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Joe Diorio

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Introduction - Jazz Guitarist and Educator

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Joe Diorio was born in 1936. He has performed with legends of jazz like Sonny Stitt, Eddie Harris, Ira Sullivan, Stan Getz, Horace Silver, and Freddie Hubbard.[1] In recent years he has also recorded with modern performers like Robben Ford, Gary Willis, and fellow guitar education legend Mick Goodrick. Joe is a highly respected educator and currently teaches at the University of Souther California (LA). He was also one of the first instructors for the Guitar Institute of Technology (G.I.T.).[2] He has published five instructional books and released 10 albums under his name.[3]


  1. ^ Jim Ferguson: 'Diorio, Joe', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 14 April 2008), <http://www.grovemusic.com.authenticate.library.duq.edu/shared/views/article.html?section=jazz.121900#jazz.121900>
  2. ^ http://www.mi.edu/Static/History.aspx
  3. ^ Jazz Structures for the New Millennium by Joe Diorio. Mel Bay Publishing, 2000.