What jazz festival directors and music promoters are saying:

"Jerry Krahn is a marvelous performer both as a single and in his own band. Both his talent and personality lend itself so well to the selections of jazz music from the different eras. he captivates an audience which leaves with thoughts of not only being enriched but entertained!" Maggie Parker, director Central Illinois Jazz Festival, Decatur, Il.

"Whenever we are at a festival where Jerry Krahn's group is in the line-up, Cathie and I attend at least two of their sets to give our ears and hearts a consistently reliable and rare musical treat". Don Jones, publisher The American Rag

"Jerry Krahn has appeared at our Jazzaffair in Three Rivers for at least ten years with the Titan Hot Seven jazz band and has been featured as Jerry Krahn and Friends in past festivals and is scheduled again for our festival in April 2011. Jerry's presentations are extremely popular and I would recommend him for any festival." Rusty Crain, director Jazzaffair Three Rivers, CA.

"Jerry Krahn delivers great musicianship, entertainment and wry humor with every performance. He's tops on our list of great entertainers." Connie & Larry Baker, Orange County Jazz Festival Costa Mesa, CA.

"The Jerry Krahn Band's performances at the Frist Center's Music in the Grand Lobby series are evenings of extraordinary jazz. Jerry gathers some of the best of the best jazz players in town, and the result is always spectacular." Ellen Pryor, Director of Communications Frist Center For The Visual Arts Nashville, TN.

"Jerry Krahn is a gifted artist with a wide range of musical knowledge that gives him the ability to add significantly to various styles of live or recorded performance in a solo or group combination." Juanita Frederickson, Summit Jazz Foundation Denver, CO.

"Jerry's guitar set at the Arizona Classic Jazz Festival is a highlight for many people - it' something the audience doesn't get to hear enough! If Jerry's playing, you know you're in for a treat." Helen Daley, President/Festival Director, Arizona Classic Jazz Society

"Jerry's talent should not be ignored. I will always lend what I can to promoting Jerry being at any festival that I may be able to talk about talent. Dave Fanning, Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Classic Clearwater, FL.

"Everyone enjoys what Jerry brings to the weekend with his musicianship. We are all very excited that you will be back again this coming year." Joan Dragon, director Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Classic Clearwater, FL.

On Where Are You, My Love? (Ou-Es Tu, Mon Amour?)...

"...Jerry Krahn plays with perhaps the passion of a romantic on his CD, "Where Are You, My Love?". His focus here is on personalizing a variety of pretty love songs, with either his solo guitar or in a trio, quartet, or quintet renditions. Guitarist Jerry Krahn again shows himself to be a player capable of creating many moods, demonstrating the potentials of both the acoustic and amplified archtop guitars. Harvey Barkan, Just Jazz Guitar magazine and The American Rag 2010

"Krahn settles on a program that allows him to proceed almost leisurely through melodies that will soften even the hardest of hears. Arrangements that are in keeping with an unerring sense of good taste, faultless tempo and feeling for his music. Of the numbers, the reading of "He's Gone Away", an Appalachian folk song, captures the essence of the tradition and a quartet medley of "Beautiful", "Rainy Day People", and a complementary weather song "Early Morning Rain" (Gordon Lightfoot medley), brings a shower of joy." Cam Miller, The American Rag 2010

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On Tell Me I'm Crazy...

"(Crazy)...acoustically rendered on analog (tape) so that you hear every nuance of his magical guitar work as well as those of his premier Nashville back-up musicians. Spin this one at cocktail hour...as these guys cut loose with their spirited improvisations". Brad Fischer Nashville Music Guide June/July 2008

"A skilled veteran guitarist, Jerry Krahn is precise and versatile, presenting crisp, uncluttered arrangements; sometimes reaching across genres to achieve it. He is independent and confident to arrange and take his music to fresh combinations and places." Harvey Barkan on "...Crazy". Just Jazz Guitar November 2007 LA Jazz Scene December 2007

" I'm betting, as you enjoy this wonderful collaborative effort of some of the finest "pickers" in Nashville,
you'll discover as I did, that Jerry Krahn is truly a man for all styles." Joey Miskulin, Grammy award winning performer, writer and producer. Nashville, TN

