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Guitarist Jake Langley has emerged as one his generation’s great young talents on the instrument. The New York based musician held the guitar chair with the illustrious Joey Defrancesco Trio for five years, performing world wide. Jake is now focused on leading his own group and has just released his fifth CD “Here and Now” featuring New York heavyweights Sam Yahel and Ian Froman . Jakes fourth Cd with Joey Defrancesco and Byron Landham “Movin’ and Groovin (Alma Universal) was nominated for a Juno Award in Canada in 2007. Also in that year, Jake was featured on Joey Defrancesco’s CDs “Organic Vibes” with Bobby Hutcherson and “Authorized Bootlegs” with George Coleman (Concord). Jake is at home playing world class jazz as well as soul, funk, R&B, Rock and Pop as can be heard via his recordings with David Clayton Thomas “Aurora” (Justin Time) and with performing alongside artists Willie Nelson, Rufus Wainright, Bobby “Blue” Bland, and KD Lange. His Jazz credits read like a who’s who with the likes of Jazz icons Bobby Hutcherson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Steve Gadd, Pat Labarbara, James Moody, Trudy Pitts, George Coleman, Houston Person, Pee Wee Ellis, Scott Hamilton, Garth Hudson, Ron Blake and Bill Cosby and others. The guitarist has been heard in many broadway productions such as The Color Purple, Mama Mia and Jesus Christ Superstar.
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