Jimmy Bruno in New York

Jimmy Bruno is an American jazz guitarist from Philadelphia, born in 1953. He plays a bebop-rooted style shaped by Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Pat Martino and Jim Hall. He toured with Buddy Rich at nineteen and recorded a series of albums for Concord Jazz, among them "Sleight of Hand" (1992) and "Live at Birdland" (1997). In 2011 he opened the online Jimmy Bruno Guitar Workshop.