Tariqh akoni biography of martin johnson

Tariqh Akoni [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is a performing and session guitarist and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. He is the former chair of the Guitar Department at the L. Music Academy [ 3 ] succeeding Frank Gambale as well as musical director for multi-platinum recording artist, Josh Groban. His father was a college educator and his mother was a counselor.

Following high school, Tariqh studied contemporary classical composition at the University of California at San Diego.

Originally inspired by classic rock, his education includes music composition and technology degrees from UC San Diego, and he studied jazz guitar at Berklee.

But his guitar passion beckoned and he made the move to Boston to attend the famous Berklee School of Music. Complementing his class study was Tariqh's focused daily practicing and, importantly, his nightly playing in the clubs of Boston where he was exposed to musical genres as diverse as blues, jazz and rock. Tariqh considers this latter to be where he found his musical voice.

It was from his experiences with jazz saxophonist Walter Beasley and eminent sessions jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright that he found encouragement to pursue his musical career in Los Angeles. Annual Awards , B. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk.

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