Dave Stryker (born March 30, 1957) is an American

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guitarist. He has recorded over twenty-five albums as a leader and has been a featured sideman with

Stanley Turrentine Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note label from 1960, touched on jazz fusion dur ...

Jack McDuff Eugene McDuff (September 17, 1926 – January 23, 2001), known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era ...

, and

Kevin Mahogany Kevin Bryant Mahogany (July 30, 1958 – December 17, 2017) was an American jazz vocalist who became prominent in the 1990s. Particularly known for his scat singing, his singing style has been compared with those of Billy Eckstine, Joe William ...

Career

Stryker grew up in

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, Nebraska. When he was ten years old, he was inspired by the Beatles to start playing guitar. His interest was rock and roll until he heard the albums '' My Favorite Things'' by

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and ''

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'' by

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. By seventeen, he was a jazz guitarist in Omaha. In 1978 he moved to Los Angeles where he took lessons from another Omaha native, Billy Rogers, and met organist

. After moving to New York City, he toured with McDuff in 1984-5, then spent ten years with saxophonist

. Stryker formed a band with

Steve Slagle Steve Slagle (born September 18, 1951) is an American jazz saxophonist. Biography Slagle was born in Los Angeles and grew up in suburban Philadelphia. He received a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music and received a master's degree in M ...

and a trio with Jared Gold and

Tony Reedus Tony Reedus (22 September 1959 – 16 November 2008) was an American jazz drummer. Reedus first gained attention performing in Woody Shaw's band during the 1980s. He played with Dave Stryker, Mulgrew Miller, Art Blakey, Mike Nock, Kenny Garre ...

(later McClenty Hunter and Billy Hart). He worked with

as sideman, composer, and arranger, appeared with him at

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, and toured with him in Europe and Japan. He has also worked with

Eliane Elias Eliane Elias
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Javon Jackson Javon Anthony Jackson (born June 16, 1965) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and educator. He first became known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from 1987 until Blakey's death in 1990. and went on to release 22 recor ...

, and

Andy LaVerne Andy LaVerne (born December 4, 1947) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator. Education and musical career Born in New York City, LaVerne studied at Juilliard School of Music, Berklee College, and the New England Conservato ...

. He teaches jazz guitar at

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and

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and at the

Jamey Aebersold Wilton Jameson "Jamey" Aebersold (born July 21, 1939) is an American publisher, educator, and jazz saxophonist. His Play-A-Long series of instructional books and CDs, using the chord-scale system, the first of which was released in 1967, are an i ...

Summer Jazz Workshop, the Litchfield Jazz Camp, and the Veneto/New School Workshop in Italy. In 2018 Stryker began teaching jazz guitar online through the ArtistWorks music education website. Renowned Jazz Guitarist Dave Stryker Joins ArtistWorks' Extensive List of Online Teaching Artists
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Awards and honors

* Top Ten Guitarists, ''

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'' magazine Readers' Poll, 2001 * Rising Star, ''Down Beat'' magazine Critics' Poll

Discography

As leader

* ''First Strike'' (Someday of Mugen Music, 1988) * ''Strike Zone'' (

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, 1990) * ''Guitar on Top'' (

Ken Music Ken Music was a jazz record label based in Japan that distributed CDs in Japan, Germany, North America, and Great Britain. The company was founded by Kenichi (Ken) Fujiwara in 1989 as a subsidiary of Matsuka USA, which, among other things, manufac ...

, 1991) * ''Passage'' (SteepleChase, 1991) * ''Blue Degrees'' (SteepleChase, 1992) * ''Full Moon'' (SteepleChase, 1993) * ''Stardust'' (SteepleChase, 1994) * ''Nomad'' (SteepleChase, 1994) with Bill Warfield Big Band * ''The Greeting'' (SteepleChase, 1995) * ''Blue to the Bone'' (SteepleChase, 1996) * ''Big Room'' (SteepleChase, 1996) * ''All the Way'' (SteepleChase, 1997) * ''Blue to the Bone II'' (1998) * ''Shades of Miles'' (SteepleChase, 1998) * ''Changing Times'' (SteepleChase, 1999) * ''Blue to the Bone III'' (SteepleChase, 2001) * ''Exit 13'' (Etoile, 2002) with Sylvia Cuenca, Kyle Koehler * ''Shades Beyond'' (SteepleChase, 2004) * ''Big City'' (

Mel Bay Mel Bay (February 25, 1913 – May 14, 1997) was an American musician and publisher best known for his series of music education books. His '' Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords'' remains a bestseller. Biography Early life Melbourne E. Bay was bo ...

