Jacques Stotzem
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Fingerstyle guitar
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player. He has recorded 3 vinyl albums and 11 CDs, and collaborated with numerous musical projects and other artists.
After having seen, at the age of 16, the American guitar player Stefan Grossman
Stefan Grossman
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on TV, he taught himself to play the guitar and became a professional musician
Musician
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at the age of 19. He first played in bands and as an accompanist before starting a solo career.
Jacques Stotzem has developed a personal and harmonically refined style, drawing from many different sources such as blues
Blues
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, jazz
Jazz
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, rock
Rock music
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and folk. He plays with fingerpicks on the thumb and two fingers of the right hand, using the guitar to produce unusual percussive sounds and harmonic effects.
Jacques Stotzem has become a regular guest at the most important European and American festivals and tours around the world, including countries like Japan
Japan
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, China
China
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and Taiwan
Taiwan
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.
In 2003, the Northern Irish company Avalon Guitars
Avalon Guitars
Avalon Guitars is the name of an acoustic guitar manufacturer based in Newtownards, County Down in Northern Ireland.- History :The company, Avalon Guitars Limited, was originally formed in 1989 as The Lowden Guitar Company Limited and operated from Bangor, County Down until 1990...
introduced a "Jacques Stotzem Signature model" guitar. Since 2006, the C. F. Martin & Company
C. F. Martin & Company
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has produced an "OMC Jacques Stotzem Custom Edition".
Jacques Stotzem is also co-founder (with Francis Geron) of the Verviers Guitar Festival.
Discography
CDs- 2008 - Catch the spirit
- 2007 - Simple pleasure
- 2006 - Colours of Turner - duos with Andre Klenes (double bass)
- 2004 - In Concert (Live)
- 2002 - Sur Vesdre
- 1999 - Connections - with Jacques Pirotton (guitar) and Thierry Crommen (harmonica)
- 1997 - Fingerprint - with Thierry Crommen (saxophone)
- 1996 - Different Ways - duos with Thierry Crommen (harmonica)
- 1995 - Two Bridges - with Thierry Crommen (harmonica)
- 1993 - Straight On
- 1991 - Clear Night
Vinyl albums
- 1988 - Words from the heart
- 1985 - Training
- 1982 - Last thought before sleeping
DVDs
- 2004 - Jacques Stotzem in Taiwan
Miscellaneous contributions
- 2006 - Sophie Galet - Cyclus
- 2005 - Miam Monster Miam - Soleil Noir
- 2003 - Miam Monster Miam - Forgotten Ladies
- 1997 - Marcel DadiMarcel DadiMarcel Dadi was a Tunisia-born Jewish French guitarist known for his finger-picking style which faithfully recreated the instrumental styles of American guitarists such as Chet Atkins, Merle Travis and Jerry Reed...
- Hommage - 1994 - CD Paysages Acoustiques - "10e édition des Stages Internationaux de Musique".