Jacques Lesure
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The Guitarlosopher

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THE MUSIC


 JACQUES IS A DETROIT, MICHIGAN NATIVE, HOWEVER,HE IS CURRENTLY A RESIDENT OF INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA.  HIS CLASSIC STYLE, ALONG WITH HIS INNOVATIVE, YET SINCERE APPROACH TO THE MUSIC, ARE  INTEGRAL PARTS OF HIS SIGNATURE SOUND.


IT”S A SOUND STEEPED IN THE RICH TRADITION OF MENTORS LIKE GEORGE BENSON, KENNY BURRELL AND A HOST OF OTHERS, BUT  EXPRESSED THROUGH HIS OWN VOICE.  IT’S NO SECRET THAT HIS MUSIC IS ROOTED IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF GOSPEL, BLUES AND IMPROVISED BLACK AMERICAN MUSIC. IT’S HIS BELIEF THAT THE SOUNDS OF “TODAY” ARE EQUALLY AS RELEVANT AS THOSE OF GLORIOUS DAYS GONE BY. IT IS THAT SYNERGY THAT MAKES HIS MUSIC SWING WITH A STYLE LIKE NO OTHER.


JACQUES IS PROUDLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS WJ3 RECORDS  IMPRINT AND NOW HAS THREE RECORDINGS AS AN ARTIST ON THAT LABEL. ALL HAVE RECEIVED GREAT REVIEWS INCLUDING A FOUR STAR RATING BY DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE  AND ONE OF THE “TOP 100” ON THE JAZZ WEEK CHART.


JACQUES IS AN HONORARY MEMBER OF GHJAZZ COLLECTIVE WHERE THEY ARE KEEPING JAZZ MUSIC ALIVE IN ACCRA, GHANA AT +233 JAZZ BAR & GRILL.


GUITARLOSOPHY



JACQUES IS A SPIRITUAL LIFE COACH AND HYPNOTHERAPIST. HIS WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED ON TELEVISION SKOWS SUCH AS “THE SECRET LIFE OF WOMEN” HE HAS A PODCAST AND IS VERY INVOLVED IN NEW THOUGHT ,THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST AND AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY. JACQUES IS A FIRM BELIEVER IN SPIRITUALITY BEING HIS FOUNDATION FOR ALL OF HIS CREATIVE ENDEAVORS, INCLUDING MUSIC.

 I had fun helping Ryan Gosling save Jazz in La La Land.

STAGE AND SCREEN


JACQUES HAS PERFORMED AND RECORDED WITH SOME OF THE TOP NAMES IN MUSIC. HE HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH MUSICIANS IN MANY GENERES. HE HAS  PLAYED FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS BERNADETTE PETERS, PHAROH SANDERS, GREGORY PORTER, JIMMY SMITH,CARMEN LUNDY,THE CLARK SISTERS, LITTLE MILTON ,JAMES BROWN AND MANY MORE!

HE HAS APPEARED IN SEVERAL TV SHOWS,STAGE PLAYS AND MOTIONS PICTURES INCLUDING THE OSCAR WINNING FILM “LA LA LAND”


Order in the court!

COMMUNITY AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT


JACQUES IS  ACTIVE IN  HIS COMMUNITY. HE SITS ON THE INGLEWOOD ARTS COMMISSION AS COMMISSIONER AT LARGE. HE ALSO IS A MEMBER OF “ 100 BLACK MEN” LOS ANGELES CHAPTER, AND IS A MEMBER AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF  THE AFRICAN AMERICAN JAZZ CAUCUS. HE IS A MEMBR OF THE JAZZ EDUCATORS NETWORK,THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS. HE SITS ON THE BOARDS OF SEVERAL NON PROFITS AND IS A MENTOR. 


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