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KUNLE AYO

Born: September 11, 1972

Multi-Award winning Nigerian born Jazz guitarist, Kunle Ayo is looking forward to the release of his new and 6th studio album release titled “Atunse the Revolution”, in which he features the internationally acclaimed musicians like Bra Hugh Masekela, America’s great Saxophonist Kirk Whalum and Zimbabwean guitar giant, Oliver Mtukudzi. The album is set to be released later this year and comprises of smooth African contemporary jazz which is ethnically influenced. Due to the demand for diverse styles of Music, Kunle Ayo stands out as one of the artists who has retained his roots as a Nigerian Jazz Guitarist. He celebrated his birthday on September 11, 2014 in a special way by spending time with motherless babies of Resthaven Baby Sanctuary in Turffontein, Johannesburg

Francesco Chiarini

Born: 1982

Italian guitarist and jazz singer. Among Francesco Chiarini's most important live achievements of particular importance are: finalist in the Italian Jazz contest for composers "Nicola Arigliano" (2016), exhibition at 12/14 Jazz Club -#1 club in Poland-, opened the concert to Enrico Rava New Quartet (2016, Lecce Italy), as well as multiple participation in the festival "Tendenze" in Piacenza (one of the biggest music events in the region of Emilia- Romagna), concerts on the exclusive Lake Garda riviera and on the beloved Adriatic sea. Francesco lives in Warsaw from 2005, is the founder of the well-known band "Ritmo Afinado" and "Francesco Bossa Quartet", which issued so far his own original album (Metropolis Bossa, 2016) and two EP albums (Estate -2014- and Dal Vivo dal Mare, 2014) appreciated by jazz experts, such as: Rafal Bryndal, Leonardo Masi, Yujiro Nakajima

Jeff Swanson

Born: February 27, 1988

Guitarist Jeff Swanson has made his unique voice and open mind a valued part of Chicago’s diverse music scene. A strong player in many disciplines, he has been featured at the Chicago Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Iowa City Jazz Festival, Chicago Gospel Festival. Case-fitter, is Swanson’s first original full-length release. It was recorded over four weeks in April 2017 during a residency at The Whistler in Chicago. Each week the group used a set repertoire and added members to its core trio, exploring a different experience each week and concluding with the final recorded performance as an octet. Swanson brings a fresh lyrical approach to meshing jazz, improvisation, electronic and post-rock music together on this release

Aaron Lehr

Born: September 25, 1978

Shu Odamura

Born and raised in Kyoto, Japan, Shu Odamura is a guitarist and composer based in New York City. During his years at Berklee College of Music, he started focusing on finger style on nylon string guitar and developed what became his signature voice. Shu released his debut album “Cloud Illusions” from What’s New Records in 2015 and the album was reviewed in All About Jazz, Minor 7th and Jazz Japan Magazine. While he remains active in the New York Jazz and contemporary music scene, he has worked with theater artists and groups including Watoku Ueno, Group.BR and Opera Pomme Rouge.

Chieli Minucci & Special EFX

Born: April 17

Guitarist, composer, and arranger Chieli Minucci is longtime leader of the Grammy-nominated jazz-fusion group CHIELI MINUCCI & SPECIAL EFX, a major force on the jazz and world music scene for well over 30 years. Besides writing and performing his own music, Chieli shares his guitar brilliance throughout the entertainment world. He has recorded and performed with many top artists, such as Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Jennifer Lopez, Jewel, Mark Anthony, Michael Bolton, Anastasia, as well as jazz artists Kirk Whalum, Jeff Lorber, Norman Brown, Bernie Williams, Marion Meadows, Lao Tizer, Mindi Abair, Rick Braun, Gerald Veasley, Omar Hakim, and many others

Micha Schellhaas

Micha Schellhaas is an L.A.-based guitarist living his dream and fulfilling his mission to make music as a solo artist, accompanist and composer. In 2013, he released his first EP, Wings of Fire, recorded at the renowned Sunset Studios in Hollywood. Wings of Fire was produced by Carl Verheyen (Supertramp) who also performed on the tracks, and featuring several other industry veterans (Chad Wackerman (Frank Zappa), Dave Marotta (Burt Bacharach, Gino Vanelli), Jim Cox (Mark Knopfler, Robben Ford)). In December 2015 he released his first full length album DOUBLE TAKE featuring the same band and 9 brand new original tracks.Heavily influenced by classic rock, blues and jazz, Micha has been playing guitar since he was 9 years old

Kevin Fionn Murphy

Born: April 16, 1954

Vreny Van Elslande

Born: June 14, 1971

Today, Vreny is busier than ever. Under the umbrella of his company ZOT Zin Music, Vreny produces demos for various artists. Vreny’s playing has been compared to Steve Vai, Steve Morse, Steve Lukather, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, Carlos Santana, Joe Satriani, and Eric Johnson. He has often heard those names after one of his shows, and Vreny is happy to be in such great company. When he is not teaching, producing, or working on his guitar book, Vreny can be found onstage. Go catch him perform when you can, but be prepared to catch your breath! Vreny has tons of plans, goals, and dreams he is constantly working on

Gabriel Lambert

Born: August 13, 1978

Biography Gabriel Lambert is a guitarist, composer and producer in the world of jazz, improvised music and rock music. After completing a bachelor degree in jazz performance from McGill University in 2003, he had the privilege to study with Peter Bernstein in New York with the help of a development grant from the Canadian council for the arts. Gabriel is an active member of rock group Elephant Stone since 2010. The band has since released two full albums (Elephant Stone and The Three Poisons), and has gone on numerous tours to Europe and the United States. With a creation grant from the Quebec Arts Council in 2013, Gabriel has written music for two projects : first a collaboration with Jace Lasek (The Besnard Lakes) on an instrumental ambient project called Heavenly Banquet which was premiered at the Phenomena festival in a performance with artist Clea Minaker in 2014, and a jazz quartet record untitled Les Ondes Célestes, which was released at the Montreal Off Jazz festival in the fall of 2015.