by Doc Dosco
This week we feature San Francisco jazz
The elegant style of Larry Camp has been part of long standing gigs at Bertha’s in Baltimore and the One Step Down in Washington, D.C. Larry Camp has played for thePresident at the Kennedy Center and toured Europe playing jazz festivals in Belgium, Denmark, and Germany. Larry has played with Marcus Belgrave and Julius Hemphill for the Baltimore BCCM; and Dizzy Gillespie, Gary Bartz and Woody Shaw in Baltimore at the Jazz Closet.
Larry has been reviewed by Jazz Times and has recorded with several artists: Chris Bacus, Ellen Gross, Larry Goldings and with Ron Holloway on a national #1 Jazz CD.
Guitarist Mike Cripe said “Camp combines technical mastery with dead-on swinging rhythm, bebop sensibility, humor, joy and the blues. He is a rare player whose knowledge of and respect for tradition do not obscure his own statement.”
Larry studied with some of the very biggest names in
Influences: Grant Green, Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Tal
Farlow and Jimi Hendrix.
Larry Camp’s homepage with sound clips:
Doc Dosco is a jazz guitarist, composer and audio consultant living in Los Angeles, CA. His website is located at http://www.docdosco.com, where you can find more information on the ‘What’s Hot with Jazz