Marc Schwartz

Marc Schwartz has played Guitar since 1968. His diverse influences include: Bireli Lagrene, Wes Montgomery, John Lennon, Django Reinhardt, Joe Pass, Eric Clapton, Larry Coryell, Pat Martino, Robin Nolan and Jimi Hendrix.

An East Coast native, Marc has lived in California off and on since 1975. His Swing Guitars include Favino #1017, a couple of Duponts, and he has several very cool Archtops including a Gibson L-5 , a Gibson Super 400, a 1948 D'Angelico and a 1937 D'Angelico. Marc endorses Raezers Edge speaker cabinets and Argentine strings.

Marc has performed with Larry Coryell, Bruce Forman, Mimi Fox, Howard Alden, Andreas Oberg, Tony Green, Paul Mehling, Ninine Garcia and many others.

Marc holds a B.A. in music from New York University and has studied with Studio/Jazz guitar greats Allen Hanlon and Milt Norman. When not playing with Hot Club Pacific, Marc can be found playing jazz guitar in various Northern California venues, hiking in the Santa Cruz mountains or riding one of his classic Harley-Davidson motorcycles with his wife Sandra down California's legendary Highway 1.