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Lumina

Born: October 9, 1977

First of all, LUMINA was born as a guitar&drums duo, after only two incredible recording sessions without any rehearsals, editing and overdubs. Due to the unexpected and flaming result Fabio and Johny decided to join forces to form LUMINA. The “free-style sound” of LUMINA, although at the first moment it sounds like “broken” or “fragmented” without any structure, it shows us an unexpected “organic” structure after many auditions. That’s why they choose “Fractals” as the main symbol of Lumina. Lately, after listening to the “duo” recordings, Sizao Machado - well know all over the world by his performances with Chet Baker, Elis Regina, Herbie Memm, Chico Buarque, Djavan, Milton Nascimento, Jim Hall, Ivan Lins, Randy Brecker, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, etc - joined the project

The Brazilian Acoustic Ensemble

nter the exciting world of Brazilian Instrumental music with the Brazilian Acoustic Ensemble. This group is so versatile in its approach that it is a great fit for Folk, world music, Brazilian and Jazz festivals. This quartet is composed entirely of acoustic instruments and is dedicated to performing a diverse repertoire of composers and styles from Brazil with a definite emphasis on music from the Northeast region and modern choro. In August 2000 guitarist Billy Newman and accordionist Rob Curto visited Recife, the largest city in the Pernambuco region of Northeast Brazil. There they encountered Marco Cesar, a mandolin virtuoso, and the renowned guitarist Henrique Annes

Masaya Yamaguchi

Born: July 18, 1970

Masaya Yamaguchi was born as a second son in Nagano at birth and bred in Tokyo, Japan. During the mid-80's, he started playing the guitar in rock/pop style (the ridiculous affair still comes to his mind now and then). Yamaguchi became interested in jazz through a TV commercial [of "Suntory White"] by Japan's renowned distiller, which misleadingly featured the jazz bassist, Ronald Carter. Afterwards, Yamaguchi made his first purchase of a traditional 4-beat jazz album, which was John Coltrane's Giant Steps. At the age of 20, Yamaguchi changed his guitar style completely into jazz under the strong influence of John Coltrane--developing his own guitar style by the perfect 4th tuning (E, A, D, G, C, F- from the bottom to the top)

Mark Mollica

Guitarist and composer Mark Mollica began playing in his early teens, and within a year was writing for and performing with bands in his native southwest Connecticut. While enrolled at Skidmore College to pursue a non-fiction writing degree, his musical interests focused on jazz and solo fingerstyle guitar. There, he recorded a collection of solo guitar pieces, followed by the ensemble album The Gravity of Rivers featuring Brian Patneaude, Peter Swanson, and Nigel Sfantus. After graduating and publishing his first article, his attention instead turned to music full time. He performed throughout the Northeast with jazz bands, as an acoustic guitar soloist, and as arranger and guitarist for singer-songwriters

Jerry Johansson

Born: September 1, 1974

Jerry Johansson: guitar, sitar

Jerry Johansson started out his musical journey some distant years ago in the Swedish city of Varberg, then as a guitar player and composer in various rock- and jazz-groups. After having had a minor revelation when experiencing a George Harrison-composition on a Beatles-album; an overwhelmed Jerry realised that the point of no return had finally arrived. He immediately began studying the classical Indian raga and the world of the sitar on an advanced level, with a most serious approach. This newly found universe of his does not only need highly concentrated and daily practise, but also requires an ascetical way of living and a humble approach to the world at large.

Sitar master Roop Verma appears, himself a former student of master Ravi Shankar; and he takes Jerry under his wings, so to speak, and Jerry becomes his pupil

Dave Phyall

Born: August 29, 1955

Canadian Guitarist. Vancouver, British Columbia-based. Award winning composer, guitarist, pianist and singer. Jazz and Latin music genres. Awarded Canada Council Grant for composition. Sideman for Juno nominee Karin Plato. Honourable mention in the Vancouver Sun for his guitar work on her CD Pastiche. Sideman for the Platters. David has studied music with John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Kenny Wheeler, George Adams, Ted Quinlan and Owen Underhill. Dave has recorded or performed with such artists as Kathy Kidd, Allan Johnston, Coleen Savage, Lovi Eli, Paul Blaney, Graham Ord, Oscar Nieto, Pro Musica, Mark Armannini, Patric Caird, Ken Ogilvy, John Forrest, Lawrence Mollerup, Roy Styffe, Chris Sigerson, Bill Runge, Jennifer Scott, Rene Wurst, Alita Dupray, Steve Smith, Chris Whitely of the Whitely Brothers, Hugh Fraser, VEJI, Don Powrie of Skywalk, Danny Parker of Michael Buble, Tom Keenlyside of Skywalk, Chris Tarry of Metalwood, Daryl Jahnke, David Sinclair, Elizabeth Fisher and Animal Slaves, Buff Allen, Laura Crema, Gary Grace of Farmer's Daughter and Victor Bateman. David's other recordings include: The Dave Phyall Quintet produced by Juno winner Rick Kilburn and distributed by Festival Distribution

Frans van Oostrom

Born: October 13, 1955

Frans van Oostrom (Amsterdam 13-10-1955) played in a lot of bands and projects. It all started with Blood River in the seventies and a lot of other bands. In the nineties he started The Van Brothers, wich was followed by Snakebite. These bands played at a lot of jazz and bluesfestivals. In 1999 he was asked playing guitar in Omsk a band with Peter Vink, Fred van Vloten and Adjan Emmen. He quit in 2001 and started playing several projects like musicals, events etc. He did a small tour in France with Hardly Volume (standard jazz) and worked as producer and guitarist with Judith Jobse (who didn't)

Derek Trucks Band

Born: June 8, 1979

The Derek Trucks Band has been a work in progress for over 10 years, blending jazz, rock, blues, Latin, Eastern Indian, and other world music into the sound that now defines the DTB. The band’s mission has been to assemble a group of musicians that share a passion for improvisation and musical exploration, and to develop a united musical vision by performing with this core group of players for an extended period of time. The focus of the band is on the art form itself, despite the current trend of image-driven music on the scene today. The DTB aims to create progressive roots music in an effort to move the art form forward and re establish substance over hype. Following is a brief history of the band, and the diverse background of the musicians that make up the DTB.

Joel Cross

Born: August 11, 1985

Joel Cross is a native of Cleburne Texas. He began playing guitar at the age of twelve. He started playing in church where his father was the pastor and later began to play in gospel groups with his older sisters and brothers. In 2003 he began college at the University of Houston where he studied jazz with Mike Wheeler, Noe Marmolejo and Woody Witt. While in Houston he played for the universities big band and had the pleasure of performing with Randy Brecker and Tim Hagans. In 2006 Joel transferred to the University of North Texas to continue his studies in jazz. He performed in several of the schools jazz ensembles and enjoyed playing with great musicians Fred Hamilton, Lynn Seaton, John Abercrombie and Eric Scortia

Daniel Schroeder

Born: December 21, 1985

I've been playing guitar since the age of 12, and have played almost every style and genre imaginable since then. Since I've entered college my main focus has been on jazz and classical music, and more recently primarily jazz. I have been working with some great musicians and will hopefully have the chance to record an album of some of my originals soon. I generally play in the Hattiesburg area and recently I've been making my way down to New Orleans for a jam session every now and then.