Frank Vignola, guitar

Vinny Raniolo, guitar

Gary Mazzaroppi, bass

Lead by guitarist Frank Vignola and featuring guitarist Vinny Raniolo and bassist Gary Mazzaroppi, the Birdland Guitar Trio features some of New York City’s top jazz musicians. Every Wednesday night they grace the stage of the prestigious Birdland Jazz Club featuring special guests of some of the top names in jazz from Bria Skonberg, Catherine Russell, Ken Peplowski, Mike Stern, Karrin Allyson, Houston Person, Pasquale Grasso and many others.

Mike Rivard - Bass & Sintir
Fabio Pirozzolo - Drums & Vocal
Paul Schultheis - Keyboards
Mister Rourke - Turntables
With guest guitarists Duke Levine (Bonnie Raitt, Mary Chapin Carpenter) and Kevin Barry (Jackson Browne, Lori McKenna).

Kenny Garrett, alto sax

Keith Brown, acoustic piano/keyboards

Rudy Bird, percussion

Jeremiah Edward, acoustic bass

Michael Ode, drums

Melvis Santa, vocals/percussion

With his illustrious career that includes hallmark stints with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, as well as a heralded career as a solo artist that began more than 30 years ago, Kenny Garrett is easily recognized as one of modern jazz’s brightest and most influential living masters. And with the marvelous Sounds from the Ancestors, the GRAMMY® Award-winning Garrett shows no signs of resting on his laurels.