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Onder Focan

Born: August 24

Önder Focan started music by playing mandolin at the age of 8. He switched to guitar at 15 and concentrated on jazz in 1975. Being mainly self- taught, he has become a jazz musician most sought after as a guitarist, player, composer arranger and lyrics writer. In 1986, he got married to Zuhal Focan withn whom founded Nardis Jazz Club in 2002. Focan improved his skills in music and teaching by attending seminars by IAJE (International Association for Jazz Musicians). From 1996 to 1999, he conducted Jazz Ensemble courses at the Istanbul Academy. In 1997, he performed in the Guitar Night that was organized by MIDEM (Marché International du Disque et de l’Edition Musicale) with 11 international guitarists representing Istanbul Culture and Arts Fund (IKSV). Between the years of 2001 and 2005, he taught harmony classes at Mujdat Gezen Art Centre where he was elected as the best artist in Western Music in 2000

Alex Schrock

Alex Schrock is a guitarist, composer and teacher in the Columbus area. Originally from Canton, Ohio, Alex began playing bass at age 12, then switched the guitar in high school and never looked back. He received his bachelor’s in music composition from the University of Akron and his master’s in music composition from Cleveland State University. While in Cleveland, Alex studied with Cleveland jazz legends Bob Fraser and Rock Wehrmann. Alex also played in many acclaimed groups in Northeast Ohio, including the Mahavishnu Orchestra Project, Paul Stranahan’s Insomnia and Moises Borges. Now in Columbus, Alex leads his own groups in addition to being an in demand guitarist for jazz, soul, and hip-hop groups

Samson Schmitt

Francesco Lo Castro

Born in Salerno, Italy in 1974, guitarist and composer Francesco Lo Castro started studying guitar late in life, aged 25. He developed his guitar styles and technique under the tutoring of the great south Italian maestro Gianni Cataleta. He quit his Economic Studies (and a full time job in marketing) to fully focus on music in 2004. Two years after, he graduated with honors in music performance from a BMus at Thames Valley University (London). In the same year, he won the Best Guitarist Award at the Guitar Institute in London where he attended tutoring classes by Shaun Baxter and Iain Scott, among others

Nigel Price

Nick Waterhouse

Everything about Nick Waterhouse started with a single 45. Actually, if you’re reading this, you understand that just about EVERYTHING started with a single 45, and you understand that I’m writing this and you’re reading this because we once heard a certain kind of song on a certain kind of record made by a certain kind of person—some genius and some lunatic, some lucky and some cursed and so many who only existed for a few minutes with a microphone before them in some hacked-together shack. Those were places that would have more comfortably held a speakeasy or a bloodthirsty game of poker, but which were instead reborn as recording studios

Patrick Naylor

Patrick Naylor has performed extensively as a guitarist and bandleader from Ronnie Scott's to Glastonbury. He has released 3 critically acclaimed albums of original compositions and completed numerous tours of the UK. Patrick’s debut album was CD of the week in the London Evening Standard, and his 2003 album, Afternoon Moon, was in Chrissie Murray’s CD’s of the year. His latest CD, Days of Blue, was included in the Daily Telegraph Best CDs of 2015.Patrick has recorded or played live with a number of different artists including Julian Costello, Viper’s Dream, David Beebee’s Gaya, Ian East, Eddie Parker, The Gypsy Dreamers, Julie Mckee, Julie Walkington, Stephanie O’Brien, Ben Walker. Lizzie Ball, Fulvio Sigurta, Sara Mitra, Una Palliser, Natalie Rozario, Maciek Pysz and many others.

Gregory Snyder

Born: June 10, 1983

Originally from Allentown, Pa, Greg Snyder began studying classical guitar under the instruction of Ted Williams at age 11. While taking classical guitar lessons, Greg was learning his favorite radio tunes by ear, and, not too long after, he got his hands on his first Fender Stratocaster. This led him to his traditional blues and jazz training from Gus Schnabel before he made his move to Philadelphia to study Jazz Performance at Temple University. Studying under Tom Giacabetti and Terell Stafford, Greg quickly became a premier guitarist, in the Philadelphia area. He had the privilage of performing in master classes with Clark Terry, Antonio Hart, Conrad Herwig, Jimmy Heath, Steve Davis, and many others

Darren Jay

His new release, Drink My Wine (2012) is collaboration of some the best Memphis musicians around. There are 11 songs with 9 originals and covers of Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Coochie Man" and Robert Geddins' "Tin Pan Alley." Special guests on the record include Grammy Winner and Music Hall of Fame inductee Wayne Jackson (trumpet) on originals "Workday Blues" and "Too Late Baby." Wayne Jackson is best known for his work as part of the Memphis Horns whos recordings appeared on nearly every Stax Records recording, helping the label define its sound. Rodd Bland, son of legendary Bobby "Blue" Bland, appears on drums on the original instrumental "Zilla." Darren Jay joined the U.S

Ale Ramirez

I have been composing music for a long, long time. I composed my first acoustic guitar melody when I was 12 and I learned only 3 or 4 chords on my guitar. At the time I was visiting a beautiful park in my home town Uruapan and it is what inspired my composition. I grew up in the small town of Uruapan Michoacan Mexico in a poor but honest family. My grand mother and grand father took care of me while my mother worked here in the US to support us. Since I was a young boy I wanted to record my own instrumental album but never got do it because of the many challenges of growing up and helping my family. Today, I play with joy thinking of the day when I am actually finished with this..