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One of UK's True Guitar Virtuosos
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John Mizarolli is one of Britain's leading guitarists. John achieved acclaim in 1980 when he joined Ginger Baker's band "Energy". During that year they successfully toured Europe and the UK. John shared vocals in the band but his main claim was as Ginger's lead guitarist and was singled out by Europe's music magazines as "the revelation of the band", to quote one of Italy's leading mags. John subsequently put one of his own bands together, "Jody St", who toured the UK with the Kinks.
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In 1982 he toured with the infamous "Atomic Rooster" in the UK & Yugoslavia and also recorded with them on their last album Headline News, sharing the limelight on lead guitar with Bernie Torme and Dave Gilmour. During the same year John also guested with much pride on Jim Capaldi's album "Fierce Heart", where he played with Stevie Winwood. In the same year he completed a second 6-week European tour with Ginger Baker, during which some amazing music went down.
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John Mizarolli's guitar talents have been compared to such greats as Clapton, Jeff Beck, Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen. He was born in Fulham, London, England and took up the guitar when he was 7. He has been in bands since the age of 12. At 21 he left England for the USA and spent 4 years on the Californian music scene. Here he did endless gigs, tours and recording sessions gaining as much practical musical experience as possible across the musical spectrum. He was at the centre of the Jazz/Funk - Jazz/Rock movement in LA around 1974. John studied with Caldera's guitarist Jorge Strunz, who developed John's Jazz awareness a great deal. He also gigged with names like Canned Heat, Big Joe Turner(The Original!),The Platters and was developed in the studio by Little Richard's bass player and keyboard player.
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Although John is musically versed in classical, jazz, blues, funk and African, Greek & Gypsy influences, his first love is rock and he finds the energy and electricity of rock the closest to his heart in terms of total expression and communication. John has enjoyed song writing since being very young and finds it the most natural of his talents, although he is better known for his phenomenal guitar technique. In 1978 John returned to England after spending some time in Jamaica resting and obviously absorbing the reggae vibes. John is also famous in England as a teacher in improvisation and his revolutionary "Spirit/Mind/Body" method for improvisation has been noted by English jazz pioneers as a much-needed innovation in the teaching scene = ZEN IMPROVISATION.John was asked to write a book on his method but claimed it would take him 2 whole years totally dedicated to the work to successfully complete as he is a perfectionist.
So far he has taught some 10000 semi-pro and pro guitarists in the UK
More details are available in the Gig Guide
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