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Ken Billeci

Born: May 24, 1959

Funky Brain is the musical dream of composer and guitarist Ken Billeci. Formed in 2005, with saxophonist Scott Johnston, bassist Matt Robinson, and drummer Mike Johnston,Funky Brain has had the opportunity to play various clubs, cafes and restaurants in Northern California. With inspiration from great improvisers like Miles Davis, John Scofield, Larry Carlton and Michael Brecker, Ken hopes to keep Funky Brain busy with more recording and live concerts in the near future.

Raul Midon

Along with his 11 studio albums as a solo artist, Midón – dubbed “an eclectic adventurist” by People magazine – has collaborated with such heroes as Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder and Bill Withers, along with contributing to records by Queen Latifah and Snoop Dogg and the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s She Hate Me. A native of New Mexico who now lives in Maryland after years in New York, Midón has earned acclaim the world over, with a fanbase that stretches from San Francisco to India, Amsterdam to Tokyo. Marveling over his live performances, The New York Times has called Midón “a one-man band who turns a guitar into an orchestra and his voice into a chorus.” He recently performed in a special Homecoming Week music series at his alma mater, the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music

John McLean

Jazz guitarist John McLean's 25 year career has included work as a performer; composer; arranger; producer;bandleader,and educator. Since completing studies at The Berklee College of Music (B.M.) and the University of Miami (M.M.), Mclean has toured throughout the world performing and recording in a wide variety of musical contexts. He has appeared and recorded with such artists as Kurt Elling; Mose Allison; Dave Douglas; Dr. Lonnie Smith; Patricia Barber; Randy Brecker; Adam Nussbaum; Arthur Blythe, and many more. John's latest recording, "Better Angels" features his exciting septet in a program of original music and innovative arrangements of jazz classics

Freddie Bryant

t the start of his career the great guitarist Kenny Burrell wrote, “Freddie Bryant is a brilliant young guitarist and composer.” Since then he has shown his versatile skills in jazz, classical, Brazilian and other world genres. Freddie is currently in demand in the New York jazz scene. He worked with Ben Riley for over a decade with the Monk Legacy Septet (Memories of T on Concord Records) and The Ben Riley Quartet (Grown Folks Music on Sunnyside Records). He has been a member of the Mingus Orchestra since the millennium and has toured and recorded with Tom Harrell (Paradise on RCA). His own group, KALEIDOSCOPE whose CD, Live Grooves…Epic Tales is on the HiPNOTIC record label features grooves from around the world including Brazil, Cuba and New Orleans as well as influences from blues, gospel, India and the Middle-East. His latest CD Monk Restrung is an exciting project featuring the compositions of Thelonious Monk with Freddie’s trio of guitar, bass and drums with guest appearances of three of the finest guitarists in jazz: Howard Alden, Peter Bernstein and Romero Lubambo. 2014 marked the release of Bryant’s seventh CD, Dreamscape: Solo, Duo, Trio which features the stellar cast of Chris Potter – reeds and Scott Colley – bass as well as the leader playing four guitars: Telecaster, Jazz arch-top, classical and 12-string

The Point

Born: August 27, 1961

The POINT holds a degree from the University of Rhode Island and currently performs and teaches in the greater Philadelphia area. He started on trumpet at a young age and picked up guitar in high school. After graduation, POINT moved back to PA where he studied with Glenn Lyonns at West Chester State Univerity. After a late night Chet Atkins special on PBS, he moved to the less formal styles of jazz and country and learned many fingerstyle pieces. The POINT currently performs a 2 hour set of classical and jazz solo pieces at East Coast cafes and weddings. His personal studies continue with classical pieces such as Granada and he recently added Bohemian Rhapsody to his song list

Denis Gouzil

Born: February 16, 1959

auteur compositeur interprète né le 16 février 1959 à Talence (33) marié père de trois enfants www… [email protected] & www.gouzil.com Membre de la SACEM depuis le 9 janvier 1986 en qualité d'auteur compositeur adhérent Instruments pratiqués : Guitares Acoustiques : Guitares 6 & 10 cordes (modèles originaux du luthier bordelais Richard Caro) Guitares Électriques : Double Manche Basse / Guitare (10 cordes…) (modèle original du luthier girondin Davidh Bauer) Kit Fender Stratocaster & demi caisse Jacobacci équipées de micros MC2 de type PLO / Jean François Roussy et d’un capteur GK 2 / synthétiseur GR50 Roland mais aussi… Voi(es)x… le chant, la batterie, les percussions, les jouets… les objets détournés de leurs fonctions première… la poézie… & une sorte de Music’alchimie... Direction d’orchestre originale, basée sur la paradoxalle certitude suivante : "Free Gérer… pour plus de Chaleur…" Comme Une Musique à inventer… Ensemble… quel que soit le niveau des interlocuteurs acteurs… Rencontres…

Warren Haynes

Born: April 6, 1960

Warren Haynes’ long-anticipated solo album, Man In Motion (Concord Records), is a timeless collection of songs that crackle with modern vitality yet draw on his deepest roots as an artist. The disc pumps fresh blood into the heart of soul and blues, stoked by Haynes’s Herculean prowess as both a powerhouse singer and guitarist — a reputation he’s earned as a member of three of the greatest live groups in rock history: The Allman Brothers Band, The Dead and his own Gov’t Mule. In a sense, the vocal-driven Man In Motion is an album he’s been aching to make since he first dreamed of becoming a musician. “Before I started playing guitar, I wanted to be a singer, right from the age of five or six,” the rock ‘n’ roll legend regales

Trey Anastasio

Trey Anastasio likes to take measures into his own hands. The renowned singer/songwriter and genre defining guitarist took out his dissatisfaction with the major record label system by turning his passionate creativity into a platform for a business: Rubber Jungle Records, a record label built by Anastasio for Anastasio. Rubber Jungle's maiden release is BAR 17, an album that continues his evolution as guitarist, songwriter and improvisationalist by creating a kaleidoscopic yet cohesive listening experience. Without the pressure of a multi-national conglomerate peeking over his shoulder, Anastasio was able to be completely himself on BAR 17: hard working, spontaneous and adventurous. "I felt completely unleashed for the first time while recording," he admits

Alex Machacek

Born in 1972, Machacek grew up in Vienna, where he began studying classical guitar at the age of eight and continued for six years. While his early interest in guitar outside the classical field tended toward rock (Queen, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden), he later gravitated toward jazz, with a particular interest in jazz guitar great Joe Pass. “I was pretty much a straight ahead player back then because that was what the people played around me. I learned the Great American songbook and just played as much as I could. When I was 13 or 14, somebody gave me a Joe Pass record and I became the biggest Joe Pass fan in the 14th district of Vienna

Carl Filipiak

Carl Filipiak has earned critical acclaim as one of today’s most dynamic jazz guitarists. Jazziz Magazine has included him among a renowned list of guitar players in their nominations for “New Fusion Blood,” and JazzTimes calls him “a dazzlingly versatile guitarist.” Many of his recordings and performances have paired him with some of the industry’s finest musicians including Dennis Chambers, Victor Wooten, and Grammy nominee Bob Berg. His six independent recordings on Geometric Records have garnered him reviews in such prestigious publications as 20th Century Guitar, Billboard, Guitar Player, Guitar World, Jazziz and JazzTimes