linsky an "Honorary Hispanic." In reviewing the Mel Bay book and DVD "Jeff Linsky - Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Solos," Just Jazz Guitar Magazine writes: "Jeff's ability to create memorable melodies and dazzling improvisation is a joy to experience!"