Guitarist Esteban began playing his favorite instrument at a very young age. Having graduated from Pittsburg's Carnegie Mellon University, the talented musician moved to Spain to take master classes with Andrés Segovia, known as the father of the modern classical guitar movement, returning to the U.S. in 1978. Unfortunately, due to a car... [+] Read More

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A native of Andalucia, Spain, acoustic guitar virtuoso Juan Martín is a master of what Spanish musicians refer to as nuevo flamenco -- that is, flamenco that is contemporary and expansive rather than totally traditional in its approach. Nuevo flamenco is not straight-ahead flamenco any more than jazz-rock fusion is straight-ahead jazz; instead... [+] Read More

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A versatile guitarist who has played in settings ranging from avant-garde jazz to world music and creative fusion, Matt Balitsaris has lived in New York City since the mid-1970s. Through the years he has worked (both as a guitarist and as a producer) with the bands C'est What and Loose Shoes, Mino Cinelu, Cecil McBee, Dewey Redman, Fred Hersch,... [+] Read More

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Liebert has said that "flamenco is a music both romantic and dangerous; it is an attitude as much as it is a musical genre." Therein lies the philosophy that catapulted him to fame at the end of the '80s with an engaging mix of subdued flamenco guitar and South American percussion, rock, jazz, and pop influences. Liebert's "attitude" actually... [+] Read More

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