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Goh Kurosawa

Born: November 28

"It has been often said that to listen to Goh Kurosawa is to force oneself to abandon any notion of category or genre. While it is true that he flows effortlessly between flamenco, jazz, rock, samba and even classical, it should not be said that Goh has not firmly planted his flag in the fabled land of jazz. It should not be mistaken that he is not a jazz player..." To continue to see how far the rabbit hole goes, help yourself to a piece of sushi, and then please click "http://jazztimes.com/community/articles/67040-energy" for the full-length article on JazzTimes written by Travis Rogers; it is completely worth reading for an in-depth look at my music from another angel

Eduardo Negrao

Born: September 1, 1971

My passion for music started early, when I was 4 years old, I think. I remember my uncle Mario putting me on his lap and trying to show me the instruments in the orchestra: Look Du, this is a bassoon...how beautiful...now here come the French horns...notice how he repeats the theme only with the strings...look how the flute dialogs with the oboe...I didn�'t understand anything, but I loved music! My mother liked Chico Buarque, Elton John and Nina Simone a lot. My father liked Bach, Beethoven and Vivaldi. I liked Os Saltimbancos, Pica Pau Amarelo and Toquinho and Vinicius. At the age of six I got a walkman from my father and that was really important! From this moment on I started to listen to music non-stop, not even to sleep, I slept listening to music

Andrew Hartman

New York City based guitarist and composer Andrew Hartman is becoming a recognizable voice in jazz. As Chris Spector writes, Hartman is “blazing his own trail without debt to the masters of the past rearing it’s head.” (Midwest Record) 

Hartman has released two albums of his original music, Andrew Hartman and Still Motion, and his most recent album, Compass, which features saxophonist Chris Cheek, bassist Ike Sturm, and drummer Zach Harmon. The album is receiving critical praise, including from All About Jazz writer Edwin Blanco’s who says: “Kudos to guitarist Andrew Hartman for crafting such an engaging and exceptional work of art.”

Tom Lagana

Born: October 4, 1969

As a jazz guitarist and bandleader, a classical guitarist, an educator, and a composer, Tom Lagana has garnered respect for his creativity, musical integrity, and devotion to his craft. After graduating from the Berklee College of Music, he worked as the guitarist for the Walt Disney Jazz Band in Orlando, Florida, before returning to his home state of Maryland where the Tom Lagana Trio became the house band at The King Of France Tavern in Annapolis.

Lagana went on to get a Masters in Music at Towson University where he was awarded second prize in the Sidney Lieberman Competition, the first guitarist ever to place in that competition. His analysis of the work of Pat Metheny was published by Just Jazz Guitar magazine and endorsed by Metheny himself. Lagana has participated in master classes with Ralph Towner, Dusan Bogdanovic, The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Roland Dyens, and the Brazilian Guitar Quartet. He was a guest artist at the First World Guitar Congress and was invited to play for guitarist/composer Carlo Domeniconi at the Long Island Guitar Festival. Lagana was featured with the National Symphony Orchestra in David Del Tredici’s work Final Alice and appeared again with the NSO and Eric Idle of the Monty Python troupe.

Scott "Scottinho" Anderson

I grew up on a farm in Minnesota. It made me a nice, honest person. I used to put on the Muppet Show 8-track and pretend I was performing in a concert as I sang along. I took piano lessons and played trombone in the school band. At 16 my mullet and I bought an electric guitar and it changed my life forever. I wore rock T-shirts. I got a job at a restaurant to fund my music habit. I studied jazz guitar in college because the guitar was cooler than the trombone and I knew the pentatonic scale. While in college, I received some scholarships to study jazz and played as much as I could

James Plasencia

I began playing the guitar at age 13, my father was the first person to teach me about chords, lead and rhythm playing. My parents listened to R&B, soul and rock music. I come from a musical family my grandfather played guitar as well as my uncle and other distant relatives. It was only natural that I too would aspire to be a musician. I continued to play by ear and I would jam with school mates and other older musicians hoping to learn more about music. I then aquired my first multi track recorder, a Tascam Porta One and soon began recording music in my bedroom. Around this same time I attended Musicians Institute in Hollywood California and graduated in 1988 recieving my certificate

Ken Basman

Ha enseñado a sus alumnos en clases, clinicas, y clases privadas en lugares como El Toronto Guitar Institute, y El Toronto Board of Education y en el festival de Jazz de San Miguel Heart to Heart, Canada, Mexico 1981-1990 guitarrista, arreglista Dueto de Musica Popular que causó mucho inestigacion de la musica electronica, el MIDI, y trabajar con pistas BB Gabor, Canada 1975- 1982 guitarrista, compositor Integrante del grupo, grabaron dos discos para Capitol-Emi , otro con productor Todd Runngren ( Utopia, Meatloaf), mas grabacion con D

Larry Welker

I've been a jazz lover and playing jazz guitar as long as I can remember. I toured nationally in the sixties, and I've been a luthier and member of the American Guild of Luthiers since the eighties. I've been designing and building arch top guitars and basses for several years now. Recently I've been developing the design for leather wrapped arch top guitars and basses, and have just released them to the public.

Bill Wurtzel

Born: January 26, 1938

Bill Wurtzel is the real deal. He was guitarist for many years with the Count Basie Countsmen, Harlem Blues & Jazz Band, Jazz organists Bill Doggett, Jimmy McGriff and Reuben Wilson. He has accompanied singers Gloria Lynn, Ruth Brown, Terri Thornton and Jimmy Witherspoon. Bill’s groups have played for countless private affairs with music that’s perfect for the event. Repeat clients include the Riverside Symphony and Paul Simon. Bill is also a director of the Jazz Foundation of America. You can hear Bill live at the American Museum of Folk Art where he has performed for 12 years.

Panagiotis Iliou

Born: October 20, 1979

Started studying el. guitar at the age of 17 in my homecountry, Greece. Worked in series of musicals like, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Chicago, Saturday Night Fever etc. Played as a session musician with various famous Greek pop singers. Played with local bands jazz, rock, funk etc. Currently living and studying jazz guitar/music education in Utrecht's Conservatoire in Netherlands