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Alzy Trio
The Alzy Trio dates back to the spring of 2002 when three friends, all guitarists, decided to play some of their favourite jazz and bossa nova tunes. In 2007, they signed their first CD, "Seize cordes en bal(l)ades", still available...Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo
The Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo represent the perfect alliance of ten-fingered guitar virtuosity, outstanding melodic themes, and dynamic rhythmic variations. Kapsalis' Spanish-inflected playing complements their...
Angelo Debarre
Angelo Debarre, born in St-Denis, France, started playing guitar at the age of 8. In the manush (gipsy) community, tradition is transmitted orally in family parties and gatherings, where music always occupies a prominent place. Angelo...
Anthony Ocaña
Dominican/Spanish composer and guitarist. Today he is one of the major exponents of contemporary guitar and also an innovator with the instrument. He performs concerts for 6 & 10 string guitars, guitars processed through delays and...
Baden Powell
Baden Powell de Aquino was born in Varre-e-Sai in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His father, a scouting enthusiast, named him after Lord Robert Baden-Powell. When he was three, his family relocated to a suburb in the city of Rio de...Barry Garneau
Keepin beat in mother's womb while she and my father played guitar and sang. Learned uke, singing harmony, acoustic guitar from her. Electric guitar and R&R for the '50s, jazz from '59 on, plus gumbo of Dylan, Jimi, Janice, Aretha, Otis,...
Big Bill Broonzy
Although William Lee Conley “Big Bill” Broonzy achieved fame and success in the Chicago blues scene and the folk revival in the United States and abroad, some of his earliest encounters with the blues and his earliest experiences as...Bijay Senihang
I simply like playing what ever the music is but most i prefer is jazz.Blind Blake
Blind Blake - Blues Singer, guitarist (1890 - 1933) Early finger pickin’ guitarist Blind Blake remains a mystery man of the blues. We know he was born Arthur Phelps, in Jacksonville, FL circa 1890-something and died sometime in...
Blind Boy Fuller
During his short but prolific recording career, circa 1935- 1941, Piedmont bluesman Blind Boy Fuller was one of the most popular performers in the Southeast United States. His records sold in the thousands, (impressive numbers during...Carlos Rivas
Duo La Guitarra Latina: Carlos & Eugenio spelen Latijnse muziek op 2 gitaren Van Achtergrond tot swingend Latijns-Amerikaanse muziek, bent u aan het juiste adres! Instrumentaal of met zang, vrolijke en/of romantische muziek.
Char Butler
Char Butler's appreciation for the fine arts began through the influence of her artistic father. She was identified as having a gift of voice and started singing at local church services. She started private vocal training and playing...Christopher Rizzo
Hello, and thanks for checking out my info. I have been playing guitar for 32 years. Currently, I am searching for a violinist and an upright bassist to form as acoustic jazz trio. The material includes several songs by the Rite Of...
Conrado Paulino
The style of guitarist, composer and arranger Conrado Paulino is an original fusion of three major musical schools. The first one embraces the repertoire of Brazilian music, a universe from which his creative basis takes its shape....Dan Moniz & The Bossa Ensemble
Dan’s journey from São Paulo, Brazil to Los Angeles, California has afforded him with ample opportunities to explore various genres and instruments; however, the guitar remains one of his favorites. Picking up the guitar at the age of...Daryl Shawn
Composer, songwriter and improviser Daryl Shawn is a genre-hopping guitarist with an appetite for varied situations. Currently using the nylon-string guitar as his primary instrument, he weds his command of flamenco and classical...
Dave Fisher
Dave was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 19, 1940, the son of Abe and Sadie Fisher. His special talent as a musician and singer first surfaced at Hillhouse High School where he was a member of “The Academics,” a popular doo-wop...
David Carradine
David Carradine by strumming his guitar with words of inspiration, Woody Guthrie instilled hope in the hearts of downtrodden Americans everywhere during the 1930s Depression. Now, the extraordinary life of this legendary balladeer and poet...
