Voyages & Homecomings

California guitarist & composer James Abbuhl lives in San Diego. His debut CD Voyages & Homecomings on SBE Records has received rave reviews. James began his musical studies with Dave Montgomery as a teenager in San Diego. At UCSD he studied Jazz Theory and performance with Jimmy Cheatham & George Lewis. Later he studied theory and composition with the renowned Charlie Banacos of the New England Conservatory. In 1994 he formed the band Hemisphere with Rob Shinn and they were nominated for the San Diego Music Awards Jazz Group of the Year In 1996, 1997, & 1998. In 1998 he formed his own group and they played at many jazz clubs and festivals throughout the country.

REVIEWS

Jazz Critic Brian Soergel calls the CD A gem waiting to be discovered.

Ken Navarro, National Jazz Artist & President of Positive Music says Voyages & Homecomings is well played and composed...a terrific disc.

Hillary Grey, Jazz Times says about the CD A bright new artist gives us a welcomed homecoming
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