Live Music – Dan Fellman and Grant Ruiz

Grant Ruiz has played classical guitar from the age of ten and is now an active flamenco guitarist and teacher in Southern Oregon. He has studied in Spain and participated in many productions at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He is an adjunct guitar instructor at SOU and president of the Jefferson Classical Guitar Society. Dan Fellman is a jazz guitarist who specializes in the music of Django Reinhart and his “Hot Club of France” group of the 1930’s and 1940’s. He’s played with local bands Gypsy Rogue, Back Porch Swing, and the Djangoholics, as well as Portland-based guitarist Dan Balmer. Together, Dan and Grant fuse their voices and approaches to create a pan-Latin sound, covering the music of Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Mexico and more.