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"A moving and unforgettable listening experience"
- TIM HUNT
"The equal of anyone out there today"
- LAURENCE STEVENSON,
CBC RADIO
- TIM HUNT
"The equal of anyone out there today"
- LAURENCE STEVENSON,
CBC RADIO
Don Moore is a professional guitarist with over 30 years experience. He plays Bellevegas jazz guitar, which borrows catchy melodies from jazz, pop, rock, folk, country, all the way to celtic music to produce masterful solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements, complemented by Don's soulful baritone vocals.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
As a guitarist and singer, Don has toured Canada, and worked with some of Canada’s most sought-after musicians.
Don has performed on some of the biggest festival stages and music venues in Canada, including the Mariposa Festival, the Summerfolk Festival, the First Night Festival in Toronto, the Pearl Theatre in Nova Scotia, and on numerous television shows including The Dini Petty Show.
Don has also performed on award-winning studio albums, including Weave by the Mary Knickle Band, produced by Georges Herbert (guitarist for Anne Murray & independent producer)
Don has performed on some of the biggest festival stages and music venues in Canada, including the Mariposa Festival, the Summerfolk Festival, the First Night Festival in Toronto, the Pearl Theatre in Nova Scotia, and on numerous television shows including The Dini Petty Show.
Don has also performed on award-winning studio albums, including Weave by the Mary Knickle Band, produced by Georges Herbert (guitarist for Anne Murray & independent producer)
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING...
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Don, "your talent amazes me!!!! I love how you have created a style so distinctively your own.
The beauty of your arrangement & the glorious skill of your fingers, create a moving and unforgettable listening experience! BRAVO MY FRIEND, BRAVO!" - Tim Hunt, musician and recording artist "Don Moore, very demonstrably, is the equal of anyone out there today. He is a very talented musician."
- Laurence Stevenson, Producer, CBC Radio Don is simply "a great musician"
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PHOTOS
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MY MUSIC
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Batucada This beautiful bossa nova style piece was originally recorded as a duet by guitar virtuosos Chet Atkins and Lenny Breau on their album Standard Brands. I re-arrange the song as a solo Bellevegas jazz guitar composition, adding my own Bellevegas flair to a masterful tune by one of the greatest guitar duos ever. |
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Let Go This is one of my favorite songs by British pop diva Imogen Heap. Originally a techno-pop song recorded by Heap when she sang in the pop duo Frou Frou, I re-imagine the tune without the electronic drum kit as a Bellevegas style jazz guitar solo. |
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Christmas Time Is Here This is a beloved Christmas song by jazz master Vince Guaraldi from the cartoon Peanuts (A Charlie Brown Christmas). Originally recorded for piano, stand up bass, and drum kit, I rearrange it as a solo Bellevegas jazz guitar piece. I like to describe it as "Joe Pass meets Vince Guaraldi at a Christmas party." This is one of my very first Bellevegas jazz arrangements and still my favorite to play! |
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How Deep Is Your Love This catchy song is one of the greatest hits by British pop stars The Bee Gees. I take the infectious melody and masterful chord changes and re-arrange the piece into a Bellevegas solo jazz guitar arrangement. |
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Time After Time
Time After Time is a beautiful torch song by Cyndi Lauper which I have re-arranged for solo Bellevegas jazz guitar. You may want to grab a lighter to wave along to this one! |
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My One And Only Love
This is my Bellevegas Jazz arrangement of My One and Only Love, originally by Guy Wood (music) and Robert Mellin (lyrics). I recorded this live at La Poche in Guelph Ontario on July 11, 2025. |
BIOGRAPHY
Don Moore is a Bellevegas jazz guitarist who plays original solo jazz arrangements of popular songs and jazz standards, complemented by Don's soulful baritone vocals. He is also a lead guitarist and vocalist in a range of other different styles, bands and music projects.
