Rob Luft at Jazz At The Lescar at Jazz At The Lescar

A truly fresh and distinctive voice on his instrument, recipient of the 2016 Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize and winner of 2nd Prize in the 2016 Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition, and successive nominations for jazz instrumentalist of the year, guitarist Rob Luft brings the band of incredible talents that made his debut album ‘Riser’ one of the best of 2017. Infectious, melodic, exubrant, and unmissable.
“23-year-old Londoner Rob Luft has delivered the most fully-realized and rewarding debut album from a guitarist-composer since Julian Lage’s 2009 outing, Sounding Point…” – Downbeat (USA)...

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A truly fresh and distinctive voice on his instrument, recipient of the 2016 Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize and winner of 2nd Prize in the 2016 Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition, and successive nominations for jazz instrumentalist of the year, guitarist Rob Luft brings the band of incredible talents that made his debut album ‘Riser’ one of the best of 2017. Infectious, melodic, exubrant, and unmissable.
“23-year-old Londoner Rob Luft has delivered the most fully-realized and rewarding debut album from a guitarist-composer since Julian Lage’s 2009 outing, Sounding Point…” – Downbeat (USA)
“The virtuosity of the three [guitarists Al di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia] is reminiscent of the 23-year-old Londoner Rob Luft, who is celebrated as a new ‘Wunderkind’” – Spiegel Online (D)

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