Juampy Juarez

Juampy Juarez is one of the most versatile players of Argentina. He can play jazz, rock, fusion or heavy metal with equal facility. Juampy studied with Pat Martino, Jack Wilkins, Gene Bertoncini, Jonathan Kreisberg, Barry Harris, Sid Jacobs, Paul Meyers, Bruce Arnold, and his main mentor, Pino Marrone. He has performed around the world, including in Argentina, USA, Brazil and Thailand with the likes of John Stowell , Jack Wilkins , Gene Bertoncini, Peter Mazza, Tony DeCaprio , Russ Spiegel, Pino Marrone, Steve La Spina, Sid Jacobs , Sheryl Bailey , Jim Silverstein, Rick Stone, Jim Hershman, Pedro Aznar, Paul Meyers and Jim Masters, among many Argentinian top stars.

Juampy has been teaching for the past 22 years, privately and at universities. He is a clinician too, and writes lessons for music magazines. His book about Contrapuntal Improvisation is due out soon. In this book, Juampy shows his investigations, new devices and own variations on Jimmy Wyble’s techniques and dodecaphonic concepts and beyond. His main musical project is with Powerjazz Trio, which has released two CDs (one with John Stowell as a guest) and one DVD. Juampy is an endorser of Di Marzio pickups, Radial pedals, Hamer Guitars, German Aprile Guitarras Artesanales, Clayton Picks and Argon gigbags.

What other guitarists have to say :

“He has a really original approach-very contrapuntal” - Ben Monder

“Bravo Juampy! You have such a great feel and your ideas are fresh and in the perfect slot.
You move on, too !” - Gene Bertoncini

“You're playing really great. Nice tone and phrasing” - Jack Wilkins

“A lovely playing and some incredible chops” - Jim Silverstein

“He is a very fine guitarrist” - Bruce Arnold

“You have a lyrical approach to the guitar, I like your creative use of space” - John Stowell

“I like the tunes, you have nice intros and good phrasing” - Jonathan Kreisberg