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James Kennedy

Born: June 27, 1950

James Kennedy began his musical studies in his local school’s band program. He credits those early teachers with laying a solid foundation of musical knowledge. After a few years in the band program he met his true love, a 6 string “Harmony” guitar. He learned chords and songs from the radio and soon was “cutting his chops” in a succession of rock and blues bands, playing 4 or 5 nights a week even though he was still in school. In his “spare” time he was also studying folk music and working in a variety of recording studios across the Midwest. His first solo release “Just Bein’ Natural” with Union Street Productions was a folk guitar/vocal album

Rich Peare

Born: October 23, 1959

I am a Jazz and Classical guitarist, teacher and performer for over 25 years in the New York and metropolitan area.

Dan Kozar

Dan Kozar was born and raised in Welland, Ontario. At the age of 12, he became inspired by one of his heroes, George Harrison, to pursue his endeavor of becoming a professional guitarist. Dan's father, a mandolin player, encouraged him to learn to read & play music to attain his goals. With years of studying & performing, Dan acquired a vast armory of technique and musicality in the fields of composition & stage performance. In addition to studying at Eastman School of Music Summer Jazz Studies, Dan attributes his distinctive command of the instrument to his studies with Lloyd Garber, Reg Schwager & Ed Bickert at the Banff School of Fine Arts. A guitar teacher both in the Niagara Region and Toronto area, his accomplishments have led him to work on independent & promotional films and later this year, Dan will be recording with Ghanaian born singer/composer, Holly Boadi.

Frank Axtell

Born: July 29, 1958

Frank Axtell 2004 With over two decades in the music industry, Frank Axtell is a renowned guitarist, composer and teacher and is a major contributor to the south Florida jazz-fusion scene. He performs with his own jazz ensemble, The Frank Axtell Group. Most recently, he has performed with other artists such as The Larry Marshall Project. He was chosen as a featured soloist at the Berks Jazz festival in Reading, PA. He toured extensively in the mid 80s along the Atlantic coast & has recorded on the West Coast at San Franciscos The Record Plant. Thankfully he has decided to make south Florida his home. Frank graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston

Brian Nova

Born: April 29, 1961

Vivify Music Recording Artist and Benedetto Guitar Artist, Brian Nova, is considered one of the top Jazz Guitarists/Vocalists in the nation, according to Jazz Improv Magazine. Joe Pass said of Nova: ‘I feel Brian is one of the finest Jazz Guitarists on the scene!’ He has the distinction of being the only guitarist who was mentored by, and toured with the two titans of Jazz guitar: Herb Ellis and Joe Pass. Rock Icon, Steve Miller, says: ‘I’ve met and known a lot of guitarists in my career, and ‘B’ is the best guitarist I’ve ever met.’ Nova performs, and records, as a solo artist with his Trio, Quartet, and his 18-piece Big Band. Brian is on Arturo Sandoval’s Grammy Award Winning CD, Dear Diz, which garnered a Grammy and 3 Latin Grammys in 2013 on Concord Records. Brian was also featured at the Iconic Apollo Theater in Harlem for Ella Fitzgerald’s 100th Birthday Celebration along with Liz Wright, Monica Mancini, Patti Austin, Andra Day, Cassandra Wilson, Ledisi and many others.

Adam Smale

Born: March 6, 1967

“Standing strong in the field of “Jazz”… Adam Smale is one of the serious devotees… an exciting new voice on the scene …take notice!” – Pat Martino For guitarist/composer Adam Smale, the pursuit of musical expression began at the tender age of seven years old. Today, four decades later, that journey has reached a new peak with the release of his new quartet CD, Out of the Blue, which clearly demonstrates the extraordinary results spawned from the various twists and turns of all of those years of development. Born in 1967 in a small working class community in Northern Ontario, Adam’s musical roots were first set in Country and Bluegrass

Scott Whitney

With sales of over THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND, FIVE-HUNDRED (34,500+) CDs, Scott's CD sales has surpassed many major recording artists! The ChristmAcoustic and ChristmAcoustic II CDs feature twenty tracks of beautiful acoustic solo guitar playing. Performed as an acoustic jazz & classical guitar orchestra, each of these Christmas favorites feature just one guitar playing all bass, chord, and melodic parts at the same time. While listening, you'll hear a combination of classical, jazz, and latin-inspired styles that the Bay Area's largest newspaper, the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, selected as one of the top holiday CDs of the year, and that the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER strongly recommended to its readers. Scott's newest CD, Guitjazzathon, is now available on Spinario Records

German Bense

Born: June 2, 1963

1963 - German Bense was born in Montevideo, Uruguay 1977 - Begun piano and theory studies at the “Instituto Kölischer” (until 1979). 1979 - Begun guitar and bass studies at the “Centro Musical Moderno” with the master Juan Lamas. Performs as guitarist in a bossa nova band that won the Uruguayan TV Conquest “Estudiantina”. 1981 - Performs in a dixieland band called “Luisiana Jazz Band”. 1982 - Begun his professional musician career performing guitar and bass guitar in Montevideo's night clubs. Wrote his first own songs that year. 1983 - Performs in a brazilian music band called “Turbilhao” that play the whole year in differents Montevideo's night clubs. 1984 - Won the “Revelation Award” in the “Festival de La Paz”, Canelones, Uruguay (Uruguayan Popular Music). 1985 - Begun an ininterrupted activity at differents Montevideo's clubs (until 1995)

Randy Dorman

Born: August 9, 1954

Randy Dorman guitarist with Super Star Kenny Rogers for over 29 years has his own record company and studio. He curently has 5 smooth jazz Cd's to date http://www.randydorman.com/samples.htm and is in the final stages of a brand new vocal project " Lullaby Of Birdland " to be released on his website this summer. Please take a moment to drop by and check the latest info and to see his video http://www.randydorman.com/vid.htm from "No Boundaries"

Calvin Edwards

Born: May 14, 1957

Born in Kings Mountain N.C., Calvin is also a well-know international artist who has performed in Okinawa, Tokyo, and China as well as performing for the G8 Summit for President Clinton in Okinawa. Calvin is now performing in the USA and has played in San Francisco, New York, Charleston, including the The 2005 NAMM SHOW in Anahiem, CA, the Romare Bearden 99th Birthday Bash, the grand-opening of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, the Fall for Greenville event in SC, the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC and the Guilford College Homecoming in Greensboro, NC.

At 17, he joined the famous Gospel group Five Blind Boys of Alabama for many years