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Akiva Friedman

Born: January 11, 1974

Akiva grew up in Gainesville, FL, where the southern swing marinated in his blood. Add in hippie juice and heavy metal rippings, and you have his unique approach to mainstream jazz guitar. His heroes include Wes Montgomery and John Coltrane. Check it out. Hire it up.

Amy Schugar

For many years, Amy Schugar has been developing her skills as a songwriter, arranger, singer and guitarist. Her talent is undeniable, and her energy, tenacity and never-give-up attitude have benefited many bands and collaborators in the past. Amy has the voice of an angel and plays the guitar like the devil! She has a tremendous sense of melody and rhythm (she can hold her own on her '67 Slingerland drum kit!), and is a skilled keyboardist as well. Amy is featured in the GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2006 ISSUE! See picture on Http://Amyschugar.com Predominatly Rock, Amy's voice is very suitable for BLUES AND JAZZ

David Joel

Born: March 16, 1963

Since seeing Yellow Submarine on TV at the age of 9, my life has been all about the music. I picked up the guitar immediately and played in a number of bands, took private instruction, and generally pursued my passion throughout my teenage years. When I turned 18, I realized that I had to learn more in a formal environment if I was going to pursue music more seriously and with greater understanding and focus. I enrolled at Berklee College of Music in 1982 and graduated in 1986 with a Bachelors Degree in Jazz Composition and Arranging and Music Education. At Berklee I learned the value of self-discipline, music theory, ear training, arranging, composition, and many other areas of music

Matthew Wrobel

Bruce Saunders

Currently an Associate Professor of Music at Berklee College of Music where he has taught since 1992. He is on the faculty of The New School in New York city and at New York University. Has presented numerous clinics worldwide including the International Jazz Seminar in Xalapa, Mexico, clinics in Bogota, Medellin, Bucaramanga and Baranqilla, Colombia, the Berklee Guitar Sessions and the Maine Jazz Camp. He is the author of Pentatonics (click to browse), Modern Blues and Melodic Improvising for Guitar (all Mel Bay Publications). He is currently writing a two volume series: 1) Diminished 2) Whole-tone & Augmented which will be published by Mel Bay

Jeff Massanari

When you think of the Amish countryside, jazz guitar rarely comes to mind. Yet born in Northern Indiana, jazz guitarist Jeff Massanari's roots are firmly placed in the little town of Goshen. Jeff could have easily followed in the footsteps of his father and brothers with a career in academia, but an unexpected move to Washington DC at age 9 led Jeff down a very different path. Exposed to the music of a big city, Jeff sought out the guitar and began playing at age 13 first focusing on blues and rock. That was all to change when a friend brought over a recording of John McLaughlin's "Inner Mounting Flame"

Todd Mosby

Born: May 5, 1957

Instrumental composer, songwriter, and Imrat guitar innovator Todd Mosby is a storyteller and a landscape artist. He uses the guitar to whisk listeners away to a borderless realm where jazz, jazz fusion, North Indian classical, classical composition, bluegrass, bossa-nova, and folk-rock create transporting and transformative experiences. His latest album, Land Of Enchantment, is a gorgeous scrapbook of the visual, emotive, spiritual and cultural interactions Todd has personally experienced within the New Mexico region of the United States.

Todd is an acclaimed Indian and jazz guitarist influenced by St. Louis’s vibrantly varied cultural blend of Indian, African-American, and Americana traditions. He is one of the few musicians in America who has mastered three mountains of music; western composition, jazz improvisation, and Indian raga music, incorporating them freely as a part of his musical language. He attended Berklee College of Music as an undergrad, Webster University as a graduate student, and, for 13 years, studied classical North Indian music with Ustadt Imrat Khan in the most disciplined way. He has the distinction of being the only guitarist to become a member of the famed Imdhad Khani Gharana of musicians, India’s most prestigious family of sitar musicians dating back 500 to Tansen in the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar. From his years studying this rarified and sacred music, Imrat worked with Mosby to develop a unique guitar technique. This led to  an innovative bridge instrument, the Imrat guitar, which has been undergoing design upgrades since 1997. Built by luthier Kim Schwartz to the performance standards of Mosby and the overall sonic palette of Imrat Kahn, the resulting hybrid 18-stringed sitar-guitar instrument allows for a cross-cultural East-West musical dialogue right at your fingertips and integrated into his musical vocabulary.

Gil Parris

Born: July 21, 1977

Guitar virtuoso Gil Parris shines in many musical idioms. After attending Berklee School of Music on a Jazz Masters scholarship, he was discovered in 1990 by Mike Varney and featured in Guitar Player's "Spotlight" column. Since, he has gone on to play on over two-dozen national records and countless others with players like David Sanborn, Bob James, Will Lee, Eric Alexander and Bob Malach. Some of the highlights in his side-man discography are: "Syndicate of Soul" (on Shanachie Records with Dr. John, Wilbur Bascomb, and Corey Glover), "Bluesiana Hurricane" (with Chuck Rainey, Bill Doggett and Lester Bowie), "Skallelujah" (with the Uptown Horns), Toko Furuuchi's "Strength" (for SONY/Japan with an all-star cast of New York studio players), and Bakhiti Kumalo's solo CD (Paul Simon's bassist). Gil's playing is influenced by sax, pedal steel and piano players, which gives him a fresh, unique style

Satoshi Inoue

Born: November 12

Satoshi Inoue Profile "Satohi Inoue is an excellent jazz guitarist with a keen musical imagination" Jim Hall Renowned guitarist Jim Hall calls his former protege Satoshi Inoue, "an excellent jazz guitarist with a keen musical imagination." The two performed together on a guitar duet that was featured on Hall's widely used instructional video collection called Jazz Guitar Master Class Volumes 1&2. In 2005, Hall and Inoue appeared in Village Vanguard 70th anniversary together. Born in Kobe Japan,Inoue studied at Kyoto's Fuji School of Music from 1979-81. Between 1981-1988, he led his own groups in Japan

Chad Morris

Born: December 7, 1986

He is well on his way to becoming one of the greatest guitar players. The purity of the artistic content and the level of execution this young 21 year old shows will undoubtedly skew your opinion towards such. His work is amazing and it speaks louder than any description of his talent.

His horn like phrasing style possesses a completely unique sound all its own. He is a master of the guitar, and also plays bass, piano, violin and soprano sax professionally. Chad frequents "Sonny's Spot", "The World Stage" as well as "Babes N' Rickies", both jazz and blues clubs in Leimert Park, California