Derek Gripper
Derek Gripper is a composer and guitarist from the Western Cape of South Africa, merging "the imagery and mystery of the rural areas of the Cape" with the techniques of classical guitar and the string music of Africa (uhadi bow, umrhubhe,...
Diego Barber
Diego Barber was born in Lanzarote. There was already some musical precedent in his family; his great uncle was a pianist by profession and his father, in his youth, played the bass in a band called "Peppermint." Very early on in his home,...DJ Galactic
DJ Galactic is a French guitar player and composer of Electronic jazz music. He was firstly guitar player and composer in the acid jazz band « Eclyptics » he created with JC Ivala the singer in 2001. The band was touring mainly in...Don Loe
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Doug Martin
San Francisco Bay Area jazz guitarist, Doug Martin, has performed with some of the finest artists on the West coast and abroad including Germany based gypsy guitarist/composer, Lulo Reinhardt, Grammy award winning guitarist John Jorgenson,...
Duane Andrews
Duane Andrews's music is the product of a great ear, an adventurous spirit and a love of music that is beyond category. Uniting what would seem to be impossible, traditional Newfoundland music with the Gypsy Jazz of the legendary Django...Dwayne Brooke
Hot Club is back! The Woodshedders deliver up the hot sounds of Acoustic Gypsy Jazz with verve and enthusiasm. This artful new quintet features the dexterous guitar lines and distinctive vocals of Dwayne Brooke, the pouncing rhythms and...
Earl Klugh
In a recording career of over three decades, master guitarist EARL KLUGH has been lauded first as a prodigy and groundbreaker, then a defining figure, and ultimately, as one of the true statesmen of contemporary jazz. With 2008’s THE...Eastern Blok
EASTERN BLOK The Los Angeles Times calls Eastern Blok’s music “relentlessly innovative work.” Downbeat Magazine claims that “the ensemble playing is often breakneck and consistently challenging.” Acoustic Guitar Magazine raves...
Eduardo Mendonca
Who is Eduardo Mendonça? A native of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Eduardo traces his lineage to a royal African family bearing the hereditary title of Mama Beka ("prophet of the royal court"), as documented by the Instituto Geográfico e...
Eduardo Niebla
“World class virtuoso” (Time Out) Spanish guitarist and composer EDUARDO NIEBLA is one of the most brilliant and emotive performers on the world circuit today, fusing “poignantly poetic…and truly fabulous” (The Scotsman) flamenco...
Egberto Gismonti
Egberto Gismonti was born in 1947 in Carmo, Brazil. He began his formal music studies at the age of six. After studying classical piano for 15 years, he went to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger (orchestration and analysis), and...
Elek Bacsik
Originating from a gypsy family, 4-year old Bacsik started playing the violin. He later studied at the Academy of Music in Budapest. In 1943, he started to perform mainly as guitarist in folk music bands like the one led by accordion...
Eliott James
The new electro-jazz CD from Eliott JamesCinematic Life
"Techno Jazz at its very best. The Album is hauntingly innovative and is strong rhythmically." John Reid, Keith Community Radio (Keith, Banffshire, Scotland)
"What makes...
Elizabeth Cotten
American folk and blues musician Elizabeth Cotten, composer of the folk song classic "Freight Train" and recipient of a 1985 Grammy Award at age 93, began her career in music at an age when most people prepare for retirement. At 67 years...Ellina Graypel
Ellina Graypel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Award-winning Russian singer/songwriter Ellina Graypel born July 19, 1972 near the Volga River in the heart of Russia. She spent most of her youth growing up...Elliot (Firefly) Peters
I grew up in Seattle where I began my musical journey to become the semi-jazz writer I am today. I started guitar in sixth grade and haven't stopped since. Piano is another one of my strongholds. I started piano when I was five and grew up...
Eric Bibb
Eric was born In New York into a musical family. Eric's father, Leon Bibb, is a trained singer who sang in musical theatre and made a name for himself as part of the 1960's New York folk scene. His uncle was the world famous jazz pianist...
