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Jim Armstrong

Born: January 6, 1948

From solo jazz or classical guitar to jazz combos or larger dance bands, Jim Armstrong takes great pride in the quality and integrity of the music he produces today as a soloist or with various combinations of talented and professional collaborators. With over three decades of experience with rock concert acts, show bands and jazz groups he continues as a dedicated professional musician offering music in a variety of combinations and styles. Along with his work as a freelance guitarist with small jazz groups or dance bands as well as with larger orchestras, in recent years he has worked diligently at perfecting his skills as the perfect classical guitarist for wedding ceremonies

Andrea Menafra

Born: April 9, 1970

After his diploma in classical guitar at the Conservatorio “G.Verdi” in Como, he specialized in the use of the electric guitar in the contemporary repertoire. At the same time, he began to study jazz music in greater depth by attending master classes held by Joe Pass, Joe Diorio, Hal Crook and Jerry Bergonzi. He has played in various music festivals like the Festival M.A.N.C.A. in Nice, Ars Musica in Brussels, Musik der Jahrhunderte in Stuttgart, the Biennale in Zagabria, the Festival Chopin in Warsaw, RAI Nuova Musica, Festival Milano Musica, Tage fur Neue Musik in Zurich , the Alpine Music Festival in Saas- Fee, ISCM-Oggimusica etc., where he played the first performance of works by R

Randall Hetlage

Born: June 24, 1959

first ,a thing called plurals, A7,C#-7flat 5,E-69,and GMAJ7flat5--are all plural. They can be looked at as coming from D Major, but should be looked at a little more closely. A7 (especially sus4) takes Mixolydian Of course.C#-7flat5, Locrian, but the ii-7b5 of B harmonic works much better. The E-69 is definitely Dorian (same relation as the ii v in D ) a blues scale can also work on it as well as the A7 on its root. The fourth mode of B harmonic = E Dorian #4, that works real well

Robert Uno Normann

Born: June 27, 1916

Robert Normann was, and still is, a legend far beyond the borders of Norway. One person that recognized the genius in Normann's playing was Django Reinhardt, who is reported to have said: "Why do you want me to come to Norway? You've got Robert Normann!" Normann's career from the 1930's onward involved moving from a succession of bands, and from dance hall to dance hall. But not even the most rigorous demands for "dance music" could prevent Normann from developing into a world class jazz musician, immortalized on fabulous CD's with practically everything he has played in, Robert Normann's collective works.

Daniel Bruce

Born: June 15, 1976

Daniel Bruce has been performing music on a professional level since the age of seventeen when he began playing and recording with local acts in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio. He attended Bowling Green State University on a music scholarship, where he studied both classical and jazz guitar. Daniel has held faculty positions at Muskingum College and Cuyahoga Community College, where he taught ear training, jazz history, and applied guitar. In 2004 Daniel was awarded a graduate teaching fellowship at the University of North Texas, where he directed a lab band and two guitar ensembles, and taught applied jazz guitar while pursuing a master's degree in jazz studies

Jamie Fox

Born: September 26, 1953

Jamie Fox, originally from California, has performed world wide, in concert and on television, including the Montreaux Jazz Festival. A semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz competition in 1995, he has worked with artists as diverse as Brother Jack Mc Duff, Dr. John, Ernie Watts, Gene Harris, Tiger Okoshi, Carla Thomas, Otis Clay and The Shirelles. He played lead guitar and served as Musical Director for the Joan Baez World Tour (1989-1991), filming a popular PBS television special with Baez and Jackson Browne. He was lead guitarist for Blood, Sweat, & Tears (1998-2000), touring the USA and Canada

Christopher Paul Robinson

Australian guitarist/composer Christopher Paul Robinson (Chris Robinson) relocated to California in the year 2004. Since then he has been active in diverse areas of music. www.atlas-ensemble.com

Jim Goodin

Born: September 5, 1955

You don't realize its power at first. It creeps up on you like a rolling fog on a starless night revealing itself only under the brilliant glow of a midsummer's moon. The subtle complexity of the music woven by acoustic guitar master Jim Goodin lulls you, draws you in and welcomes you to a comfortable, secluded spot. While a sharp ear may spot Ralph Towner's and Michael Hedges' influences in Goodin's elegant fingerstyle techniques and inspired harmonic textures, reducing Goodin to a simple clone doesn't do him, or his music, justice. Make no mistake: Goodin's acoustic creations have zest, zeal and originality

Andrew Scott

Toronto native and Sackville recording artist Andrew Scott has become the standard bearer for the nextgeneration of great Canadian jazz musicians.

His many accomplishments include graduating from York University with a PhD in Musicology/Ethnomusicology, but there is nothing academic about the way Andrew plays the guitar. His “clean,boppish style” has found him compared to everyone from Barney Kessel to Wes Montgomery. His fansinclude listeners the world over, including legendary musicians Gene DiNovi and George Benson.

Geoff Chapman of The Toronto Star on Andrew's debut Sackville release:

Adam Rogers

Born: 1965

Adam Rogers was born and raised in New York City. He studied jazz guitar with Barry Galbraith, Howard Collins and John Scofield. During his four years at the Mannes Conservatory of Music he studied Classical Guitar with Frederic Hand. Since the beginning of his professional career he has played on over Two Hundred commercially released recordings and toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, South America, The Middle East and Russia. Adam has been enthusiastically reviewed in the New York Times, Downbeat, Jazz Times, The Village Voice, Newsweek, Jazz Hot, The Chicago Sun Times and Tower Pulse Magazine among numerous other periodicals worldwide. For eleven years he co-led the innovative and critically acclaimed group Lost Tribe, which has toured nationally and internationally, releasing three albums