Bruce Clarke is an Australian jazz guitarist, composer and educator. He lives in Melbourne. Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ... the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ...

Biography

From 1949-1956 Clarke worked as a freelance guitarist-arranger among the many live radio orchestras. He accompanied overseas artists on their Australian concert tours and played in the dance halls and ballrooms that were the mainstay of pre-television social life.

In 1956, television arrived in Australia and brought this era to a close. Bruce moved into film and television music production and composition. He established his own studios and production company The Jingle Workshop in 1957. He wrote and directed over 3000 television and film soundtracks for local and overseas producers between 1957 and 1974, some including vocalist Helen Reddy. As well as guitar he made extensive use of electronics, including the Moog synthesizer. A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. ... // In film formats, the sound track is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... 2003 Greatest Hits compilation Helen Reddy (born October 25, 1941 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian pop singer and actor. ... The term Moog (pronounced /moʊg/ to rhyme with vogue, not /muːg/) synthesizer can refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for analog and digital music synthesisers. ...

During this period he continued to perform. He accepted a commission to realise the first major Australian electronic work for the 1968 Adelaide Arts Festival, and conducted performances in Melbourne of works by 20th century composers Stockhausen, Berio and Webern. He toured Europe as guitarist with composer Felix Werder's Australia Felix Ensemble. He also appeared with the ABC orchestras under the batons of Sir John Barbirolli, Charles Mackerras, John Hopkins and others. In 1981 he played second guitar to John Williams with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Andre Previn's "Concerto For Guitar And Orchestra". 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Karlheinz Stockhausen (born August 22, 1928) is a German composer, and one of the most important and controversial composers of the 20th century. ... Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. ... Anton Webern (December 3, 1883 – September 15, 1945) was an Austrian composer and conductor. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... Sir John (Giovanni Battista) Barbirolli (December 2, 1899 - July 29, 1970), was a British conductor and cellist who led the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. ... Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, AC, CH, CBE (born November 17, 1925) is an Australian conductor. ... John Hopkins OBE (b. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Christopher Williams (born 24 April 1941) is one of the worlds best-known classical guitarists. ... The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was founded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1934 as one of its radio orchestras. ... Andr Previn (born April 6, 1929) is a prominent pianist, orchestral conductor, and composer. ...

In 1974 Bruce moved into the realm of teaching. Phasing out his commercial activities he accepted a position on the music board of the Australia Council and became Kenneth Myer Music Fellow to the Victoria Institute of Colleges - two positions which made him very aware of the need for more realistic approaches to the problems of students wishing to find a role in the world of "non-classical" music. With this in mind, in 1977 he instigated the Jazz Studies program at the Victorian College Of The Arts, followed by the establishment of his "Guitar Workshop". In subsequent years he hosted many teaching clinics with visiting "guitar greats" including Joe Pass, Ike Isaacs, Ted Dunbar, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd, Martin Taylor, Emily Remler, and George Golla. The Australia Council for the Arts (commonly called the Australia Council) is the Australian Governments arts council. ... Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, died May 23, 1994, Los Angeles, California), was a jazz guitarist. ... Ted Dunbar (born 1937 in Port Arthur, Texas; died June 12, 1998) was a jazz guitarist, educator, and writer. ... Cover of a Barney Kessel album. ... Mitchell Herbert (Herb) Ellis (born in 1921) is an American jazz guitarist. ... Charles L. Byrd (September 16, 1925 - November 30, 1999), better known as Charlie Byrd, was a famous jazz guitarist, born in Suffolk, Virginia. ... British guitarist Martin Taylor is one of the most highly regarded guitarists in the world. ... Emily Remler (September 18, 1957 - May 4, 1990) was an American jazz guitarist who rose to prominence in the late 1970s and 1980s, before dying young while on tour in Australia. ... Golla, George (b Chorzów, POLAND, 10. ...

His past guitar students include Mick Harvey, Robert Goodge (of I'm Talking) and Anne McCue. Michael John Harvey (born 29 September 1958 in Rochester, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. ... Im Talking was a 1980s Australian funk-pop rock band, noted for launching vocalist Kate Ceberano. ... Anne McCue is an Australian alternative country musician. ...

Clarke also founded Cumquat Records to issue recordings of Australian Jazz from the 1950s onwards. From his catalogue of recorded works the author quotes his collaboration with George Golla on "In Memory Of Charlie Christian" (aka "Soft Winds" CQCD-2712) as his favorite to date. This does not cite its references or sources. ... Golla, George (b Chorzów, POLAND, 10. ... Charlie Christian (29 July 1916 – 2 March 1942) was an American jazz guitarist. ...

External links

• Cumquat Records http://www.cumquatrecords.com.au