An active guitarist and teacher for over 30 years, Billy Newman has worked on exploring the parallels within American Jazz and Brazilian Instrumental Music. His music is a confluence of Modern Jazz, Choro, Baiao and Bop. Composers residencies include Yaddo and MacDowell Colony. He has performed his music at Cornelia Street Café, Joes Pub, Jazz Forum, Barbes, Triboz/ Rio and has many recordings ... more