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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

Dshin-Dra

Born: October 3, 1978

Do that later

Navdeep Jhaj

Born: May 7, 1967

An aspiring jazz guitar student. Thus, a work on progress. But aren't we all?

Simone Gubbiotti

Born: September 22, 1974

Guitarist Simone Gubbiotti is a musician with a strong presence in both the USA and Europe. Based in Umbria (Italy) Simone frequents the US regularly where he performs with musicians including Sid Jacobs, Joe La Barbera, Peter Erskine, Arthur Blythe, Darek Oles, Danny Gottlieb, Adam Nussbaum and Jay Anderson. Music was not Simone's first passion, he began his career in the world of sport where he played professionally for a number of top Italian soccer clubs including AC Milan. After sustaining a serious knee injury Simone took the decision to refocus and persue a career in music

Yoham Ortiz Concept

With the release of the self titled album Yoham Ortiz Concept, Yoham “Chiqui” Ortiz translates a life lived among many cultures into music. An accomplished producer/arranger/composer and multi-instrumentalist, Yoham’s work is featured in film, television and theatre, as well as various multi-media outlets. His talent, skill and passion account for his frequent commissions to perform for both live and in studio sessions around the world. Born on November 16 in New York City of Dominican parents, Yoham spent most of his childhood moving- from New York, to Puerto Rico, to West Virginia, back to New York, and finally to the Dominican Republic

Lew Woodall

Born: November 25, 1939

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY: A Long and Winding Road Lew Woodall meandered a long and winding pathway before finding his way to jazz. After playing rock, top forty, beach, and blues earlier in his career and ceasing to play completely for a period of 12 years; he has recorded 4 jazz CDs since he began playing jazz gigs in 2000. His 2008 and 2009 CDs. "Simply Cooking" and "Simply Cooking II, Second Time Around" are produced and distributed by Paolo Piangiarelli of Philology Jazz Records. On these two albums, Lew is joined by renowned bebop pianist, Hod O'Brien, bassist, Tom Harbeck, and drummer, Joel Lubliner

Josep Soto

Born: August 30, 1957

The prestigious Spanish composer and guitarist Josep Soto has made us wait, but it was worth it. His last work “GROC” will be presented in Barcelona on 16th May in the Sala Luz de Gas, under the XX FESTIVAL DE GUITARRA. In this album, produced by Soto we find 10 tracks of high quality in terms of composition, an impeccable artistic collaboration with Josep Lluis Guart, and a magnificent performance by all the musicians who participated the recording. “GROC” is a collection of topics, from the first notes, obliges us to be well aware of everything that sounds on the disc. “CHERUBITANGO”, dedicated to his teacher Miguel Angel Cherubito, a masterful composition is set to become a classic and a landmark composition

Chris Flegg

Born: August 6, 1949

Chris Flegg is based in St Albans, Herts and not only plays jazz guitar but is a singer songwriter on the acoustic and folk scene with three albums of original songs to date, the latest being The Sound Of Life. Previous jazz recordings include Moving On, an album of original pieces for jazz quartet, in which John Rees-Jones also features on bass. Chris mainly performs locally in St Albans with sax and bass in a jazz context or solo as a singer guitarist. He runs a monthly jazz jam session and enjoys charity busking in support of the British Heart Foundation. Chris Flegg was born in Eastleigh, Hampshire which is situated five miles north of the coastal city of Southampton. A self taught musician, like so many in the sixties, Chris learned to play guitar using Bert Weedon’s “Play In A Day”

Ron Sword

Electric guitarist, composer, theorist, master luthier. Specialist in altered tunings, experimental intonation and xenharmonic/microtonal music. His instrument creations include guitars and basses in several temperaments with unusual string configurations. Author of "Tricesimoprimal Scales for Guitar" and "Creative Applications for Polyscales" among seven other books on alternative tunings for guitars which can be viewed and ordered at www.RonSword.com His groups are among the first to fully utilize the tonal resources of Xenharmonic, Microtonal, and Non-Octave Scales.