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the  world  but  it  was  not  like  performing  live  in  from  of  an
          audience. I was lucky to have my dad who I could jam with and
          bounce ideas off of but in all honesty, it has been a rough time.
          Things are looking up though and I’m looking forward to playing a
 HENRY ACKER TRIO
          huge festival in Pennsylvania as
 Henry  Acker  is  an  eighteen  year  old  jazz  guitarist  who  performs  in  the  style  of  Django  well as coming to The Spire.
 Reinhardt. A child prodigy who began playing at age 8 and performing professionally at age
 9,  his  talent  and  abilities  have  developed  into  nothing  short  of  astonishing.  Henry  has
 already shared the stage with jazz greats Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola, Julian Lage, Bireli  Is there a particular place where you feel most creative?
 Lagrene  and  Vic  Juris  as  well  as  Gypsy  Jazz  legends  Samson  Schmitt,  Mozes  Rosenberg,  The places where I feel most creative are the places where I feel
 Adrien  Moignard  and  Joscho  Stephane.  He  is  the  winner  of  the  2017  Djangofest  North  the  most  relaxed.  Home  is  one  of  those  places  but  the  stage  is
 West Saga Award and a four time winner of the Downbeat Magazine Student Award for jazz  where my mind really takes off. When the band is really swinging
 guitar soloist. Based In Boston, MA, he also dazzles audiences at Jazz Festivals across the  hard  and  the  sound  is  good,  I  just  go  to  other  places.  It  really
 United States and Europe. He performs with his father, jazz guitarist Victor Acker and his  inspires  me  to  take  chances  while  I  am  improvising.  I  love
 Uncle Dana Acker on the double bass. Henry's career is in full swing and red hot. Ladies and  throwing in an unexpected quote or pulling of a run on my guitar
 gentleman, presenting Henry Acker!  that  is  something  people  have  never  heard  before.  I  love  to
         surprise the audience.
 QUESTIONS WITH  everybody there and those who I didn’t know, knew who I was -  I  read  that  you  would  love  to  travel  more.  Given  how  Jazz  is
 The Kid from America. Being on stage and looking out at all these
 amazing players in the audience was something I will never forget.
          much  more  appreciated  outside  of  the  US,  have  you  thought
 I jammed with everybody that day and I think I floated back up to
          about  doing  a  world  tour  once  you  finish  school?  Any  specific
 Paris when it was over.
          location/country, that you would love to include as a stop?
          My top priority when I finish school is to travel world wide. I am
 Of your own compositions, which one is your favorite and why?  lucky  to  know  fantastic  players  from  all  over  and  I  hope  to
 Of the tunes that I have composed, my favorite is a piece called  perform  with  them.  At  the  top  of  my  list  is  France,  The
 “For  Benoit”  and  it  was  written  for  a  hero  of  mine  -  Benoit  Netherlands,  Germany,  Switzerland  and  Finland  which  is  where
 HENRY ACKER  Convert. Another French player who is, although unknown here,  Gypsy Jazz is most popular and where I know the most players.
 What was it like playing the biggest Gypsy Jazz fest in the world,  one of the best guitarists in the world. He is very innovative and  Eventually  I  would  like  to  hit  all  of  Europe  and  Japan.  I  had
 The Django Reinhardt Festival in Fountainbleu France? Describe  clever and lyrical with a technical ability that is unbelievable. The  somebody  recently  send  me  an  article  in  a  Japanese  jazz
 that whole experience.  song just came to me and the chords just flowed in a way that is  magazine about me. I was blown away. I need to make up the two
 very catchy and simple but allows me to improvise over it in a way
 It was like a dream come true. Since I began performing, I had been  that  showcases  my  abilities.  I’m  proud  to  have  it  in  the  set  this  years that I lost from the lockdown and really get things rolling
 told  by  many,  many  players  that  I  absolutely  had  to  go  to  the  year.  again and I can’t wait to get started.
 Fountainbleu festival. How it actually came about was that I was
 performing  at  the  biggest  Gypsy  Jazz  Fest  in  the  U.S.  in  2018  -  Because  of  COVID  lockdowns,  the  touring  world  came  to  a
 DjangoFest North West, just outside of Seattle. I was hanging out  screeching halt as well as in school learning. What has the last 2
 in a common area at the festival when two of the most prominent  years been like for you and how have you been adapting/coping  HENRY ACKER TRIO
 players  from  France  walked  in.  Mathieu  Chatelain  and  Adrien  to all these changes?  W  E  D  ,     J  U  N     0  1        |     7  :  3 0  P  M
 Moignard. I introduced myself and we sat down and jammed. That  The last two years of lockdown were very, very hard and  $15
 jam  is  on  YouTube  by  the  way.  So  after  we  got  done  playing,  happened at a time when things were really taking off for me.
 Mathieu  said  “Henry,  I  book  the  stage  at  Django  Fest  There were gig opportunities lining up all over in the U.S. and
 Fountainbleu. If you can make it there I will get you on.” It just so  Europe. I was supposed to be headed to Las Vegas and Amsterdam
 happened  that  my  father  wanted  to  spend  his  60th  birthday  in  when everything came to a halt. I was able to play a few things
 Paris and so while we were there, I made it down to Fountainbleu  locally last year but for the most part I spent the time practicing  HENRY ACKER: 14
 and true to his word, I got to perform at the festival. When I first  things I needed to get better at and learning tunes I needed to  AVAILABLE ON ITUNES NOW!
 got off the train, everyone in the community was there. I knew   know. I did a bunch of virtual collaborations with friends all over
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