Garrett Gleason

“Guitarist Garrett Gleason has developed a reputation in Washington DC as one of the city’s most versatile guitarists, able to slide between rock, jazz and out-there improvisational rock with ease.” 

– Rudi Greenberg, The Washington Post (2018) 

Garrett Gleason is an American guitarist and composer. As a bandleader and composer, Gleason has released 13 studio albums through American labels TAR and Akar Music as well as independently through Head Cannon Records. Gleason writes music that embraces ethereal textures, harmonic exploration, off-kilter improvisation, and often aggressive energy. His releases are frequently collaborative; regarding their duo guitar record titled Duets, classical guitarist Sanjay Mishra of Jerry Garcia fame noted, “when I first heard Garrett I knew I was hearing something special. The rest just flowed naturally” (2020). 

As a guitarist, Gleason has toured extensively as the multi-stringed instrumentalist for the first North American tour of The SpongeBob Musical, throughout Europe with the Boston Show Band, and throughout the United States with The American Pops Orchestra in venues such as the Lincoln Center in NYC and the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan. He performed as an opener for Harry Connick, Jr. and has performed with Broadway stars such as Chris Jackson, Paolo Szot, and Megan Hilty.