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Richard Smith

Expert in jazz and studio guitar performance and instruction
  • Professor of studio/jazz guitar
  • USC Thornton School of Music
Office: (323) 221-6760
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Expertise

  • jazz
  • guitar (rock, pop, jazz, folk),history, players, etc.
  • music pedagogy
  • contemporary music

Additional Information

  • Featured artist on five solo jazz guitar albums, including Tune Up
    magazine’s 1998 Album of the Year
  • Associate Director of the International Musicians Academy, Malaysia