Tony Oreshko Jazz Guitar

"Gypsy jazz guitar maestro
Tony Oreshko from England..." (Acoustic Guitar magazine, USA) has performed at major jazz festivals throughout the British Isles and Europe, and has built a reputation as an outstanding acoustic jazz guitarist.

A founding member of the Hot Club influenced bands Shine and Boulevard Django, Tony now fronts his own band playing jazz standards in a style influenced by gypsy jazz genius Django Reinhardt.
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The Tony Oreshko Trio

In August 2005 the Tony Oreshko Trio made its debut, performing at Bude Jazz Festival, Cornwall, UK, featuring Pete Berryman on guitar and Marcus Vergette on double bass. The trio has since been in constant demand for appearances at jazz festivals and concerts throughout the UK. From early 2009 the band has featured guitarist Glen Hawkins and double bass player Doug Kyle as the new rhythm section for the trio. Guitarist James Goodwin occasionally augments the band, which appears as the Tony Oreshko Quartet .

In addition to gigs with his own band, Tony can also be heard performing as a freelance guitarist with a number of jazz bands and musicians in the South West of England.

MUSICIANS WANTED
for occasional gigs with the Tony Oreshko Trio/Quartet, standing in when the regular rhythm section are unavailable.
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MORE ANSWERS TO YOUR GUITAR QUESTIONS
Two new pages with answers to jazz guitar questions sent in by readers over the past few months.

'IN CAHOOTS' CD NOW SOLD OUT!
The CD recorded live with John Hallam at the 2007 Keswick Jazz Festival has now sold out. Watch this space for details of future CD releases.

VIEW THE SITEMAP
There are now over 40 pages of resources for jazz and classical guitarists in this website including free music, MP3s, lessons and much more. View the site contents at a glance.

ASK A QUESTION!
Get answers to your jazz guitar questions!

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JAZZ GUITAR LESSONS
Guitarists - see Tony's free online lessons to learn how to play jazz guitar.
New Soloing Lesson Added!

GUITARS & AMPLIFIERS
Read about Tony's instruments and equipment.

CLASSICAL GUITAR
Free music, MP3s and articles for classical guitarists.

LINK TO THIS WEBSITE
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LATEST NEWS

Next Gig for the Tony Oreshko Quartet will be at the Jazz Weekend at the Bedford Hotel, Sidmouth, Devon on Saturday, 5th December 2009, from 1.00 to 4.00pm. This is one of the successful and popular Jazz Weekends regularly presented by George Giles. See the Gigs page for all the latest details of live performances by the band.

Recent Gigs

The band played an extremely successful debut gig at Teignmouth Jazz Festival on 14th November. Towards the end of the gig they were joined for a few numbers by the sensational Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis. According to the festival organisers, the audience thought this session was 'magical'!

Veteran sax wizard John Marshall joined the trio for a few numbers at a super gig at Claytons Wine Bar, Barnstaple on the 5th November. John was a member of Georgie Fame's Blue Flames in the 1960s, toured with Sarah Vaughan and played with the likes of Stevie Wonder and Nat Adderley. Click here for a beautiful version of John playing My Funny Valentine on youtube.

Jazz Festival News

Bude Jazz Festival 2009
This year's Bude Jazz Festival saw the trio joined by internationally acclaimed violinist Tim Kliphuis. Glen Hawkins was on guitar and Marcus Vergette on double bass. The two concerts were absolutely outstanding and the audiences were delighted. We look forward to doing lots more gigs with Tim on board.

Keswick Jazz Festival 2009
The trio's visit to Keswick Jazz Festival in May 2009 was another great success. The band played two fantastic gigs with guest saxophone maestro John Hallam and one with the highly entertaining wizard of the violin, Bob Clarke. The trio also played for the first time with acclaimed German reedsman Matthias Seuffert. The gig was tremendously well received, and the band look forward to to playing with Matthias again in the future.

More Festivals...
The trio are delighted to be playing at Keswick and Lyme Regis Jazz Festivals again in 2010. For full details of all festival and other bookings go to the Gigs page

Articles about Jazz Guitarists

There are some articles by Tony Oreshko about jazz guitarist Emily Remler, and the little-known guitarist who could "outswing Django" - Oscar Aleman. Similar pieces about guitarists Barney Kessel, Wes Montgomery and others will be added eventually.

Free MP3 Soundclips

Check out the Recordings page where there are now over twenty different jazz and classical guitar MP3 soundclips to listen to, including some new recordings from Bach's 3rd cello suite. You can also have fun rating the music and finding out what mark everyone else has given.

Classical Guitar Pages

Visit our classical guitar page with lots of MP3s and free music for grade exams. Pieces include Giuliani (grade 1), Sanz and J.S. Bach (both grade 2), Sor (grade 3), Carcassi (grade 4) Sor (grade 5) and J.S. Bach (grade 6).

Links to other free sheet music with accompanying MP3s include: Andante part 1 and part 2 by Carulli, a Valse by Aguado and Giuliani's Andante. There are also classical guitar articles on overcoming left hand difficulties and on building a practice schedule.

Free Jazz Guitar Lessons

Don't miss our jazz guitar lessons on arpeggios over minor chords, diminished 7th arpeggios, soloing using 7b9 sounds, using arpeggios over a Minor Blues, and using lower and upper auxiliary notes to sound like Django.

You can now send us your jazz guitar questions and we'll try and answer them! Read answers to questions about gypsy jazz guitar, using melodic, harmonic and Dorian minor scales, about jazz chord voicings and Django Reinhardt's left hand fingering.

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