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Revision as of 22:13, 29 June 2010 by 99.4.123.46 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Julian Lage (born December 25, 1987) is a child prodigy guitarist. He has played with such renowned artists as Carlos Santana (when he was 8 years old), Pat Metheny, Gary Burton, Kenny Werner, Toots Thielemans, Martin Taylor, and David Grisman, Béla Fleck, Eric Harland, Gretchen Parlato, and Mark O'Connor, among others. Julian's extraordinary talent led him to be the subject of the 1997 Academy Award nominated documentary "Jules at Eight". In addition to performing, Lage has recorded as a duo with Grisman (the 1999 release Dawg Duos), and contributed a fine cover of "In a Sentimental Mood" with Martin Taylor and David Grisman, for the 2000 compilation Acoustic Disc: 100% Handmade Music, Vol. V.
Lage has also appeared at numerous jazz concerts/festivals, including the St. Louis Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival, and the San Francisco Jazz Festival. At age 13 he performed at the 2000 Grammy Awards.
Lage plays regularly with pianist Taylor Eigsti.
In 2004 and 2005 Gary Burton released two albums featuring Lage prominently throughout. The first was titled Generations released in 2004 and was followed by Next Generations in 2005.
On March 24th, 2009 Lage released his debut album "Sounding Point" on Emarcy Records, to rave reviews. It was nominated for the 2010 Grammy Award "Best Contemporary Jazz Album."
In March 2010, Lage played with Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio at the Savannah Music Festival.
Lage is also on the teaching staff at the Stanford Jazz Workshop at Stanford University.
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