Greg Carmichael (born 7 August 1953) is a British guitarist and co-founding member (along with Nick Webb) of contemporary
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...
group
Acoustic Alchemy
Acoustic Alchemy is an English smooth jazz band formed in England in the early 1980s by Nick Webb and Simon James.
1981–1989: Early days
Acoustic Alchemy was formed around the acoustic guitars of Simon James ( nylon string) and Nick Webb ( ...
. His primary instrument is the nylon-string acoustic guitar.
He joined the band in 1985 as a partner with steel-string guitarist
Nick Webb to work on the band's first album, ''
Red Dust and Spanish Lace'', and has been at the forefront of the band ever since.
After the death of Webb from
pancreatic cancer
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in 1998, Carmichael decided to continue with the band, calling on steel-string guitarist
Miles Gilderdale as a partner.
References
1953 births
Living people
Smooth jazz guitarists
English jazz guitarists
English male guitarists
Acoustic Alchemy members
British male jazz musicians
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