Through a voice from the heart and his lushly-haunting jazz guitar, Christian Pschorr brings a refreshingly intimate sound to such standards as Wonderful World and Summer Wind, as well as originals with jazz, folk and blues influences.

11 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Jazz Vocals, FOLK: Jazzy folk

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Fortune shined on Christian Pschorr (âShoreâ) in the 1980âs when the company he worked for announced severance packages up for grabs. He left corporate life and never looked back.

Christian began to play with whomever he could. The bands and endless practicing throughout his school years began to pay off. Mostly, he taught lessons and became a hired gun for post punk bands in New Yorkâbands that had difficulty finding guitar players unencumbered with derelict tendencies. He played with obscure bands like Dog Felt Days, Social Insecurity, the Shaved Pigs, Bone, and the Squirrels from Hell (whose motto was âProtect Your Nuts.â) He landed a number of studio jobs, and toured the East Coast with Off-Broadway musicals like âDream Dream Dream,â an Everly Brothersâ tribute, and âAlways Patsy Cline.â

The infamous drummer Richard DeBonis introduced him to jazz, and Christian became obsessed with the spontaneity and scope of this art form. He fell in love with vocalists like Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan, and players like Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Bud Powell and the like. Expressive ballads, in particular, have influenced his music. Just listen to a take like âI canât give you anything but loveâ or his own composition, âLost without you,â and youâll hear the behind-the-beat sadness of Billie Holiday and the heart-string-plucking minor melodies of Chet Bakerâall over lush guitar harmonies of the jazz greats.

These days, Christian can be found playing in restaurants and cafes from Massachusetts to Long Island. At last we have a recording of this inspired musicianââSmile.â

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