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Alex Jønsson

Born: March 19, 1985

Alex Jønsson is an award-winning Danish guitarist, composer and improviser.

He has been greatly recognized for his Nordic and melancholic expression – both as a composer and a

soloist - and has toured in most of Europe as well as in India.

Most people will know him from orchestras like I Think You’re Awesome, Mirja Klippel and Bagland.

Yet, in recent years, as a composer and a bandleader, Alex Jønsson has raised his profile as one of the most interesting jazz guitarists on the modern scene.

He has released four albums as a leader, played on a number of significant releases and has been nominated for a Danish Music Award Jazz no less than nine times!

Julphan Tilapornputt

Born: July 17, 1990

​​Originally from Thailand, Jazz guitarist Julphan Tilapornputt studied guitar performance at the Berklee College of Music where he was recipient of a Music Writing and Composition scholarship. Julphan recently received a Masters Degree in Jazz Studies at NYU's Steinhardt school. Julphan currently resides in New York City, and regularly leads performances in New York, Boston and Thailand. Combining an intriguing mix of influences, Julphan's music features sophisticated guitar-centric compositions mixing classical elements and jazz improvisation. All of these things are on display on the trio's debut album, “Inspired,” released in 2012 in USA and Thailand, and reviewed on AllAboutJazz.com

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Bill Farrish

Born: September 26, 1962

Bill Farrish has performed and or recorded as a leader in various groups ranging in size from solo to quintet and also released six CD’s for MCR Records. His music has been featured on several radio broadcasts in Europe the Far East and South America. As a sideman Bill has performed with Bernard Purdie, David Garibaldi, Arthur Prysock, Ray Alexander, Jimmy Halperin, Cecil Bridgewater,Kiku Collins, Wes Belcamp, Steve Kenyon, and Off-Broadway productions of The Man of LaMancha, Lil’ Shop of Horrors, Hair and Tapestry.session work for gold and platinum recording engineer Remo Leomporra Jr, the bands StrangeColud, QCC, Kim Novak and many others.Television credits include: Bea Moss Productions and The Carl Bruno Show– TCI Cable, TV., featured artist in the independently released!production “An Evening with Bill Farrish” by Raven Productions, QPTV

Julien Colarossi

Born: February 4, 1988

Originally from Settefrati, Italy, guitarist and composer Julien Colarossi, born the 4th of February 1988, has recently graduated with a first-class honours degree in jazz performance from Newpark Music Centre in Dublin, Ireland. Since moving to Ireland in 2007, Julien has established himself as one of the most exciting young guitarists to emerge in recent years on the Irish contemporary jazz scene. He is gaining a strong reputation not only as a performer but also as a composer and teacher. Julien studied jazz guitar in Ireland with Tommy Halferty and Ariel Hernandez. He studied composition with Ronan Guilfoyle, rhythm studies with Conor Guilfoyle, ear-training and harmony with Gèrman Lima and Phil Ware, and jazz history and world music with Francesco Turrisi. In 2010 Julien was awarded a $16,000 scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston

Larry Lampkin

Larry Lampkin is an American blues guitarist and singer- songwriter. He was born and raised in Fort Worth Texas, where he still resides today. Larry started writing songs and playing guitar as a teenager. He is mostly a self taught musician but had the privilege of taking some guitar lessons from experienced neighbor musicians, such as blues legend, U.P. Wilson. Larry would later tour the USA as a lead guitarist and band leader for recording artist, soul- blues singer, Vernon Garrett. He would then release his first CD titled “When I Get Home”, that received immense air play and reviews

Jake Reichbart

Jake Reichbart is a solo instrumental guitarist whose repertoire draws from all forms of popular music, starting with 20's-60's jazz and bebop standards, 60's-90's pop and rock classics, up to current day hits. He delights audiences by improvising countless tune requests on the spot. Depending on the situation, Mr. Reichbart is able to keep the performance strictly to music or offer, in between tunes, detailed information about the music, its history, the instrument and playing techniques, as well as humorous anecdotes and stories from his travels. To get a sense of his vast repertoire, one can sample over 1,000 solo guitar performances on his YouTube channel where he has some 50,000 subscribers, worldwide. As of October 2024, Mr. Reichbart has achieved a remarkable feat, reaching the 32th anniversary of performing weekly, Tuesday through Thursday, at the famed The Earle restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Corey Hendricks

Born: December 5, 1987

Corey Hendricks is a guitarist/composer/educator active in Minneapolis as well as Boston/NYC. He is a Berklee College of Music alumni, and as well as being a freelance musician, and guitarist for Hip Hop/Jazz group Tiger Speak, he is owner of MusiCloud Online Music Lessons, which offers face-to-face instruction via webcam from a top faculty from all instrument groups.

Dustin Hofsess

Born: September 29, 1969

As youngsters we are exposed to a myriad of people, ideas and experiences that shape the person we will choose to become. For Dustin, hearing the electric guitar bolting through an amp at the age of 13 was all it took to forever change the course of his life. From that point on, he had a guitar strapped around his neck and an intention to live creatively. Dustin studied music as a young man with Tim Murray at The Guitar Workshop. Motivated to learn and grow as a musician and as a human being, Dustin has continued to perfect his craft by studying Classical Guitar under Mike Mosley and Charles Vaughn at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Tomo Fujita (former teacher of John Mayer) at Berklee College of Music in Boston