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Adam Fiorello

Born: March 18, 1960

Vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, currently residing near Melbourne, Australia. Adam's recent album GET LUCKY is available on all music websites,and it contains a great mix of swing and bossa songs with expert sax solos from Michael Timcke. Adam works his songwriting magic in a variety of jazz rhythms: swing, bossa and rhumba and smooth. His strong melodies and vibrant lyrics will captivate and calm you as you chill to the grooves.

Scott Fields

Born: September 30, 1957

Fields has produced music on and off since the 1960s, first in Chicago, then in other places scattered about North America, Europe, and Asia. Cologne is now his base, if perhaps not quite yet his home. Fields' musical education was haphazard, to say the least. In a case of the blind leading the blind, at first he taught himself guitar. Later he was introduced to music theory in ad hoc study groups, attended theory and compositions courses at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and tested the patience of a half-dozen or so private guitar teachers. As a composer he first wrote simple folk songs (this is age 12 stuff), then rock songs, then parodies of rock songs (these reflected his self-loathing of his insistence on continuing to perform as a rock guitarist just for the attention), then jazz head tunes, all of which led to his current mish-mash of material that, although he has scant interest in taxonomy, could be fairly called New Music or Avant-Jazz

Steve Khan

Born: April 28, 1947

In a special issue of Japan's "JAZZ LIFE" magazine, they selected the 22 All-Time Greatest Jazz Guitarists. Of course, legends like Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, and Jim Hall were included alongside more recent giants George Benson, Pat Martino, Larry Coryell, and John McLaughlin. But right there amongst contemporaries John Abercrombie, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Mike Stern and Bill Frisell was Steve Khan! Testament to a large body of work which now spans more than 30 years. Hard to believe this dream began at a rather late age with Wes Montgomery held as the model to which to aspire. Steve admits that, when he was a teenager, "I was a terrible drummer with no musical training. I had developed a love for the guitar, and when I was 19 I switched instruments. I decided that I would not make the same mistakes I had made with the drums and studied hard in college along with private lessons from Ron Anthony." During these years, Khan always found himself in fast company and, from such situations he learned, developed and survived. By the time he graduated from U.C.L.A., in 1969, he felt ready to make the move to New York City.

Sonny Greenwich

Born: January 1, 1936

In jazz circles Sonny Greenwich is a legend. He is a demanding performer totally dedicated to his art and uncompromising in his standards. An innovator, who has created his own distinct style for the guitar, he has many proteges, both in jazz and rock music. Rock bands such as 'Pink Floyd' and 'Genesis' have been influenced at some level by his music. Born in Hamilton Ontario, Greenwich called Toronto home until the late '60s. He has resided exclusively in Montreal since l974. The press describes Greenwich's musical command as absolute, his combination of serenity and power bring beauty and clarity to every note he plays, which leaves his audiences enthralled in reverent silence

Mark Ucci

Canadian Jazz Guitarist Mark Ucci has emerged as one of the finest jazz artists here in Canada and Internationally. Mark has called the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) his home for the past 15 years where he is busy working as a leader with his own trio and as a sideman for various mainstream ensembles. Mark's most important musical influences include Ed Bickert, Oscar Peterson, Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans and Charlie Parker. Mark has just released his second CD named after the great standard " I Didn't Know What Time It Was". This is a live studio recording comprised entirely of choice jazz standards

Matt Fuller

Born: April 25, 1975

Matt Fuller has established his musical roots in his native state of Colorado. In 1998 he received his B.A. degree in Music Education from Ft. Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, where he received an "outstanding soloist" award at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. In 2004 Fuller completed his Master of Music degree in Jazz Performance and Pedagogy from CU, Boulder, where he was co-winner of the 2004 CU Entrepreneurs In Music Competition. Throughout his career in performance Matt Fuller has formed many lasting musical partnerships and ensembles. Two of these ensembles, the Greg Harris Vibe Quintet, and jazz-fusion group The Fulldogs have been actively performing and recording in the Denver/Boulder area for the past five years and have received critical acclaim and radio play

Terrence McManus

A native of Brooklyn, New York, guitarist/composer/sound artist Terrence McManus has been called "... one of New York's latest guitar heroes ..." (All About Jazz), and that he has "... hit on an entirely new language." (Gambit), and "... possesses the goods to impart a significant impact ..." (jazzreview.com). Time Out New York calls him a "Texture-minded guitar abstractionist ..." and the NY Times times has described him as a "guitarist drawn to abstract texture."
 
He has performed or recorded with many of the major innovators in contemporary music, including John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Tim Berne, Gerry Hemingway, Mark Dresser, Ellery Eskelin, Herb Robertson, Mark Helias, John Hollenbeck, Ben Monder, Russ Lossing, Randy Peterson, Mat Maneri, Tom Rainey, Michael Sarin, John Hébert, and Marty Ehrlich

Victor Acker

Born: November 12, 1960

They’re at it again!...I will resist the urge to sputter about not having been asked to write a commentary on the last Acker Bros. record If That, Then This…water over the bridge, guys. This latest offering by the brothers, who have been unfairly characterized as second-string ditty-smiths, is a foray into musical territory yet unknown (perhaps unknowable!) to their dry, high-brow, poll-reading critics. This music grooves, bops…as incandescent as a neon sign! And there could be no more fitting a title than Wigged Out! Take, for instance, the track “I Dream of Zeenies”…paging Doctor Freud! More than music, this record is punctuated with sonic exclamation points of a kind you might hear in some soulful sci-fi fantasy

Simeon Harris

Name: Simeon Harris Instrument: Guitar Influences: Allan Holdsworth, David Torn, Eivind Aarset, Michael Brook, Robert Fripp Bands / Projects: Monkjack, Zillo Albums: Realms of Elements (2001) The Assessment (2003) Mechanoia (2004) Captured (2006) The Assessment (Alternity release 2006) eScape (2010) Other Releases: Improvising Bass Guitar (Registry Publications - 2001) Guest Appearances: Shur-I-Kan - Waypoints (2004) Biggest Gig: Supporting Maceo Parker at The Forum in Kentish Town, London with The Mongoose Funk Band (1999)

Ged Brockie