Dean Magraw is an American guitarist and composer.

Dean Magraw
GenresJazz, world music
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
LabelsRed House, CandyRat
Websitewww.deanmagraw.com/

Biography

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Magraw was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in St. Paul. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. Magraw performed in a duo for many years with Peter Ostroushko and has also performed with Tim Sparks, John Gorka and many other artists.[1]

His musical spectrum ranges from world music band Boiled in Lead to jazz band Red Planet.[2]

Discography

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Solo

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  • Broken Silence (1994) Red House
  • Kitchen Man (1997) Acoustic Music
  • Seventh One (1998) Red House
  • Heavy Meadow (2003) Acoustic Music
  • Celtic Hymns (2006) Lifescapes Music
  • Music For Healing (2007) Lifescapes
  • Foxfire (2008) CandyRat

With others

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  • Duo (1991) Red House (with Peter Ostroushko)
  • Jaguar at Half Moon (1998)
  • Raven (2006) Compass Records (with John Williams)
  • Unseen Rain (2007) CandyRat (with Jim Anton and JT Bates)
  • Silver (2008) (with Boiled in Lead)
  • Next (2008) (with Francois Corneloup)
  • Healing (2009) New Folk Records (with Bruce Kurnow)
  • Space Dust (2010) GoneJazz Records (with Red Planet)
  • How the Light Gets In (2010) Red House (with Marcus Wise)

References

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  1. ^ Espeland, Pamela (November 14, 2008). "Dean Magraw, musical explorer". MinnPost. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  2. ^ Surowicz, Tom (May 13, 2011). "Interstellar sounds". Star Tribune. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
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