Chris McQueen (American jazz guitarist)
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Chris McQueen | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 27, 1984 Birmingham, Alabama |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | guitar |
| Associated acts | Snarky Puppy, Forq, Bokanté |
| Website | www |
Chris McQueen is an American jazz guitarist from Austin, Texas. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, McQueen has been playing, writing, and recording music since 1994.[1] McQueen studied jazz at the University of North Texas with Fred Hamilton, playing and writing for UNT’s One O’Clock Lab Band.[2]
McQueen plays in 3-time Grammy winning fusion band Snarky Puppy,[3][4] as well as the gritty instrumental quartet Forq[5][6][7] and world music group Bokanté.[8][9] He has been featured in several rock musicals over the last decade,[10] most recently David Bowie’s Lazarus (musical) at New York Theatre Workshop [11] and The Rocky Horror Show at Dallas Theater Center. [12] He has also worked as sideman for Lizz Wright, Magda Giannikou, Lucy Woodward, Nikka Costa, Myron Butler & Levi, Alejandro Escovedo, and other artists in Texas and New York.[13][14]
Discography[edit]
- Snarky Puppy: The Only Constant (2006)
- Snarky Puppy: The World is Getting Smaller (2007)
- Oso Closo: Rest (2007)
- Snarky Puppy: Bring Us the Bright (2008)
- Oso Closo: Today is Beauty’s Birthday (2009)
- Snarky Puppy: Tell Your Friends (2010)
- Snarky Puppy: groundUP (2012)
- Foe Destroyer: Foe Destroyer (2013)
- Forq: Forq (2014)
- Snarky Puppy: We Like it Here (2014)
- Snarky Puppy: Sylva (2015)
- Snarky Puppy: Family Dinner – Volume 2 (2016)
- Snarky Puppy: Culcha Vulcha (2016)
- Forq: Batch (2017)
- Forq: Threq (2017)
- Bokanté: Strange Circles (2017)
- Acoustic duo with Matt Read: Western Theatre (2017)
- Bokanté: What Heat (2018)
- Snarky Puppy: Immigrance (2019)
App Developer[edit]
McQueen has also designed and built two music-focused mobile apps: Guitar Note Atlas, an app for iOS and Android to help guitar and bass students learn the fretboard; and Set App, an interactive setlist for iOS.[15][16]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.jhs.co.uk/artists/artist/chris-mcqueen
- ↑ https://jazz.unt.edu/one-oclock-recordings
- ↑ https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/03/20/snarly-puppy-live-experience/39232377/
- ↑ https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/the-guitarists-of-snarky-puppy
- ↑ https://jazzbakery.org/events/forq-henry-hey-chris-mcqueen-michael-league-jason-jt-thomas
- ↑ https://www.eriereader.com/article/forq--batch
- ↑ http://www.sfcritic.com/2016/01/23/greasy-dynamic-hard-hitting-grooves-an-interview-with-jazz-band-forq/26453
- ↑ https://www.musicfestnews.com/2019/01/bokante-exchange/
- ↑ https://www.jambase.com/article/michael-league-debuts-new-band-bokante
- ↑ https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/trailers/get-know-foe-destroyer-band-fly-night/
- ↑ http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/6058
- ↑ https://www.dallastheatercenter.org/show_details2.php?sid=89&d=desk
- ↑ https://player.fm/series/everyone-loves-guitar/chris-mcqueen-interview-snarky-puppy-everyone-loves-guitar
- ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-mcqueen-mn0002431889
- ↑ https://player.fm/series/everyone-loves-guitar/chris-mcqueen-interview-snarky-puppy-everyone-loves-guitar
- ↑ https://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/2018/10/09/chris-mcqueen-interview/
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