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Nikolaj Bugge

Born: October 26, 1989

Nikolaj Bugge is a young, Danish guitarplayer, featured in bands like Røgsignal, I Just Came From The Moon and Yune.

Owen Boxwell

Owen Boxwell is a guitarist and co-leader of the Boxwell / Feldman Group. He began playing guitar at the age of 8. He fell in love with jazz when he heard Bill Evans' album "Explorations" and joined the jazz band at Hamilton International Middle School. He was soon winning outstanding soloist awards at many different jazz festivals including University of Portland, Clark College, Bellevue College, and Lionel Hampton. In 2014 he won the Ralph Patt full tuition guitar scholarship to Mel Brown jazz camp. In high school he began playing professionally as a leader and sideman with many Seattle musicians including Milo Petersen, Alex Dugdale, D'vonne Lewis, Jared Hall, Susan Pascal, Randy Halberstadt, and others

Phil Townes

Born: 1948

Peter Frank

So says New York-bred and based musician and composer Peter Frank, who’s currently performing in select, intimate venues throughout the five boroughs of New York City, solo, and with his band, Lucky Flamingo. This Doo-Wop, folk-inflected rock ‘n roller has a unique, dual musical presence — he’s as facile on woodwind instruments as he is as a guitarist and vocalist. Peter has been involved with music since he realized what music was, and meant, as a soloist, a side man and a member of original bands. He has been reinventing himself as a solo artist with (or without) backup, writing songs alone and with a partner

Octavio Hernandez

Born: March 13, 1977

Octavio D. Hernández is musician that happends to play guitar from the Canary Islands, so to say Islander, nowadays rooted in Barcelona. His relationship with music begins at an early age from two very different ways of influence: on one side the Canary Islands folklore and on the other, jazz, blues and rock. Beign self-taught in 2001 he moved to Barcelona where he receive hands-on classes from musicians as relevant in the Catalan and Spanish music scene as Jordi Bonell, Viçens Solsona or Dani Pérez and begins his studies in the Taller de Musics where he completes part of his jazz studies. In addition to his studies at the Taller de Musics he participated in seminars and master classes with Chris Higgins, Seamus Blake, Kurt Rosenwinkel, David Friesen, Perico Sambeat, Javier Colina, Iñaki Salvador, Lage Lund, Peter Bernstein among others. In 2005 he moved to New York City where he studied with Johnathan Kreisberg and Peter Bernstein. In 2012 he finishes his complementary studies of music in the Superior School of Music of Catalonia, ESMuC, obtaining the superior title of Jazz and Modern Music (JiMM) with his degree project on the figure of Frank Zappa. In the professional field he has participated in many projects from his own jazz quartet, "Now Quartet", with which he has shared the stage with musicians such as Santi de La Rubia, Mariano Steimberg, Tom Warburton, Joan Terol, César Joaniquet or Miguel Serna, hiphop with IFS-Crew, funk and Cuban music with Mel Semé, "mestizaje" with Radio Malanga or afrobeat with Alma Afrobeat Ensemble among others. He has had the opportunity to share the stage at the Canarian Jazz Festival with the Charlie Moreno Group, at the Canarias Jazz Showroom with Aldo Caviglia and Paco Perera at the Canarias Jazz Showroom in 2013 presenting his latest solo work on the figure of Thelonious Monk with a great reception, in 2015 with Takeo Takahashi Quintet at the Festival Noorpas de Finalndia, Alfredo Kraus Auditorium, and many clubs throughout Spain. In 2015 he participates as professor in the seminar of Jazz and Modern Music of Tenerife together with Abe Rábade, Chris Cheek or Joe Magnarelli among others. He leads his own quartet, OH4t, with Kike Perdomo on sax, Audun Waage on trumpet, Giampaolo Laurentaci on bass and Juan Luís Castaño on drums and in the Haziram Trio trio with Aldo Caviglia and Giampaolo Laurentaci. As sideman he plays regularly with Kike Perdomo with whom he recorded his last work, Roots and with the Big Band of the Canary Islands, with which they participate in his last album, Hangin'Out, with the arrangements of the Danish pianist Soren Möller

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Matthew Shell

Matthew Shell (also known as MTS), is a music producer and engineer. Based in Washington DC, his versatile production style spans genres as wide as jazz and rock, to RnB and soul. Matthew writes and produces music released as solo productions under his own name, as well as for other bands and solo artists. He is the founder and CEO of publishing house and record label MTS Music. Shell’s work on the production for Marcus Johnson’s album Flo: Chill reached #7 on Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Chart in 2009. Later that year he worked as the engineer on O.A.R.’s album Rain or Shine that reached #5 on the Independent Albums Chart and also #7 on the US Alternative Albums Chart

