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Paul Winter Consort
Paul Winter Consort
band
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Glen Velez
Glen Velez
American musician
2
Michael Manring
Michael Manring
American musician
3
Philip Aaberg
Philip Aaberg
pianist
4
Paul Halley
Paul Halley
British musician
5
Nightnoise
Nightnoise
6
Paul McCandless
Paul McCandless
American musician
7
Russel Walder
Russel Walder
American musician
8
William Ackerman
William Ackerman
Guitarist, composer
9
Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson
musician residing in Camano Island, WA
10
Café
Café
musician
11
Michael Hedges
Michael Hedges
American composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter
12
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner
American musician
13
Laura Sullivan
Laura Sullivan
American musician
14
Loire
Loire
American vocalist
15
Alex De Grassi
Alex De Grassi
Fingerstyle guitarist
16
Denny Zeitlin
Denny Zeitlin
American pianist
17
Gil Goldstein
Gil Goldstein
American jazz pianist and accordionist
18
Glen Moore
Glen Moore
American musician
19
Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Turkish musician
20
Oscar Castro-Neves
Oscar Castro-Neves
Brazilian guitarist, composer, arranger
21
Dave Martone
Dave Martone
Canadian guitarist
22
Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin
American jazz vocalist
23
Niall Vallely
Niall Vallely
Irish musician
24
Geri Allen
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
25
Davy Spillane
Davy Spillane
Irish musician
26
Eileen Ivers
Eileen Ivers
American musician
27
Paul Horn
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
28
Greg Abate
Greg Abate
jazz musician
29
Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
30
Vinnie Colaiuta
Vinnie Colaiuta
American drummer
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Russ Freeman
Russ Freeman
American jazz musician and composer
32
Maura O'Connell
Maura O'Connell
Irish singer
33
Cyro Baptista
Cyro Baptista
Brazilian musician
34
Michael Thompson
Michael Thompson
American guitarist, born 1954
35
Emil Richards
Emil Richards
American musician
36
Steve Rodby
Steve Rodby
American jazz musician
37
David Darling
David Darling
American musician
38
Gary Burton
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
39
Fiona Joy Hawkins
Fiona Joy Hawkins
Australian musician
40
John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
41
Mark Feltham
Mark Feltham
English musician
42
Adam Rudolph
Adam Rudolph
American musician
43
Steve Vai
Steve Vai
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
44
John Clark
John Clark
American jazz horn player and composer
45
Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
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Oregon
Oregon
American jazz and world music group
47
Sue Draheim
Sue Draheim
American fiddler
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David Torn
David Torn
American guitarist
49
Neil Stubenhaus
Neil Stubenhaus
American bass guitarist
50
Eat Static
Eat Static
Electronic music project from Frome, Somerset, England
51
Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
Eugene Friesen
American musician

Eugene Friesen

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Eugene Friesen (born 1952) is an American cellist and composer.

Friesen is a graduate of the Yale School of Music. He has been a member of the Paul Winter Consort since 1978, and performs with Howard Levy and Glen Velez as Trio Globo. He received a Grammy Award as a member of the Paul Winter Consort for the 1994 album Spanish Angel and again in 2006 for the Consort's Silver Solstice in 2007 for Crestone, and in 2011 for Miho: Journey to the Mountain. Friesen has won four Grammy Awards to date.

In 2012, Friesen's book, Improvisation for Classical Musicians was published by Berklee Press/Hal Leonard.

He teaches at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and lives in Vermont. Among his prominent students are Rushad Eggleston, Mads Tolling, Lindsay Mac, and Nathan Leath. Friesen also runs a nonprofit production company, Sonoterra Productions, producing concerts, recordings and workshops.