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Jurandir Santana

Jurandir Santana Jurandir Santana, guitar player, that was born in 1970 in Bahia state,Brazil.Began in music on popular guitar at the age of ten years old 1995 • 1999 - He participated for four years in project Jazz MAM and put on shows with artist like : Nico Assunção, Arthur Maia, Marcio Montarroyos, Raul Mascarenhas, and Delmar Brown, keyboarder of Miles Davis Group. 1999 - He put on some shows with the guitar player Nelson Veras ( Nelson is one of the best guitar player from europe). In the end of the same year he participated in Terça do Jazz project, as a special Guest. 2000 - He Won the prize of Brazilian music by Itau Cultural, and recorded a Cd with many Brazilian artists. 2001 He played with the American Saxophonist David Richards on Terça do Jazz, took part in Só Brasil in X Bahia Jazz Festival and was considered the revelations of festival. In the same year he made a great show in Itau Cultural Festival in São Paulo city. Jurandir Santana invited on the flute Léa Freire. 2002 He made some shows with the American saxofonist from New York Grant Stewart, and played with another american saxophonist in Vandy Harris Group. Jurandir Santana played in a African Market Place festival in Los Angeles city. He had five nominations to Caymmi Award of music with Só Brasil show, and won the award for the best arragement with the song Embaraçado. 2003 Jurandir Santana, recorded with the Sweden drummer Fredrik Knoren the Cd Connetion Bahia Sweden. Played with the Bass player from Chicago Math Fergusson and the Brazilian jazz singer Ithamara Koorax . He made shows in Campo de Goitacazes Festival in Rio de Janeiro, and the International Festival of Mercado Cultural. The end of the year he made a Special to Cultura Tv in Brazil. 2004 He was invited to go on 3 months tour in Turkey and Europe, as a guitar player Yabas percussion group music director. 2005 In February 2005 Jurandir Santana was invited to participate in the Danish piano player Thomas Clausen Sextet group show of Bahia instruental music. He was also an Award winner in the music category in the Braskem Art and Culture Award. 2006 He has release his first debut album, Só Brasil, with witch he won the Braskem music award in 2005. He was chosen to take part in the Brasil Circular Project, making the cd release shows in four different capitals of Brazil ( Salvador, Belo Horizonte , Porto Alegre, and Vitória ), culminating in a tv special program by Rede Minas ( Minas Broadcasting ) recorded in Belo Horizonte city. He was nominated by the Dinamite Magazine of São Paulo, as the best instrumental music Album of 2006. Touring around Brazil, Jurandir, took part in several shows in Aracaju, in the BNB Festival in Fortaleza, and the SESC Brasil instrumental music in São Paulo. He also played with Gal Costa and the Bahia Orchestra in a show held at the concha Acústica in Salvador Bahia. 2007 He made a tour in Europe with the support of Brasil Culture Ministry, and showed the Cd Só Brasil in cities as like Barcelona, Lisboa, Oviedo, Roma, Bari, Santiago de Compostela , Palma de Maiorca and La Corunã.

John Amato

Born: November 16, 1949

I have taught guitar (jazz specialty) for over 30 years, and have been playing professionally since 1972. I attended Berklee School of Music in '75 and achieved an A.A degree in Jazz Arranging via correspondence courses. I was a music minor/education major in Pace University and graduated in 1974. I attained a Masters in Education from Jersey City Sate University in 1982. I continued and enhanced my guitar/music education through the 70s and 80s with private lessons from Pat Martino, Barry Galbraith, Larry Lucie (Louie Armstrong), Rob Yelin, Jimmy D'Angelis, and a host of clinics, workshops, and the National Guitar Workshop camp in Connecticut. I've led a number of jazz bands through the years, including off broadway productions ("Man of Lamancha," 1986)

Dan Effland

Born: February 18, 1981

In the past few years, Effland has performed extensively throughout the Midwest as well as touring on the East Coast and in Brazil. In that time, he has performed at many famous venues including the Green Mill, Andy’s Jazz Club, Pops for Champagne, the Velvet Lounge, Baker’s Keyboard Lounge (Detroit), Chris’ Jazz Cafe (Philadelphia), and the Chicago Jazz Festival. He has the opportunity to play with many great Chicago-based musicians including Scott Burns, Jeff Parker, Dennis Carroll, Neal Alger, John Bany, Greg Ward, Eric Schneider, Andy Brown, Geoff Bradfield, Dave Miller, Matt Ulery, Michael Raynor, Rob Amster, Joe Policastro, Mikel Avery, and many others

Jody Fisher

Jody Fisher: Bio/Resume Jody Fisher Jody Fisher was born in South Bend, Indiana and spent most of his childhood years moving throughout the country. His father, a successful radio broadcasting figure, and his mother an actress, provided the creative environment that allowed him to pursue his avid interest in both music and the guitar. By age eleven, Jody was taking lessons in the Chicago area. During this time, he also studied with his uncle, jazz guitarist Sid Fisher who had spent many years as an RCA recording artist. After moving to the West Coast as a teenager, Jody continued taking lessons with some of the top players living in the Los Angeles area, including, Herb Ellis, John Collins, and Louis Speigner

