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Ryan Fourt

Born: June 1, 1981

Ryan’s career in music has spanned twenty years – between his beginnings studying music at the University of Arkansas with Professor James Greeson to becoming a Lecturer and Jazz Guitar Instructor at the University of Wyoming (which is his current teaching gig), his life in music has been expansive and well documented throughout his twenty year journey with several recordings both as a leader and a sideman. His latest album, “Big Slick” on the Colorado based Dazzle Recordings label was released in 2016 and continues to receive extensive radio play both nationally and overseas

Margaret Slovak

Born: January 8, 1962

Originally from Denver, Colorado, Margaret Slovak is a guitarist, composer and painter. She began playing the guitar at age 11, composing at age 14 and performing professionally at age 16. Margaret studied jazz and classical music and visual art, receiving her BFA in Jazz from the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. She also attended the Kansas City Art Institute, University of Missouri Conservatory of Music and the Banff Centre Summer Jazz Workshop in Alberta, Canada, receiving several scholarships for her studies. Margaret’s teachers included John Abercrombie, Dale Bruning, Hadley Caliman, Jerry Granelli, Jim Knapp, Art Lande, Gary Peacock, Dave Peterson, Julian Priester, Don Thompson, Ralph Towner and Kenny Wheeler.

Kevin Goldberg

Bassist and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Goldberg holds a firm belief that music drives social change and is committed to creating a better world through musical collaboration and education. He has spent decades honing a unique sound that defies category, and dedicates his time to connecting with audiences in the San Francisco Bay and around the world.

Elias Meister

Born in 1983 in Munich (Germany) guitarist Elias Meister is based in New York city since 2007. His numerous interests in different styles and ways of expression have led him to perform in a broad variety of musical settings. He leads his own groups, such as the Experimental Rock and Groove band Spacepilot with Leo Genovese and Joe Hertenstein, that performed at the Moers Festival and the XJAZZ Festival (Berlin) in 2017 among their shows in three tours to Germany and neighboring countries. They released their debut vinyl 'Exophonia' in 2016 (which the Süddeutsche Zeitung described as 'dancing and floating in zero gravity') and their second vinyl 'Particle Horizon' (feat. Grammy-nominated trumpeter Tim Hagans) in 2018.

Pieces

Active since: 2020

Olin Clark, Adam Ray and Louie Leager are Pieces, a New York City jazz trio committed to writing and performing original compositions that meld rock, avant-garde, and straight-ahead jazz in an exciting new take on the guitar trio sound. Formed during COVID-19 lockdowns, Pieces began by live streaming concerts as a way to stay musically active and to process the effects of the pandemic. Throughout 2020, the band continued to grow their audience and in turn, developed a unified musical voice that is documented on their debut album, 1A. The compositions from this period are stylistically adventurous and emotionally raw, evoking the wide range of feelings brought to the surface during the early days of the pandemic

Phil Dawson

Versatile UK-based guitarist who combines straight-ahead, African and Brazilian, sonic experimentation and improv influences in his playing and composing.

Mike Murray

Born: March 10, 1992

Mike Murray is a guitarist, composer, bandleader and music educator based in Toronto, ON, Canada. Proficient in a wide variety of styles including popular styles, rock, classical, jazz, blues, musical theater, as well as international styles including latin folk, Indian music and more, he performs and records with a diverse array of artists and organizations in many different settings. He also composes and performs his own music with the Mike Murray Group, and performs solo classical guitar for events and functions. Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Mike did not come from a musical family and was a relative latecomer to the guitar, picking it up at age 16

Jakob Rehlinger

Born: November 30, 1972

Jakob Rehlinger is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser living in south Etobicoke, ON. His music is typically somber in tone and draws inspiration from early electronic musicians and ambient new age artists as well as Scandinavian jazz and 20th century minimalist composers. Previously he performed and released music as BABEL until 2018 when he chose to abandon the moniker and operate under his own name. From 1999 to 2019 he ran the boutique micro-label Arachnidiscs Recordings which featured an array of international artists working in similarly textural and adventurous instrumental music styles

Ozenc Duzenli

Born: February 25, 1996

Ozenc, known affectionately as Ozzy, is a talented guitarist hailing from the vibrant city of London, United Kingdom. His musical journey began at the young age of 11, as he immersed himself in the captivating world of rock and blues. However, it was a fortuitous encounter with the esteemed Jazz Guitarist Cameron Pierre, known for his collaborations with UK Jazz icons Courtney Pine and Byron Wallen, that ignited Ozzy's fascination with jazz music.

At the tender age of 13, Ozzy found himself performing inside the prestigious Barbican alongside musicians from Jazz at Lincoln Centre

Roberto Zechini

Born: July 23, 1968