1. KEVIN L. McNEAL
Guitarist/Composer/Arranger/Educator
366 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10026-1007
Telephone: 212-665-5251 Cell Phone 646-6559
www.blueswingjazz.com
Email: kmcneal@alumni.berklee.edu
EDUCATION
The City College of New York- MA - Jazz Studies
William Paterson University - BM Jazz Studies and Performance
Berklee College of Music - Undergraduate Studies, Applied Music
HONORS/AWARDS
B.Stoller Scholarship, CUNY; Citation of Outstanding Musicianship, IAJE
Outstanding Soloist Award, Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival; Academic Achievement Award, WPU
Outstanding Musicianship Award, Boston Jazz Society; Instrumental Music Award, Albany High School
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
TEACHING/INSTRUCTION
1992 - Present Private Instruction
2007 -Present Palomba Music Academy
Music lessons to children and adults at all levels(beginners through
advanced) of Guitar, and Beginning Piano
1990-1992 The New School, New York, NY. Adjunct Faculty/Applied Guitar
2008-2010 The City College of New York - Adjunct Faculty/Guitar Ensemble 1984-1990;2006-
1984-1990;2006- Faculty Member, National Guitar Workshop
1977-1984 Hilton Music Centre, Albany, NY. Staff musician.
PERFORMANCES Freelance Concert Artist - Featured Soloist with:
Leon Thomas Count Basie Orchestra
Greg Osby James Williams Quintet
Rufus Reid Cecil Bridgewater Quartet
Stanley Turrentine Piney Brown & The Swift Wind Blues Band
Royal Hartigan Ed Wiley Jr.
Steve Swallow Skip Roberts with BluesWing
Hamiett Bluiett J.R. Montrose
Charles Fambrough Cotton Club All Stars
The Nick Brignola Quartet Charito’s Voice
RECORDINGS
Kevin McNeal Organ Project, A Matter Of Time FESTIVALS/VENUES
Kevin McNeal, Soliloquy
Taeko, Wonderland
Taeko, Voice Mont Pelier, Jazz Festival, Laurel, MD
Mike Gillispie, Theory and Practice Blues Festival, Utrecht, Holland
Ed Wiley Jr., About The Soul Blues Alley, Seattle, WA
Greg Osby, Zero Telluride Jazz Festival, Telluride, CO
Skip Roberts with BluesWing, Jazz Cafe, London, England
Co-Producer, Hello There Marian’s Jazz Room,
Ed Wiley Jr.., Total Praise Bern, Switzerland
Royal Hartigan, Blood Drum Spirit Club Mas i Mas, Barcelona, Spain
Ed Wiley, Jr. Before Sunrise Moers Jazz Festival, Moers,
Ruben Hoch, The RH Factor Saratoga Jazz Festival, Saratoga, NY
Greg Osby,Mindgames Aige Esdewebe, Zug, Switzerland
Bruce”Bud” Revels, Survival HBO “Boardwalk Empire”
Greg Osby, Sound Theater Film “Kill Your Darlings”
Greg Osby, Season of Renewal
Juba, Look to the Rainbow
Ray Rettig, Green Blues