Etta Baker
Etta Baker of Morganton, NC, was born in 1913 and began playing guitar at the age of 3. She was the premier female Piedmont blues guitar instrumentalist, playing the guitar everyday, and constantly working on new arrangements until just a...Eugenio Martinez
Duo La Guitarra Latina: Carlos & Eugenio spelen Latijnse muziek op 2 gitaren Van Achtergrond tot swingend Latijns-Amerikaanse muziek, bent u aan het juiste adres! Instrumentaal of met zang, vrolijke en/of romantische muziek.Frank Meester
Biography missing, add it now.Frank Vignola's Gypsy Grass
One of the premier acoustic jazz guitarists on the scene today, Frank Vignola has launched a new all-star collective featuring some of the acoustic music scene's hottest young players. Melding contemporary gypsy jazz, bluegrass,...Frankie Cisco Harris
Natural jazzman, rhythman said to have sat on Ella Fitzgeralds Knee as baby weaned @ Newport Rhode Island jazz club- Cliff Walk Manor -Home to many jazz gigs at the advent of the Newport Jazz fest era in the early 1950's ... Part native...
Freddie Green
Freddie Green was the guitarist in what is generally considered to be the best rhythm section in the history of big band jazz, and dubbed the All-American Rhythm Section, which featured Count Basie, bassist Walter Page, and drummer Jo...
Furry Lewis
Born March 6, 1893, in Greenwood, Mississippi, Lewis acquired the nickname "Furry" from childhood playmates. At the age of seven he and his family moved to Memphis, where young Lewis took up the guitar under the tutelage of a man whose...
Gerry Johnston
Over the past thirty years I have provided live music for countless weddings, receptions, corporate functions, parties and special events around greater Boston and throughout all six New England states. Whether you are looking for a jazz...Guillermo Serpas
SUCCESSFUL AND VERY TALENTED LATIN GUITARISTGuillermo is a top-notch artist, who`s always embracing new ways of expressing his Latino passion through music....
Guy Buttery
As you drive about 13 miles north of Durban, the largest city in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, you pass a lush fertile belt where the rich green shades of the sugar cane meet the turquoise of the Indian Ocean. This is where...
Hot Club of Philadelphia
The Hot Club of Philadelphia was started at the end of 2001 By guitarist Barry Wahrhaftig, and violinist Mark Campiglia. We are an acoustic jazz group, dedicated to performing and preserving the music of the Grappelli and Django, and at...Hugo Wainzinger
Argentinian guitarist and composer based in Mountain View, CA. Plays and composes on many different styles. Owns recording studio. Produces and arranges for own projects as well as for other artists.Jean-Pierre Chassé
Jean-Pierre Chasse was born in Montreal in 1956. Self-taught guitarist, he became known with the pianist Claude Marc Bourget, with which he very freely improvising duo, from the 80’s, both Quebec and France, particularly in the context...Jerry Krahn
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Jim Jackson - Blues Singer, guitarist (1884 - 1937) “Jim Jackson’s Kansas City Blues,” was one of the biggest selling blues hits of the 1920’s, and made him quite the popular performer in this time frame. A colorful...Jimi Durso & Karla Harby
Flute and guitar duo.
Jo Wymer
Freehold’s Best Kept Secret Since 2005 when they stepped into the local area music scene, Jo Wymer and the Itty Bitty Band have become a respected, skillful, musical partnership of songwriting, musicianship, and superior live...João Paulo Amaral
www.joaopauloamaral.com.br Guitar player (brazilian 10-string guitar, called viola caipira), composer and researcher, João Paulo Amaral outshines as one of the most important Brazilian ten string guitar names in Brazil and abroad. He has...John Fahey
John Fahey - acoustic guitar (1939 - 2001) Acoustic guitarist John Fahey was impossible to classify. His eclectic music included traditional-sounding folk pieces, Indian ragas, blues, and unpredictable modern works, not fitting...John Shaffer
Late 1960’s - played trumpet as a member of the Gainesville Symphony. 1969 " worked with George Winston (Grammy winning pianist & co-founder of Windham Hill Records) 1969 " played with Scott McKenzie (If You’re Going to San...Jon Larsen
JON LARSEN CV 1959 Born 7 January at Jar, near Oslo, Norway. At an early age attracted to drawing/painting and rockhunting in the mountains. 1972 Starts to play the guitar, but spends most time drawing and painting. 1976 First solo...
