Pro Guitarist Luke Westbrook

Luke Westbrook

Email Address

Luke at UnitedWeTab.com

Private Instruction

Lessons available through Skype or in the NY Metro Area

Location

New York, NY

Home Town

San Francisco Bay Area

Instruments Played

Guitar, Piano

Favorite Playing Style

Jazz, Classical, Acoustic Finger Style, Reggae, R&B, Rock

Favorite Artists

Allan Holdsworth, Jimi Hendrix, John Williams, Prince, Paco De Lucia, Wes Montgomery....

Musician Bio

Luke Westbrook is a guitar player, multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser dedicated to finding his musical voice within an expanding cultural and sonic landscape.

Early exposure to jazz through educational programs allowed Luke to participate in the Monterey Jazz Festival, and the Grammy in the Schools programs as part of the San Francisco Jazz Festival, where he worked with artists such as Joshua Redman and Roy Hargrove.

In pursuit of his musical vision, Luke has also studied privately with some of the most respected teachers in the field of Jazz and modern music: W.A. Mathieu (composer/ theoretician), Dusan Bodagnovich (guitar instructor at the S.F. Conservatory), Jackie King (Willie Nelson), Bruce Forman, Mel Martin, Randy Vincent, Raz Kennedy (tenor vocalist in Bobby McFerrin's all vocal ensemble), Polly Anna Bush, Rita Sahai (prize student of Ali Akbar Khan), Jim Sage, Neil Harris, and John Mulvey (of Rock virtuoso Joe Satriani).

For the past ten years, Luke has been exploring diverse musical settings and groupings, from improvising solo guitar to live dub and instrumental funk bands. Luke has played several top venues in the San Francisco Bay Area; The Rose Pistola, Cafe Claude, Jupiter, Club Deluxe, Climate Theater, Red Poppy Art House, Revolution Cafe, Bluesix Listening Room, 21 Grand, Stork Club, Red Devil Lounge and Amnesia. Luke has also playing in several rock and avant-garde groups at venues in New York such as CBGB�s, The Lions Den and The Sidewalk Cafe.

Now recently back in New York in late 2009 to further his broad musical aspirations.