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Kent Nelson

Born: August 31, 1953

Started playing in 1964- groups included Country Tunnel- Alpha Omega- The Rhope- studio work now in Idaho

Alex Bartlett

Born: July 16, 1972

Philadelphia based Jazz Guitarist. Former owner and musical director of Chris' Jazz Cafe and Alex's Jazz Underground

Ulrich Ellison

Born: December 14, 1980

Austrian born Ulrich Ellison grew up in the 80’s listening to the music of artists Mike Oldfield, Peter Gabriel or The Police, but his parents’ LP collection also featured Django Reinhard, T-Bone Walker, SRV, Miles Davis and other jazz and blues greats. At an early age he was drawn to the piano. However, from early beginnings on he was fascinated in creating his own sounds, much to the despair of his piano teachers. The switch to guitar as his main instrument happened very naturally. In his mid-teens Ulrich discovered players like Jeff Beck, Scott Henderson, John McLaughlin, Weather Report, etc. After graduation he moved to Vienna and studied at the Viennese Music University

Tom Kessler

Born: August 12, 1983

Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Tom began playing at an early age. His music lies in the intersection of conceptual composition and soulful improvisation. His work overlaps many genres such as jazz, free improvisation and the blues. Since 2008 he has been active in the jazz and improvisational music scene of Mexico, USA and Central America, working with musicans such as Gustavo Nandayapa, Brian Allen, Hans Glawischnig, Blair Latham, Gabriel Puentes, Tyler Mitchell, Pablo Aguirre, Elliott Levin, Adonis Rose and many others. From 2012 to 2018 he was a faculty member at the Jazz and popular music program at UNICACH in Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas

Assaf Kehati

NEW ALBUM REVIEWS: • "An impressive musical production from start to finish". MUSES MUSE. • "A new chapter of modern jazz". EJAZZNEWS. • "A master musical sculptor". ALL ABOUT JAZZ.

Playing regularly with drummer Billy Hart and performed at the Blue Note, NYC, the Washington DC Jazz Festival, and the Regattabar, New England Cable News, the MuzEnergo International Jazz Festival, Russia and for the TV show Jazz Talk, RI.

His compositions are inspired by the daily and trivial, yet wonderful and significant experiences of life: from a winter, snow-laden view of Fenway Park from his apartment porch (A View From My Window), to the mundane but satisfying life of a snail (Sunshine Berale), to a girl seeking love in a land beyond the oceans (The Snow and the Sun), and to a story about the universal character, Mr

Kimie Kim

Born: August 8, 1975

Guitar Player Kimie Kim was born in 1975 Jeju, South Korea. He moved to Hollywood to attend Musicians Institute at 19. After experiencing jazz festivals in United States and Canada, He went to Austria to attend the Vienna Conservatory where he studied with Christian Havel. Later He also studied with Mimi Fox and Steve Erquiaga in San Francisco bay area. When he came back to Korea. He started new band project "Infinite Loop" with various musicians. Currently he is a Editor-in-Chief of GuitarLab Magazine.

Marco Acquarelli

Born: May 12, 1977

Born 1977, began with classical studies in 1990 and got his graduation in 2001, in 1999 he won a scolarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He's got plenty of good suggestions about jazz and music by some of the greatest like Barry Harris, Peter Bernstein, Mark Turner, Adam Rogers, Bill Pierce, Tuck Andress and Dominic Miller. He lives in Rome and perform as sideman and leader with some of the most interesting jazz musicians of both the new and the old generation like: Daniele Tittarelli, Daniele Mencarelli, Gabriele Mirabassi, Rossano Emili, Marco Valeri, Marco Loddo, Domenico Sanna, Vincenzo Florio, Fabio Morgera, JD Allen, Bill Smith, Marcello Rosa, Sandro Deidda, Francesco Puglisi, Luca Velotti, Claudio Corvini, Gegè Munari, Max Ionata

Phil Sargent

Phil Sargent made his professional debut at age 14 and has since worked with a number of prominent musicians including Jerry Bergonzi, Phil Grenadier, John Lockwood, Matt Wilson, Yosuke Inoue, Thomson Kneeland and others. He studied Jazz at the University of New Hampshire and has studied with critically acclaimed guitarists Ben Monder, and Brad Shepik. Phil leads his own group whose compositions draw from a variety of influences, most prominently the odd meters and eastern tonalities of ethnic Balkan music and modern jazz improvisation. Phil released his first recording(For Carl) with this group in April of 2002

Gio Guido

Born: February 17, 1969

Gio Guido is an Italian guitarist and composer, born in Naples and based in Tokyo. Renowned for his expressive playing, technical innovation, and genre-crossing versatility, Gio has built a distinguished international career spanning jazz, funk, cinematic music, and classical guitar.

After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London in 1991, he joined The Jazz Crusaders in 1994. During his tenure, Gio performed at major international festivals and recorded two albums—Sketches of Life and Break’n da Rules. These formative years exposed him to global audiences and collaborations with top-tier musicians.

Massimo Sammi

- "Massimo Sammi is a really exciting musician. The thing I like about Massimo is that he has a lot of chops but he never uses them for their own sake. The music for him always comes first." - Charlie Banacos - "Massimo's composition "Ice Cream and Tears, please", is the type of piece that is written too seldom these days. It possesses a unique melody with unpredictable pitches and rhythms that can be exact or ambiguous. This composition reflects fog, eternity and flashback. It is a classic." - Ran Blake