Joseph Frame
After many years performing as a solo guitarist, Joseph Frame founded Framework Acoustic Jazz Quartet (initially a drummer-less trio) in the mid 90's; the quartet has subsequently grown to a Quintet on occasion. The rather unusual...King Solomon Hill
King Solomon Hill - Early Blues Singer, guitarist (1897 - 1949) Born Joe Holmes in 1897 in Mississippi, singer and guitarist 'King Solomon' Hill left only a very small recording history, four songs to be precise, on which his worth...
KJ Denhert
KJ Denhert is a unique artist, singer, guitarist and songwriter who calls her music Urban Folk and Jazz. Her voice is powerful, her lyrics full of intelligent insight, and her musicianship is impeccable. Her eclectic yet unified...Laura Rivas
Duo La Guitarra Latina: Carlos & Eugenio spelen Latijnse muziek op 2 gitaren Van Achtergrond tot swingend Latijns-Amerikaanse muziek, bent u aan het juiste adres! Instrumentaal of met zang, vrolijke en/of romantische muziek.
Leon Redbone
Leon Redbone is a noted American guitarist and singer, known for his stylized performances of early jazz and blues songs. Redbone usually performs old and often largely unknown songs from vaudeville and minstrel shows of the 1910s and...Looks
Looks is an acoustic jazz/funk band that started in the underground jam scene in Bergen,the beautiful city on Norway's west coast. They debut recording was at Roaming Records Sessions, and currently their first studio-recorded album is in...Luca Sirianni
Born in Petroná (CZ) Italy, Luca moved to London to pursue his career in music. His versatile, stylish playing and fluent technique have made him a prominent presence on the London scene, the guitarist of choice for fellow musicians and...
Luiz Bonfa
Luiz Bonfa was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus. Bonfa was born on October 17, 1922 in Rio de Janeiro. He began teaching himself to play guitar as a child; he studied...
Maciek Pysz
Polish born and London based guitarist and composer Maciek Pysz has been playing guitar since the age of 11 and is a completely self-taught musician. He has been inspired by artists such as Al Di Meola, Sylvain Luc, Pat Metheny, John...
Mance Lipscomb
Mance Lipscomb represented one of the last remnants of the nineteenth-century songster tradition, which predated the development of the blues. Though songsters might incorporate blues into their repertoires, as did Lipscomb, they...
Marcin Olak
Marcin Olak is one the most interesting Polish jazz guitar players. He is one of the few who can play modern jazz on classical and acoustic guitars, using the specific sound and articulation possibilities of those instruments;...
Marco de Carvalho
Guitarist, composer and arranger originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Please see my website for more information, including a performance schedule.Marcos Neves
Marcos Neves: la voix suave qui vient d’Itapuã*... Né au sud-ouest de Bahia, Marcos Neves auteur compositeur brésilien débute sa carrière en 1990. Il se produit à c'té du chanteur Neto Costa. Ensemble, ils interprètent un...Mauricio Pessoa
NYC resident and Rio de Janeiro native Mauricio Pessoa is a classically trained (graduated in Orchestration at Juilliard Music School) guitarist and singer-songwriter emanating from the current crop of young Brazilian music artists that...Meklit Hadero
If Joni Mitchell were East African and met Nina Simone for tea in San Francisco’s Mission District, she might end up sounding like Meklit Hadero. Meklit is a true modern global artist: born in Ethiopia, raised in US and nurtured for the...
Michael Tomlinson
With his honey-warm voice and earthy, uplifting lyrics, Seattle-based singer/songwriter Michael Tomlinson’s songs comfort the weary soul. Drawing upon folk, smooth jazz, and Americana, Tomlinson’s songs unfold with an easygoing charm...Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt - Blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player (1893 - 1966) Mississippi John Hurt was a blues musician known for his unique fingerpicking technique and soft-spoken songs that combined gospel inspiration and an...
