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Gender	Male
Industry	Arts
Location	Charleston, SC, United States
Introduction	Jazz guitarist, composer, and educator Jamie Slater has been a fixture in the Charleston, SC Jazz scene for over 20 years. Jamie is a Charleston, SC native and holds a degree in music theory and composition with a concentration in Jazz guitar performance from the College of Charleston where Jamie studied with internationally recognized composers Trevor Weston, Edward Hart, and ASCAP Award winning composer David Maves. Jamie studied classical guitar under Grammy award nominee Marc Regnier and Jazz guitar under Jazz guitar educator and author Jim Bastian. Jamie has been a private instructor since 1988 and since 2001 has taught Jazz, Rock, Blues and Classical guitar at Music Unlimited a private music school in Mt. Pleasant, SC. He has had the privilege of performing countless musical engagements (including the Spoleto Festival) with such great South Carolina musicians as Kevin Hackler, Tommy Gill, John Cobb, Quentin Baxter and Charlton Singleton. His Jazz trio, the Jamie Slater Trio with with either John Cobb on baritine sax or William Moore on upright bass and drummer Asa Holgate performs weekly in historic downtown Charleston, SC.