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J F Guitar
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Based in London but travels UK wide

JF Guitar has an elegant sound and knowledge of a number of styles, notably Jazz, Flamenco, Latin and African music. For a relaxed and sensitive performance on the Spanish guitar, J F Guitar plays a wide repertoire.
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"Everyone present commented on what a wonderful atmosphere his music created at our company Christmas dinner party. We would certainly invite him to play for us again!"

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Review from Vanessa Whitehouse, Mysoft Ltd, Hampshire - 15/12/2012

J F Guitar's Biography

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Highlights
* Relaxed and sensitive music on guitar perfect for an unobtrusive backdrop
* Many styles covered from Jazz Flamenco & African Music to Popular and Soul
* J F Guitar has played around the world and for many clients and events
* Requests learnt FREE of charge with ample notice
* Fully self contained with small PA
* Available in the London South East Midlands and North of England

London-based guitarist J F Guitar has performed all around the world. He has gained knowledge of a number of styles notably Jazz Flamenco Latin and African music.

For a relaxed and sensitive performance J F Guitar plays a wide repertoire for your special event wedding reception or conference.

J F Guitar's strength is to play popular melodies on the classical guitar that you will recognise and enjoy listening to. He makes sure he captures the mood of the event and keeps his music firmly in the background not playing too loud as to interrupt your flow of conversation.

His versatility is demonstrated by the variety of his set- he could start with the classical theme Romanza follow with the jazz standard All The Things You Are then perform the pop-classic Time After Time and go on with the Latin hit Mas Que Nada…

If you’d like to request a particular piece to be played at your event J F Guitar will be happy to learn it. J F Guitar also has a great ear for a melody and can often improvise a great version of a tune if you ask him on the night as long as he’s heard it before!

Further Information:
J F Guitar is an in-demand guitarist on the London music scene, performing in a wide range of groups, from Flamenco group El Aire, funk band Bassistry, Indian trio Nirakar to Zimbabwean group Harare.

He recently performed at the Roots festival in Amsterdam, the Diaspora Festival in Senegal and Territorios Festival in Seville.

He’s arranged and directed music for live BBC Radio broadcasts, and performed on all the major BBC national radio stations.

He is also a busy teacher, employed as resident guitar teacher at the renowned Arts Ed school in Chiswick.

J F Guitar's Set List / Repertoire

Jazz: All The Things You Are, Summertime, Fly Me To The Moon, Lush Life, Take Five, All of Me, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, Sunny, Nuages, All Blues, Ain't Misbehavin', Love For Sale, Lullaby of Birdland

Beatles: Blackbird, Here Comes The Sun, Norwegian Wood, Something, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, With A Little Help From My Friends, Here There and Everywhere, Across the Universe, And I Love Her, Michelle, Yesterday, In My Life, Because

Popular: Light My Fire, Redemption Song, Time After Time, Every Breath You Take, Sultans of Swing, Kiss From A Rose, Losing My Religion, On Broadway, You Are Not Alone, There She Goes, Wuthering Heights, Fragile, Hotel California, Hey Mr Tambourine Man, Heart of Glass

Soul: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay, Heard it Through the Grapevine, Ain’t No Sunshine, Sweet Love, Whiter Shade of Pale, Green Onions, I Can See Clearly Now, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Brown Eyed Girl

Ballads: What a Wonderful World, Jealous Guy, Wicked Game, Against All Odds, As Time Goes By, Cry Me A River, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Misty, Songbird, More Than This, Love of my Life

Burt Bacharach: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, Walk On By, I Say a Little Prayer, This Guy's In Love With You

Abba: Chiquitita, Thank You For The Music, Waterloo, Winner Takes It All, Fernando

Folk: May You Never, Fairytale of New York, Skye Boat song, Irish Rover, Moonlight Shadow

Latin: The Girl From Ipanema, Quizas Quizas Quizas, Mas Que Nada, Besame Mucho, Oye Como Va, Chan Chan (Buena Vista Social Club), One Note Samba

African: Pata Pata, Malaika, Something Inside So Strong, Nkosi Sikelel, Mannenberg

Flamenco: Solea, Tangos, Rumba, Bulerias, Fandangos, Sevillanas, "Tres notas para decir te quiero"

Film Music: Romanza (Jeux Interdits), Cavatina (The Deer Hunter), Jean de Florette theme (used for Stella Artois), The Sounds of Silence (The Graduate), Memories of the Alhambra (The Killing Fields), Lara's Theme (Dr Zhivago), Walking in the Air (The Snowman), Goldfinger, My Favourite Things