, 2004) * ''Six String Santa'' (Strikezone, 2005) * ''The Chaser'' (Mel Bay, 2006) * ''Strike Up the Band'' (SteepleChase, 2008) * ''One for Reedus'' (SteepleChase, 2010) * ''Keystone'' (SteepleChase, 2010) * ''Blue Strike'' (SteepleChase, 2011) * ''Blue to the Bone IV'' (SteepleChase, 2012) * ''Suit Up!'' (Bounce-Step, 2013) with Matt Kane, Kyle Koehler * ''Eight Track'' (Strikezone, 2014) * ''Messin' with Mister T'' (Strikezone, 2015) * ''Eight Track II'' (Strikezone, 2016) * ''Strikin' Ahead'' (Strikezone, 2017) * ''Eight Track III'' (Strikezone, 2019) * ''Eight Track Christmas'' (Strikezone, 2019) * ''Blue Soul'' (Strikezone, 2020) with

Bob Mintzer Robert Alan Mintzer (born January 27, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. Early life Mintzer was born and raised in a Jewish family in New Rochelle, New York, on January 27, 1953. He attended the Inter ...

& The

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* ''Baker's Circle'' (Strikezone, 2021) with

Walter Smith III Walter Smith III (born September 24, 1980) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is the Chair of the Woodwind Department at the Berklee College of Music. In addition to performing with his own group, Smith is a member of the Ambrose ...

* ''As We Are'' (Strikezone, 2022) With Stryker/Slagle Band * ''The Stryker/Slagle Band'' (Khaeon, 2003) * ''Live at the Jazz Standard'' (Zoho, 2005) * ''Latest Outlook'' (Zoho, 2007) * ''The Scene'' (Zoho, 2008) * ''Keeper'' (Panorama, 2010) * ''Routes'' (Strikezone, 2016) With Trio Mundo * ''Carnaval'' (Khaeon, 2002) * ''Trio Mundo Rides Again'' (Zoho, 2004)

As sideman

With

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* ''Out of Line'' (Posi-Tone, 2010) * ''Intuition'' (Posi-Tone, 2012) * ''JG3+3'' (Posi-Tone, 2014) * ''Metropolitan Rhythm'' (Posi-Tone, 2015) * ''Reemergence'' (Strikezone, 2018) With

* ''Smoke Signals'' (Panorama, 1991) * ''Our Sound!'' (Double-Time, 1995) * ''Steve Slagle Plays Monk'' (SteepleChase, 1998) * ''New New York'' (OmniTone, 2000) * ''Evensong'' (Panorama, 2013) * ''Dedication'' (Panorama, 2018) With others *

Allan Botschinsky Allan Botschinsky (29 March 1940 – 26 November 2020) was a Danish jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist, composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and record label owner. Biography Botschinsky was born in Copenhagen, and had a background in classical ...

, ''Last Summer'' (MA Music, 1992) * Allan Botschinsky, ''I've Got Another Rhythm'' (MA Music, 1995) *

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, ''Luminosity'' (Creative Perspective Music, 2015) * Kendall "Keyz" Carter, Introducing Kendall Carter (Lladnek Music, 2021) *

Rondi Charleston Rondi Charleston is a jazz vocalist and songwriter (in collaboration with Lynne Arriale). She is also an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning television journalist and investigative reporter for '' Primetime''. Early life Charleston was born in Chic ...

, ''Resilience'' (Resilience Music Alliance, 2017) *

Royce Campbell Royce Campbell (born June 7, 1952) is a jazz guitarist from Indiana who was a member of the Henry Mancini orchestra for twenty years. Musical career He was born in North Vernon, Indiana. When he was five, his mother married a career Navy man, a ...

, ''Six by Six'' (Paddle Wheel/King p 1994) * Mike Freeman & Spellbound, ''Street Shuffle'' (Best Recordings, 1991) *

Giacomo Gates Giacomo Gates (born September 14, 1950) is an American jazz vocalist. Career Gates was born and raised in Connecticut. His father was a classical violinist. He made his public debut as a vocalist at the age of six. Soon after, he picked up guita ...

, ''Miles Tones: Giacomo Gates Sings the Music of Miles Davis'' (Savant, 2013) *

Craig Handy Craig Mitchell Handy (born September 25, 1962) is an American tenor saxophonist. Born in Oakland, California, he attended North Texas State University from 1981 to 1984, and following this played with Art Blakey, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Haynes, Ab ...

, ''Reflections in Change'' (Sirocco Music, 1999) *

, ''Pleasant Valley'' (Blue Note, 1999) *

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, ''Swingin' On the New Hammond'' (Chicken Coup, 2013) *

, ''Stan Getz in Chappaqua'' (SteepleChase, 1997) *

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, ''Jump!'' (Pete Levin Music, 2010) *

, ''Another Time Another Place'' (Warner Bros., 1997) * Kevin Mahogany, ''Pride & Joy'' (Telarc, 2002) * Jorge Nila, ''The Way I Feel'' (Strikezone, 2003) * Jorge Nila, ''Tenor Time'' (Ninjazz, 2018) *

, ''Minor Thang'' (Criss Cross, 1996) * Larry Schneider, ''Ali Girl'' (SteepleChase, 1997) *

, ''T Time'' (MusicMasters, 1995) * Charenee Wade, ''Offering'' (Membran, 2015) *

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, ''Now Hear This'' (Resilience Music Alliance, 2019)

References

External links

Official site
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