Jazz Guitarist Michael O'Neill
Photo Tour
While the list
of musicians that Michael has played and recorded with
reads as a "Who's Who" of contemporary jazz, the most
enduring of
his musical relationships is with his Mentor and good friend,
George
Benson ( above with Michael ). Over their 20+ year association,
Michael
has toured Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Brazil,
the
Middle East, and the United States. Some of their most notable
performances include the 1988 "GRAMMY Awards Show",
from the
Radio City Music Hall in New York, and several appearances at
the
"Montreaux Jazz Festival" in Switzerland, once being
joined onstage
by keyboard greats Herbie Hancock and George Duke, and several
other times being joined onstage by renowned guitarist, Earl Klugh.
George Benson, on Michael, 1993
"Michael O'Neill has been for
many years, one of the
most sought after and consistently great guitarists from
the west coast. Of course, I can qualify this statement
by the fact that he has been playing with me for much
of the last 10 to 12 years. He was great when he first
joined my group but he has continued to grow and search
for new and fresh ideas. He possesses great technique and
versitility and plays with conviction. Michael is a
contemporary player, who, like myself, gives attention
to the melodic side of a composition and stays within
it's context - but can stretch when called upon to do so.
Check him out, I know you'll like him as much as I do."
(Mike and George at soundcheck-1985, Rio
de Janeiro)
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