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.
David Scoggin has been in the Rogue Valley for 15 years after music careers in Minneapolis and the San Francisco Bay Area. He has played with Bo Diddley, Charmaine Neville, West Coast musicians Brandon Fields, Dan Balmer, Jeff Pevar and has recorded at Prince’s Paisley Park studio with the Steele Family and others. David has...
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...
John Long was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1950 & was first exposed to the music he’d make his life’s work not long after. By the late 1950s John was absorbing the sounds of Jimmy Reed, Buster Brown, Muddy Waters, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Junior Parker, and all the rest of the R&B and jump blues...
Savanna performs classic country and western, 60’s & 70’s folk-rock, soul, reggae, blues, Liz Jones originals & beyond. Savanna is centered around rich 2 and 3 part harmonies, mood-evoking melodies and strong acoustic rhythms. Savanna, consisting of Liz Jones on acoustic guitar and voice, Anna Christensen on hand percussion (cajon, conga, snare, cow bell, chimes,...
Tony Hayes is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and Southern Oregon University. He has lived and played saxophone in North Carolina, Boston, Los Angeles, France, Germany, Miami, Japan, Alaska and Australia. Mr. Hayes now brings an extensive background of jazz and rhythm and blues to beautiful Southern Oregon.
The Not Shabby Jazz Duo includes Lisa Yriarte on soulful, rich lead vocals, & Pete Brown on professional & stylish guitar. The group plays a mix of jazz standards by artists like Diana Krall, Etta James, Norah Jones, Billie Holiday, Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, & Nat King Cole.
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...
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...
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...
