Masterclass with Sid Jacobs.

Top US guitarist and teacher, Sid Jacobs, is in London and has kindly agreed to stop by for a couple of hours to share some insight with us into counterpoint on the guitar, lines based on fourths and the music of Bill Evans. Places are £20/£15(NUS) to cover the venue hire cost. Sid is donating his afternoon so we hope for a good turnout! Please bring your guitars. This is a great opportunity to interact with a renowned musician and educator. If you have any questions, please email at the address shown in the flyer image below.

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Sid Jacobs was born in Miami Beach, Florida. Sid spent his first few years in Havana, Cuba prior to the revolution, after which, the Jacobs family returned to Miami. It is there, at the age of seven, he began his fascination with the guitar. When his family moved to Nevada, Sid obtained a position as guitar instructor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This made him, at eighteen, the youngest faculty member in the school's music department.

After moving to Los Angeles he developed the curriculum for the Advanced Bebop and Jazz Guitar course at the Dick Grove School and the Jazz Guitar class at the Musicians Institute (MI and GIT), where he continues to teach.

In 1991, his CD It's Not Goodnight was released. It is a straight-ahead blowing session featuring his original compositions. In 1998 Sid was the first North American jazz guitarist invited to perform in Argentina's "Guitars of the World" festival. In May of 2001 he was invited to perform at the Ankara Music Festival in Turkey.

2007 saw the release of his CD Open Strings, a collection of pieces for solo guitar including his acclaimed arrangements of Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk tunes.

Some of the great jazz artists with whom Sid has performed include Harold Land, Eddie Harris, Buddy Montgomery, Joe Diorio, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings and Javon Jackson.

VIDEOS:

Playing 'Waltz for Debby': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61a3D-qbCM0

Performing a Gershwin medley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-u8s2J6co