Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Lenny Breau

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Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Leonard Harold Breau was a Canadian-American guitarist. He blended many styles of music, including jazz, country, classical, and flamenco. Inspired by country guitarists like Chet Atkins, Breau used fingerstyle techniques not often used in jazz guitar. By using a seven-string guitar and approaching the guitar like a piano, he opened up possibilities for the instrument.

American - Musician | August 5, 1941 - August 12, 1984

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I started playing jazz by slowing down Tal Farlow records and analyzing his runs

Lenny Breau

I also became inspired by impressionist painters such as Renoir, and wanted to do the same sort of thing with music-portray whatever mood strikes me the way Keith Jarrett does on piano.

Lenny Breau

Bob Erlendson, a local piano player, taught me chord structure and which scales go along with them. Later, I began listening to [pianists] Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner. Then I got interested in [saxophonist] John Coltrane.

Lenny Breau

My folks were country music performers. They made records and even did a few tours with the Grand Ole Opry. There always were a lot of guitarists around.

Lenny Breau

Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Lenny Breau

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