Muriel Anderson
Widely respected as the premier woman fingerstyle guitarist on the scene today, Muriel Anderson is the first woman to have won the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship. Her show presents virtuosic guitar work from Spanish flamenco...Murillo Da Ros
Brazilian musician and composer, Murillo studied Guitar (Classic, Flamenco, Jazz), Theory and Improvisation in several music academies, involving himself in a miriad of styles in universal music. With his delicate guitar technique, he...
Nate Najar
Guitarist Nate Najar Pays Homage to a Hero On New Trio Outing, Blues For Night People: The Nate Najar Trio Remembers Charlie Byrd An accomplished guitarist-composer and Charlie Byrd devotee, nylon string fingerstyle player Nate...
Nick Reynolds
Nick Reynolds, who as a college student grabbed a guitar, donned a broad- striped button-down shirt and quickly helped propel the 1950s folk music revival to the top of the pop music charts as a founding member of the Kingston Trio. The...
Noel Lorica
Jazz guitarist, Noel Lorica exciting new songs stems from his & Treebo band's diverse cultural backgrounds to blend a subtle but wayward style of jazz which transports you from the jazz clubs of America to the sun drenched beaches of...
Odetta
Odetta, the classically trained folk, blues and gospel singer who used her powerfully rich and dusky voice to champion African American music and civil rights issues for more than half a century starting in the folk revival of the...
Oleg Pissarenko
Oleg Pissarenko is one of the uniquest jazz composers and performers in Estonia. He has released 6 official CDs with different bands. Romantic melodies give his music distinctive characteristics and excellent guitar playing techniques make...Patrick Lockwood
Brisa Nova is the combination of two unique and varied talents who share a passion for music that they love to share with their audience. Influenced by their love of bossa nova and jazz, they decided to create a sound that would reflect...Paul Miles
This multitalented singer songwiter and musician (plays guitar,piano,bantar,and more has decided to go back to the basis of American Popular music "The Blues" and use this as venue to share hislove of music and spead his message of Peace...
Pedro Fernandes
Biography missing, add it now.Phil Christie
The last song Phil Christie wrote for his new CD became its title and is the one that most defined it. Rearview Mirror with its images of “looking back and reflecting on love lost, love won, dreams unfulfilled and those dreams that may...
Philippe Bertaud
THE NEW LORD OF THE STRING - Los Angeles Time Philippe Bertaud is referred by Los Angeles Times as “the New Lord of the Strings” gifted by “a percussive brand of guitarist wizardry” according to Jazziz Magazine. Philippe...Rahul Awale
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Ralf Krebs
“I see it as a big personal challenge, to expand the feasabilities of the guitar in my own compositions and arrangements. The more I explore new paths, the more ways, techniques and sounds are revealed to me, all lifting the guitar as an...Rev. John Giunta
First instrument: classical guitar. Second: flute Touring, radio, television, stage experience. Training from Juilliard and the Mannes College of Music in NYC. Bachelor's and Master's in Music from George Mason University in Fairfax,...Reverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis - Blues Singer, guitar, harmonica (1896 - 1972) Reverend Gary Davis was simply one of the finest finger-pickers ever to play a guitar, a leading practitioner of the ragtime-imbued Piedmont school of blues. A...
Richard Collins
Richard Collins was born in New Orleans. He plays piano, trumpet, guitar and banjo. He has been a street musician since 1968. He has played guitar with Babe Stovall, Bukka White, Fritz Richmond, Paul deLay, and many others. He celebrates...
