The Jazz Guitar Duo

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Highlights

Two of the UK's best jazz guitarists
Our repertoire is huge. We read music and take requests.
We take up very little room (particularly useful for smaller events)

Act profile

The Jazz Guitar Duo provides elegant live music and ambience for restaurants, hotels, wedding receptions, parties and corporate events. The warm intricate tones are a wonderful focal point or a sophisticated accompaniment to your event and perfect for wedding receptions always adding that special touch.

Since 2002, as a duo and individually, Kevin and Anthony have performed extensively around the UK and their repertoire is expansive and includes Jazz Standards, The American Songbook, Bossa Nova and so on.

Their music has been used on TV Channel 4, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 (Jazz Line-up), Radio Scotland (Jazz House), BBC Radio 4, Classic FM, Diamond FM, Phoenix FM, FreshAir FM and OpenAir FM.

Line-up

Ant Law - guitar
Kev Glasgow - guitar

Solo Guitar, Piano and Guitar Duo, Sax and Guitar Duo, Guitar and Vocal Duo, Guitar and Trombone Duo, Jazz Quintet, Jazz Quartet, Jazz Trio.

Also included

Two small guitar amplifiers

Location

South East based and will travel to these areas: South East, South West, Midlands, North East, North West, Scotland, Wales, Ireland.

Testimonials

"Exceptional Musicianship" Record Collector

"Razor sharp guitar solos" Edinburgh Evening News

"Outstanding" Music News Scotland

"The finest players on the Edinburgh Jazz Scene" The Skinny Mag

"...guitarist Ant Law, whose fretboard manoeuvres effected an almost uniform raising of audience eyebrows." The Herald

"...amazing player named Kevin Glasgow, taking it to another level" Frank Gambale

"Very talented"John Petrucci

"Sounds Great!"Mattias IA Eklundh

"Virtuoso"Dundee Courier

"...reminds us it's possible to work harmonies into your music whilst still sounding sexy."Splendid Ezine

Previous clients

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
The Glastonbury Festival
The Islay Jazz Festival
The Lockerbie Jazz Festival
The Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival
The Glasgow International Jazz Festival
The Shetland Folk Festival
Hogmanay at Gleneagles Hotel

Up to £495

Music Samples

Repertoire

Dave Brubeck
Blue Rondo A La Turk
The Duke
In Your Own Sweet Way

Cole Porter
LOTS!

Rodgers and Hart
LOTS!

Rodgers and Hammerstein
LOTS!

John Coltrane
Giant Steps
Countdown
Moment's Notice
Naima
Mr. P.C.
A Love Supreme
Crescent

Paul Desmond
Take Five

Bill Evans
Waltz for Debby
Peri's Scope
Time Remembered
Sugar Plum
Displacement
Five
Interplay
Loose Bloose

Miles Davis
All Blues
Boplicity
Octave Deprivation
Milestones
Four
Solar
So What
Freddie Freeloader
Tune-Up

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
Take the 'A' Train
Sophisticated Lady
Mood Indigo
Caravan
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Satin Doll

Erroll Garner
Misty

Herbie Hancock
Cantaloupe Island
Watermelon Man
Maiden Voyage
Chameleon
The Eye of The Hurricane
Dolphin Dance
Speak Like a Child
Tell Me a Bedtime Story

Charles Mingus
Fable of Faubus
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Thelonious Monk
Straight No Chaser
Criss Cross
Ruby, My Dear
Evidence
Well, You Needn't (It's Over Now)
'Round Midnight
Monk's Mood
Monk's Dream
Blue Monk
Nutty
Bye-Ya
Epistrophy

Charlie "Bird" Parker
Now's the Time
Billie's Bounce
Confirmation
Leap Frog
Yardbird Suite
Donna Lee
My Little Suede Shoes
Anthropology
Ornithology

Wayne Shorter
Speak No Evil
Witch Hunt
JuJu
Footprints
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
Wild Flower
E.S.P.
Infant Eyes

Randy Weston
Hi-Fly

Horace Silver
Song For My Father

and LOTS MORE by
Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Django Reinhardt, Antonio Carlos Jobim

Extra Costs

The price brackets above should be used as a guide only as all quotes are bespoke.

Performance times for most acts except Tributes and some other Unique performers are usually 2 x 60 minute sets or 3 x 40 min sets.

(If you require the act to perform longer than these times you may incur extra costs.)

Travel costs vary depending on the act and will be included to the quote given to you by our agents.

Our acts would usually expect to arrive around 5.30pm and to be finished around midnight.

(If you need the act to arrive earlier or finish later there may be extra costs but these can be negotiated.)