Carl Filipiak is an American

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric gui ...

guitarist.

Career

In 1987 Carl Filipiak recorded his first album, ''Electric Thoughts'' on his own Geometric Records. Soon after, he started recording and playing with

Dennis Chambers Dennis Milton Chambers (born May 9, 1959) is an American jazz fusion and funk drummer. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2001. Early life Chambers was born on May 9, 1959, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. He began drumming ...

, Greg Grainger, and Gary Grainger. In 1990 ''Blue Entrance'' was released. He met

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, who played on ''Right On Time'' (1993), ''Hotel Real'' (1997), and ''Peripheral Vision'' (2000). In the late 1990s he toured with

Victor Wooten Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964) is an American bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He has been the bassist for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones since the group's formation in 1988 and a member of the band SMV with two other ...

and

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. His music has been featured in the Olympics and on televised events for NBC Sports and Turner Broadcasting. Carl Filipiak and the Jimi Jazz Band's album "What Now" was on the RMR Top 50 Jazz Album Chart for 20 weeks peaking at #2 in 2018. It reached #4 on the NACC Top 30 Jazz Chart and made the Most Added Chart at Jazzweek in 2018. He is a member of Lafayette Gilchrist and the New Volcanoes and can be heard on ''It Came From Baltimore'', ''The Go Go Suite'', ''New Urban World Blues,'' and ''Deep Dancing Suite''. Lafayette's music can be heard on the HBO series ''

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'' and '' Treme''. In October 2015 he recorded in London at

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with The Only Road Band on the album ''Live in Two''. Produced by Rob Cass, it features performances by

Bernie Marsden Bernard John Marsden (7 May 1951 – 24 August 2023) was an English rock and blues guitarist. He is primarily known for his work with Whitesnake, having written or co-written with David Coverdale many of the group's hit songs, such as " Fool f ...

from

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, Dean Ross, Tom and Ernie Lombardo, Eric Scott, John Thomakos, and Chuck Thompson. Filipiak is the author of ''Rock-Fusion Improvising'', an instructional book and companion CD from

Mel Bay Melbourne Earl Bay (February 25, 1913 – May 14, 1997), known professionally as Mel Bay, was an American musician and publisher best known for his series of music education books. His '' Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords'', first published in 197 ...

Publications. He has been the opening act for

Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young ...

Roberta Flack Roberta Cleopatra Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025) was an American singer and pianist known for her emotive, genre-blending ballads that spanned R&B, jazz, Folk music, folk, and pop and contributed to the birth of the quiet storm ...

, and Eric Johnson.

Discography

* ''Electric Thoughts'' (Geometric, 1987) * ''Blue Entrance'' (Geometric, 1990) * ''Right on Time'' (Geometric, 1993) * ''Peripheral Vision'' (Geometric, 1997) * ''Hotel Real'' (Geometric, 1997) * ''Looking Forward Looking Back'' (Geometric, 2002) * ''I Got Your Mantra'' (Art of Life, 2007)

Bibliography

* ''Rock Fusion Improvising'' (Mel Bay) * ''Guitar: A Complete Guide for the Player'' (Balafon Books) (contributing author) * ''Totally Guitar: The Definitive Guide'' (Thunder Bay Press) (contributing author) * ''Play Acoustic'' (Backbeat Books) (contributing author) * ''Use What You Got'' (video) (eLine Productions)

References

External links

Official site
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