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Jussi Reijonen

Born: November 11, 1980

Born in Rovaniemi, a small town on the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, fretted/fretless guitarist and oud player Jussi Reijonen is truly a product of the liminal spaces between cultures.

Having grown up in Finland, Jordan, Tanzania, Oman and Lebanon, and spending much of his adulthood in the United States, Jussi has lived a life soaking up sounds, sights, scents and shades of Nordic, Arabic, African and North American aesthetics and expression, all of which are reflected in his creative work as composer and performer.

Jussi’s debut album un | ان [unmusic 2013] was released to great critical acclaim, with Guitar Player magazine referring to it as “extraordinary music” and Lucid Culture calling it a “still, spacious, slowly unwinding masterpiece”. The album was nominated for an Independent Music Award in 2014.

Sandro Zerafa

Guitarist born in Malta in 1975. Studied at University of Malta and Lyons Conservatory (France) with Mario Stantchev and Jean-Louis Almosnino. Moved to Paris in 2000. 3rd prize winner at La Defense National Jazz Contest. Regular member of the Nico Gori European 4tet. Leads his own 5tet featuring David Prez, Olivier Zanot, Yoni Zelnik and David Georgelet. Can also be heard with the trio The Jaywalkers and regularly collaborates with drummers Lionel Boccara, David Georgelet and Fabio Accardi. Has collaborated with many musicians including Sebastien Llado, Francesco Bearzatti, Mario Stantchev, Amy Gamlen, Christophe Panzani, Hiroshi Murayama, Yutaka Shiina..

Jenny Scott

Born: June 24

Jenny Scott is German-born singer/songwriter and guitar player. Inspired by Jazz legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass, Nina Simone and Frank Sinatra; the 23 years old Scott just released her first EP “A three song collection” digitally. Talented songwriting paired with a soulful, jazzy voice is what you get, listening to this artist.

Steve Roth

Born: April 17, 1954

studied piano from 1959 till 1963, then switched to guitar & bass played with: pop groups - Manic Depression, Flood, Stratton-Nelson Band, Earl Jam, William-Lewis Group, Flatlanders, Blast From the Past, Fifth Dimension, Cliff Badgers, Country Knights, Timberland, Northern Lights, Dynasty, Dark Horse, Pink Steel, Second Sunday, Timmy Stark Jazz Quartet day job - 'Bose-Certified Designer' of commercial and institutional sound systems at Roth Electric Sound

Steven Baker

Born: October 28

I am a graduate student at Brooklyn College working on my M.A. in Musicology. I studied Jazz Performance as an undergraduate at Hofstra University with Rick Stone. At the moment I am working on building a body of written work in eventual preparation for a Ph.D. in Musicology. I fell in love with jazz after seeing my friend play guitar in our Middle School Jazz Band and from that moment on I didn't really have the same kind of interest in my first instrument, the viola. I am especially interested in Straight-Ahead jazz and Free-Jazz/Avant-Garde music. If you run into someone at a club in New York seemingly grilling the musicians about their careers or the past, it's probably me, and I'd be more than happy to talk with you to.

John Peter Giunta

Born: December 11

John Peter Giunta is a conservatory-trained musician and performance artist who recognizes and demonstrates the aesthetic relationships of the arts with each other. His programs contain his specialty, classical guitar compositions, and there are other elements as well. He also combines poetry, visual art pieces and movement with his improvisations on guitars, as well as flutes, glass harp and other instruments. With the assistance of electronic instruments, he can combine the sounds of several instruments at once while playing them live. Audience members' occasional participation is integrated into the performances

Dan Hanrahan

Born: November 17, 1986

Dan Hanrahan is a jazz guitarist based in Philadelphia. A graduate of Temple University, Dan performs regularly throughout the area as both a leader and sideman. He has played with musicians such as Larry McKenna, Terell Stafford, Tim Warfield, John Swana, and Pat Bianchi. Born and raised in the suburbs of Washington, DC, Dan began playing the guitar at the age of 11. After several years of playing hard rock and blues, Dan developed a passion for jazz. In 2005, he moved to Philadelphia to attend Temple University, where he studied jazz guitar with Craig Ebner and Tom Giacabetti. In addition, Dan has studied classical guitar with William Newman

Martin Högberg

Born: February 13, 1980

Originally from Sweden, moved to Norway in 2003, now teaches jazz guitar at the conservatory in Trondheim and pursues a solo jazz guitar career.

Konstantin Ruchadze

Born: January 11, 1950

Konstantin was born in Moscow, into the family of a Soviet-journalist/writer and opera-singer. The head of the Ruchadze family-clan in those days was his grandfather’s brother N. A. Ruchadze, Georgian ministr of State Security and personal friend of Joseph Stalin. Having such a background, Konstantin however has evolved in a completely different direction, contrary to his family heritage. From his early days he felt a natural inexplicable aversion against establishment, along with deep urge for adventure. These are true qualities of a free spirit. As a child learning to sing classical music from his mother, and writing poetries while in pre-school, he soon won several singers and lyricists awards

Tomas Ciucelis

Born: January 26, 1981

London based Lithuanian guitarist and composer T.Ciucelis has performed extensively since the late 1990s. After almost a decade of playing in various venues around Europe with his jazz trio, he moved to London. Ciucelis's most consistent output over the last years has taken place in the solo format. Being an inspiring improviser, Tomas demonstrates his highly personal approach to jazz guitar by balancing composing, improvisation and live looping techniques.