Composing for Improvisers

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Composing for Improvisers featuring material for composers and all instrumentalists.

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About Jack DeSalvo

JACK DeSALVO developed his extraordinary guitar style from a deep immersion into jazz, classical guitar and his own prolific compositional output. He has studied with Bill Connors, Leonid Bolotine, Ariada Mikรฉshina, George Russell and at Berklee.

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