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Is Happy to Present
GREG RUGGIERO

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GREG RUGGIERO  -  GUITAR
ASHER BARRARES  -  BASS
JOHN TRENTACOSTA  -  DRUMS

JANUARY 16th  -  FRIDAY
MUSEUM HILL CAFE
Doors Open at 6:00pm / Concert Starts at 7:00pm


TICKETS:  $25  /  $20 for SFMC members
RESERVATIONS AND INFO:  505-983-6820


Residing in New York City for 10 years, Greg Ruggiero has emerged as one of the most sought after jazz guitarists in the city.  Greg has stylistically run the gambit in the idiom of jazz music, from complex original compositions to the American songbook and Swing.  His love for the jazz tradition has led him to perform and learn from some of the great jazz masters from the 1950′s, 60′s, and 70′s still playing in New York.  Currently Ruggiero performs weekly with Duke Ellington drum legend, Steve Little.  Greg can be seen nearly every night performing as a sideman or leader around the city.  He has performed at many of the top clubs including Birdland, The Jazz Standard, Smalls, and the Jazz Gallery.  He has performed with such artists as Bill Crow, Michael Kanan, Frank Morgan, Greg Osby, Mark Turner, Jane Monhiet, and Luisa Sobral.  His music has allowed him to perform in Japan, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Switzerland.  As a leader, Ruggiero has two records on the Fresh Sound/ New Talent label.  As side man, he has recorded on over twenty albums.  Greg has recorded on vocalist Luisa Sobral’s debut record, on Universal Records, saxophonist Logan Richardson’s “Ethos” for Greg Osby’s Inner Circle Records, and a multitude of independent releases by numerous artists.  As a guest artist and clinician, he was the featured artist at the Canjazz Festival in Galicia, Spain.  Greg was also clinician at the Academy of Creative Education in Los Angeles, California, the Crossties Jazz Festival at Delta State University in Mississippi, and the University of New Mexico.

Greg has renewed his passion for the jazz standard repertoire, and has devoted much of his time to studying the earliest versions of these works, as well the classic vocal performances of artists such as Billy Holiday, Nat Cole, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald to name a few.  Out of this passion, Greg has just released his latest record “My Little One”, a collection of original music set to lyrics. Greg has renewed his passion for the jazz standard repertoire.  

Asher Barreras has played bass professionally for the past 10 years and has a degree in jazz performance from the University of North Texas. Asher has toured Europe, lived in Barcelona Spain, recorded and played for several artists and continues to composes new music. An alumni of the New Mexico Jazz Workshop Honor Band, Asher has also participated in the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra.  Asher currently resides in New York. 

                                                                            

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