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Artan Buleshkaj

Born: December 30, 1993

Artan Buleshkaj (°1993), is a Ghent (Belgium) based guitarist and composer. He is active in a myriad of projects in and around the vibrant Ghent scene, spanning a musical spectrum reaching from pop to freely improvised jazz/noise. Active projects include: Marta Rosa (dream pop band based in Ghent, participated in the Humo's Rock Rally, the Nieuwe Lichting,... CD out in 2016 called "Invertebrates) ; BRAIN//CHILD (jazzrock/noise band, with members from Belgium and Italy. Semi-Finalists of the Keep an Eye International Jazz Contest). CD out in 2016 (Self Titled, on Honolulu Records); H A S T (rock/free/noise band, based around the Belgian Altoist Rob Banken, based in and around Ghent). Further accolades include a nomination for the SABAM Young Jazz Talent Award (2016) and participation in the finals of the Belgian B-Jazz International Jazz Award (with Ruis).

Davy Knowles

David Series

Born: December 20, 1982

David has studied with Mike Outram, Lage Lund and Dave Cliff. He has recorded with his Organ Trio, trio HSK, performed at the Queens Hall with The Paul Simon Project and Lorna Reid, played at China Orange Jazz Festival with Unkle Bob and performed alongside musicians such as Euan Stevenson, Konrad Wisniewski, Richard Kass, James Lindsay, Colin Steele, Ali Affleck, Herb reed and the Platters and Louis Abbott (admiral Fallow). He is always striving to develop the bands and projects he is involved in whilst developing his own playing as well. Most recently he has written, drawn the artwork, and recorded his own quartet project, 'Meerkat Parade'.

Masayuki Takayanagi

Born: December 22, 1932

Masayuki 'Jojo' Takayanagi (高柳昌行) (December 22, 1932 – June 23, 1991) was a Japanese jazz / free improvisation / noise musician. He was active in the Japanese jazz scene from the late 1950s. In the 1960s he formed New Directions (later New Direction Unit), which recorded several albums throughout the 1970s. He also recorded several albums with saxophonist Kaoru Abe, including Kaitai Teki Kohkan, Gradually Projection and Mass Projection.

Federico Castelli

Born: March 21, 1988

Federico Castelli (San Benedetto del Tronto, 1988) is an italian guitarist, composer and educator based in Rotterdam (NL). After graduating in 2013 at Codarts University for the Arts he also obtained his master diploma in jazz guitar studying between the conservatory of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Through these years Federico has been active part of the jazz comunity of the Netherlands both as a leader and as a sideman in projects such as Federico Castelli trio, The Alessandro Fongaro 5et, Dick De Graaf New Quartet, ROEST. Kika Sprangers Large Ensemble, Jo Goes Hunting etc. Federico is currently working with his new international project co-led with dutch drummer Ruud Voesten and danish bassist Adrian Chirstensen

Chuck Hammer

Born: February 23, 1963

Chuck Hammer is an American guitarist and soundtrack composer, known for textural guitar work with Lou Reed, David Bowie, and Guitarchitecture. As an artist, Hammer is best known for his Guitarchitecture recordings, though he is also widely regarded as a leading soundtrack composer, having scored approximately 300 documentary films. He is currently developing a series of improvisational textural guitar recordings. He attended State University of New York at Buffalo, studying classical guitar with Oswald Rantucci, jazz with Archie Shepp, and attended lectures presented by Karlheinz Stockhausen

Enver Izmaylov

Born: 1955

Enver Izmaylov (Ukrainian: Енвер Ізмайлов, Russian: Энвер Измайлов) (b. 1955 in Fergana, Uzbekistan) is a prominent Crimean Tatar folk and jazz musician (guitarist) resident of Ukraine. Enver Izmaylov graduated from the Fergana music school in 1973 majoring on bassoon, and had started playing the guitar at age 15 (about 1970). Izmaylov does not pluck the strings, but uses jazz tapping - an original technique of electric guitar playing when a musician plays with both hands on the neck by tapping on the strings with his finger-tips, as if it were a keyboard. He developed this technique to a climax simultaneously with, but not knowing of Stanley Jordan

Dom Minasi and Jack DeSalvo

Born: March 6, 1943

SOLDANO DIECI ANNI So here we are. Two guitarist who never played together and yet we decide to record an album. How does that work? I knew who Jack DeSalvo was because he put out The Bird The Girl and The Donkey II on his Unseen Rain record label, but I really didn’t know him as a guitarist till he said, “We should record together.” Immediately I went to YouTube and found him. Wow - what a player! I emailed and said don’t you think we should get together and play at least once? He agreed and came over and we played mostly free, but then I took out some of my straight ahead tunes and the magic began

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Nuno Marinho

Born: March 2, 1981

Nuno Marinho is a performer, teacher and promotor. ​ Born in Coimbra in 1981, he started playing the guitar at the age of 14. At the age of 18 he also started his studies in a second instrument, the double bass, at Conservatório Municipal de Coimbra.  In 2006 he moved to Lisbon to study at the "Escola de Jazz Luis Villas-Boas, Hot Club De Portugal".  In 2010 he was invited to perform at "A Festa do Jazz do São Luís", the most prestigious jazz portugues festival, were he was recognized with the "Best Jazz Instrumentalist" award.  In the same year his Jazz-Funk band has won the 2nd place at the "Cool Jazz Talents Competition" by performing original songs of his own.  Nuno Marinho's studies include a Law Degree at the University Of Coimbra (2004) and a Jazz Degree at ESML-Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (2013).  He is a recognized pedagog of Guitar, Harmony, Jazz Theory, Improvisation and Ear Training. In 2013 he started paying tribute to the "Pat Metheny Group" music. His investigation efforts on the life and work of the the great Jazz Masters have been published by "Jazz.pt" magazine since March 2014. (Check links bellow) In June 2014 his first album - "DNA" - was released. This was followed by the second album "Letting Go..