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Tristan Gianola

Tristan Gianola is an active musician on the Seattle music scene, both as a guitarist and composer.

Gianola keeps busy leading his own original ensembles, and steps in as guitarist, composer, arranger and more for a wide variety of projects. On guitar he has specialized in metal, free improvisation, jazz, progressive rock, country, funk, R&B, folk and more. Current bands he plays in include Beth Fleenor’s Boom Boom Band, Electric Circus, SpiceRack, Being John Mclaughlin (tribute to Mahavishnu Orchestra) and his own strange but fun 80’s-Rock-meets-Avante-Garde Quintet. Past projects include Torture Garden, Music of Mancini, various Top 40 Funk bands, classical ensembles, Music of Barbra Streisand & Karen Carpenter, Sydney Renee Band, Scary Music Ensemble, Film Improvisation Ensemble, Spontaneous Rex, Mullet and many more.

As a composer he has composed and arranged for orchestra, big band, wind ensemble, opera, chorus, string quartet, rock bands, various chamber ensembles and more.

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