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Steve Jacobson

Born: January 27, 1956

Steve Jacobson, jazz guitarist, composer and educator, lives and works in the Chicago area. Currently, he is adjunct faculty at Joliet Junior College.

The heart of Steve’s work is in jazz although he has also performed professionally in rock, blues, R&B, country, and musical theatre. He is a founding member of the Southland Jazz Ensemble, a professional jazz big band based in the south suburbs. Steve also performs with the Joliet Junior College Jazz Faculty Quintet, the Prairie State College Faculty Jazz Ensemble, in the duo FourOnSix with bassist Phil Brown, and leads various other ensembles under his own name.

Rusty Wright Blues Band

Throughout the history of showbiz, there have been married couples who have shared the stage together. To the list we can add the names of Laurie and Rusty Wright of the Rusty Wright Blues Band (RWB) of Flint, Michigan.

Coming from a hard rock background, Rusty had always told his band mates that regardless of what may happen, when he turned forty he would go home and play the blues. So when he turned forty years of age, he did just that. However, he didn't start to play the blues in resignation, but as a goal, the culmination of his musical career, something he had worked to attain.

Laurie also came from a musical background

Benjy Davis

In the wide world of American music, certain bands have a way of building an exciting life for themselves away from the glare of national attention. Much of that is because of the relationship the group has with its fans. It usually starts in small clubs or even backyards in their hometown, then spreads to nearby cities, neighboring states and soon across entire regions, until the band finally comes into its own as a national presence. The Benjy Davis Project is poised to take on that presence. They’ve spent the past seven years building fan strongholds around the U.S., releasing three albums that capture their unique force

LaVerne Christie

Jazz Guitarist LaVerne Christie has played in various formats from solo to combo to big band to accompanist throughout Minneapolis/St. Paul, the San Francisco Bay Area and Las Vegas, where she now resides. Christie studied with classical guitar master Jeffrey Van and noted jazz professionals Mimi Fox and Randy Vincent. She also studied at The Jazz School in Berkeley. Christie's uncomplicated approach to jazz, her sense of swing, and appreciation for Brazilian music are evident in her arrangements. She pays respect to her jazz predecessors while appealing to new listeners through her interpretation of classic standards. Christie recently relocated to Las Vegas where she has become a valuable contributor to the revitalized Las Vegas jazz scene

Max Marinaio

Born: February 25, 1964

Compositore, chitarrista, cantante iscritto alla SIAE sin dal '90. Attualmente compone ed arrangia i propri brani scrivendo tutte le parti strumentali (contrabbasso, piano, strumenti a fiato e quant'altro).
Inizia a suonare sin da piccolo formandosi sulla chitarra classica come autoditatta e sviluppando uno stile ed un tocco personali. Poco interessato all'aspetto puramente performativo inizia ben presto a comporre materiale proprio sia sulla chitarra che su una pianola elettrica sostanzialmente blues, soul, bossanova e canzoni jazz.
Crea la prima band a 22 anni ma dedica del tempo a imparare la scrittura musicale per iscriversi alla SIAE e proteggere i propri brani.
Negli anni 90 crea il proprio sistema midi che gli consente di sviluppare le proprie doti di arrangiatore.
Inizia a pubblicare nei primi anni 2000. Nel 2005 Fonda i Flying Cats con cui arriva alla finale del Pistoia Blues In.
Nel 2008 acquista un basso semiacustico che usa soprattutto nelle registrazioni in studio.

Celso Krause

Born: September 22, 1963

celso krause is guitarist and composer.he haved act professionally since 1980.a self taught musician he's studied for many years with Carlos ferreira, later it improved its knowledge short study with the great guitarist Ary Piasarollo.He do soundtrack music for theater and video.Recorded 4 albuns:Agosto(2002);Saudade do Futuro(2004)- with the drummer and composer Ronaldo Régio;Fenemê ao Vivo(2004)and Bossa'n'dombe(2005)and as a free lancer musician in many other artists projects

Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert

Born: March 3, 1960

Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert was born in Paris, France in 1960. He grew up in a musical family and was encouraged at an early age to develop his talent as a composer and instrumentalist. Note: it has been said that Bruno's father had played with gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. That is true. However, it should be mentioned that they only played pool together... Studied guitar and Jazz Composition at the University of Miami, FL with Randall Dollahon & Ron Miller. Also studied with John Hart, Dave Creamer, Barry Harris and film-scoring with Laurent Petitgirard. Moved to San Francisco in 1987 where he now works as a free-lance guitarist and bandleader-- with performances at the world-renowned Jazz club "Yoshi's" with his own Quartet, at the SF Museum of Modern Art, at local Jazz Festivals, and at the Mill Valley International Film Festival

Haftor Medboe

Born: August 21, 1967

Haftor Medbøe is a jazz guitarist, composer, educator and researcher based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is Jazz Musician in Residence and Associate Professor at Edinburgh Napier University, UK. Haftor Medbøe has recently recorded with Swedish pianist, Jacob Karlzon and the album is released on 05/April/19 and available from Copperfly Records [www.copperfly.co.uk]. The coming year promises to be a busy one, with 4 further releases scheduled with a variety of projects. His 2016 album with Espen Eriksen (piano) and Gunnar Halle (trumpet) The Space Between was released on Losen Records. Places + Spaces (2011), featuring Anneke Kampman and Konrad Wiszniewski was recorded in Edinburgh, Scotland and fuses the found sounds of nature alongside acoustic and electronic instrumentation. A Box Of Monkeys (2010), by Haftor Medbøe Group features exquisitely lyrical vocals by Anneke Kampman and helter-skelter programming by Gavin Hislop (aka Babyshaker) and continues the group’s collaboration with Danish bass monster, Eva Malling

Dylan Kay

Born: December 17, 1971

Dylan has been a guitar player for 35 years, a guitar teacher for 25 years and in his own playing has focused on slide guitar since 2005.
“Dylan Kay is a badass slide player and anyone who’s interested in slide guitar would greatly benefit by taking lessons from him.”
— Scott Henderson, legendary US jazz/blues/fusion guitarist

Dylan studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston (including studying with slide guitar great David Tronzo, legendary jazz educatorMick Goodrick, and contemporary jazz guitar giant Tim Miller) and the Guitar Institute in London (where he later taught for many years). 

Charles Small

Born: February 6, 1950

Born in ST LOUIS MO., raised in Milwaukee WIS.,was a student at THE WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, I have a strong ''soul music'' background as well as jazz&blues. I currently reside in the Los Angeles CA area, where I perform in clubs ,festivals, and record with the great jazz and blues vocalist Barbara Morrison, and Evan's Mixed Bag , a nine member jazz band featuring a great vocalist Cynthia Marie.