Six-String Standards Mason Razavi

• 1Stompin' at the Savoy03:07
• 2You Stepped Out of a Dream03:07
• 3Body and Soul04:37
• 4Like Someone in Love03:06
• 5But Beautiful03:11
• 6The Days of Wine and Roses03:26
• 7I Thought About You05:04
• 8Darn That Dream07:03
• 9I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry03:51
• 10They Can't Take That Away from Me03:11
• Total Runtime39:43

Info for Six-String Standards

Inspired by the great solo guitar tradition epitomized by the towering performances of Joe Pass, Lenny Breau, and the like, Bay Area guitarist Mason Razavi offers his own look at a wide-ranging collection of tunes from the Great American Songbook. With several compositions from famed Sinatra collaborator Jimmy Van Heusen alongside familiar favorites from Henry Mancini, Johnny Green, and others, Razavi interprets these songs with his archtop and acoustic guitars, alternating between pick playing and intricate fingerstyle arrangements to deliver a varied set bound to delight lovers of solo guitar.

“Top-tier guitarmanship” (Vintage Guitar Magazine)

“Six strings that speak” (George Harris, Jazz Weekly)

“His tone is rich and his touch is both delicate and percussive” (Cedric Hendrix, Cirdec Songs)

Mason Razavi, archtop, nylon string acoustic and steel string acoustic guitars

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Mason Razavi
has been a mainstay on the SF Bay Area jazz scene for over a decade, having led his groups at SF Jazz, San Jose Jazz, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, and Bach Dancing and Dynamite as well as countless clubs and concert series. His albums have often featured ambitious original music that has been warmly received, with albums peaking in the top 20 on the jazz radio charts.

He’s performed with some of the west coast’s great musicians including Anton Schwartz, Mimi Fox, John Stowell, Aaron Lington, Hristo Vitchev, Jamie Davis, Josh Nelson, Charles McNeal, Carl Saunders, Lorca Hart, GRAMMY-winning producer Bill Hare, and many others. He’s also been a performer and clinician at the NAMM show and the Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival.

Razavi has been praised for his "top-tier guitarmanship" (Vintage Guitar Magazine), while his compositions offer “an introspective experience of deeper meaning” (Jazz Times). He’s been recognized in his hometown as a “melodically inventive composer” (San Jose Mercury News) and a “terrific and consistent presence in the Bay Area jazz scene” (Metro Online) who has “carefully crafted his own voice” (SanJose.com). He was a recipient of the 2021 Leigh Weimers Emerging Artist Award, named after the longtime Silicon Valley arts journalist.

Prior to making jazz his primary focus, he enjoyed a varied musical background that led him to performing everything from solo classical guitar recitals for concert audiences, to musical theater pit orchestras, backing up pop singers and accompanying concert choirs. Such performances included the Modesto Symphony Orchestra, San Jose Repertory Theater, San Jose Symphonic Choir, and others.

An avid educator, Razavi is an adjunct professor at West Valley College, where he is a lecturer and jazz guitar instructor. He has taught at Chabot College, De Anza College, Las Positas College, Mission College, and CSU Chico and maintains a private studio. His students have gone on to institutions such as the Berklee College of Music, UCLA, USC, Stanford University, and California Jazz Conservatory.

Razavi holds holds a M.A. in music with a concentration in Jazz Studies from San Jose State University and a B.M. from the Berklee College of Music where he majored in Contemporary Writing and Production.

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