PAUL BOLLENBACK
Genres: Post Bop, Soul Jazz • United States

American jazz guitarist, born June 06, 1959 in Hinsdale, Illinois Played with Charlie Byrd, Arturo Sandoval, Herb Ellis, Stanley Turrentine, and many others. from discogs Guitar master George Benson, a long-time supporter, has described Bollenback’s work as ". . . bona-fide playing, unambiguous, up-front and powerful," calling him “a versatile dynamo on guitar.  His approach to jazz and blues has a uniqueness unto itself . . ..”.  That comment has special resonance in that Bollenback counts Benson high among his wide range of influences; these also include Carlos Santana, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, John McLaughlin, Johnny Winter, and Jimi Hendrix (among guitarists), as well as such giants of improvisation and composition as pianists Herbie Hancock and Bill Evans, and saxists Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane. Born just outside Chicago, Illinois in 1959, Paul Bollenback was raised in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, just outside NYC.  Bollenback got his earliest musical nudge from his father, read more...