Greg Carmichael is a long standing member of contemporary jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 group Acoustic Alchemy

Acoustic Alchemy

Acoustic Alchemy is an English contemporary instrumental and smooth jazz band formed in England in the early 1980s , originally fronted by acoustic guitarists Nick Webb and Simon James...

. His primary instrument is the nylon string acoustic guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

.

He joined the band in 1985 as a partner to steel string guitarist Nick Webb

Nick Webb (musician)

Nicholas "Nick" Webb was an English acoustic guitarist, composer, and co-founder of contemporary jazz group Acoustic Alchemy...

 to work on the band's first major release, Red Dust And Spanish Lace

Red Dust And Spanish Lace

Red Dust And Spanish Lace was the breakthrough debut album by Acoustic Alchemy from 1987.Comprising nine tracks in total, the album spawned the radio-friendly single "Mr...

and has been at the forefront of the band ever since.

Following the loss of Webb to pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer refers to a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas. The most common type of pancreatic cancer, accounting for 95% of these tumors is adenocarcinoma, which arises within the exocrine component of the pancreas. A minority arises from the islet cells and is classified as a...

 in 1998, Carmichael spent some time regrouping and decided to continue with the band, calling upon another steel string guitarist, Miles Gilderdale

Miles Gilderdale

Miles Gilderdale is a member of smooth jazz group Acoustic Alchemy and plays the steel-string acoustic guitar and electric guitar....

, as a new performing and songwriting partner.