Marc Antoine

French guitarist Marc Antoine is a contemporary jazz performer who combines his adept, classically trained chops with a hybrid of multi-cultural influences from flamenco and Afrobeat to hip-hop and R&B. Born in Paris in 1963, Antoine first began playing guitar around age 11 and by age 13 was studying privately at Conservatoire de Paris. Influenced by classical idols including Andrés Segovia and John Williams, he progressed quickly and by the end of high school was an adept performer with a burgeoning love of jazz, fusion, and other non-classical styles of music. In 1988, after...