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George Van Eps

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Also known as George Abel Van Eps

musician (1913-1998)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • George Van Eps Harmonic Mechanisms for Guitar, Vol. 2
  • Mel Bay presents Harmonic Mechanisms for Guitar, Vol. 3

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1913-08-07
Active to
1998-11-29
jazzswing

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38,981
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George Van Eps (7 August 1913 – 29 November 1998) (often called "the Father of the Seven String Guitar") was an American swing and Mainstream jazz guitarist noted both for his recordings as a leader, and for his work as a session musician. He was well known as a pioneer of the seven-string guitar, which allowed him to incorporate sophisticated bass lines into his improvisation. He was a strong influence on later seven-string players such as Howard Alden, Bucky Pizzarelli, and John Pizzarelli (Bu

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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  5. Densely Connected Convolutional Networks

    · 2017 · cited 32,882x

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date of death
1998-11-29
date of birth
1913-08-07
start of work period
1924-00-00
end of work period
1998-00-00
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