Guitarist/ Musical Artist Drew Azzinaro recently moved to the Catskills from Buffalo where has been a staple of the Buffalo music scene for the past 15 years. He currently splits his time between being a full time performer throughout the northeast and being a musical educator. He has been awarded “Best Jazz Guitarist 2019 and 2016” from the Buffalo Jazz Polls, 3rd best guitarist in WNY from the the WNY music awards in 2014, the “Jazz Buffalo Mention for Best Guitarist 2015” along with many awards for his bands and projects. His bands have been seen opening for many national and international acts such as Gregg Allman, Debbie Davies, Devon Allman ,The BPO, T-Pain etc… He has recorded 12 albums with his different projects over the years and has been featured on many recordings as a sideman.

His main current projects are -F.A.R. an electric trio, consisting of Eamon Rayhn on Bass/vocals, Ethan Fox on Drums and himself on guitar/vocals, which plays much music from their 2019 album, new originals to be recorded and arrangements of everything from John Lennon to Michael Brecker. - His Duo with Ethan Fox on world percussion, playing music from around the world on steel string, nylon string and mandolin as well as original pieces and blues/jazz. -Along with those collaborative projects he also has been busy with his solo guitar work of classical, Jazz and world music. For all of these projects he is constantly writing new instrumental pieces and songs to be realized together with his bandmates and solo.

While completing both his associates from NCCC and his Bachelors in Classical guitar studies at Fredonia he was the recipient of many awards and  scholarships including Fredonia’s first ever Jazz Scholarship. He is currently the Music Director and an instructor at Planet Music School and teaches guitar for In School Music while doing clinics and seminars at colleges and high schools for their jazz bands and guitar ensembles. When not teaching you can see him performing almost any day in clubs and concerts halls around the Northeast area.