A warm tribute to a legendary guitarist featuring Royce Campbell on electric guitar and Gene Bertoncini on the acoustic nylon string guitar. Charlie Byrd is well known for helping bring the bossa nova to America in the 60's.

11 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Traditional Jazz Combo, WORLD: Samba



Details:
Royce has been on the cover of the two main jazz guitar magazines String Jazz and Just Jazz Guitar. He has been featured in profiles in Jazz Times, Down Beat, Guitar Player Magazine, Vintage Guitar, 21st-Century Guitar, Japan's Swing Journal, and Germany's Akustik Gitarre.

Royce has toured in Europe seven times and toured Japan ten times as a soloist. Royce has also performed with many jazz greats such as Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughn, Ray Brown, Dave Brubeck, Joe Williams, Cleo Laine, Eddie Daniels, Eddie Harris, Frank Morgan and Mose Allison.

Currently, Royce resides in the Virginia/Washington D.C. area, and he continues to compose and produce recordings regularly. He is also the guitarist for the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.