Whether you’ve heard guitarist Dave Stryker fronting his own group (with 37 CD’s as a leader to date), or as a featured sideman with, Stanley Turrentine and Jack McDuff, you know why Gary Giddins in the Village Voice called him "one of the most distinctive guitarists to come along in recent years.” Groove Street , https://davestryker.bandcamp.com/album/groove-street, is Dave’s most recent recording and features tenor great Bob Mintzer along with his working trio of Jared Gold on organ and McClenty Hunter on drums. In 2022 the trio was the opening act for Steely Dan’s summer tour.
On his previous recording As We Are Dave broke new compositional ground for himself with an all-star band featuring John Patitucci, Brian Blade, Julian Shore and a string quartet arranged by Shore. The album made Best of 2022 in Downbeat Readers Poll, Jazz Times and many others, and hit #1 for 2 weeks on the JazzWeek Radio chart.
Stryker has been on a roll the last several years with all the recordings (on his label Strikezone Records) reaching the Top 10 and 5 hitting #1 on JazzWeek. Hot House magazine awarded Dave the Best Guitarist Fans Decision for 2017. He was recently voted once again as one of the top Jazz Guitarists in the 2022 Downbeat Critics and Readers Polls for the 15th time.
Stryker grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, moved to New York City in 1980, and joined organist Jack McDuff’s group (1984-85). From 1986 to 1995, Stryker played with tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. He has also performed with Freddie Hubbard, James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Heath, Kevin Mahogany, Eliane Elias, Joe Lovano, Steve Slagle and many others.
Dave is Adjunct Professor of Jazz Guitar at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University. Dave’s online teaching school is at www.artistworks.com. His book Dave Stryker’s Jazz Guitar Improvisation Method Vol III is available at https://davestryker.bandcamp.com.
Guitarist Andy Page maintains a busy performance schedule in the Southeast and has performed professionally for over 30 years in nearly all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia, and the Caribbean. Page is Senior Lecturer of Jazz Guitar at Appalachian State University. In addition to developing and teaching Jazz/Pop Theory and Contemporary Jazz, he also teaches History of Rock, Heavy Metal Culture and occasionally Jazz in American Society.
Page has performed internationally at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and Japan’s Muroran Jazz Cruise. He worked extensively in the South Pacific and Mediterranean seas on cruise ships and toured with a national theatrical production.
Page maintains an active performing schedule in the Southeast with regular appearances at Asheville’s Django Reinhardt Celebration and the Dizzy Gillespie Jazzfest, as well as private engagements for former President Bill Clinton and poet Maya Angelou. He has been a featured composer at the Jazz Composers Forum, and performed with jazz artists such as Phil Woods, Jamey Aebersold and Tony Monaco. Page released a recording of gypsy waltzes with Musette Guitars entitled “Souvenir de Django” and more recently the album "A to Z" featuring original compositions with the Page Brothers trio. https://pagebrothers.bandcamp.com/album/a-to-z
Anderson has a Master’s degree in Jazz Studies from the Univ. of TN and studied with renowned jazz educators Jerry Coker, Donald Brown and Mark Boling.
Zack Page's work with various jazz ensembles, theater companies, and the cruise industry has taken him to all 50 U.S. States, the Caribbean islands, Australia, South America, Europe and the Far East. In a jazz setting, Zack has had the good fortune to play and/or record with Billy Higgins, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis, Cyrus Chestnut, Eddie Daniels and Babik Reinhardt, the son of gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.
Following time spent in Los Angeles and New York City, Zack and his family relocated to Asheville, NC where he enjoys a busy performing and recording schedule with many of North Carolina's finest musicians. Current projects include The Page Brothers Band, Noel Freidline and Maria Howell, The Core and many Asheville-based singer-songwriters.
Huntsville, Alabama native, Chip Gulbro, has devoted most of his life to creating, performing, and teaching music. Guitar has always been a part of his musical journey, first with folk rock and Irish music, and finally jazz. A classically-trained musician, Chip played violin and viola in the Huntsville Symphony and Chamber orchestras, sharing the stage with notables such as Yehudi Menuhin, Victor Borge and Dave Brubeck. In 2017 he retired from 32 years in school teaching music.
He currently fronts a jazz fusion band called Grooveyard, https://chipgulbro.bandcamp.com performing his original compositions. Chip has gigged in the Huntsville, Alabama, area since 1982. He holds the Master of Music Education degree from The University of Southern Mississippi. He started JGWA in 2021.