![]() ![]() Just a year later Michael was already performing the instrument professionally in the USA and started to establish his name as a virtuoso "tresero" around the world. His musical career acquired a different path since then. In 2013 Michael visited Cuba for the first time and fell in love with the Cuban music and its native instrument the "Cuban Tres". Michael served on the Board of Directors of the Kansas City Jazz Society in 2013 and saw his role there as being to serve as a bridge between the established jazz community and a younger more experimental jazz aficionado. In 2012 Michael alongside fellow guitarist Jarrod Stephenson and percussionist John Currey formed the group Broken String which artfully uses traditional North American Jazz, Spanish Flamenco, and Brazilian music among other styles to create a wide and authentic exploration of some of the world’s more intriguing music. This experience also gave Michael the chance to be part of the Brazilian project directed by Shay Eastes “Arara Azul.” ![]() Beside McClintock and Shipley, Mistura Fina has included Kansas City jazz masters such as Shay Estes, Rod Fleeman, Matt Otto, and Stan Kessler. Their work had struck a chord in the Kansas City Jazz scene and their Latin Jazz sound resonated with a wide array of groups. In 2010 Michael and Jordan Shipley created Mistura Fina in order to perform authentic Brazilian folk and jazz music. In 2007 Michael, with dancer Aimee Hughes and guitarist Jarrod Stephenson, formed an independent Flamenco group, Alma Flamenca, which played in the Kansas City area and toured throughout the Midwest. ![]() Bledsoe introduced Michael to the nuances of Flamenco and Argentinean Tango. His first professional musical project was with the Manos Rojas School of Flamenco in Kansas City where he played with, among others, Beau Bledsoe. At the conservatory, Michael studied under the classical guitarist Douglas Niedt. Michael McClintock graduated from the University of Missouri Kansas City Music Conservatory with a Bachelor of Music in classical guitar performance in 2006. His very distinctive interpretation of the Cuban Tres (native Cuban guitar), and his introduction of the instrument to different styles of music, have made Michael stand up as one of the best foreign Treseros in the world, with great recognition and acceptance in Cuba. Each one of his phonograms takes us to a magnificent promenade from Jazz to Cuban, and Brazilian music. Internationally known for his diverse range of musical genres, having a very unique style of interpreting the guitars, harmonizing with beautiful melodies. MEMBER OF ENSEMBLE IBERICA/ SLIM HANSON AND THE POOR CHOICES POST STUDIES IN JAZZ, FLAMENCO, BRAZILIAN AND CUBAN MUSIC BACHELOR OF MUSIC IN CLASSICAL GUITAR PERFORMANCE. ![]()
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