Billy Yeager

Born: September 6, 1957

BIO from www.billyyeager.com Billy Yeager is a self-taught musician. He has written and recorded over 2600 musical compositions. In his early 20s, he won several National Songwriting contests. He produced his first album, What’s It Gonna Take, in 1983. Over 22 of South Florida’s top musicians, such as Dennis Noday, Rex White, Jay Drake, Alan Layton and Diane Sherrow, recorded on the album. On his second album, Be My Valentine, produced in 1985, Billy played every instrument. The album was recorded at Circle Sound Studios, which is the private recording studio of the Inner Circle Reggae Band

Wesley Amorim

​​ ​Versatile Music Producer, Composer and Latin Grammy nominated Guitarist. Resilient and resourceful character with 18 years of performance history. Skilled at areas such as music and executive production, session musician, arrangement, film and media composition. At 17, he began playing and recording professionally using a wide range of music genres, from Brazilian to jazz, rock, pop, and gospel. He has performed in Broadway musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar and The Lion King, and with countless artists. Amorim moved to the US in 2014 and has since shared the stage and/or recorded with renowned artists, including Alcione, Cyro Baptista, Luciana Mello, Neguinho da Beija-Flor, Jair Oliveira, Oriente Lopez, and others. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Blue Note, Joe's Pub, The Metropolitan Room, the DiMenna Center, Club Bonafide, and many others. In 2019 Amorim released his first duo album, "Simas & Amorim Duo - 'Deuce' with the pianist Luiz Simas to the acclaim of Creed Taylor and Antonio Adolfo. ​Wesley performed on the album ‘Selfie’ by the artist Jair Oliveira, nominated for the 2019 Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album. His last album, 'From Home' released in november of 2020, is a duo with the guitarist Rafael Borges Amaral

Julian Graciano

Born: July 27, 1974

Julián Graciano, learn music from the family roots, great-harpist, guitarist grandfather and his father tango bandoneon player, nucleus where takes his upbringing in a musical environment. In parallel to his schooling, his first formal knowledge incorporates hand of Professor Carlos Esteban, who guides him on solfege and music theory. Gets the scholarship BEST (Berklee Entering Student Talented) at age 19 and MEFA scholarship (Massachusetts Educational Financial Authority). Through these achievements pursuing higher studies at the famed Berklee College of Music, Boston USA where it has the ability to perform harmony and improvisation masterclass with Gary Burton, Chucho Valdez and Bob Mintzer; jazz guitar with John Scofield, Mike Stern, Pat Martino and latin jazz with Carlos Moreno (Irakere); polyrhythms and rhythmic concepts with Horacio "El black" Hernandez and Steve Smith; composition with Jim Reyes and Alf Clausen, among others. He has taught the guitar chair, musical analysis and repertoire at the Conservatory Argentino Galván and teacher of Liceo Superior del Tango in the chair "scholar tango" and "guitar in the tango" Both institutions of the National Academy of Tango. He has given seminars for the College Music Society on history and evolution of tango and the music of Eduardo Rovira. Masterclass on improvisation applied to Argentinean popular music in AADI (Argentinean Association of Musicians). For almost 20 years he teaches at particular guitar majoring in jazz and tango, traditional and contemporary harmony, counterpoint, composition techniques, arrangements and orchestration, ear training and improvisation. He has received the following awards Along with his guitar duo Graciano-Sapir, best instumental set Tango Cultural Center first prizeHonorable Mention Awards in October Notable bars Prize 2005. With singer Fabian Russo Award 2006 Notable bars with his trio contemporary tango Tango en Tres received the 2007 award Notable barsHonorary Award 2010 Cultural Fair Tango en Tres was chosen by Maestro Chucho Valdes to perform at the prestigious International Jazz Plaza Festival 2008 were declared of cultural interest by the Directorate of Cultural Affairs of Argentina. He has written several educational books Analysis Booklet Tango for the Conservatory Galván The Real Book of Tango (book titled Real jazz) divided into five volumes with about 600 pieces in total and used by many contemporary tango musicians from various parts of the world. Complete Guitar Method Tango Edited by Melos / Ricordi Argentina in 2016, exhausted the 1st edition a week of its publication. Articles about jazz improvisation to magazine VIVA LA MUSIC AMR Switzerland and several articles about Free download tango and jazz website Scribd. Transcription of all kinds of works, commissioned and personal pleasure, from solo instruments to tango orchestras. As arranger of tango, has been requested by several groups and soloists from different countries, such as Turkey, USA, England, Germany, Spain and Sweden. As a sideman he has been summoned to join the jazz band Harry Waters (son of legendary rock musician Roger Waters) playing several concerts in Buenos Aires on 2011. Along with his trio Tango en Tres grouping which combines his two great loves, tango and jazz, and where it says in exercising his passion for live performance, improvisation and composition, has participated in the International Jazz Plaza Festival, Havana Cuba, Festival de Jazz de La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Uruguay Jazz Festival (Jazz on the street 2008), has been invited by Maestro Juan Falu in 2009 to Guitar World event. In the field of research, was asked by Mrs