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Trey Wright

Born: October 11, 1973

Trey Wright is a jazz guitarist, composer, and recording artist based in Roswell, Ga. Initially inspired by the blues, Trey was exposed to jazz early in his development by a private instructor. While studying Sociology at the University of Georgia, Wright furthered his study of jazz improvisation with pianist and composer Steve Dancz. In 1994, he co- founded the Athens/Atlanta based jazz band Squat. The group was a six-time winner of Best Jazz Band at the Flagpole Athens Music Awards and was a featured artist at the Atlanta Jazz Festival, Bel Chere, the Twilight Athens Jazz Festival, the Cherry Blossom Festival, Harvest Midtown, and Athfest

John Klepko

recording engineer/ producer in Montreal guitar, piano, bass. CBC radio producer.

Christian Munthe

Born: June 12, 1962

Born 1962 and residing in Gothenburg, Christian Munthe is a Swedish free improviser concentrating on the sonic possibilities offered by an acoustic guitar. Since the 1980’s he has performed/recorded solo as well as with Günter Christmann, Anders Dahl, Patrick Farmer, Mats Gustafsson, Thomas Lehn, Paul Lovens, Phil Minton, Tatsuya Nakatani, Christine Sehnaoui, Roger Turner, Phil Wachsmann, a.o.

Kaartik

Born: February 23, 1982

Kaartik, the phenomenon musician, originally named as Al-Fahmi Kazi Bashar... has worked hard to be the complete musician and now plays several instruments. His principal instrument is Guitar. Though he started learning Tabla at the very beginning,the player also had been trained in Piano and violin. Besides the guitar which continues to be his passion, he likes to play Esraj,Sharinda,Dotara and several related folk instruments. Kaartik is the youngest member of Bangla... cannot be categorized by specific genre as he takes inspiration from anything that creates sound. He has slowly come to accept and appreciate Bangla's laid back style and has even taken up the 'dotara' to the surprise of the rest of the Band members

Keith Rowe

Born: March 16, 1940

Keith Rowe (born in Plymouth, England) is an English free improvisation guitarist and painter. Rowe is a founding member of AMM in the mid-1960s (though in 2004 he quit that group for the second time) and a founding member of M.I.M.E.O. He trained as a visual artist, and Rowe's paintings have been featured on most of his own albums. After years of obscurity, Rowe has achieved a level of relative notoriety, and since the late 1990s has kept up a busy recording and touring schedule. He is seen as a godfather of electroacoustic improvisation, and many of his recent recordings have been released by Erstwhile Records. Rowe began his career playing jazz in the early 1960's--notably with Mike Westbrook and Lou Gare

Artur Bayramgalin

Born: September 29, 1974

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Art Hodges

Art Hodges is an American guitarist, composer, arranger, and teacher currently residing near Tokyo, Japan. For over 25 years, he has studied, mastered, performed, and taught a variety of guitar styles and musical genres (including jazz, rock, blues, and classical).

At Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts, he avidly studied both jazz and classical guitar disciplines, as well as composition and arranging. He was also a student of guitar guru Tim Reynolds, and attended master classes with world renown artists John Scofield, Jimmy Bruno, Manuel Barrueco, and Eliot Fisk, to name a few.

Bill Hart

Born: January 13, 1964

Bill Hart was born and raised in Canada and began playing guitar at the young age of nine years old. Hart immediately felt drawn to the instrument and would find every opportunity to covertly rendezvous with his guitar. A lifelong connection was formed.

Hart started taking lessons when he was thirteen. Initially, he played rock, influenced by the diverse guitar styles of Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour of PinkFloyd, and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page. One day, in a music store, he saw a jazz musician playing a guitar and doing the most incredible things. Bill wanted to know how the guitarist played that amazing music. Thirty years later, Hart modestly says he is still trying to figure it out. Currently, Hart is the one playing the amazing music, while always keeping it accessible to one and all.

Will Matthews

Kansas City native Will Matthews is the guitarist for the world famous Count Basie Orchestra, joining the group in 1996 under the direction of trombonist Grover Mitchell to fill the coveted chair of the late legendary guitarist and composer, Freddie Green who was with the band for over fifty years. Matthews has traveled and toured all over the world and has played on many studio recordings with the group, including two 'Grammy' winning recordings, Count Basie Orchestra Live at Manchester Guild in 1997 and Count Plays Duke 1999, as well as the 'Grammy' nominated recording Swing Shift in 2000 The Guitarist has played every major festival, concert hall and theatre in the world and has also had the opportunity to play one-nighters with a variety of artists coming through Kansas City such as Charles Earland, Freda Payne, Arthur Prysock, Jimmy Witherspoon, Carmen Bradford, Kevin Mahogany, and Bobby Watson. In 1996 Matthews was invited to perform at the Royal Palace in Bangkok, Thailand for King Bhumbibol, along with other members of the Basie Orchestra, Benny Carter and Frank Foster

Gabriel Reyes

Born: June 30, 1979

Contemporary Jazz, Brazilian, and Latin-rooted music have determined the language of Gabriel Reyes' fine guitar. He studied with some of Chile's most important guitarists from the 90's; Paulo Paranhos, Pedro and Mauricio Rodriguez, and, for a longer period, with Jorge Diaz. Reyes cites Wes Montgomery, John Scofield, Joe Pass and Kurt Rosenwinkel as clear influences on his style. He belongs to a generation of soloist that sprung up in the first half of this decade; Cristóbal Menares, Nicolás Vera, Sebastian Prado and Gabriel Feller, with whom he led a powerful post bop quartet, with two electric guitars