"It's a long way to the top if you want to Rock and Roll"-AC/DC

Chris Vazquez is a professional live and session guitarist based in Los Angeles, CA. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Chris attended the presitgous Baltimore School for the Arts as a classical guitar. It was there that the seed was planted, and the journey began. Following his study in Baltimore, Chris relocated to Boston and began working toward his Bacehlor's degree in music performance at the Berklee College of Music. In four years at Berklee, Chris received a variety of merrit and performance based scholarships, including the William Levitt Memorial Scholarship, and the Alex Frank Endowment Fund. By his senior year Chris was a full scholarship student. Chris studied privately with Mick Goodrick, Bruce Bartlett, and Joe Lovano among others during his time at Berklee.

In 2007 Chris released his first solo album of original compositions entitled "Plurality." Jazz Review.com called the album "A stunning success." In support of the album Chris played shows up and down the east coast. The release party for "Plurality," was held on January 17th, 2007 at the famous An Die Musik in Baltimore, Maryland.

After receiving a Bachelor's degree from Berklee, Chris took a job working in the show band for Holland America Cruise Lines. Playing three sets a day of top 40 music for over a year gave Chris a rich repetiore of covers in a variety of styles. The job ultimately took him around the world.

Chris moved to Los Angeles in 2008, and is currently the guitarist for Interscope Recording artist JoJo, Sony Music recording artist, Kylee, former American Idol contestant and Def Jam Artist Lisa Tucker, and Staxx recording artist, N'Dambi. Chris also plays in his own original groups Los Einstein and Scarlett, and with a variety of other artists in the Los Angeles area.

Chris has worked with: Troy Lauretta (Charice, Kylee, Stevie Wonder, Melonie Fiona), Markay Fairly (Mulatto, Nas), Joey Bumpus (Brandy, Lady Gaga, N'Dambi) RJ Kelly (Macy Gray, Tino Coury), Chris Wrate (Lee DeWyze, Charice), Devin Bronson (Avril Lavigne) Mike Torres (Macy Grey, Ashley Tisdale), Jacob Fatoorechi (Andy Grammer, Ashley Tisdale), Leddy Garcia (Miles Davis), Dontae Winslow (Christina Aguilera, American Idol Band), Derek Organ (Janet Jackson, Lional Richie), and many others...


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