" What a tasty and lovely CD, so well recorded. It deserves to be widely heard." Michael Pettersen, Historian of Freddie Green; editor and co-founder of www.freddiegreen.org

"Krahn and friends deliver up a pleasurable mix of standards and songs the guitarist has written. In short, the recording demonstrates why Krahn is regarded as one of the best at his trade - a jazz guitarist who is in total control of his instrument." Cam Miller The American Rag October 2007

"This new album has a great amount of musical diversity. The original tunes by Jerry are wonderful. The choice e of musicians is really strong. Jerry Krahn has been flying under the radar while making his own strong statements with his own musicianship." Parade of Stars e-News August 2007

Midwest Dreams from Nashville guitarist Jerry Krahn features wonderful musicians in a smooth acoustic jazz/pop/folk setting. All tracks of course on his warm and rich acoustic archtop guitar, this time employing a 1943 Epiphone Triumph; carefully resurrected by the fine luthier work at the Glaser Instruments shop in Nashville, Tennessee.

Midwest Dreams..."is timeless in its romantic genre of jazz, pop and folk influences." Brad Fischer, Nashville Music Guide
" This album provides attractive listening that should please both the enthusiast of swinging acoustic guitar and everyone who just enjoys lyrical, pretty music. Recording quality is excellent." Harvey Barkan, L.A. Jazz Scene
Midwest Dreams... "is both traditional in nature and yet contemporary at the same time. The band never sounds less the great. He takes influences from the swing, country and jazz traditions, and mixes them with bossa nova and modern jazz to produce a completely unique album." Matthew Warnock, Just Jazz Guitar magazine

" Guitarist Jerry Krahn crafts some contemporary jazz guitar sounds while remaining loyal to his archtop guitar roots. Backed by key players, Krahn keeps the tradition of tastefully played guitar alive on Midwest Dreams." Robert Silverstein, 20th Century Guitar magazine

" ...the more you listen to the music, the more aware you are that much of it is contemplative and occasionally reflective of his heritage; expressive, tasteful and tuneful. In short he leaves nothing to be desired."
Cam Miller, The American Rag

" Superb easy listening jazz guitar instrumentals." www.mwe3.com

" If we all could connect with our own dreams, traditions and roots the world might be a softer place. For now we can share Jerry Krahn's Midwest Dreams for a little taste." Eric Elias, Just Jazz Guitar magazine

Listeners are always delighted and refreshed seeing and hearing the vibrant, clean and personal sounds of these “old” guitars in the hands of Jerry Krahn.

" A breath of fresh air." WMOT Program Director Greg Lee's description of Jerry's performance at the 2005 Cookeville, TN. Jazz Festival. WMOT-MTSU Jazz Radio

" Guitarist Krahn is a lyrical, swinging player, offering disciplined yet elegant solos with crisp phrases, dashing harmonies and restrained yet inventive passages." Nashville Scene.

“ Jerry has shown both the beauty of the instrument and his mastery of it.” Gary Griffey, allaboutjazz.com

“ Krahn does his thing on vintage Epiphone archtops, and they sound fine…good sense of time and mood of each piece." Kirk Albrecht Minor 7th web magazine.

" The gorgeous tone that resonates from his archtop guitar lends a sense of eloquence to every performance and no one could ever fault his taste in his choice of songs" Cam Miller, The American Rag

“ The (old Epiphone) guitars are in more than capable hands." Vintage Guitar Magazine

“… the guitar sound is damn near perfect.” Andy MacKenzie, Just Jazz Guitar Magazine

“ Tasteful arrangements, timeless melodies, authentic guitars, and playing that sounds fresh.” Eric Elias, Jazz Guitar
Instructor & Author, Hartford, CT

“ His fullness of articulation, emulation of influences, and sensitivity to his instrument’s intricacies will satisfy all true believers.” Charles Walker, jazzreview.com

Jerry travels across the country playing “hot jazz” with the successful Titan Hot Seven jazz band. His guitars and banjo stay busy in Nashville, TN. with studio sessions and as a featured performer in shows, The Jerry Krahn Quartet and Quintet, jazz combos and western swing bands including The Carolyn Martin Swing Band, The Time Jumpers and The Nashville Swingers.