UCD Guitar Faculty

Jazz and Commercial Guitar

The guitar faculty at the department of Music and Entertainment Industry Studies are all versatile,working professional musicians dedicated to preparing the complete performer for today's musical marketplace.

 

   PAUL MUSSO

Paul Musso is a senior insrtuctor and Coodinator of Guitar Studies at the University of Colorado Denver. He has been with UCD for eleven years teaching fretboard theory and commercial guitar styles, various ensembles and applied guitar studies. Mr. Musso is a freelance guitarist and has performed throughout the Colorado area in many diverse musical settings including The Colorado Symphony, The Boulder Festival Orchestra, The Aspen Music Festival and The Westcliff Jazz Festival. Paul is the author of two Mel Bay books for jazz guitar - Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar/Teaching Your Guitar to Walk  and Graded Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Solos . He has also contributed to the publication Fingerstyle Guitar. Paul currently lives in Denver where he maintains a career playing guitar in straight-ahead jazz and solo guitar settings. His most recent publication is a contribution to Mel Bay's 2000 Jazz Guitar , where Paul shares the bill with greats like Johnny Smith, John Abercrombie, Buckey Pizzarelli, George Van Eps, Andy Summers and many others. Paul teaches fingerboard melody/harmony, applied jazz guitar, theory and the styles ensemble.

DREW MORELL

Drew Morell has been a professional jazz musician and educator in the Denver area for the last 16 years. He was hired into the teaching staff of the Baldwin Piano Co. at age 18 where he began his career as an educator and eventually was made head of the department. After 8 years on staff Drew opened his own music studio: Infinity Music. Drew is a working pianist, bassist, and guitarist, and has performed with The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Red Holloway, Javon Jackson, Mark Elff, L.A. vocalist Sherry Williams, Lew Tobaccin, Nelson Rangel, Jimmy Heath, Dakota Staton, and The Neophonic Jazz Orchestra. Drew currently enjoys working as the “house” bassist at the nationally renowned jazz club, El Chapultapec. Drew has also been very active as a studio musician, recording on both bass and piano. He directs the signature jazz combo and teaches applied jazz guitar.

DAVE DEVINE

Dave Devine was born, raised and formally educated in Indiana, where he earned degrees from Butler University and Indiana University in music. He currently resides in Denver, Colorado with his wife, cat and dog. He also leads his own groups,  MomenTerra and Relay, and is a member of The Czars, The Sons of Armageddon, and The Colin Stranahan Group.

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