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About DOUG MUNRO : RECORDING ARTIST, COMPOSER, ARRANGER, Doug is a critically acclaimed New York jazz guitarist. Since 1987 he has released ten albums as a leader and has appeared on close to thirty recordings as a sideman, producer, and arranger working with a diverse array of artists including Dr. John, Michael Brecker, and Dr. Lonnie Smith. Doug has over 75 original published compositions and over 200 recorded arrangements by the finest players on the scene today. In the recording field Doug has received two Grammy nominations and two NAIRD awards. Amazon.com picked Boogaloo to Beck , on which Doug performed, arranged, and co-produced, as one of its Top Ten Jazz CD’s of 2003. Doug also did orchestration work on the Oscar winning documentary When We Were Kings. Doug has written three books on jazz improvisation for Warner Brothers Publications, including one entitled, From Swing to Bebop, that won the Music and Sound Retailers instructional book of the year award in 2000. As an educator Doug created and was Director of the Jazz Studies Program at The Conservatory of Music at Purchase College from 1993-2002. He continues to teach there as Director Emeritus. This esteemed jazz program boasts a faculty that includes John Abercrombie, Todd Coolman, Jon Faddis, Javon Jackson, John Riley and many other top jazz performers. Having worked with a veritable Who’s Who of Jazz and Soul artists Doug has garnered high praise from both his fellow artists and the press. “Doug Munro…well he can flat out play!” Dr. Lonnie Smith
"Doug Munro is a tremendously talented guitarist and composer who deserves the ears of a larger audience" Steve Khan
" In sum, Munro displays a hip musicality where discipline, audacity and an ebullient sense of joie de vivre co-mingle with devilish glee. Great Stuff!" Chuck Berg Jazz Times |
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DISCOGRAPHY
As Leader When Dolphins Fly (Optimism Records) Autumn In Blue (CMG Records) The Blue Lady (CMG Records) Shootin’ Pool At Leo’s (CMG Records) Blueness (CMG Records) Guitars (Purchase College Recordings) Up Against It (CMG Records) Big Boss Bossa Nova (CMG Records Boogaloo To Beck (Scufflin' Records) Boogaloo To The Beastie Boys (Scufflin' Records)
As Arranger and/or Orchestrator, Producer, Performer We Remember Pastorius (EMI Records) The Soul Of R&B Vol.1 Billy Vera and Nona Hendryx (Shanachie Records) The Soul Of R&B Vol.2 Chuck Jackson and Cissy Houston (Shanachie Records) The Soul Of R&B Vol.3 Darlene Love and Lani Groves (Shanachie Records) People Get Ready : A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield (Shanachie Records) The Soul Of R&B Revue : Live at the Lonestar Roadhouse (Shanachie Records) Back to the Streets : Celebrating the Music of Don Covay (Shanachie Records) Bluesiana Hot Sauce (Shanachie Records) Hi-Bop Ska The Skatilites ( Shanachie Records) Bluesiana Hurricane (Shanachie Records) Greetings From Skamania : The Skatilites (Shanachie Records) When We Were Kings : Sound Track Recording (Polygram Records) Skandalous Alstars : Hit Me (Shanachie Records) Skallelujah- various artists (Big Music) Love Fun and Grief- Various Artists (Big Music) SQT Pink Floyd- Angry String Orchestra ( Vitamin Records) SQT Neil Young- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT To Weezer- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Marilyn Manson- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT The Dixie Chicks- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Jimi Hendrix- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT John Mellencamp- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Enya- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Celine Dion- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Metallica- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT REM- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT U2- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Celine Dion- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Guns and Roses- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT The Beach Boys- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT The Darkness- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT The Roots- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Puddle Of Mudd- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Dr. Dre- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Duran Duran- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT To Fall Out Boy- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Kirk Franklin- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Papa Roach- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Marilyn Manson- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Queens Of The Stoneage- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Trapt- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Shinedown- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT Dashboard Confessional- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT To H.I.M.- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) SQT To Coldplay.- Angry String Orchestra (Vitamin Records) Come Away with Me- single for Vitamin Records Put Your Records On- single for Vitamin Records
Video The Soul Of R&B Revue : Live at the Lonestar Roadhouse (Shanachie Records) executive producer and musical director Jazz/Blues Improvisation (Homespun Tapes) featured artist, instructional video The Art Of The Electric Bass : David C. Gross (Homespun Tapes) Performer and Technical Advisor
Books Pro Method, Jazz Guitar : Swing to Bebop (Warner Brothers Publishing) Pro Method, Jazz Guitar : Bebop and Beyond (Warner Brothers Publishing) Pro Method, Jazz Guitar : Organ Trio Blues (Alfred Music Publishing) Just Classic Jazz Guitar Vol. I Ultimate Play-A-Long (Warner Brothers Publishing) Just Classic Jazz Guitar Vol. II Ultimate Play-A-Long (Warner Brothers Publishing) Just Classic Jazz Guitar Vol. III Ultimate Play-A-Long (Warner Brothers Publishing)
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