BILL HORVITZ
Genres: Eclectic Fusion, Third Stream, Progressive Big Band, Blues • United States

For The Skerries(Bill Horvitz - Tom Hayashi - Scott Walton trio) search under The Skerries. American guitarist Born 12 May 1947, New York City, NY Died 15 January 2017, Forestville, CA from discogs Bill Horvitz was a guitarist, composer, bandleader, teacher, singer, and energetic collaborator who spent four decades combining an expansive palette of styles in an ever-evolving roster of ensembles. Horvitz fused traditional and extended techniques in a most inventive way, exploring and extending the sonic range and stretching the boundaries of guitar music, pointing it in new and exciting directions. His strikingly personal instrumental vision endowed the music with an infinite array of tonal color. His long and varied experience in the realms of jazz, rock, classical, folk, and new music resulted in an entirely original compositional voice - a voice that was forceful and innovative, yet always intelligently accessible. "Mr. Horvitz came to prominence in the late 1970s after moving read more...