Learn from Great Jazz Guitar Teachers

Canadian recording artist Jay Danley (M.Mus.) is a world-class session musician who contributed instrumentally to multiple Juno award-nominated records (Hilario Duran) and is the featured guitarist on the Juno award-winning (Julian Fauth), blues album of the year release.

Hello! My name is Johnny and I've been playing the guitar for almost 20 years! In 2017 I graduated from the Berklee College of Music which provided an enriching and holistic music education. I've been teaching music for over ten years through different mediums which include summer camps, private lessons, and a college masterclass.

Heart Dance Recording Artist and multi-instrumentalist Michael Kent Smith has over 20 years of experience teaching rock, blues, jazz, fingerstyle and classical guitar. Smith’s latest album on Heart Dance Records, ‘After the Harvest’, is creating a buzz in the industry and was nominated for “Acoustic Guitar Album of the Year” in England and “Acoustic Instrumental Album of the Year”…

I'm a professional guitarist, composer, and educator based in Denver, Colorado, with over a decade of experience performing and teaching across a wide range of styles. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, where I studied under seminal jazz guitarist Joe Negri and improvisation with renowned pianist Geri Allen.

While working towards his long-time academic dream of becoming a psychiatrist, guitarist Lucas Coker has explored the depths of songwriting, cognitive psychology, world religions, organic chemistry, jazz theory, human decision-making, mind-body philosophy, evolutionary genetics... It is this unique universal perspective that breathes life into his music.

Ben Shanblatt is a guitarist, composer, and educator based in NYC. He has served as a sideman, session musician, touring guitarist, and bandleader in virtually all styles of contemporary music. Some venues Ben has played include Smalls Jazz Club, The Knitting Factory, The Cutting Room, and Nublu among many others.

My full range of musical services includes live solo performance, band performance, orchestra/pit performance, session recording, music director, concert production, arranging, songwriting, composition, and musical education. I started performing professionally as an acoustic and electric guitarist in the mid 80s.

I am a Chicago based guitarist, songwriter, content creator and musician. I studied and graduated from the GIT program at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA. I have been playing guitar for over 20 years. I have over 10 years of teaching experience giving private guitar lessons and group lessons. I am passionate when it comes to playing guitar.

I have been teaching lessons full time for a living since 1987. Over that time span, I have learned so so much in my lessons. My basic vibe is, I am learning new things constantly, for example, I learned Paul Gilbert's Fuzz Universe and taught it to one of my students. No easy task for any player! I spent 12 years as a serious Spanish Classical player.

Hello! My name is Christopher and I am a classical guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and experienced music teacher. I am a recent graduate with a Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree from the University of South Carolina. In 2016, I received my Masters of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA.