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Raul Romero

Born: February 3, 1969

Guitarist, composer and producer Raul Romero has shared stage and studio alongside some of the best artists in jazz and latin jazz like Slide Hampton, Paquito D’Rivera, Dave Liebman, William Cepeda and Tito Puente. He has produced and engineered albums for many independent artists, including his concepual jazz project hologramª, as well as produced and scored many commercial music projects.

Robert Jacobson

A guitarist, composer, and improviser based in Los Angeles and Florida, Robert Jacobson holds degrees in guitar performance from USC and the California Institute of the Arts. Jacobson studied under the direction of Scott Tennant, Miroslav Tadic, Vinny Golia, Pat Kelly, Joe Diorio, and Frank Potenza. His music reflects his training in classical guitar, jazz, open improvisation, and Balinese gamelan. He was also the curator of the Los Angeles music series Fat Tuesdays and Ear Orchard. Jacobson currently plays Tambouras in Balkan folk band Veselba which performs dance music of Bulgaria and Macedonia.

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Fred Tackett

Born: August 30, 1945

Hailing from Arkansas, Fred Tackett worked as a side man on many Little Feat albums before becoming a full member of the band for Let It Roll. Along with his fine guitar work, Fred's mandolin and trumpet have become a featured part of the Little Feat sound. Robert Palmer writes about Fred Tackett's early years in Rock and Roll: An Unruly History In addition to his work with the Feat, Fred has a very large discography of work with other artists.

Tisziji Munoz

Born: July 15, 1946

Spirit-taught, avant-garde jazz virtuoso and extreme guitarist, Tisziji Muñoz is best known for his uniquely original guitar sound and playing style, likened to that of a spiritual tornado. Born on July 15, 1946, his career has spanned over five decades and includes a vast repertoire of creative works and inspired compositions released by his independent label, Anami Music. Tisziji has received unqualified praise from such artists and fellow collaborators as Rashied Ali, Pharoah Sanders, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Henry Kaiser and Ra Kalam Bob Moses. Rashied Ali: “Tisziji’s music can go anywhere at any time

Larry Corban

Larry Corban is a New York City based guitarist that has had extensive experience working with some of the world’s greatest musicians. He has played, performed and/or recorded with James Weidman, Harvie S, Steve Williams, Buddy Williams, Sylvia Cuenca, Essiet Okon Essiet, Ron Affif, Omer Avital, Avishia Cohen, Daniel Freedman, Michael O’Brien, Chris Carroll, Ralph Peterson Jr., Ron Affif, Essiet Essiet, Roy Hargrove, Vic Juris, Adam Rogers, Oz Noy, Nir Felder, Rick Stone, Rob Garcia, Chris Tarry, Gerry Neiwood, Dick Oats, Sean Jones, Tia Fuller, Dan Pratt, Robert Glasper, Eric Lewis, Reggie Washington, Joe Cohn, Brian Charette, Saul Rubin, Ugonna Okegwo, Duane Eubanks, Jay Collins, Grant Stewart, Phil Stewart, Ari Roland, William Ash, Cliff Barbaro, Big John Patton, Arnie Lawrence, Wayne Krantz, Keith Carlock, Tim Lefbre, Matt Beck, Ben Butler, Sean Driscoll, Richard Hammond, Conrad Korsh, Aaron Heick, Thomas Hutchings, Richard Lee and Irrational Logic, Michelle Walker, Joe Abba, Janelle Reichman, Yoshi Waki, Paul Francis, Lizzie Thomas, Rob Reich, Julia Meinwald, Jake Ezra Schwartz, Nat Janoff, Jeff Barone, Rob Slowik, Diego Vogolino, Matt Pavolka, Scott Neumann, Marie Anne McSweeney, Matt Chertkoff, and Peter Mazza

Guillermo Bazzola

Born: October 21, 1962

Guillermo Bazzola is guitarist, composer, educator, journalist; b. Santos Lugares, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 21 October 1962. His father, Osvaldo Bazzola (Sept. 7, 1926-March 5, 1982),and mother, Elida Hayde Raffa (b. July 24, 1931), were both born in Santos Lugares. While a child, he spent many hours listening to the family s record collection, which included LPs of jazz, bossa nova, tango, classical music and Argentine folk music. His first musical instruments were a harmonica and a recorder, and later, when he was 11, he found a guitar at an uncle's house who gave it to him as a present. By that time, he saw the guitarist Oscar Aleman, who impressed him much

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Barbara Jungfer

Barbara Jungfer, born in Berlin West, fell in love with the guitar at age 11. Studying the acoustic instrument first with local music school teacher Wolfgang Lewerenz, she soon taught herself how to accompany Beatles-Songs with chords, which led her teacher to show her fingerpicking-arrangements of these tunes and later on Ragtime- and Blues-Arrangements. Becoming familiar with the Blues, she chose the electric guitar as her instrument at age 16 and imitated Blues guitarists like B.B. King and Albert King. Not much later, she discovered Jazz and Jazz Rock, and mostly inspired by live concerts in Berlin in the late 80ies, began to study this kind of music by any means available" recordings, books, single lessons with local musicians, jamming with other guitarists, jazz band workshops and last not least sitting in in countless jam sessions

Joshua Kaye