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George Harrison

Born: February 25, 1943

At the height of the Beatles' popularity, he was often characterized as the "Quiet Beatle", noted for his introspective manner and his growing interest in Hinduism.

In the mid 1960s he began playing the sitar, which influenced the sound of the Beatles music in such songs as "Norwegian Wood," "Love You To", and "Within You Without You". His experimentation with the instrument brought him into contact with the sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, who became a close friend and mentor.

It was his meeting with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi that led him first into meditation. In the summer of 1969, the Beatles produced the single "Hare Krishna Mantra", performed by Harrison and the devotees of the London Radha-Krishna Temple that topped the 10 best-selling record charts throughout UK, Europe, and Asia.

Leo Thibodeaux

Born: May 14

Specializing in Western Swing, seasoned freelance guitarist Leo Thibodeaux has performed with Johnny Bush, Darrell McCall, Johnny Rodriguez, The Fort Bend County Symphony Orchestra and LeAnn Womack among many others. Leo's ongoing personal projects include Jazz on the Half Shell and LeosTrio.

Yotam Silberstein

Born: January

Yotam Silberstein was born and raised in Tel-Aviv, Israel. He started playing guitar at the age of 10, focusing mostly on rock and blues. At the age of 15 Yotam was accepted to the prestigious "Alon" high school for the arts where he studied jazz with such great teachers as Walter Blanding and Amit Golan. During his high school years Yotam won many local competitions and was heralded as a very promising young guitarist. After finishing high school he relocated to New York City performing regularly and studying with jazz greats Barry Harris and Kurt Rosenwinkel. At the age of 18, Yotam served his country by joining the IDF (Israel's Army) where he served as a musical director, arranger and lead guitarist for 3 years

Steve Laming

Born: March 26, 1960

Born in Ealing, London in 1960, the family shortly after moved to Swindon, where he was educated. Steve taught himself to play the guitar aged 14, after a few years of learning to play the Trombone and playing in the school orchestra and local youth brass band. He joined the School Jazz band and appeared on BBC TV on the school music competition Settle The Score. It was at school where the seeds of his first band, Cloud, were planted. At this time, Steve was also developing his solo guitar style and won a heat of a local talent competion playing his version of Misty. While Steve was with Cloud they released the singles Take It To The Top, All Night Long and Party Life and The Rio

Jeff Barone

Born: April 2, 1970

An impressive young guitarist, Jeff Barone has developed a strong reputation with his recordings (Crazy Talk and Open Up), live performances, and record producing. His playing invigorates the modern mainstream of jazz, swinging hard while looking forward. He was born in Syracuse, New York and remembers, “Early on I heard a Joe Pass recording, Virtuoso. I had a cousin who owned a music store and, when I was eight, my parents gave me a guitar for Christmas. That is how it all started.” Exposed to jazz by an uncle who was a bassist and a cousin who played jazz piano, he developed quickly

Mark Towns

Mark Towns is a virtuoso trailblazer of guitar-based instrumental Afro-Caribbean Jazz, composing and performing music which blurs the lines between Latin Jazz, Flamenco Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, Salsa, Funk, and Fusion. With grooves inspired by traditional Latin Jazz masters Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, and Cal Tjader, Mark's guitar work and arrangements combine the technical sophistication of Jazz and Flamenco with the down-to-earth feel of the Blues and Rock from his Texas upbringing to create something brand new. As Down Beat Magazine writer Paul MacArthur says, “Mark Towns isn’t just playing Latin Jazz, he’s making sure it continues to evolve.”

Robert C. Aragon

Robert C. Aragon is a freelance electric and acoustic guitarist. Robert has extensive jazz/rock/funk/pop performing and recording experience. He has worked with a Emmy nominated and two time Grammy winning, Silver Wave New Age recording artist, Mary Youngblood, Fresno, California's premier Contemporary Jazz groups Voyager & Mad Dog, and Human Feel recording artist, Larry Gittens and Media. Robert currently manages a co-working space in Northern California where he teaches for Aragon Music and produces indie songwriters on his Aragon Music Records label, distributed on the world wide web.

Frank Crowther

Born: October 24, 1976

Frank grew up to the phonograph playing Glenn Miller, Woody Herman, Duke Ellington, and all the other dance bands greatest hits driving deep a love of that swing feel. His mother would play guitar and sing a lot of folk and popular tunes from her day, establishing a desire to play guitar and sing himself. These two elements combined to eventually evolve into what became the foundation of his musical vision. He started wanting to play rock-n-roll, but after mastering the power chord felt a need for something more intricate. The first real satisfaction of that need was found in the artistry of Jerry Garcia, whom he used to sit for hours trying to imitate. A love for Jerry's drawn-out, heart-felt solos led him to the jazz greats and eventually an Education in Jazz

Radziejewski

Born: October 9, 1951

The town in south poland i come from is based on blues music since the 60's therefore i am a blues musician. Funny that after 40+ years there are 50 blues festivals that include about 20 international events with the top blues players. It's also funny that the biggest indoor blues festival called RAWA BLUES is in my hometown for the past 26yrs. I ended up in Tulsa, Ok in 82 with the status of political refugee and surprisingly i ended up in town with big blues roots thanks to Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, J.J Cale. Claptons drummer at that time was Jamie Oldacker through whom i got to recording studios, gigs, and finally for a meeting with EPIC/CBS records So i moved to New York and worked with Michael Urbaniak and through him with the biggest names in fusion jazz

Jim Campilongo

BIO Billboard Magazine calls Jim Campilongo, "an American treasure", an accolade this guitarist's artistry and influential career has richly earned him. With seven albums of original material and guest appearances on dozens of recordings; from the Bammie-winner's contribution on Cake's million-selling "Prolonging the Magic" to (most recently) doing lead guitar duties with Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson and The Little Willies, his band with Norah Jones, He's also had repeat appearances on David Letterman, Conan O'Brien and been interviewed on many major radio shows. Campilongo is also a published guitar teacher and contributing editor for Guitar Player Magazine