JAMES SILBERSTEIN
Hard Bop • United States
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Although not a huge name in the jazz world, guitarist James Silberstein is a skillful, hard-swinging improviser who has been contributing to the New York City jazz scene since the late '70s. Silberstein is capable of playing electric jazz-funk and has, over the years, backed some non- jazz artists (including the Drifters). But straight-ahead jazz is his primary focus, and those who are aware of Silberstein tend to think of him as a hard bop/post-bop player with a major appreciation of jazz' pre-fusion guitarists. Indeed, most of his big influences are bebop, hard bop or post-bop guitarists who emerged in the '40s, '50s or '60s -- people who range from Barney Kessel and Tal Farlow to Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, and George Benson (mainly the young, straight-ahead Benson of the '60s as opposed to the more commercial, R&B-minded musician he became in the '70s). Silberstein was born in
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