Bill Kopper Quartet featuring Mitchell Long (from Boulder and Los Angeles)

Bill Kopper is a pre-eminent guitarist known for his expertise in American jazz and blues, along with Brazilian samba and choro. Adept on electric, classical, and 7-string classical guitar, he is featured on hundreds of recordings by diverse artists, from Grammy-nominee Rene Marie to Carmen Sandim, Dexter Payne, Brad Goode, Cristina Mendoza Vidal, Nelson Rangel, Paa Kow, and many others. Known to come up to Nederland for Acid Jazz Nights in the late 90s and early 00s, Bill is a leader in the band “Ginga,” plays in all of the Front Range jazz venues, and teaches guitar at the University of Colorado Denver. Kopper honed his craft while living and touring in Spain, where he took to samba for its complex cultural combinations and danceability.

Mitchell Long is an internationally acclaimed concert performer, veteran studio guitarist in LA, and a tour regular with artists such as Rickie Lee Jones, Molly Ringwald, Herb Alpert, Gloria Estefan, Lani Hall, Melody Gardot, Waldemar Bastos, Keiko Matsui, etc. A creative force in jazz, blues, R&B, and rock, Long is also well known for his vast experience of multi-lingual singing and playing of Brazilian, Cape Verdean, Angolan and other world music traditions.

Band members: Mitchell Long on guitar Bill Kopper on guitar Bill McCrossen on bass Raoul Rossiter on drums Vincent Gonzales on percussion