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Original guitar music, improvised and composed by Jack Gates Please visit jackgatesmusic.com
Jack Gates is a versatile guitarist and composer who plays classical, Brazilian, Latin, flamenco and pop music. He has released original music on WhiteGates Records and collaborated with other artists such as Erik Jakobsen and Phil Thompson.
Jack Gates. Actor: Ghostware. Jack Gates graduated in 2018 from Academy of Live and Recorded Arts. He is originally from York, Yorkshire however spent his childhood in Sydney Australia. He has experience in Theatre, Film and Television and is currently residing in London, UK.
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Jack Gates grew up in Northern California in the Berkeley area. When he was young his parents introduced him to classical music. After studying some flamenco and folk guitar, at age 16, jazz guitar lessons opened new doors of perception. Enthralled with the playing of Jimi Hendrix, Jack put together a rock’n’roll band, and at age 18 began to play a...
Jack had the opportunity to travel to Italy to study, while there he also played music with his friend, sitarist Tim White. Visit Tim White’s site here.This association led Jack to the study of North Indian classical music under Maestro Ali Akbar Khan.
Performing at festivals, and nightclubs in San Francisco and the Bay Area with some of the finest musicians from Brazil, Latin America, and the U.S., Jack developed his colorful and expressive guitar sound. Jack Gates has performed with Liza Silva, Jeff Narell, Marcos Silva, Daria, Klezmania, The Blake Street Hawkeyes, Chalo Eduardo, Claudia Gomez,...
His discography includes recordings with Silvia Nakkach and Kit Walker, Joanne Shenandoah, Chris Saunders, Juanita Newland, Rafael Manriquez and Quique Cruz, Paul Van Wageningen, Faranak, Michael Manring and Phil Thompson. For a complete discography, reach out to Jack with a message.
Jack Gates’ original music CDs Boulevard, Earth Messenger, and Voyage of the Troubadour have received radio airplay on 400 stations worldwide including Sirius XM and CBC Galaxie Radio.
Jack Gates is a versatile and creative musician who plays flamenco, samba, jazz, classical, raga and blues guitar. He has performed with many renowned artists, recorded several CDs, and offers music coaching and arranging services.
Jack Gates is an extraordinary guitarist I worked with in the San Francisco Bay Area (and now, as of 2019, judging from his website, he seems to now be living in Santa Fe). He is a unique and virtuostic player steeped in jazz, classical, Brasilian and Indian music.
Jack Gates is a renowned guitarist / composer on the 21st century American instrumental guitar scene. In 2014, Jack released his solo album, Voyage Of The Troubadour and in 2017 he follows with a batch of all new studio tracks called Bring The Flavors.
Jack Gates teaches acoustic and electric guitar styles, including Latin, jazz, bossa nova, funk, fusion and flamenco and raga. He is also an experienced music producer and is available for coaching for soloists and ensembles.
