Dan Baraszu

Featuring 9 explosive jazz originals, Dan Baraszu's CD, "Nightfall" will surely raise some eyebrows as this young gun's guitar and compositional skills are those of an old master. In addition to Dan's guitar wizardry and vision, "Nightfall" features one of the South's most accomplished and versatile rhythm sections; Kenny Banks (piano), Zack Pride (bass), Kinah Boto (drums). Detroit born Guitarist/Composer Dan Baraszu has been playing guitar for over 25 years. Early in his career, he explored many different styles of music including Classical, Rock and Blues. However, when he first heard the genius of Jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, Dan devoted himself to becoming a die- hard Jazz artist. His major influences include guitarists Joe Pass ,Pat Martino and John Scofield as well as other instrumentalists like Bill Evans ,Horace Silver ,John Coltrane ,Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker . In addition to listening and transcribing the works of the"masters of the Jazz idiom", Dan has been formerly educated in music as well. He received his Bachelors degree from the renowned Berklee College of Music, where he majored in Jazz Composition and Arranging . In addition, Dan also received his Masters degree from the University of Miami with a major in Jazz Pedagogy . Currently Dan resides in the Atlanta area where he works as a freelance guitarist and leads his own groups: The Dan Baraszu Trio/Quartet