For over two decades, New York-based guitarist and educator Grant Gordy has emerged as a major, genre-defying voice on the American acoustic music scene. Famously handpicked by mandolin icon David Grisman to hold down the guitar chair in the legendary David Grisman Quintet for six years—a prestigious slot previously occupied by titans like Tony Rice…
2021 JUNO Award winner Jocelyn Gould has been called “a leader in the next generation of great mainstream jazz guitarists.” Jocelyn has performed and recorded internationally as a leader and with GRAMMY-nominated vocalist Freddy Cole, JUNO-winning trumpeter and vocalist Bria Skonberg, DownBeat Trombonist of the Year Michael Dease, Etienne Charles, Jon Gordon, Rodney Whitaker, Randy…
A hectic touring schedule; eighteen recordings as a leader, including his newest release, Junkyard Duo; countless sideman recordings including Ray Brown, Bobby Hutcherson, Roger Kellaway; soundtrack performances on three of Clint Eastwood’s distinguished films-most notably Academy Award-winning Million Dollar Baby; producer, arranger, acclaimed educator, in residence at USC’s Studio/Jazz Guitar Dept., when does Bruce Forman…
For more than four decades, Grammy- and Emmy-nominated guitarist, composer, and producer David Becker has stood as one of the most unique and cinematic voices in contemporary jazz. Leading the critically acclaimed David Becker Tribune alongside his brother, drummer Bruce Becker, he has captured a global audience across more than 40 countries, sharing stages with…
A premier guitarist, bandleader, and historian based in Los Angeles, Jonathan Stout is internationally recognized as the foremost modern champion of pre-war Swing-era archtop guitar. For over 25 years, Stout has dedicated himself to preserving and performing the distinct pre-bop disciplines of the 1930s and ’40s, brilliantly channeling the acoustic block-chord virtuosity of Allan Reuss,…
Born in Newport Beach, California, in 1958, Howard began playing at age ten, and soon began working professionally around Los Angeles. In 1979, Alden went east, for a summer in Atlantic City with Red Norvo, and continued to perform with him frequently for several years. Upon moving to New York City in 1982, Alden’s skills,…
World renowned guitarist educator and Emmy award winning composer, Tim is a member of the legendary Northwest Gypsy Jazz Group Pearl Django and popular duo with Jamie Findlay. In between gigs with PD and Jamie, Tim tries to play as many Solo Guitar performance as he can fit into the schedule. In addition to his…
Swedish guitar virtuoso Ulf Wakenius commands a legendary status in the global jazz landscape, most famously cemented by his decade-long tenure holding down the guitar chair in the final Oscar Peterson Quartet—stepping into a lineage of royalty previously occupied by Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, and Joe Pass. Boasting an astonishingly fluent technique and deeply expressive,…
Hailed by The New Yorker as “a shining light” among modern jazz guitarists, Austrian virtuoso Wolfgang Muthspiel is widely recognized as one of the most influential and intelligent voices of his generation. Meticulously bridging his rigorous classical roots with the adventurous spirit of contemporary jazz, Muthspiel first gained international acclaim in the late 1980s when…
Born in Italy and now based in New York City, Pasquale Grasso has developed an astounding technique and concept informed not by jazz guitarists so much as by bebop pioneers like Powell, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and the classical-guitar tradition. His new digital-only EP series, available beginning in June from Sony Masterworks, showcases Grasso…