Greg Carmichael (born 7 August 1953) is a British guitarist and co-founding member (along with Nick Webb) of contemporary

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group

Acoustic Alchemy Acoustic Alchemy is an English smooth jazz band formed in England in the early 1980s by Nick Webb and Simon James. 1981–1989: Early days Acoustic Alchemy was formed around the acoustic guitars of Simon James ( nylon string) and Nick Webb ( ...

. His primary instrument is the nylon-string acoustic guitar. He joined the band in 1985 as a partner with steel-string guitarist Nick Webb to work on the band's first album, ''

Red Dust and Spanish Lace ''Red Dust and Spanish Lace'' was the breakthrough debut album by Acoustic Alchemy from 1987. Comprising nine tracks in total, the album spawned the radio-friendly single "Mr. Chow", which was described as "Chinese reggae". Other highlights inc ...

'', and has been at the forefront of the band ever since. After the death of Webb from

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in 1998, Carmichael decided to continue with the band, calling on steel-string guitarist

Miles Gilderdale Miles Gilderdale (born in Kingston, JamaicaStated on the Sounds of St. Lucia: Live DVD at time index 12:38) is a member of smooth jazz group Acoustic Alchemy and plays the steel-string acoustic guitar and electric guitar. In 1996, Gilderdale b ...

as a partner.

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1953 births Living people Smooth jazz guitarists English jazz guitarists English male guitarists Acoustic Alchemy members British male jazz musicians {{UK-guitarist-stub