LAGQ looks forward to U.S. and European dates in 2024-2025. Our program will include “Maracasalsa”, a wonderful piece by our newest member, Douglas Lora. This wonderfully appealing piece is a Brazilian-inspired Toccata and Fugue! Here is a video we had a chance to record while on tour in Spring, 2024.
We in the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet invite you to join us in welcoming the brilliant Brazilian musician and guitarist Douglas Lora as our newest member. A master of multiple styles, a composer and an improvisor, Douglas is the ideal person to carry on the LAGQ tradition of exploring music from around the globe and across the centuries. Here’s a video on this exciting news.
But we’re also celebrating the immense contribution that Scott Tennant has made to LAGQ since our beginnings forty-two years ago. His technical brilliance, inspired musicianship, his creativity and versatility were fundamental in developing LAGQ’s sound and persona.
Scott is truly one-of-a-kind; a beloved icon in the world of guitar, who brought spirit, warmth and humor to LAGQ.
To Scotty, our brother in music: we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all you have given us, and we are excited to see where your musical genius takes you next.
Our new album, “Opalescent”, officially released April 8! The album explores the intermingling of light and sound, and features compositions by Phillip Houghton, Kevin Callahan, Andrew York, Robert Beaser, Frederic Hand, Michael Hedges, and Tilman Hoppstock. Produced by Steve Rodby (producer and member of the Pat Metheny Group).
The first single from our new album, "Opalescent", is available for streaming and purchase today!
The track is "Hidden Realm of Light" by Andrew York. Full album will release on April 8 and is now available for pre-order!
We’re thrilled that our recording “The Singing Guitar” with the amazing Conspirare choir has been nominated for a GRAMMY in the Best Choral Performance category! Realizing this project under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson was one of the highlights of our career. It was an honor to work with the fantastic composers Reena Esmail, Kile Smith and Nico Muhly on these pieces that explore themes from the perspective of pioneer and Native American women. We were especially happy to be joined by our friends in the Texas and Austin Guitar Quartets in Muhly’s epic “How Little You Are”.
We’re very proud of this recording, and we encourage you to discover it:
The long-awaited full release of Pat Metheny's "Road to the Sun", featuring LAGQ, is now out! Available on iTunes, Spotify, etc. Here is a short video which features interviews with Pat Metheny, Bill Kanengiser, and Jason Vieaux.
At long last, we're happy to announce March 5, 2021 as the release date for the recording of Pat Metheny’s “Road to the Sun”! Collaborating directly with Pat was one of the biggest highlights of our 40-years together.
Pre-order the album and, in the meantime, here's an advance single (Road to the Sun - Part 2), available for streaming today. Enjoy!
This season we’ll be featuring music by American Guitar legends Michael Hedges, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Chet Atkins, Ralph Towner, Pat Metheny, Andrew York, and others. See you on tour!