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  • Featured Artists
    • 2022 - Grisha Goryachev
    • 2019 - Walter Rodrigues Jr.
    • 2018 - Jake Reichbart
    • 2017 - Gohar Vardanyan
    • 2015 - Mike Dawes
    • 2015 - Adam del Monte
    • 2014, 2013, 2012 - Matt Palmer
    • 2014 - Jody Fisher
    • 2013, 2011, 2010 - Adam Rafferty
    • 2012 - Harris Becker
    • 2011 - Adam Brown
    • 2010 - The Brasil Guitar Duo
  • Past Festivals
    • 16th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2019
    • 15th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2018
    • 14th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2017
    • 13th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2016
    • 12th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2015
    • 11th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2014
    • 10th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2013
    • 9th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2012
    • 8th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2011
    • 7th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2010
    • 6th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2009
    • 5th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2008
    • 4th Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2007
    • 3rd Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2006
    • 2nd Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2005
    • First Bermuda Guitar Festival - 2004
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Jake Reichbart won WEMU-FM’s Emily Remler scholarship for best jazz guitarist in 1991. Since then, he has been among the busiest guitarists in the greater Detroit region. As a sideman, he appears on countless recordings and jingles and has performed alongside Motown legends and jazz greats alike, logging over 4,600 live gigs.

Reichbart’s passion, though, has always been solo guitar, citing Joe Pass, Tuck Andress and Tommy Emmanuel as his main influences, while creating a unique voice of his own. He can arrange for the guitar nearly any tune imaginable, drawing from any and every musical style. His CDs 16 Songs and Long Ago and Far Away have received nominations for best jazz recording at the Detroit Music Awards and have garnered rave reviews from such prestigious publications as All Music Guide, Just Jazz Guitar, and Cadence, as well as from numerous radio stations across the US and abroad.

​He has performed for two US presidents, the Michigan Governor's Inaugural Ball three times, and for countless other similar events. His instructional DVDs are distributed by the largest publisher in the world, Hal Leonard Corporation and he was featured on the front cover of the May 2012 issue of Just Jazz Guitar magazine, which included a lengthy interview and a transcription of one of his arrangements. Jake cites his most enjoyable solo work as being the “restaurant guitarist,” creating long-term relationships and enjoying a loyal following. For the past 20 years, he has been performing on Wednesday evenings at Ann Arbor’s most famous restaurant, The Earle.

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