Welcome to our Fifth Episode! This week's guests guitarists Pat Kelley from L.A., Joe Robinson from Nashvill via Australia, and Vinny Raniolo from New York!

We start the discussion by hearing each of their unique "origin stories" and how they got into playing and into jazz in particular.

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We also talk about their albums. If you follow their bios below you'll see all their links but here are their albums on Apple Music:

* Pay Kelley - Apple Music* Joe Kelley - Apple Music* Vinny Raniolo - Apple Music

We also discuss Joe's and Vinny's teaching sites:

* Joe Robinson - Courses* Vinny Raniolo - Rhythmship

We also talk abouyt Vinny's Duo with Guitarist Frank Vignola and how much fun their show is. Click here to see their performance at the Tampere Guitar Festival

Pat Kelley – Guitar

Performed with: Socially Distant Show #2 1/14/21, Socially Distant Show #6 2/11/21, Pat Kelley Trio 3/25/21, Jazz Round Table #5 5/4/21
Bio – Recognized for his signature touch, harmonic dexterity, bluesy melodies and sense of rhythm, guitarist Pat Kelley has enjoyed a steady and successful career in Los Angeles as a studio and touring musician, recording artist, composer, producer, arranger, vocalist, recording engineer, and educator.
An integral part of the Thornton School of Music Guitar Faculty at the University of Southern California for twenty-four years, two of Pat’s books, Arpeggios for the Evolving Guitarist and Melodic Minor Guitar are part of the USC Thornton School of Music instructional series (Mel Bay Publications). Pat has also been on the faculty of the Monterey Jazz Festival Summer Jazz Camp, Guitar College Summer Guitar & Bass Camp, the University of Tulsa Summer Jazz Camp, and Interlochen Center for the Arts.
A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Pat grew up playing music with his Dad, other guitarists, singers, and bands, from the age of five. After majoring in music composition at the University of Tulsa, Pat moved to Southern California in the early 1970’s where he has recorded and toured with George Benson, Natalie Cole, David Benoit, Ronnie Laws, Hubert Laws, Tom Scott, Al Jarreau, Chick Corea, Dave Brubeck, Dave Koz, Jane Monheit, Olivia Newton John, Melissa Manchester, Burt Bacharach, Jose Feliciano, and many others.
Performances with symphony orchestras include Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Houston, Atlanta, Tulsa, Denver, San Antonio, Auckland, Nashville,