Pierre Bensusan
Sean McGowan’s mastery is second to none; he is a beautiful, creative, and exquisite player in the league of the great masters of fingerstyle jazz guitar.
Eric Johnson
Sean’s impressive style is so musical. You are transported by his selection of songs; but within the compositions is a masterful guitarist using multi faceted guitar arrangements at the same time, creating a single guitar orchestra!
Acoustic Guitar magazine
An emerging artist of considerable depth…
All About Jazz
Playing the blues, standards or bebop anthems, fiery 16th note lines or suspended harmonic constructs, Sean McGowan has found his niche amongst the best jazz guitar soloists.
Fingerstyle Guitar magazine
Though he is not a household name in the guitar world, he definitely deserves to be. His sense of harmony and amazing technique are world class – he is an inspiration to any serious guitarist.
Just Jazz Guitar magazine
Really stunning…a non-guitarist will never realize just how much is going on, but we guitarists will constantly ask ourselves, ‘How did he do that?
James Sallis
Few pleasures equal that of watching a gifted musician hit the track and just sail on out there. You’ll hear a lot of tradition in Sean McGowan’s guitar: Christian, Burrell, Farlow, Pass. You’ll also hear the sound of a musician finding the groove…his groove.
Tuck Andress of Tuck & Patti
Sean McGowan is the most promising young solo guitarist I have ever heard. His first CD, River Coffee, paints a broad, beautiful picture of his enormous virtuosity, unrelenting musicality, playful sense of humor and remarkable knowledge of musical history. Guitarists will weep yet laugh with delight as they try to figure out what he is …
