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Tim Langedijk

Born: January 18, 1984

Many jazz enthusiasts find guitarist Tim Langedijk a breath of fresh air. He is not a man who desires to show off his virtuosity to his audience at any given moment. Langedijk likes beautiful melodic lines and subtle harmonies and he also searches for intriguing and adventurous soundscapes. Diversity and powerful expression are the starting points for the trio that he formed in 2006. Bassist Udo Pannekeet is a member of the first hour. In 2011 drummer Hans van Oosterhout joined the trio. The first two albums (Testimonials, 2008 and Inside The House, 2010) were critically acclaimed. "His view of music is in line with what John Abercrombie and Bill Frisell set in motion," said the magazine Jazzism

Jeffrey Cedrone

Born: June 10, 1976

Greylyng Jeff Cedrone and John C. Miller formed Greylyng in the autumn of 2002, with an honest intent of exploring sound. Having completed a BA in Music Performance (Jazz Guitar) from Western CT State University, Cedrone found himself going back to his ‘60s/'70s progressive rock/experimental roots, but now incorporating his new found love of jazz harmony, electronics, and improvisation. Jeff states "When it comes to writing, I have always found tone and texture to be as important as melody, rhythm, and harmony. This may be why I gravitate towards classic guitar tones, effects pedals, synths, mellotrons, electronics, electric piano timbres, found sounds, and the like."

Mark W Anderson

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Colten Baty

Daniel Marques

Born: March 6, 1979

From Rio de Janeiro, 7-string guitarist Daniel Marques recently won the greatest award in his country, the 'Brazilian Grammy' known as the Prêmio da Música Brasileira (2010). “The Brazilian Award was for my last project called Frevo Diabo Orchestra. I created that band, produced the awarded CD and directed the band, also composing and making arrangements. My new project is like a microcosm of the orchestra." Daniel is now releasing his debut solo album, Carnaval de Perneta (2011), independently on his own Pólvora label "pólvora" meaning “gunpowder." This CD offers a different view of Brazilian Carnival and Folk music

Jamie St Clair

Singer/lyricist/guitarist Jamie St Clair is getting known for his haunting melodies and stirring lyrics drawn from his 15 year travels in India searching for the answers to a generation's questions on love and meaning in today's world. He has played his music for the controversial spiritual teacher Osho as well as Paul McCartney. Returning to the US and the Eric Clapton/CSNY influences of his youth, his most recent album, INFUSION, is a hard hitting mix of love, sexuality, spiritual quest, hopelessness, and inner peace.

Michael S Glenn

Born: April 5, 1974

Check out my albums at https://mikeglenn1974.bandcamp.com Growing up around musicians, I always wanted to try and learn guitar. I was going to start playing when I was 12, but the guy who was going to give me lessons, said that I just wanted to make noise, since I wanted to buy an amp for my guitar. So I got a little discouraged and started again when I was 17. At this point I was listening to jazz for the first time. I like to try and play things other guitarists and fans enjoy: two-hand tapping, sweep picking, whammy bar tricks, crazy effects, etc. My first group was a hip-hop band called ITIMS

Reinier Baas

Born: June 19, 1985

Reinier Baas (1985) is a guitarist, composer and recording artist from the Netherlands with a DIY approach and an idiosyncratic body of work. He has released 11 records as a (co-)leader, with a wide variety of styles. His critically acclaimed albums 'Mostly Improvised Instrumental Indie Music' and the ambitious 'Reinier Baas vs. Princess Discombobulatrix' both earned him an Edison Award (the Netherland's most prestigious music award).

Baas’ music is characterised by “unpredictability with a reassuring sense of overall form”. A description of The New York City Jazz Record reads: “The music was assembled in unusual ways. Arcane harmonies suggest Bartók or Stravinsky, but then structures would fracture and hip-hop rhythms would suddenly hit hard and then everything would become wild flurries and improvised cacophonies before the music returned to solemn, orderly, if angular forms.”

Gisle Torvik

Gisle Torvik born 2nd of June 1975 in Bergen, Norway is a Norwegian musician from Tørvikbygd in Hardanger. Amazingly he didn't pick up the guitar before at the age of 17, but is still considered as one of the most talented Nordic jazz guitarists. Torvik released his first album in 1999 called Naken uten gitar which translates to Naked without guitar, where among others Sigmund Groven and Petter Wettre contributed. The album Frozen Moment was released in 2009 featuring Hilde Norbakken on vocals, to good reviews. This was his first album combining vocals and guitar as lead voices. In march 2011 his song I remember reached the semi-final of ISC International Songwriting Competition

Jonathan Smith

Jonathan Smith first played guitar at 4 years old. After hearing saxophonists Eddie Harris and Robert Hutchens (who was playing in Mel Brown’s Jazz Quintet), he was soon hooked on jazz. In his early 20‘s he took up tenor saxophone, playing for a couple of years in a Portland jazz combo. Smith has studied with many greats, including: Anthony Wilson, Dan Balmer, Bruce Forman, Ron Eschete, John Stowell, Mike Bloomfield, and Graham Dechter. He also fondly recalls a memorable impromptu lesson with the great Bucky Pizzarelli. Smith cites many influences and inspirations, but the primary ones are Charlie Parker, Robert Hutchens, Jimmy Heath, Christine Jensen, Ingrid Jensen, Benny Green, Randy Johnston, Dan Faehnle, and, Terry Haggerty. His nickname, “Chief,” comes from his 30-year career in firefighting where he recently retired from a Portland area fire department