Bollywood: Kabhi Kabhi, Kal Ho Na Ho, Tere Mast Mast Do Nain, Hoton Se Chulo Tum, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha, Neele Gagan Ke Tale

Classical: Ode To Joy, Pachelbel's Canon in D Major, Well Tempered Clavier, Greensleeves, The Blue Danube (Waltz by Strauss), Classical Gas

Other 60s/70s: All Along The Watchtower, Blowin' in the Wind, Life On Mars, The Wind Cries Mary, California Dreamin', Paint It Black, Sad Lisa

French melodies: La Vie En Rose, La Javanaise (Gainsbourg), Les Moulins de Mon Coeur, Paris s'eveille, Les Feuilles Mortes, Petite Marie, Comme d'habitude, La Valse a Mille Temps (Brel), Dans L'Eau De La Claire Fontaine, Jeanne (Brassens)

Christmas Songs: The First Noel; It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year; We Three Kings; We Wish You a Merry Christmas; Good King Wenceslas; White Christmas; Silent Night.

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Showing 1 to 10 of 30 customer reviews for J F Guitar in date order

15/12/2012
J F Guitar

"Everyone present commented on what a wonderful atmosphere his music created at our company Christmas dinner party. We would certainly invite him to play for us again!"

Customer review by Vanessa Whitehouse, Mysoft Ltd, Hampshire

18/08/2012
J F Guitar

"We would like to say a big thankyou for making our daughter Rebecca's wedding day just perfect...Outstanding performance, every body is talking about how lovely it was to hear you play.

Thank you once again, we will certainly recommend you to everyone!

Michelle & Ray
"

Customer review by Michelle and Ray Woolsey

25/06/2012
J F Guitar

"We have found Alive Network very helpful, professional and efficient with dealing with our requests in the past. This is the 2nd year we have used JF Guitar at our event and I can say that he is always very well received and is ideal for our Garden Party event .

I would certainly use Alive Network again and book JF Guitar in the future."

Customer review by Karen Hughes

09/06/2012
J F Guitar

"J F Guitar did a beautiful and intimate rendition of the Wedding March, everyone commented on how brilliant is was. His playing at our reception also made a unique contribution to our wedding day... a big thanks to J F Guitar and Alive Network!"

Customer review by Paul Doran, Gloucestershire

17/05/2012
J F Guitar

"J F Guitar was first rate. Really helpful chat before the event - he emailed me his repertoire and we talked through what was needed. He played for 2 hours with a super variety of popular tunes and jazz. He reacted to the atmosphere of the party and raised the tempo and content accordingly.

I and a couple of aspiring guitarist friends enjoyed chatting with him during the break. We were all delighted with Jules - can't speak too highly of him."

Customer review by Paul Townsend, Berkshire

14/02/2012
J F Guitar

"J F Guitar delivered another great performance at our Valentine's Day event after playing for us here on the same day last year.

His mixture of Jazz, Spanish guitar and ballads was enthusiastically received by our guests, some of whom were so impressed, they were asking for him to play at their events!

Thanks for a great night's entertainment!"

Customer review by Owen and Maggie Evans, Grosvenor Hotel, Stockbridge

01/11/2011
J F Guitar

"J F Guitar was great, flexible in the range of music played and sensitive to the party mood. I would recommend him to others. "

Customer review by Nigel Stock

30/10/2011
J F Guitar

"J F Guitar was really great, lots of our guests commented on how nice the music was and he played our favourite song as we were heading in for our meal which was really lovely.

Alive Network is a great company to book artists through. The artist pages are very comprehensive, even offering sound clips of them playing and a list of their reportoire. Obtaining an online quote for a particular artist is quick and easy. The customer sevice I received was very efficient and polite. I would definitely recommend using Alive Network to book that special entertainment.

Ten out of ten!"

Customer review by Hannah Powlson

24/10/2011
J F Guitar

"We really wanted someone to play some interesting music to compliment the drinks reception at our wedding and JF Guitar really did a great job! In particular, he was a lot more than just background with songs that were interesting and entertaining, and fitted in with the mood.

Exactly the vibe that we were looking for. We would have no qualms about booking JF Guitar again! "

Customer review by Andrew Jacobson

15/09/2011
J F Guitar

"J F Guitar was a big hit with our clients and many complimented us on such a perfect entertainment choice for the evening. Relaxed, friendly and charming, we would highly recommend him for any occasion or event."

Customer review by Ant Allin, Silversun Media Group, London

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