ALEX MAKSYMIW

The guitarist, bandleader and composer of almost all pieces, Alexander Maksymiw, was born as the descendant of Ukrainian emigrants in Toronto, Canada. Among other places, he studied in Amsterdam and has been a guitarist in demand for the past 15 years. He has played in the bands of Dick Oatts, Don Thompson and Michael Vatcher and in large orchestras such as the Amsterdam Jazz Orchestra and the Village Vanguard Orchestra. He has also been attracted by the new European jazz mecca Berlin in the meantime and has lived there for several years. In addition to his own projects, he worked with Peter van Huffel, for example, and is currently preparing a new release with Tobias Meinhart. from www.challengerecords.com