Don has over forty years of experience in music, beginning his studies with guitar at the age of five. He started teaching guitar at the age of sixteen in his hometown of Belleville, Ontario (affectionately known as “Bellevegas”), and has played professionally for over thirty years. Even as a youth, he picked up many instruments easily—he is a self-taught pianist; he played trumpet in the Eastern Ontario Concert Orchestra as a youngster; he also studied opera singing with Cleone Duncan and Henrietta Ash, which he put into use in his days as a professional musical theatre actor in Toronto, and as a lead and backup vocalist for a range of different bands. His lifelong passion, however, is the guitar.
As a guitarist, Don has played and toured with numerous rock, jazz, blues, and celtic groups, including the Mary Knickle Band. With Mary Knickle, Don toured across Canada, worked with some of Canada’s most sought-after musicians, such as Georges Herbert (guitarist for Anne Murray), Geoff Arsenault (percussionist for Rita MacNeil), and Jamie Gatti (bassist for the Barra MacNiels), and performed on some of the biggest festival stages and music venues in Canada, including the Mariposa Festival, Summerfolk Festival, the First Night Festival in Toronto, the Pearl Theatre in Nova Scotia, and on numerous television shows including The Dini Petty Show. He has done studio recording work, played guitar in pit bands for professional theatres across Canada, done music arranging, and recently, has developed his own style of Bellevegas solo jazz guitar.
Don has over forty years of experience in music, beginning his studies with guitar at the age of five. He started teaching guitar at the age of sixteen in his hometown of Belleville, Ontario (affectionately known as “Bellevegas”), and has played professionally for over thirty years. Even as a youth, he picked up many instruments easily—he is a self-taught pianist; he played trumpet in the Eastern Ontario Concert Orchestra as a youngster; he also studied opera singing with Cleone Duncan and Henrietta Ash, which he put into use in his days as a professional musical theatre actor in Toronto, and as a lead and backup vocalist for a range of different bands. His lifelong passion, however, is the guitar.
As a guitarist, Don has played and toured with numerous rock, jazz, blues, and celtic groups, including the Mary Knickle Band. With Mary Knickle, Don toured across Canada, worked with some of Canada’s most sought-after musicians, such as Georges Herbert (guitarist for Anne Murray), Geoff Arsenault (percussionist for Rita MacNeil), and Jamie Gatti (bassist for the Barra MacNiels), and performed on some of the biggest festival stages and music venues in Canada, including the Mariposa Festival, Summerfolk Festival, the First Night Festival in Toronto, the Pearl Theatre in Nova Scotia, and on numerous television shows including The Dini Petty Show. He has done studio recording work, played guitar in pit bands for professional theatres across Canada, done music arranging, and recently, has developed his own style of Bellevegas solo jazz guitar.
I love playing jazz and complicated fingerstyle chord melodies, but this is heavily informed by my unpretentious roots as a rocker kid from Belleville Ontario (aka 'Bellevegas')" - Don Moore
Don’s own BelleVegas Jazz style was born when, after many years as a professional guitarist, Don decided to return to his music studies to deepen his understanding of Jazz theory. It was then that Don began pursuing his own unique style of solo fingerstyle guitar. Don calls it Bellevegas jazz, because although it is complex in form (much like Tommy Emmanuel or Chet Atkins style solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements), the songs draw from a range of genres -- from jazz, pop, blues, country, all the way to celtic -- and will pull on your heartstrings and make you hum along in a way that reminds Don of his early musical roots as a teenager in his hometown of Bellevegas (Belleville, Ontario). Whether you're a jazz guitar aficionado, a lover of the BeeGees, or you can't help waving a lighter along to a Cindy Lauper ballad, you'll love Bellevegas jazz.
LINKS:
https://www.donmooreguitar.com/
https://www.instagram.com/donmoore2410/
https://www.facebook.com/don.moore.3914/
https://www.facebook.com/donmooremusic/
https://donmooremusic.bandcamp.com/music
