Bassist Zach Wallmark has performed in jazz, bluegrass, and other improvisatory and groove-based musical contexts around the US. Prior to moving to Eugene in 2019, he was active in the music scenes of New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Portland, including regular appearances at Fat Cat, Knitting Factory, Tonic, Birdland, Cotton Club, and CBGB (NYC); Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club (Miami); and Jimmy Mak’s and Blue Monk (Portland). He has performed with jazz luminaries such as guitarist Kenny Burrell and saxophonist George Garzone, and recorded with the Gian Tornatore Quartet, Ben Darwish Trio, Muddy Souls, and Moon Mountain String Band. He’s also a commercial music and award-winning string orchestra composer (Neil A. Kjos Music Publishers) with credits in regional and national ad campaigns. Zach’s day job is Associate Professor and Chair of Musicology at the University of Oregon, with research and teaching on popular music history and music psychology.
Chris Bucheit started playing guitar and singing at age 10. He has studied with private instructors in many different genres, including Classical, Jazz, Latin and Rock and has performed regionally and nationally as a solo performer and with the Chris Bucheit Group. He has competed and been a finalist in singer/songwriting competitions such as the Telluride Troubadour Contest (1998) and The Newport Folk Festival Singer/Songwriting Contest (2004). He’s produced 7 albums over the last 25 years that feature Rock, Jazz and Solo Guitar. His second CD “Hand to Mouth” received Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s “Homegrown CD Award”. In 2011 he completed the Masters Jazz Guitar Certificate with Berklee School of Music Online and continued instruction with Gary Burton's capstone Jazz Improvisation class. Chris was a finalist that year in the Yamaha/Lee Ritenour Six String Theory Contest, winning enrollment to the National Guitar Workshop in addition to attending the Pat Metheny Jazz Camp. While living and working in Madison, Wisconsin, Chris performed with the group Major Vistas and recorded and produced the album "Minor Anthems". His most recent album "Guitar Music" features original instrumental compositions that blend several styles and genres. Chris moved with his wife to Oregon in 2022 and is currently working on an album to be released in 2025 of original compositions and guitar arrangements of Jazz standards.
Part of the Artistic Encounters series co-produced by Harmonic Laboratory and City of Eugene Cultural Services.
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