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American jazz guitarist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chris Flory (born November 13, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist.
Chris Flory | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | November 13, 1953
Genres | Jazz, swing |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument | Guitar |
Years active | 1970s–present |
Labels | Concord, Arbors |
Website | chrisfloryjazz |
A native of New York City, Flory was playing guitar by his early teens and around that time heard his first jazz album, Forest Flower by Charles Lloyd.[1] He was influenced by seeing Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk live during the late 1960s.[1] He met musicians through his friend Scott Hamilton and while babysitting the children of Gil Evans he listened to albums by Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and Lester Young.[1] In an interview with JazzTimes, Flory stated that his music has been inspired by Charlie Parker, Charlie Christian, T-Bone Walker, and Jimi Hendrix.[2]
Flory played in rock bands in his early teens but three years later had a couple jazz lessons with guitarist Tiny Grimes.[1] In the early 1970s he was a student at Hobart College.[1] He performed with Hamilton intermittently from 1975 through the early 1990s.[1] He began to record his own albums as a leader after Hamilton's quintet broke up.[1] From 1977 to 1983 Flory played in the Benny Goodman Sextet.[1] He has worked with Ruby Braff, Judy Carmichael, Roy Eldridge, Illinois Jacquet, Buddy Tate, Bob Wilber,[3] Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Duke Robillard, and Maxine Sullivan.[1]
With Ruby Braff
With Scott Hamilton
With Maxine Sullivan
With Bob Wilber
With others
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