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Les Fish

Born: November 24, 1955

After two decades of global touring and live concerts, Boston guitarist/composer Les Fish has created his first two CD projects: the funky jazz disc Other Spaces and the Afro-Cuban Les Fish and the Latin Jazz Cats. As a teenager in the 1970s, Fish played guitar in various rock bands throughout the greater Boston area. He performed jazz-rock influenced original compositions in shows from the North Shore to Cape Cod. While enrolled at Berklee College of Music, Fish formed his own jazz fusion group, and made money splitting his time between teaching guitar, nightclub gigs and recording jingles for local television stations

Yuri Mahatma

Yuri Mahatma was born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1972. Moved to Bali in 1980 until now. He got the first music influences from his sister, Dian Pratiwi, a professional Jazz singer. Studied guitar since he was 12-year old (self-tought). After finished high school, Yuri intensively studied jazz music privately from many guitarists, among them is Martijn Van Iterson in Leiden,Holland ( now Martijn teaches in Antwerp Conservatory, Belgium). His first professional career started with State of Mind Band in 1994, since then he played with many groups all around the island such as Kayane Band, Duotones, and also had some sessions in Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan. In 2005 Yuri formed his own band called Yuri mahatma Group with some different nationalities of members (Indonesia/U.K./Japan) which play mostly their own compositions. Nowadays, Yuri is still living in Bali, playing in clubs, cafés, and hotels, teaching guitar and vocal, and also writing and recording his own music. He has been releasing one album together with with Joe Rosenberg, Steve Bolton, Agung Prasetyo, Bogie Prasetyo and Eko Sumarsono titled If I Were A Magician (2005.

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Gordon Grdina

Born: February 18, 1977

Gordon Grdina is a Vancouver based Oud/Guitarist whose sound is a combination of his interests in mainstream jazz, free-form improvisation and Arabic classical music.

A protégé of jazz great Gary Peacock, he is a well-respected contributor to the jazz and world music scenes constantly being sought out for projects that need a fresh sound. On Guitar Gordon leads the Vancouver groove trio Loose Acoustic which has recorded two critically acclaimed CD’s with Skrank Records. They are currently managed by Turner Music and Events and are mixing their next Cd release with Maximum Jazz.

Rolando Morales

Rolando was born in East Los Angeles, California. Rolando's father, a renowned leader in the Chicano political movement, was his first guitar instructor. When Rolando was eight years old, he would run home from school every day to practice on his guitar. He taught him fundamental classical techniques as well as instilled a keen political consciousness and an intense work ethic. This exposed him to everything from Mexican rancheras to June Christie; from Antonio Carlos Jobim and Segovia to '60's Protest songs; and from Ennio Morricone to John Barry. Pull all this together and you've got one of the most eclectic, educated, driven and unique musicians around. Rolando is largely self-taught

Atmos Trio

The members of the Atmos Trio (Featuring Rob Michael on Guitars, Drew Waters on Basses and Joe Shotwell on Drums and Percussion) are all extremely well- rounded musicians. Having been hiring their services out to other musical projects in every conceivable musical styles for years, it wasn't until 2004 that the Trio decided to pursue their own muse. Each member brings their own world of influences and spirit. These three musos, having spent so much of their energy lending their talents to countless projects for other people, began to ask the question: “What would happen if we just play the music that we want to play?” This simple idea put into motion a series of events that culminated into this set of tunes, which, in part, represent the musical answer. Combining singable melodies usually associated with "pop" music, unexpected harmonic and tonal shifts of moderns jazz and World textures, the Atmos Trio is busy carving a unique niche for themselves

John H Stein

Born: June 19, 1949

Internationally renowned jazz guitarist John Stein was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri USA where he took up his instrument at an early age. His talent for and love of music ultimately brought him to a position on the faculty at Berklee College of Music. There he continues to inspire new musicians and to perfect his own style. John has performed as a leader or a sideman with some of America’s finest jazz acts. His compositions and performances cover the spectrum of jazz, from blues to bebop to bossas to swing. John has toured in the United States as well as in Brazil, Germany, France and Switzerland. John’s newest recording, Concierto Internacional de Jazz, has just been released on the Whaling City Sound Label (WCS 031)

Graham Young

Born: November 19, 1969

Graham started off on the violin aged 6 quickly progressing through the grades with little effort. “I found that I could turn up and sight read everything and still be the ahead of everyone else in the lesson. I didn’t really take it seriously because the repertoire didn’t appeal and I had more fun improvising.” Later piano lessons commenced and although that instrument was to prove to have a lasting hold on Graham it was when he got his first guitar aged 13 that everything changed. “Straight away I knew that my future lay with this instrument.” An intense practice schedule ensued After leaving the Leeds of College Music Graham recorded for various bands and tours of the U.K

Jade Synstelien

Born: August 17, 1974

A highly talented and uniquely gifted young composer, Jade Synstelien has immersed himself in the venerable traditions of jazz while developing an irrepressible individuality in his compositions and performance.

Jade's music is inspired by the singular goal of bringing American musical heritage to the people of the United States, to spread the understanding and appreciation of our major cultural contribution to the world. Jazz--and all the music born of the jazz tradition--is the truest example of real equality and unification for all people of the earth.

Jade Synstelien was born on August 17th, 1974, in Minneapolis. A musician, composer, arranger, and band leader, Jade picked up the alto sax at age eleven but traded it for a guitar at thirteen. He grew up traveling and living all over the United States, and has worked as a professional musician since the age of fifteen, he has become well-versed in all styles of musical performance. Synstelien began composing when he was thirteen and by seventeen was scoring music for big bands, funk and dance bands, world beat, and reggae bands, and eventually large-scale symphonic jazz works. Ready to form the band that could execute any ideas he could compose, he strove to combine tradition with innovation and offer up something that musicians and audiences would love equally.

Keith Ganz

Born: May 2, 1972

Keith Ganz is a guitarist/composer/arranger living just outside of New York City. He has performed at the Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Birdland, Sweet Rhythm, Avery Fisher Hall, and Joe’s Pub, as well as Spoleto Festival USA and the Frogen Festival in Olso. In addition to his own solo guitar recording Music for People, Keith has performed on recent/upcoming releases from such diverse artists as jazz singer Kate McGarry, bassist/composer Sean Smith, singer/songwriter Amanda Baisinger, folk siren Devon Sproule, the free improve troupe Ensemble Gergana, and the folk/jazz/rock collective TLAB, as well as various mainstream jazz artists.