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Jazz guitarist Frank Potenza is a composer, arranger, recording artist, and USC professor with ten solo albums to his credit based in Los Angeles. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2017.
Shortly after, Potenza was promoted to full professor at USC. In 2006, he became chair of the Studio/Jazz Guitar Department at USC, stepping down in 2018. Career. Throughout the 1980s, Potenza recorded a jazz albums for TBA Records as a solo artist.
Oct 25, 2013 · By. Frank Potenza, Chair of Thornton’s Studio/Jazz Guitar Program, waited 20 years to honor his mentor, jazz guitarist Joe Pass. Potenza first took a lesson with Pass in 1974, which sparked a working relationship of established mentor and burgeoning protégé.
Mar 16, 2017 · Frank Potenza, a member of USC Thornton’s Studio/Jazz Guitar faculty, will be inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame. The Providence native lived in Rhode Island until the 1980’s and formerly taught at the Rhode Island School of Music.
Dec 10, 2013 · Frank Potenza, chair of the Studio/Jazz Guitar program, received a four-star review from DownBeat Magazine for his latest album, For Joe. Calling Potenza an “accomplished player,” the review noted that he “reveals touches of his mentor’s brilliance throughout this heartfelt project.”
FRANK POTENZA. FRANK POTENZA: AN INTRODUCTION by Rick Bellaire (2017, 2021) ... While at USC, Frank completed his Masters in Music in 2000 and was promoted to full ...
