D'Aquisto's Last Guitar - Nico Moreno
Nico Moreno plays his original tune "Song for Sonny"
Guitarist and composer Nico Moreno currently resides in New York City. His playing is characterized by the convergence of different styles such as Latin American music, rock, and pop, deeply rooted in the jazz guitar tradition.
Nico began his guitar journey at the age of nine when his mother gifted him an acoustic guitar. He started playing rock and began performing at local venues when he was thirteen. His musical journey went from rock to heavy metal, progressive rock, fusion, and eventually jazz and Latin American music.
https://www.instagram.com/nico.moreno.music/
The 1994 D'Aquisto "Centura" is featured in this video series.
James "Jimmy" D'Aquisto apprenticed under master luthier John D'Angelico in New York City starting in 1952, and eventually came to be considered one of the greatest archtop builders of our time.
This guitar, one of his “Centura” models, was finished in 1994. It is now under the care of The Blue Guitars/Archtop Foundation, an organization that maintains a very special collection of archtop guitars.
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This video series invites a handful of New York based musicians to come and explore the instrument, connecting the rich history of Jimmy D’Aquisto’s luthiery to the future of jazz guitar.
Filmed, engineered, mixed and edited by David Blake