Mike Abbott

Mike Abbott is a Denver jazz guitarist who leads jazz guitar studies at the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music. His playing spans jazz, rock, funk, and fusion, drawing on masters from Pat Metheny to Jeff Beck. After a Miami degree in 1988 and years in New York, he relocated to Denver and published "The Guitar and Amp Sourcebook" (2012). He performs with the Mike Abbott Trio, the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra, and on dual-guitar bills pairing standards with originals.