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Francesco Diodati

Francesco Diodati is a modern guitar player whose inspiration is steeped in traditional jazz, contemporary, rock and folk music. He has developed his personal language by combining a spontaneous melodic approach with a clever use of electronics and effects. Francesco is Neko’s band leader, including Francesco Bigoni and Carlo Conti, Francesco Ponticelli, Ermanno Baron, that has debuted in 2008 and since then is touring worldwide. In 2010 the group releases a first album, Purple Bra, published by Auand Records, amongst the most important European labels for contemporary jazz., followed by Need Something Strong

Javier Perez Forte

Born: February 9, 1960

Argentine guitarist, composer and arranger, he has studied to the Universdad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina), then he specialized himself in Paris and Italy with Ivo Malec, Pierre Boulez, Ennio Morricone among the others. The record label Nuova Fonit Cetra-RAI has published his chamber music in the CD Atmospheres and the Sonzogno publisher edited his compositions for orchestra. He has composed for the singer Lucia Minetti the music of Luz!, a song that gives the name to the homonymous CD (Velut Luna Records). He has accomplished all the tango- arrangements for the Mario Brunello's Orchestra d’archi italiana and he has participated as a soloist player in this project.
 He has has collaborated with many directors and actors and composed music for cinema, for theater and for documentaries for several institutions (Regione Lombardia, Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, Istituto di Antropologia di Milano, Istituto Politecnico di Milano, etc

Paul Hosford

Born: February 23, 1961

Paul Hosford is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. He has operated a recording studio in Albion, Nebraska, since 1986 and in 2002 started his own record label, Painted Heart Music, which has released 16 full length CDs to date. Paul's solo jazz guitar CD, Emergence, was given five stars by Jazz 2/Day and his work with young musicians earned him the praise of jazz writer Nat Hentoff. Paul began learning jazz bass and guitar at a young age from his father, pianist Frank Hosford. Paul has been mentored by several jazz musicians, most notably saxophonist Preston Love and bassist Ray Brown

Rod Harris Jr

Born: April 13, 1979

Rod Harris Jr. is a native of Jacksonville, Florida. Rod was exposed to music at a young age by his singer/songwriter father. When Rod was 14, his father decided to relocate the family to Atlanta, GA. On his 17th birthday, his father gave him $150 dollars, and he decided to take the money and purchase an acoustic guitar. "...I don't know what provoked me to get a guitar...It had to be God...because I could've partied that money away...quickly.." he says. Once he began learning the instrument he fell in love with it and was determined to be a great player. " ...I think my senior year, my classmates thought I was crazy...I didn't party...I literally locked myself in my room and practiced for hours..."he says

Tony Wilson

Tony Wilson began his musical studies in 1981 at Malaspina College in Nanamio, B.C., where he studied composition with Pat Carpenter. He took private guitar instruction from Oliver Gannon. Further schooling, included two summer sessions at the Banff School of the Arts. His teachers there included Dave Holland, John Abercrombie, Kevin Eubanks, Steve Coleman, Muhal Richard Abrams and others. Tony has also studied composition privately with multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia and new music composer Georgio Magnenensi. After moving to Vancouver, B.C. in 1987, he started playing and writing for the sextet Video Barbeque

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Joshua Bayer Jazz

Born: July 23, 1965

Jazz guitarist, bassist, composer and director Joshua Bayer has performed at venues such as The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Detroit Opera House, Blues Alley, The Harlem Renaissance Festival, The World Jazz Festival, The Phillips Collection, The Contemporary Theater Festival, The One Step Down, New York Museum Of Modern Art, National Public Radio, and Philadelphia's Chris's Jazz Café. Besides being featured on BET on Jazz and performing original new jazz with the Joshua Bayer Quartet, Josh has played with jazz artists Neal Creque, Dick Lurie, Gary Thomas, Ron Holloway, Marty Nau, The Federal Jazz Commission, and Chris Vadala

Ralf Buschmeyer

Ralf Buschmeyer picked up his first guitar at the age of 13 and hasn’t set it down since. Growing up, Buschmeyer was influenced by artists like Ray Charles, Eric Clapton and Booker T & the MGs, who collectively inspired him to first start playing music. Since then, his musical style has evolved from blues, rock and R&B to jazz, resulting in a unique sound that resonates with any music lover. As an accomplished jazz guitarist, instructor and composer, Ralf Buschmeyers music echoes the eclectic journey hes taken and graciously invites the audience along for the ride. Over the years, Buschmeyer has carved out an impressive career path for himself

Josep-Manel Vega

Born: March 10, 1965

He began studying musical language and harmony with his grandfather (Josep Baiget),  classical guitar with several teachers (Jordi Belza, Mariano Capella, Guillem Pérez-Quer, William Waters, Danielle Kassner), contemporary music (Joan Munné, Xavier Prats) and flamenco (Manuel Castilla). However, it was by exploring on his own that he developed a personal musical language focused on improvisation, inspired by musicians such as Keith Jarret, Bill Frisell, Ralph Towner or Nguyên Lê.

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Jonathan Asperil

Born: June 14, 1994

Jonathan Asperil, now 21 years old, is a Los-Angeles based musician. Jonathan began playing the guitar when he was 11 years old and since then, he has been devoting most of his time to becoming a better musician. At the age of 15 he auditioned for a teen national talent contest, organized by Coca-Cola Company, and won in the category of best guitar player. This achievement led to him performing with a professional cover band in front of 1,000 teenagers. At the age of 16, he was the winner of another national guitar contest which was produced by the most esteemed radio station in Israel, "88FM." This contest was produced and judged by guitar virtuoso Joe Bonamassa