Oz Noy & Joe Bonamassa in New York

Oz Noy is an Israeli guitarist and composer based in New York whose instrumental music draws on jazz, funk, blues and rock. His solo catalog includes Ha!, Schizophrenic, Twisted Blues Volume 1 and Booga Looga Loo. Oz Noy developed his original material through a long-running Monday-night residency at The Bitter End, where he also recorded the album Oz Live. His concerts center on electric-guitar trios, and his live lineups have included bassists Will Lee and Jimmy Haslip and drummers Anton Fig, Keith Carlock, Dave Weckl and Dennis Chambers.

Joe Bonamassa is an American blues-rock guitarist and singer born in New Hartford, New York, in 1977. He opened for B.B. King at age 12 and built his solo catalogue around electric blues and guitar-led rock. His recordings include Blues Deluxe, Sloe Gin, The Ballad of John Henry and Different Shades of Blue. In 2009, Bonamassa recorded a headline concert at the Royal Albert Hall, where Eric Clapton joined him for “Further on Up the Road.” Five years later, he performed material associated with Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf at Red Rocks for the concert film and album Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks. The 2015 Three Kings concert placed his electric band at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for a tribute to Albert King, B.B. King and Freddie King. A year later, he brought an acoustic ensemble to Carnegie Hall for the performances released as Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening.