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Bálint Gyémánt

Bálint Gyémánt is one of the most outstanding and versatile guitarists of the Hungarian music scene, constantly exploring new genres and new styles. He was the first Hungarian student ever to receive a scholarship to the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. Bálint graduated at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in 2008 as a jazz guitarist and professor of music, and received a Master's degree in 2012.
 
 As a composer and guitarist, his current projects include electronic trio Bin-Jip, his duo with vocalist Veronika Harcsa, the Transform Quintet, and his brand new jazz power trio called Gyémánt Bálint Trio

Gene Pendleton

As a long-time player of Jazz in the Richmond area, Gene Pendelton leads Sketches, a highly improvisatory group centered upon contemporary Jazz styles. While it is easy to hear influences of greats like George Benson, Wes Montgomery, and Earl Klugh in his playing, Pendleton creates a voice that is all his own.

John R King

Born: August

John King comes from a very musical family. His pianist father and songstress mother encouraged his evident talents from a very early age. He learned the piano from the age of 3yrs, then turned his hand to the cello before finally picking up his first guitar which he has since never put down! His ability was 'recognised' as he reached the regional finals of the Young Jazz Musician of Year competition when he was 17years old, which was televised and hosted by Jools Holland. Jools commented on John's incredible guitar playing by stating "...he is a filthy guitar player who we will hearing lots about in the years to come" Session work swiftly followed and he had the privelige to also session with Miles Seabrook, who was working with Paul Weller

Loukas Hadellis

Was born in Volos, raised in Larissa and lives in Patras and Platamonas, Greece. Started guitar at an early age. Studied classical guitar in Municipal Conservatory of Larissa. Self-taught in modern musical forms, contemporary harmony, improvisation. Plays jazz, fusion, blues and rock, composes music and performs with trios and quartets for over 30 years. He has worked as electric guitar instructor at Philippos Nakas Conservatory - Department of Patras. Co-organized jazz courses and seminars in Philippos Nakas Conservatory and Contemporary Patras Conservatory. Works as a University Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering in Microcomputers, Industrial Networks and Audio Engineering.

John Zoltek

An artist of varied musical interests from classical to jazz and beyond, Maestro Zoltek holds degrees from University of British Columbia (M.M. composition) and Berklee College of Music in Boston (B.M. composition) where he studied both classical and jazz composition graduating with honors. While Berklee he was awarded the prestigious Youth Concerts at Symphony prize for classical composition. He studied conducting with Attilio Poto, a legendary conducting mentor at the Boston Conservatory, and was selected to attend the Pierre Boulez Carnegie Hall Foundation program in New York. He later studied conducting abroad in the Czech Republic

Nuno Ferreira

Born: August 1, 1975

He began his music studies at age eight. In 2000 he completed his BFA in Jazz Performance at the New School for Social Research/Mannes College in New York. He released four albums of original compositions e participated in countless concerts and recording sessions, having had the privilege to play musicians such as John Ellis, David Binney, Perico Sambeat, Marc Miralta, Chris Kase, Albert Sanz, Jesus Santandreu, Jesse Chandler, Bill Campbell, Jochen Rueckert, Alexis Cuadrado, Zé Eduardo, Nelson Cascais, Mário Barreiros, Demian Cabaud, Mário Laginha, André Fernandes, Carlos Bica, Paul Gill, Afonso Pais and many others

Bob Leary

Guitarist/banjoist Bob Leary hails from Massachusetts and currently is based in Southwest Florida. He is frequently featured at trad jazz, swing and Dixieland festivals and parties in the US and abroad. He was a Banjo King on Main Street at Disney World; the band leader and performer at Rosie O'Grady's in Orlando, FL; and was a featured act and band leader on the Mississippi Queen and the American Queen steamboats on the Mississippi river. For the past 8 years, Bob has been a featured All-Star for the JazzFest at Sea, and the Jazzdagen, cruises. He has played jazz festivals in Tahiti, Germany, Holland, France, Britain, Canada, and the Caesarea Jazz Festival in Israel

achmad ananda

Born: November 24, 1975

born 1975, full name Achmad Ananda Indra Purnama, born in jakarta, capital of indonesia, is among the young guitarplayers in indonesia’s current jazzscene probably the most promising. He started playing guitar at the age of 12. 1997 at the age of 22 he discovered the challenge and the beauty of playing jazz, when he met the great indonesian jazzpianist Idang Rasjidi. Short after that he studied with the great Oele Pattiselano and Denny Tr, followed by taking classes from the german Jazzmaster Günter Weiss, guestprofessor at jakarta’s Institut Musik Daya, IMD. In 2000 Idang Rasjidi asked him to join his band which gave him the opportunity to get deeper into the music and to develope his own unique style. Another milestone in his career was when he met John Stowell and japanese guitarplayer Hideaki Tokunaga

Dave Quick

Dave Quick is a composer, LinnStrument player, recording engineer, and Ableton Push player. He has programmed FretWorx, an encyclopedia of chords, scales, and arpeggios for guitar and other stringed instruments available on iOS, Android, and Windows 10. He has programmed DelayWorx, an app that lets you easily translate between BPM, a time signature, and a loop time and the number of measures, available on Android. He played guitar, bass, keyboards, and programmed drums on the songs at davequick.bandcamp.com. Unfortunately, he suffered a brain aneurysm in 2009 that left him missing his right hand

Rick Hannah

Rick Hannah, jazz guitarist, was born in Philadelphia, USA, and raised in Baltimore. He started playing guitar at 12 years of age, playing rock and other pop music of the day. By the age of 19 he became exposed to jazz and funk and for the next 15 years played a combination of Jazz, Funk and Blues usually in a fusion format. He moved to Los Angeles in 1976, where he tried to adapt to the musical culture, playing fusion music with such notables as Alphonse Mouzon, Bunny Brunel and Brian Auger. Searching for a deeper understanding of jazz music, Rick turned his attention to the roots of American Classic Jazz and began studying and playing that music exclusively