Mark Sganga Trio - Jazz At Warwick Village Courtyard! at Grappa Ristorante

Int'l Fingerstyle Guitar Champion Mark Sganga brings bassist Sue Williams and drummer Karl Latham to the Village Courtyard at Grappa Ristorante. Presented by the Village Courtyard Music Series - https://www.courtyardmusicny.com/.

(In the case of uncooperative weather, the performance will move indoors at Grappa Ristorante)

Mark Sganga is a virtuoso guitarist who has enthralled audiences from Stockholm to Kuala Lumpur to the Thredbo Jazz Festival in Australia. His fingerstyle guitar playing fuses influences from South America & around the world creating an entrancing travelogue, as an instrumentalist, bandleader, & singer/songwriter. Mark has been featured on tours & recordings w/ Indian violin virtuoso Dr. L. Subramaniam, alongside Larry Coryell & Herbie Hancock. He has played opposite the legendary Taj Mahal & Les Paul among other greats. Most recently, Mark Sganga & his Trio performed opposite Bernie Williams and the Bernie Williams Collective. He is a repeat featured performer & judge at The Indiana State Fingerstyle Guitar Competition as well as a main-stage performer at the venerable Walnut Valley Festival in Wichita, KS where Mark won first place in the 2009 International Fingerstyle Guitar Competition....

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Int'l Fingerstyle Guitar Champion Mark Sganga brings bassist Sue Williams and drummer Karl Latham to the Village Courtyard at Grappa Ristorante. Presented by the Village Courtyard Music Series - https://www.courtyardmusicny.com/.

(In the case of uncooperative weather, the performance will move indoors at Grappa Ristorante)

Mark Sganga is a virtuoso guitarist who has enthralled audiences from Stockholm to Kuala Lumpur to the Thredbo Jazz Festival in Australia. His fingerstyle guitar playing fuses influences from South America & around the world creating an entrancing travelogue, as an instrumentalist, bandleader, & singer/songwriter. Mark has been featured on tours & recordings w/ Indian violin virtuoso Dr. L. Subramaniam, alongside Larry Coryell & Herbie Hancock. He has played opposite the legendary Taj Mahal & Les Paul among other greats. Most recently, Mark Sganga & his Trio performed opposite Bernie Williams and the Bernie Williams Collective. He is a repeat featured performer & judge at The Indiana State Fingerstyle Guitar Competition as well as a main-stage performer at the venerable Walnut Valley Festival in Wichita, KS where Mark won first place in the 2009 International Fingerstyle Guitar Competition.

Sue Williams is an extraordinary bass player having several credits to her name having performed with Southside Johnny, Joe Walsh and having backed Eric Clapton at The White House to name a few. She is also a part-time Professor of music at Bergen Community College.

Drummer Karl Latham has performed, recorded and produced with Grammy Award-winning artists, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members and a multitude of internationally acclaimed musicians. Karl is known for his exceptional ability to dig into a variety of musical styles, playing funk, rock, Latin, modern jazz, straight-ahead jazz, and avant-garde. Karl is included in the Drummerworld Top 500 Drummers list. Karl is also currently an adjunct percussion instructor at Drew University, County College of Morris and Passaic County Community College.

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