Guillermo Martinez : electric bass and upright bass. He studied guitar at seven years old with H. De López. Later he tooks lessons of reading, theory,improvisation, harmony with Eduardo Criscuolo,Bucky Arcella, Maria Luisa de Caro, Noemi L. de Cirigliano and Santiago Giacobbe, took Berklee courses with Joe Santerre. In the first years he participated in rock y jazz bands, freelance gigs. Colaborated with Pedro Pujol (Mandioca, M&M). He founded the jazz bands La Llave y Caja Negra, y participated in sessions with Walter Malosetti, Ricardo Pellican, Sergio Petravich, Enrique Norris, between others. Since 2002 he formed his owns bands in Quartets and Trios. He is been teaching since 1986,in 1994 founded Musical Studio G&M, with Jorge Garcia, he write “El Bajo en el Jazz”.
Gear
Fender Jazz Bass 1978
Fender Precision 1978
Contrabajo J. Demonte 1998
Gallien Krueger 700RB-210
Ampeg 50W
BossDD-6,CEB-3,TU2
Primary Instrument
Bass, electric
Credentials/Background
More than 20 years of experience private teaching.
Reading
Styles
Jazz, walking and solos
Improvisation
Audioperceptive
Theory
Harmony
Clinic/Workshop Information
Bass Jazz, Walking and Improvisation
Develop of musical concepts, like jazz bass lines, triads, chords and scales, chords progressions, rhythmic . The history and evolution of Jazz: New Orleans, Dixieland, Swing, Bebop, Cool, Hardbop, Free jazz, fusion with rock, latin , funk.