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Daryll Dobson

Daryll Dobson is an innovative American Jazz Rpck Fusion Guitarist, Violinist, Audio engineer, and Videographer based in New York. Renowned for his explosive approach to jazz fusion and heavy world music, Dobson has spent decades pushing the boundaries of sonic technology.

He launched his professional music career at just 19 years old, performing alongside legendary jazz master Stanley Turrentine.

Since his debut, Dobson has recorded and performed with an elite lineup of global icons, including Kenny Kirkland, L. Shankar, Tony Thunder Smith, Kenwood Dennard, abd Fernando Saunders, as well as Indian classical masters Neyvelli Radhakrishna and Shree Sundar Kumar.

As a composer and producer, Dobson masterfully blends technical proficiency with cutting-edge electronics. He holds a Master of Music in Studio Technology, utilizing audio and MIDI engineering to construct vast, multidimensional soundscapes.

His critically acclaimed albums—including Studio 21, Healing Intentions, and The Mind Electric—have earned praise from major publications such as Downbeat, Guitar Player, Jazz Times, and Jazziz.

Whether delivering fiery, distorted electric guitar solos or intricate acoustic melodies, Dobson remains a visionary force in the modern jazz fusion landscape.

Daryll Dobson: Healing Intentions

Read "Healing Intentions" reviewed by Scott Andrews

by Scott Andrews
April 12, 2002

Fusion guitarist Daryll Dobson released Healing Intentions in 1997, following up his previous light fusion record Studio 21 and his electric fusion record The Mind Electric, which featured L. Shankar and Kenny Kirkland. Healing Intentions regroups some of the less famous members of the band on The Mind Electric, including Delmar Brown, Kenwood Dennard, and Rael Grant, to play electric fusion with subtle ethereal touches over a driving backbeat.

Despite the pseudo-metaphysical framing of Healing Intentions by the ...

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Daryll Dobson: Studio 21

Read "Studio 21" reviewed by Scott Andrews

by Scott Andrews
April 12, 2002

Fusion guitarist Daryll Dobson released Studio 21 back in 1994, a record of light, R&B flavored instrumental fusion with one song featuring a guest vocalist. Since then, Dobson has released several other electric fusion records, including Healing Intentions and Mind Electric.The first half of Studio 21 is dreamy light fusion, with songs that seem to run together with similar sounding phrases. The guest vocals on “Down to This" and the soprano saxophone on several tracks help to revive ...

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Daryll Dobson: From Fusion Guitarist To 5 String Jazz Violinist - The Adventures Continue!

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July 5, 2023

Daryll Dobson performs the music of Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Carlos Santana, Harold Melvin, B.B. King on String Jazz Theory, his eighth jazz album produced over a 30 year span. Daryll Dobson is a Jamaican American jazz violinist, guitarist, composer, audio engineer and videographer. He began his formal jazz studies in New York at SUNY College at Old Westbury. The Jazz Studies program was founded by jazz multi instrumentalist Ken McIntyre and ...
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...a mahavishnu-esque journey to the stratosphere with Hendrixian flights of feedback...untamed, explosive, guitar fantasia...Downbeat magazine

...backed by musicians such as violinist L. Shankar and keyboardist Kenny Kirkland, Dobson burns...deft ensemble playing- Guitar Player magazine

...an exceptional guitarist...gobs of virtuosic guitar...fusion guitar fans will eat up “Thor Part 2” - Option magazine

Somewhere between the gigantic continents of jazz and rock lies a formidable musical gulf that is as controversial as it is undefinable. Jazz Purists”cynically categorize it as fusion, but within its fat layer is a lean, mean, muscular infrastructure, rich with technical wizardry, emotional breadth, and unexplored musical frontiers.