Lunchtime Jazz: Francisco Garcia de Paredes Duo

Part of the Tomorrow’s Warriors Emerging Artist Programme, Francisco is an innovative jazz guitarist.  He has played at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Pizza Express Jazz, The Vortex and been fortunate enough to perform alongside musicians such as Gareth Lockrane, Rachel Cohen and very recently the National Youth Jazz Orchestra with Bob Mintzer.

His music draws influence from musicians such as Gretchen Parlato, Aaron Parks, Jim Hall, Kurt Rosenwinkel amongst many others and tries to blend these influences to create his own compositional voice.

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