When Bob Rawlings moved to Ashland from the San Francisco Bay area, the bass player he was working with told him to look up Alan Berman , one of the finest singer piano players on the West Coast. Shortly there after Bob joined the Southern Oregon Jazz Orchestra and immediately introduced himself to Alan and...
Bil plays an inspired and crystalline improvisational seven string jazz guitar, combining the Bachlike chordal movements of George Van Eps with a fluid fingerstyle and running bass line. The amazing guitarist Gene Bertoncini refers to Bil’s guitar playing as: “…miraculous, spontaneous, harmonic wizardry” and Howard Alden, one of the preeminent seven string players in the world...
Ben Gault, Pianist Ben is a lifetime Rogue Valley resident. He worked as a court reporter in Medford from 1964 to 1998 (perfect day gig for a piano player). He began playing piano at about age 10 and developed a love of classic jazz and swing from an early age. He started playing casual gigs...
The Rogue Rage Duo is Harpo De Roma and guitar and dobro player Dan Tiller. They play some country-blues, but mostly Delta Blues. Dan sings and plays slide Dobro and guitar using open tunings. Self-taught, he’s lived in the Rogue Valley all of his life. Harpo says, “Dan is such a great player that he...
Formed in early 2013 shortly after Paul Turnipseed’s arrival in Southern Oregon, The Paul Turnipseed Trio has been playing jazz with a New Orleans flavor for nearly two years here in the Rouge Valley. Comprised of Turnipseed on guitar and vocals, Jeff Addicott on acoustic bass, and Mike Fitch on drums, the trio explores various...
Jeff Stanley is an International singer-songwriter sharing residencies between the States and Australia. He has also performed in Indonesia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, and Africa. Jeff has opened for many famous performers such as Michael Franti and Spearhead, Peter Frampton, Buddy Guy and Heart just to name a few! He wrote and recorded the soundtrack...
Stolen Moments consists of Dan Fellman on guitar, Conny Lindley on vocals and guitar, and Walter Lindley on upright bass. Dan Fellman lives in Ashland and plays a wide range of jazz styles, including American jazz standards, Latin jazz, Flamenco fusion, and gypsy jazz: the music of Django Reinhart and his “Hot Club of France”...
Jon traces his roots back to Southern Wisconsin where his passion for music developed at the age of seven with his very first piano lesson. Jon’s discography now includes two singles and eight albums. Each album provides unique guitar instrumentals in the legendary tradition of performers Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and the late great solo...
Guitarist Rod Petrone debuted at the New York Academy of Arts at eighteen. Studied with Russian composer and scholar Alexander Bellow and Jazz guitarist, Stanley Solow. Was a featured performer with the Mount Hood Orchestra in Portland with Brazilian mandolinist, Paulo de Sa, and on Canadian television. Plays a wide variety of international music from...
