Jason Schimmel
Guitar (electric, acoustic and classical), piano, electric bass, mandolin, banjo, ukulele and drums
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About Jason Schimmel
Guitarist, Pianist and Composer Jason Schimmel is a native of southern California and has
been performing and teaching professionally for over 20 years. He holds multiple degrees in
classical, jazz, film scoring and electronic music from the University of California Santa Cruz
and the University of California Los Angeles. He has performed at many notable music festivals
and renowned venues throughout Europe, Mexico, Canada, Scandinavia and the United States
including; The North Sea Jazz Festival, Angel City Jazz Festival, Jazz Fest Sarajevo, Rockit
Festival, Rothbury Festival, 10,000 Lakes Festival, Lincoln Center and Royce Hall.
Jason has a passion for teaching students of all levels and is able to provide education on
music literacy, technique, musicianship, songwriting and theory.
As a composer he has written and recorded music that has been featured on many prominent
networks such as; Netflix, NBC, ABC, Comedy Central, Food Network, Fox and National
Geographic. As a bandleader, he currently performs with his experimental progressive jazz rock
band, Red Fiction. Some of the artists and bands that he has either performed or recorded with
include: John Zorn, Amanda Palmer, Hildur Guonadottir, Health, Mike Patton, Secret Chiefs 3,
Trey Spruance, Dead Cross, Estradasphere, Louis Cole, Ghostemane, Fred Durst, Touche
Amore, Amigo The Devil, Dave Lombardo, JG Thirwell, Neil Hamburger, Wayne Horvitz, Matt
Chamberlian, and Eyvind Kang.
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