Regarded as a contemporary master of Swing Rhythm Guitar, Jack Fields has blended his American swing roots with traditional and modern European Gypsy Swing styles to create a style that is powerful, percussive, swinging and all his own. His style has been compared to a blending of Freddie Green and Joseph Reinhardt.
In addition to performing many times at prestigious events like Djangofest, The Monterey Dixieland Festival and the Tapestry Festival, Jack has appeared in the feature film, "The Sorcerer," the television documentary "Django Forever," and has done numerous live radio broadcasts. He has also appeared in “Just Jazz Guitar” magazine. He has also written for "Jazz Me News," the online magazine of NPR's weekly Jazz radio series, "Riverwalk Jazz."
Jack presently plays rhythm guitar with Hot Club Pacific, Ginny Mitchell and George Cole's "Vive Le Jazz." He is also a first call session musician and can be frequently seen sitting in with acoustic swing and jazz bands throughout the West Coast.
Currently, Jack plays one of the the lovely Dupont MC-50 D-hole's that was used by Sean Penn in Woody Allen’s “Sweet & Lowdown,” dubbed “Chocolate Boy.” His main guitars are a 1928 Gibson L-5 and a 1934 Gibson L-5. Jack currently endorses guitar pickups by Schatten Design, and Savarez Strings.
Jack is also the webmaster of the very popular Gypsy Swing website, www.djangology.net