Roberto Poveda
Roberto Poveda es un artista unico. Desde sus comienzos en Cuba, en al año 1979, escribiendo y cantando sus propias canciones en los portales de La Vibora hasta llegar al escenario del Teatro Nacional, siempre mostro una manera...Ronaldo Folegatti
Brazilian composer and musician Ronaldo Folegatti went to Germany at the age of 22, where he became a professional. In the 15 years he lived there, Folegatti played with Frank Lüdecke, Hendrik Meurkens, Walther Gauchel, Dudu Tucci, Topo...Santonio
When you think of soothing melodies and heartfelt rhythms, one name should come to mind. "Los Santonio". As an established pianist & acoustic guitarist, this awesomely talented producer, composer, and writer has been blessed with the...Scrapper Blackwell
Francis ‘Scrapper’ Blackwell was born in 1903 in North Carolina and was still a child when his family moved to Naptown. (Indianapolis) Credited later as being the man responsible for moving the blues from the country to the city,...Sergio Lara
For over 20 years, guitarist Sergio Lara has been respected and considered as one of the best artists in acoustic contemporary instrumental music. His last recording with Lara & Reyes "World Jazz", received a "Latin Grammy Award"...
Simone Guiducci
Simone Guiducci, italian jazz guitarist and composer. Born in Turin, Italy, Simone Guiducci, guitarist and composer, has been hailed as one of the most talented musicians on the Italian jazz scene since the early 90′s going on to make...
Sleepy John Estes
Sleepy John Estes - Blues Singer, guitarist (1904 - 1977) The history of the blues has been so vaguely and haphazardly set down that it is difficult, if not impossible, to separate fact from legend. In the veiled and colorful world...
Steve Greenbaum
Sometimes, when life takes an unexpected turn, you're lucky enough to find what is important to you. Steve Greenbaum did just that when his life took a sudden change of direction. Inspired and with newfound time on his hands, Steve began...Tcha Limberger - Herman Schamp: Guitar Duo
Two friends embark upon a quest, beyond all conventions, for what lingers behind music. A purely improvisational dialogue between a Maccaferri 'manouche' guitar and a classical 'Daniele Chiesa' concert guitar arises. This spiritual journey...The Rosenberg Trio
It's now more than 20 years since The Rosenberg Trio has become the world's premier Gipsy-jazz band in the tradition of the great Django Reinhardt. In 2010, The Rosenberg Trio celebrates Django's 100th anniversary with an ambitious and...The Samuel C Lees Quartet Featuring Eva Gray
The Samuel C Lees Quartet was started by Samuel C Lees And Graham Kidd in 2008 as a duo, both Samuel and Graham had a love of Gypsy Jazz and the music of Django Reinhardt and formed to do an appearance at a acoustic world music...Theo Spoelstra
Long time ago, in the 1980s, I spend many hours improvising on the classical guitar. I was deeply impressed by guitarists like Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin. I listened to their music almost daily. So my guitar playing was mostly...Thom Namaya
Namaya is the jazz poet, with his band, the jazz beat blues poetry ensemble, as a solo artist, sharing the stage with such jazz luminaries like Sheila Jordan, or in performances with jazz cats around the world. "Jazz poems are the sweet...Thomas Handy
Born in Windsor, Ontario in 1949, Thomas is a self-taught guitarist/composer. His first influences were from his mother, a pianist, organist and teacher who appreciated all things musical, and early lessons in classical violin. By high...
Thomas Lorenzo
Mediterranean Latin Guitar. Son of Spanish immigrants that left behind fascism in the 50's to start a new life in Australian democracy. He started playing the spanish guitar at the age of ten in a musical environment based on traditional...Tom Carleno
Tom Carleno founded the eclectic jazz ensemble Perpetual Motion with violinist Josie Quick in 1989. Their music is a wellspring of influences, from swing to blues to latin music. Tom's intriguing compositional approach springs from his...Tommy McClennan
Tommy McClennan - Blues Singer, guitarist For a short time, Tommy McClennan had the world of blues in the palm of his hand. Tracked down in rural Mississippi by Bluebird Records, the most prestigious blues label of the day, signed to a...Toni Xucla
Producer, guitarist and composer. Has released 6 albums as a leader, released mainly in Spain, Germany, Netherlands and Korea. Is member of the bands Menaix a Trua and Taima Tesao. He plays a duo with the kora player Ibrahima Kouyaté...
