James T. Schulfer is an improvisational guitarist and composer from Ventura, California.
His trio, Solstice, has a new record available on all platforms.
James Schulfer is an improvisational guitar player, composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, and writer from Ventura, California.
He studied jazz at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He performs acoustic and electric works solo, plays with his jazz trio Solstice, with various Ventura-based based, his own rock/vocal groups, and with various other jazz groups. He composes and arranges original and adapted jazz music, and works on movie and video game style scores. He has composed a nearly two-hour tabletop roleplaying game original soundtrack. He has produced several recordings, mixed and engineered projects, produced videos, and run live sound as well. Outside of music, he has also written several short stories, and works of non-fiction as well.
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Upcoming Shows
TBA: Check back as the spring progresses!
Latest Release
Through a jazz journey of eight tunes, James Schulfer and Solstice show their full range of composition and performance. Featuring James Schulfer on guitar, Patrick Barros on bass, and Connor McIntosh on drums, it is an exploration of guitar trio work, through the synthesis of the unique lens of this group.
A Musical Sampling
From original jazz, to funk, arrangements, and rock, there’s a bit of everything here.