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David Ullmann

Born: December 4, 1972

David Ullmann is a guitarist, composer, teacher, and lifelong New Yorker. A graduate of the New School Jazz program, he has performed extensively in and around New York City, including at CBGB’s, The Blue Note, Wetlands, The Knitting Factory, and 55 Bar. He has also performed at numerous festivals, including the JVC Jazz Festival, Artwallah, Sono Arts, and The Fringe Festival. His debut album, Hidden, was released in 2005: “Hidden is an exciting record that reflects restless creativity. Each track builds on the next and works to keep the listener on guard and engaged. This dynamism leads to a satisfying sense of taking a journey as the record plays.” (All About Jazz) David also composes music for film, most recently completing the score for “The Happy House,” a feature filn by D.W

Scott Hesse

Scott Hesse "is a talented, technically adept, young jazz artist. His debut recording, Intuition, is a solidly swinging effort that shows his affinity for the straight-ahead, as well as a more subtle awareness of the jazz avant-garde." Joel Roberts, All About Jazz "In a word, Hesse can play-and he can write too. Hesse’s compositions are melodic and plainspoken, as is his manner of playing the guitar. [His] tasteful single-note lines sparkle like sunlight on clear water. The tone is lucid and charming, the Jazz sensibility keen and persuasive." Jack Bowers, Jazz Now Magazine "The freshest sound I have heard yet of all the guitarists of his generation." George Benson In the November 1999 issue of L.A

Michael Musillami

Veteran jazz guitarist/composer Michael Musillami is known to critics as "a superior guitarist" (DownBeat), "one of the more imaginative guitarists in jazz" (Signal to Noise) and "a modern-day jazz master" (Edmonton Journal). They have also noted that his distinctive original compositions "mine not only the fertile vein of classic jazz but the outer reaches of creative music" (Hartford Courant), calling his music "honest, frequently surprising, and consistently exciting" (JazzTimes). Born and raised in California, Musillami was inspired early on by musicians including Chet Baker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Bill Evans

Harris Mark

Born: August 3, 1953

Guitarist Harris Mark has performed in the Toronto area since the late 1970’s. His recent CD “Nancy Dreams” has gotten ample airplay on JAZZ-FM 91.1. He often performs in solo and duet formats and also leads his own trio in various venues in the GTA. He recently led his quintet (including Bernie Senensky and Norman Marshall Villenueve) at an engagement at Toronto’s venerable Montreal Bistro. While primarily playing in jazz and jazz-related idioms, he is no stranger to other styles. He has often shared the stage with Toronto Blues great Jack deKeyser and backed up R&B/Soul singer Tyrone Gabriel (now with the Nylons) for many engagements

Dan Baraszu

Born: October 27, 1969

Detroit born Guitarist/Composer Dan Baraszu started playing guitar at the age of 9. Early in his career, he explored many different styles of music. However, when he first heard the genius of Jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, Dan devoted himself to becoming a die-hard Jazz artist. His major influences include guitarists Joe Pass, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, and John Scofield as well as other instrumentalists like Bill Evans, Horace Silver, John Coltrane,Sonny Rollins, and Charlie Parker .

In addition to listening and transcribing the works of the"masters of the Jazz idiom", Dan has been formally educated in music as well

Mitchell Long

Born: August 28, 1962

A vibrant Jazz and Brazilian music artist, Mitchell Long was born in La Jolla CA. to a creative family. His father a writer, mother visual artist and his grandmother a music teacher. His love for many styles of music has shaped him into a unique and original artist. He sings in English and Portuguese, is a great composer and arranger and plays many different stringed instruments as well as percussion. He lives in Los Angeles now since 2003.
Mitchell has toured around the world and recorded with many jazz, pop and world music stars including Melody Gardot, Herb Alpert, Gloria Estefan, Rique Pantoja, Herbie Mann, Maria de Barros, Claudio Roditi, Waldemar Bastos, Dr Lonnie Smith, Vinx, Sergio Mendes, Julia Fordham, Billy Tolles, Rudy Love, Ron Miles and Nelson Rangel among many others

Andre Bush

Guitarist and composer André Bush draws inspiration from a wide range of influences in his music. He combines the lyrical and creative approach of modern jazz heroes such as Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny with the high-energy grooves and complex sonic structures of innovate guitarists such as John McLaughlin, Scott Henderson and Nguyen Lé. In addition to a thorough grounding in the jazz tradition, his extensive experience in the world of rock and pop give him a unique musical outlook. André’s playing seamlessly reconciles these disparate worlds and establishes his conception as a natural and logical extension of the jazz guitar tradition. André’s new album, Start From Silence, pairs André with master pianist Art Lande and an all-star band performing his complex yet accessible compositions

Steve Calafati

Steve Calafati grew up in New Jersey and has played the guitar for 35 years. He studied Classical, Jazz, theory, and counterpoint at Monmouth University and the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, as well as with numerous private instructors.

After college, his skills as a composer, engineer and producer rapidly developed as he worked on various rock and roll projects in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. After that, Steve performed for a few years as a Classical soloist and also with his own Jazz group.

Then, in 1997, Steve was drawn back to a past love - the music of Spain - Flamenco

Ben Siems

Born in Minneapolis, Ben Siems began studying piano when he was seven years old, switching to cello at age nine. He first tried his hand at composing only a few years later, writing arrangements of traditional songs for violin, cello and piano. Siems began teaching himself guitar during his senior year of high school, learning from the records of B.B. King and Robert Johnson. After attending Brown University, he made a name for himself on the East Coast folk scene as a solo acoustic guitarist and singer, combining classic blues playing techniques with his lyrical sense of melody. His solo recording, Sun's Gonna Shine, was aired on a number of New Jersey radio stations as he toured that state, playing to full houses at such legendary venues as the Mine Street Coffeehouse. After returning to the Twin Cities in the mid 1990s, Siems began to focus on instrumental music

Steve Church

Born: February 10, 1953

Play guitar and vocals. First jazz influences Jon Bartel, Gabor Szabo, Carlos Jobim. Later Steely Dan, Pat Metheny. Richie Hart, Christian McBride, Earl Klugh and Mimi Fox. Play many standards with a jazz imprint. Can pass as solo act. Decent voice. Have 100+ song repertoire. Great ear; fair chart reader. Would like to get trio together. Good team player. Studio access. St. Petersburg, Clearwater FL area.