Alisdair MacRae Birch

Alisdair MacRae Birch: Jazz Guitarist, Bassist (Upright/Double Bass and Bass Guitar) and Arranger

Originally from the UK, Alisdair MacRae Birch grew up in a musical family. Alisdair was raised with the Scottish traditions, Scottish songs and dance, and in the British music hall tradition (similar to American vaudeville). He has performed worldwide from Big-Band Jazz, through to quartets, trios, duos, and solo in music ranging from Jazz, to African Highlife, Jazz-Funk, Pop, Reggae, Calypso, Soca, Zouk and Samba. Known mainly for his guitar playing, Alisdair also continues to perform and teach his first instruments the Double Bass/Bass Guitar and Violoncello. He has worked as an artist in his own right and as much in demand sideman both live and in the studio. He has played, arranged and orchestrated many artists music, advertising jingles, movies and plays.

Ari Joshua Zucker

Artistic Resume Ari Joshua Zucker, Guitarist Born Cape Town, South Africa Performance Highlights and Experiences: -Montreux Jazz festival in Switzerland -North Sea Jazz festival in the Netherlands -Lional Hampton Jazz festival in Idaho -Reno Jazz festival in Nevada -European Tour ~ Holland, Switzerland, Monterosso, Italy, Paris and The Pannonica in Nantes, France. Hamburg, Germany, and more -Bagley Wright Theatre in Seattle, backing up Ernistine Anderson -The Moore Theatre in Seattle -Birdland in Manhatten -Carnagie Hall -Birdland, The Knitting Factory, Cleopatra's Needle, Smalls, The Elbow Room, Tobacco Road, The Wetlands, St

Ernesto Cortazar Lara

Born: September 15, 1973

Ernesto Cortazar Lara was born in Mexico City where he began his fascination with the guitar as a young child. By the age of ten he was playing and learning to master his instrument. He is mainly a self taught guitarist, although when he was fourteen he began three years of study at the Conservatory Nacional De Musica of Mexico City. As an adult he lived for a while in New York City and studied with some of the greatest players that call that city home: , Wayne Krantz, Christopher Rosenberg and Rodney Jones, to name a few. He also study in Europe with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Nelson Veras. Ernesto is a world-class guitarist, a professional musician for more than twenty years who has played with many of greats in the art: Carlos Santana, Kermit Driscol and others

Brian Pardo

Born: April 14, 1956

Dr. Brian Pardo joins the faculty to teach jazz guitar as a Lecturer in Music. He has performing/recording credits that include Jack McDuff, Chuck Israels, John Clayton, Stan Getz, Eddie Harris, Charles McPherson, Arthur Blythe, Barbara Dennerlein, Paul Hanson, Mark Levine, Claudia Gomez, Tony Monaco, Paul McCandless, Bonnie Raitt, Audra McDonald, The Shirelles, Coco Lee, Tom Waits, Train, and many others. He has performed at the Monterey, San Francisco, Russian River, Clearwater, San Jose, Stanford, and JVC jazz festivals. His recent album, It’ll Always Be Home, features members of the Yellowjackets, Santana, Tower of Power, the Roy Hargrove Group, and Kitaro. Dr

Sergio Xcaer

Born: April 27, 1980

Originally from Yucatan Mexico, guitarist and composer, Born in 1980 . At the age of 11 got interested into music and started taking Guitar lessons with private teachers, and by 15, he was playing gigs with his local rock band. In 1997 and 1998 he participates in 2nd and 3rd International Jazz Seminaries offered by Berklee College of Music in Mexico. from 1998 to 2002 he studies Classic Guitar at the University in Veracruz and harmony and improvisation with classical and jazz pianist/Composer Alejandro Corona in Xalapa. In 2002 travels to France to make formal studies in guitar, piano, improvisation, harmony and arrangements in "LE JAM" École Régionale de Jazz & Musiques du Monde, obtainig a Degree Diploma, also a Diploma from FNEIJ/MA "Federation Nationale des Ecoles de Jazz & Musiques Actuelles" and a Diploma in Modern Guitar by the Department of Jazz in the Conservatory of Séte, France, under the direction of french guitarist Louis Martinez

Dan Sistos

Dan Sistos is a prolific and sought after session and touring musician in the United States. He has played with some of the biggest names in the business, such as Christina Aguilera and Toni Braxton. He has performed on major radio stations and on network television on such well-known shows as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the Late Show with David Letterman, Good Morning America and the American Music Awards. Dan was also the featured guitarist on the blockbuster video game, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. Dan's debut CD,“In the Midnight Hours,” received rave reviews in music publications, and has been excitedly lauded by his fans