Gerhard
Kraus - Jazz Guitarist
Finest live jazz for your event
Swing, BeBop, Bossa Nova, Funky Jazz and more
Subtle background jazz or powerful concertante
Solo Guitar, Duo, Trio, Quartet, Quintet, Sextet...
Short facts:
Gerhard Kraus, professional jazz guitarist (lecturer in music, author and
guitar historian/curator),
was born in Southern Germany and
lives in the USA since many years.
He has performed with many of the best jazz musicians in the world such as Hank
Jones, Dusko Goykovich and many more and was one of the guitarists in
the Houston Jazz Band for 17 years.
Gerhard currently plays in his own
projects and in many other internationally renowned bands from duo to sextet
worldwide, like the Lynn Seaton Quartet and many others.
He always
provides an honest, interesting and powerful jazz performance with a classic
jazz guitar sound,
without electronic effects, playback, looper etc.
Gerhard Kraus swings hard with a lot of musicality, incredible virtuosity
and know-how,
and depending on the situation, he plays stylistically
according to old heros or simply himself.
Contact:
Gerhard
Kraus, Dallas,Texas
E-mail:
gerhardkraus "at" ymail.com
Text Message: +1 281 - 798 - 8691
Some Youtube Video Clips with Gerhard Kraus:
Lynn Seaton & Gerhard Kraus (duo bass & guitar) - Shiny Stockings: https://youtu.be/AnrAcseohKg
Lynn Seaton & Gerhard Kraus (duo bass & guitar) - I remember you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1G5u1-OFqI
Tanna Hall and the Houston Jazzband (Trio), live - LOVE (guitar with bass lines ;-)): https://youtu.be/WqqkZ07Equw
Bob Pike Band - Broadway, live (guitar solo): Broadway - Bob Pike Quartet with Gerhard Kraus on guitar
Bob Pike Band - Just Friends, live (guitar solo):
https://youtu.be/P7vzHd5Oqc0
Lynn Seaton Trio - Medley, live:
https://youtu.be/w-4D1JszrOw
Bob Pike Band, Bye, Bye Blackbird, live
(guitar solo): https://youtu.be/YlqatjuWV7o
Some pics:
The pictures from left to right, from top to bottom:
Tianna
Hall and the Houston Jazzband (Sextet),
Tianna Hall & The Houston
Jazzband (Quartet),