Mark Antoine and Brian Simpson at Spaghettini And The Dave Koz Lounge

Smooth jazz/jazz fusion guitarist Marc Antoine first came to the public eye in the late 1980s playing with Basia. His Roma gypsy-influenced style has topped the contemporary jazz and Billboard charts with hits including “Cruisin’”, “Sunland” and “Madrid”.

His collaborations have been many, including Sting, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Cher, and George Benson – who calls Antoine ‘one of his favorite guitarists’. A longtime studio musician, musical director, and touring keyboardist to stars as diverse as Janet Jackson and Dave Koz, Brian Simpson’s breakthrough came as a solo artist with his 2006 debut “It’s All Good”....

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Smooth jazz/jazz fusion guitarist Marc Antoine first came to the public eye in the late 1980s playing with Basia. His Roma gypsy-influenced style has topped the contemporary jazz and Billboard charts with hits including “Cruisin’”, “Sunland” and “Madrid”.

His collaborations have been many, including Sting, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Cher, and George Benson – who calls Antoine ‘one of his favorite guitarists’. A longtime studio musician, musical director, and touring keyboardist to stars as diverse as Janet Jackson and Dave Koz, Brian Simpson’s breakthrough came as a solo artist with his 2006 debut “It’s All Good”.

He also is a composer, whose hits include “The First Time,” a No. 1 hit in 1991. When not working on his own music, Simpson tours with artists like George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Larry Carlton and Billy Cobham.

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