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JAZZ@theEDGE! Asher Belsky

Hailing from San Francisco, California, 17-year-old guitar phenom and  singer-songwriter Asher Belsky is endorsed by Gibson Guitars and was an  inaugural member of the Gibson Generation Group (G3), a select group of  young guitar players from around the world. Asher is also an endorsed  artist for Ernie Ball, MONO Creators, and Blue Microphones.

Asher leads a trio featuring fellow San Francisco high schooler Porter  Bliquez (drums) and DownBeat Magazine award-winning bass player  Matthew Jazwinski, who is a student at the San Francisco Conservatory of  Music. In September 2021, the band headlined the first post-COVID live  show at the Sebastiani Theatre. They have played a number of other Bay  Area venues including Terrapin Crossroads, HopMonk Tavern Sonoma, the  Mill Valley Lumber Yard, and the Mission Rock Resort.

In fall 2021, Asher released an EP produced by Jorgen Carlsson of Gov’t  Mule. The release features Jorgen on bass, Toss Panos on drums (Robben  Ford) and Jeff Young (Jackson Browne and Steely Dan) on keys.

Asher has played The Fillmore (SF) and The Beacon Theater (NYC) as a  featured artist at the Allman Family Revival, played The Warfield (SF) with  ALO, played at San Francisco’s Black Cat jazz club with Maurice “Mobetta”  Brown (of Silksonic) and Mike “Blaque Dynamite” Mitchell, and opened for  Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival playing a set with Marcus King. Asher  has also played the National Anthem for the Golden State Warriors twice  at the Chase Center.