Philip DeGruy photographed by Pierre DeGruy

The Jazz Foundation of America & NOLAxNOLA present a performance featuring Philip DeGruy on Wednesday, September 28th at 2:00 PM CDT.

This program takes place inside our third-floor Performance Center, listening room. Admission is free and open to the public, seating is limited and offered first come, first serve. Learn more about our program admission policy. 

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After falling under the spell of Chet Atkins, Phil DeGruy a native New Orleanian, began his tenure with jazz great Lenny Breau in 1976. By the early '80s, DeGruy began plucking an electric guitar behind its bridge and was compelled to incorporate that sounds into his music. Hank Mackie, Phil's extraordinary teacher, suggested fashioning the harp strings to sit on the guitarp's body where the pick guard would be located, thereby extending chord voicings in one motion and evoking the illusion of a "limitless" guitar, turning a sad chord into a tragedy, a happy chord into bliss, and thereby enabling the juxtaposed variations of both.

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This event is in partnership with NOLAxNOLA. To check out other event listings, go to NOLAxNOLA.com.