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Jim Faulkner

A guitarist from Manchester, UK. Jim has performed and recorded in many different genres including contemporary classical (Jeffrey Lewis; The Silence of the Night), progressive rock (Carpet Crawlers; Return to the Farm, The Lamb Lies Down on De Boerderij), Jazz (Gavin Barras; The Family Tree) and world music (Unfurl; Arcadia, Sleeping Giants, Eastern Eye).

Jim has performed at many UK jazz festivals including London, Manchester and Brecon, and across the UK and Europe with various artists.

Jim has also recorded for the BBC as a session guitarist, twice appearing on UK television.

As well as continuing to perform around the UK with several artists, Jim holds teaching positions at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts (LIPA) and Chetham's School of Music.

He also appeared at The Manchester Guitar Festival in 2022, delivering jazz guitar workshops, and again in 2023, performing with his own quartet.

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He’s followed by Faulkner whose fluid approach incorporates elements of both jazz and rock.

I also have to say that I was very impressed with the contributions of both Guntren and Faulkner, hitherto musicians whose playing was unfamiliar to me. These are two more names I’ll be keeping an eye out for in the future.

Ian Mann - The Jazz Mann blog.