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Eric Hofbauer

Born: January 31, 1974

“Eric Hofbauer has become a significant force in Boston’s improvised-music scene,” declares Stereophile’s David R. Adler. “His aesthetic evokes old blues, Americana, Tin Pan Alley, bebop, and further frontiers. There’s a rule-breaking spirit but also an impeccable rigor, a foundation of sheer chops and knowledge, that put Hofbauer in the top tier of guitarists,” he writes.​

Hofbauer has been an integral member of Boston’s jazz scene as a musician, bandleader, organizer and educator for the past thirty five years. He has performed and recorded alongside such notable collaborators as Han Bennink, Roy Campbell, Jr., John Tchicai, Garrison Fewell, Noah Preminger, Cecil McBee, George Garzone, Sean Jones, John Fedchock, and Matt Wilson.

Chris Crocco

Chris currently teaches privately in New York City at his own school called "C2 Studios". Having been a long time friend and musician under the mentorship of George Garzone, Chris's fluidity on the instrument is uncompromising. While Leading a number of groups in New York City he has performed at every major jazz club including Birdland, Blue Note, Smalls, FatCat, Miles Cafe, The 55 Bar, The Bar Next Door, and Cornelia St. Cafe, Siberia, Charlie O's, B.Smith's, and Triad Lounge. As well as performances with Kenny Werner, Peter Slavov, Mike Mainieri, Ari Hoenig, John Lockwood, Dennis Irwin, George Garzone, Greg Tardy, Antonio Farao, Frank Tiberi, Bob Gullotti, Francisco Mela, Ben Street, Pete Zimmer, Jeremy Allen, John Sullivan, Rick Margitza, Essiet Essiet, Eivind Opsvik, Ross Pederson, Charles Blenzig, Sean Conly, Tony Moreno, Ian Froman, and Sam Yahel.

Michael Lee Firkins

Michael Lee Firkins was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1967. Born to musician parents, his father was a lap steel guitarist and his mother a pianist, he started playing acoustic guitar at the young age of eight. Mostly self taught, he also took lessons at a local Omaha music store. Learning the songs of the times, Michael was heavily into Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and Black Sabbath.

By 1979 Michael had a Gibson SG and a Fender Princeton Reverb. Electrified, he soon played in local bands and in church from the age of 12 until 18. In 1985 Michael started touring the country in cover tune bands. Frustrated with cover tunes, he eventually went back to Omaha and began teaching guitar.

Alex Skolnick

Born: September 29, 1968

Alex Skolnick, born in 1968, grew up in Berkeley, California. At age nine, a fascination with the rock group Kiss led to a desire to learn guitar. At age sixteen, Alex tried out for a local band called Legacy. Shortly after graduating from high school, he found himself recording his first album with the group, who by this time had changed their name to Testament. What followed were five albums and countless tours with, among others, Megadeth, Slayer, Judas Priest, and White Zombie. Alex received critical acclaim for his lead guitar work, which had been inspired by heroes such as Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, ranking high in many guitar magazine polls, often as 'Best Thrash Guitarist' and 'Most Underrated Guitarist.' In addition to his metal accomplishments, Alex has made a mark that no one would have predicted: as a jazz guitarist

Spencer Katzman

Born: June 30, 1974

You might think that Spencer Katzman’s resume, which includes accompanying singing, dancing buildings and sword-swallowers, selling out shows across the country with a ska band, exploring micro-tonal chamber music, playing marches, waltzes, and mazurkas with a mandolin orchestra, serving as musical director for an 8 piece soul band, and plenty of rocking and rolling makes for an excellent lead-in for a bio. It doesn’t. We haven’t said a thing that leads you to imagine what 5 Is the New 3, the debut recording by the Spencer Katzman Threeo, sounds like. Or maybe it does. This improvisational mash-up of jazz sensibilities, odd-timed grooves, Indian and Brazilian tinges, and indie-rock energy might well be the logical summation of the influences Spencer picked up from a diverse gig calendar and a musical curiosity stoked by his tenure as a college DJ

Ilusha Tsinadze

Born: March 9, 1983

Bill Tapia

Born: January 1, 1908

Hawaiian and jazz entertainer/storyteller Bill "Tappy" Tapia celebrates his 100th birthday and nine decades in music with various friends and entertainers. A performer since World War I, Bill has embarked on perhaps the unlikeliest comeback ever over the past few years. His first two CDs have scored top 10 on the CMJ jazz charts and he continues to perform sellout shows all over the West Coast and Hawai'i. Recently, he was inducted into the Ukulele Hall of Fame and has won the hearts of all ages.

Bruce Eisenbeil

Bruce Eisenbeil is a composer, improviser, and guitar instrumentalist who has dedicated his life to the advancement of modern guitar techniques through the growth and evolution of modern improvised music. He has 6 CD's released and has performed throughout North America, Japan, Germany, Brasil, and at many festivals. Eisenbeil has performed, recorded and collaborated with some of the best musicians in the world. Although Eisenbeil was born in Chicago, he grew up in Plainfield, NJ which is where he began playing the guitar when he was 4 years old. He has been performing professionally since he was 15

Ted Greene

Born: September 26, 1946

Ted Greene began his own guitar studies at age 11, and was an accomplished player while still in high school, often collaborating with local R&B groups; he briefly studied accounting at Cal State Northridge, but soon dropped out to devote all of his energies to music. While Greene is often regarded as a jazz musician, he played many musical styles. He was known to guitarists due to his role as a music educator, which included private teaching, seminars at the Guitar Institute of Technology, columns for Guitar Player magazine, and his series of instructional books on guitar harmony, chord melody and single-note soloing

Rob Carroll

Born: August 23, 1956

Since 1981, guitarist Rob Carroll has released two LP’s and two CD’s of original music for his jazz group, as well as the collaborative Travelogue CD with saxophonist/woodwind player Ron Allen. As a composer, Rob has scored two Canadian feature films including the internationally recognized H by Darrell Wasyk and has written music for dance and theatre productions.