Sunset Thursdays

Bob Ferrier is a freelance guitarist and educator who has performed with Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, Eddie Bert, John Fedchock, Claudio Roditi, Yusef Lateef, Peter Erskine, John Abercrombie, Rufus Reid, Steve Turre, Dave Samuels, and others. He holds a BM degree in Performance from Berklee College of Music, and a MM degree in Jazz Composition/Arranging from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Bob has studied with John LaPorta, William Leavitt, Herb Pomeroy, Bill Pierce, George Garzone, Jeff Holmes, Yusef Lateef, and others. He has been teaching guitar for forty years and is a professor and coordinator of jazz studies at HCC where he has been teaching since 1984. He has also been the applied jazz guitar instructor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst since 1995.

For more than 35 years, professional pianist Stephen Page has performed in concerts in solo piano, small groups and big bands throughout the East Coast. He studied with jazz luminaries Billy Taylor, Yusef Lateef, Kenny Werner and Charlie Banacos. Mr. Page has performed with Sheila Jordan and Avery Sharpe and as a regular at Jazz in July. He is also a performance instructor at Amherst College and Deerfield Academy, as well as in his private studio.