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Nick Russo
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Guitarist, banjoist, composer, educator, Nick Russo, winner of the 2004 International Jazz Workshop at The BANFF Centre in Canada (director, Dave Douglas) & winner of the 2001 JAS academy in Aspen Colorado (director, Christian McBride), leads a life of full-time performing.
He is currently the guitarist and banjoist with Vince Giordano and The Night Hawks, Victor Jones' Cultureversy, and many other groups in the NY area, including his own.
Nick's talent and adaptability allow him to win over audiences of all sizes. He's just as great at blending in to an event as background entertainment, as performing as the main attraction.
Available for events on solo guitar, solo banjo, or with his full band, Nick has the experience, and sound to make any event a success.
Nick's new CD of all original music, "Ro", was released last year. It features: Mark Turner, Miles Griffith, Samir Chatterjee, Bryan Murray, Greg Glassman, Art Hirahara, Matt Clohesy, Nathan Peck, Ari Hoenig, Willard Dyson & David Pleasant.
Facts about Nick:
- Nick has authored 2 books: Metallica, Legendary Licks series
vol. 1 & vol. 2. He's also served as editor of both the GRP
Arpeggio Book and the GRP Exercise book (published by
Cherry Lane/Hal Leonard).
- Alumni of the Aaron Copland School of Music (Queens College)
- Nick Russo conducts jazz clinics and workshops throughout many New York high schools as part of The Jazz Project via Kupferberg Center. He has also been an instructor at the Crestwood Music Education Center, The Great Neck Music Conservatory and many other music schools and studios.
Clients:
Bank of America, CitiGroup, Tavern On The Green, Rainbow Room, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The United Nations, Iridium Jazz Club, Blue Note, Birdland, 55 Bar, The Knitting Factory, N.J.P.A.C., I.A.J.E., Charles Ives Center, Colden Center, Cape Cod Jazz Festival, Hot Steamed Jazz Festival in Essex, Cecil's, Sweet Rhythm, The Zinc Bar, CBGBs, The C-Note, Kavehaz, Cleopatra's Needle, Boom and many others.
International performances:
Japan, Omsk, Tomsk, Nova-Sibersk, Akademgorodok (Academy City), Moscow, Brasil, St. Kitts and Canada.
For Bookings And Inquiries:
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