# Jimmy Bruno is one of the hardest-working guitarists in the business: New video 2018

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2018/07/22/jimmy-bruno-is-one-of-the-hardest-working-guitarists-in-the-business-new-video-2018/
- Published: 2018-07-22T00:02:21+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**22.07. – Happy Birthday !!! Jimmy Bruno born on 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
is a master jazz guitarist and jazz educator. One of the most critically acclaimed
jazz guitarist performing today, Jimmy Bruno came to prominence as a jazz musician
in the 1990’s, after a successful twenty-year career as a sought-after commercial
guitarist and session musician.**

“Get on the bus-we leave tonight”. Those were the words that began Jimmy Bruno’s
professional career as a guitarist. Most of the other guitarists auditioning for
Buddy Rich’s band that day in 1973 were getting drumsticks thrown at them, Buddy’s
not-so-subtle way of showing disapproval. But not 19 year-old Jimmy; he got the 
gig. A Philadelphia native, he was born into a family no strangers to the music 
world. Jimmy’s father played guitar on the 1959 hit “Guitar Boogie Shuffle” with
Frank Virtue. Jimmy’s mom was a gifted singer.

Living in such a musical household, playing guitar 8 to 10 hours a day was normal
for this south Philly kid. He hungrily soaked up everything his father could teach
him, landing on national television at age 13, the winner of the Ted Mack Original
Amateur Hour. Soon he was studying jazz improvisation with local bass legend Al 
Stauffer. To develop technique, he taught himself to play the violin etudes of Wohlfahrt
and Paganini. Although he briefly considered leveraging his perfect SAT scores into
medical school, a summer guitar gig in Wildwood NJ (with Larry Cartell), changed
the direction of Jimmy’s life forever. He was 17 and has never had a job unrelated
to guitar playing since.

After a whirlwind round-the-world tour as the youngest member of the Buddy Rich 
Orchestra, he went on to play guitar in orchestras for Frank Sinatra, Wayne Newton,
Lena Horne, and many more music icons. During his years as an LA session musician
with Tommy Tedesco, Jimmy played on dozens of TV and film scores. But his first 
love was always jazz, and by the time he was in his mid-thirties he was ready to
come out of the background and into the spotlight.

Paying his dues by playing blistering guitar in the small clubs and venues around
his beloved Philadelphia during the 1980’s, his reputation as one of the hottest
guitar players grew. In 1992 he landed a multi-CD recording deal with legendary 
jazz label Concord Records. Since then Jimmy has recorded over 13 critically acclaimed
CDs, including “Sleight of Hand,” “Like That,” and “Polarity.” His most recent CD“
Maplewood Avenue” (Affiliated Artists Records) was described as having “…a ‘classic’
feel to it…like a famous album we somehow hadn’t discovered yet.” Jimmy performs
constantly as leader of the Jimmy Bruno Trio in jazz venues and jazz festivals around
the world, including the Iridium in New York and Blues Alley in Washington DC. He
is often described as one of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time.

Jimmy recently entered a third phase of his career when, in May of 2007, he opened
the Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute (JBGI). With his unique insight into jazz and jazz
guitar, Jimmy is constantly in demand to teach master classes. Now, employing the
latest Internet and video technology, Jimmy’s method and “no nonsense” approach 
to jazz improvisation is available to guitar students around the world. With virtually
no advertising, there are already hundreds of students representing over 32 countries
studying at the online JBGI. In response to this innovation and his long-time reputation
as a jazz educator, Jimmy has been invited to address the Jazz Improv Education 
Conference at their October gathering. Teaching hundreds of guitarists around the
world, and maintaining a busy performance and recording schedule, Bruno is one of
the hardest-working guitarists in the business. He shows no signs of slowing down.

![Картинки по запросу Jimmy Bruno](https://i0.wp.com/i.ytimg.com/
vi/bb8om4WoDRA/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)

### _Related_