ORCHARD GUITAR FESTIVAL

Sheryl Bailey

with the BGSU faculty jazz ensemble

Saturday, September 30, 2023

8:00 P.M. Bryan Recital Hall
Moore Musical Arts Center

Program

Selections will be announced from the stage.

Sheryl Bailey, guitar
Ariel Kasler, piano & keyboard
Jeff Halsey, bass
Dan Piccolo, drums

Sheryl-Bailey

The Downbeat Critics Poll

“Rising Star” in 2014/ 2015/ 2016/ 2017/2018/2019

One of the new greats of her chosen instrument” – Phillip Booth, Downbeat Magazine

As a bandleader, Sheryl Bailey has toured the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, and the UK with her many projects: The Sheryl Bailey 3, The Sheryl Bailey 4, The Electric Ladyland Project, and Plucky Strum.

She has 12 critically acclaimed releases as a leader.

She has toured and recorded with The Anat Cohen Tentet, Richard Bona, David Krakauer’s Ancestral Groove, Abraham Inc., John Zorn, Tommy Campbell’s Vocal Eyes, Irene Cara, Lea Delaria, George Garzone, Jack Wilkins, Shingo Okudaira, Steve Slagle, Harvie S, Ken Peplowski, Kim Plainfield, and Gary Thomas.

As an educator, she has been a Professor of Guitar at Berklee College of Music since 2000, and was recently named the Assistant Chair of the Guitar Department at Berklee. In addition, she has hosted master classes and workshops worldwide. Her Mel Bay publication, “Moveable Shapes,” is a top seller in their Jazz Curriculum Series. Her latest adventure is “The Bebop Dojo Bootcamp,” an interactive, online jazz academy developed for  Truefire.com. Her “Bebop Dojo Essentials” course, her “50 Bebop Licks Everyone Should Know,” and recent “Bebop Etudes” are also top Truefire titles

Sheryl plays her Signature McCurdy Mercury Model, Stonebridge Acoustic Guitars, and Acoustic Image Amplifiers

www.sherylbailey.com

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Updated: 09/17/2024 04:37PM