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Joe Wachter

Videos

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Shows

Upcoming shows
Harper College
(w/ Harper College Jazz Ensemble)
Palatine, IL May 1, 2024
7:00pm
Past shows
BGSB Fall Concert, Vernon Hills High School
(w/ Buffalo Grove Jazz Band)
Vernon Hills, IL November 16, 2019
7:00pm
Buffalo Grove Park District Community Arts Center
(w/ Buffalo Grove Jazz Band)
Buffalo Grove, IL June 15, 2019
7:00pm
Long Grove Strawberry Festival
Fountain Square Stage
Long Grove, IL June 23, 2019
2:00 - 3:30pm
Vander Mill Spring Lake
opening for Old Coyote
Spring Lake, MI September 7, 2019
7:00pm
Long Grove Apple Festival
Fountain Square Stage
Long Grove, IL September 20, 2019
4:00 - 6:00pm
Top of the Park, Ann Arbor Summer Festival (A2SF)
Grove Stage
Ann Arbor, MI June 25, 2022
5:00pm
Willow Stream Park
(w/ the Buffalo Grove Jazz Band)
Buffalo Grove, IL July 28, 2022
5:00pm
Ripple Lowell, MI July 29, 2022
5:00pm
BGSB Fall Concert, Vernon Hills High School
(w/ Buffalo Grove Jazz Band)
Vernon Hills, IL November 11, 2023
7:00pm
Harper College Jazz Ensemble Harper College Performing Arts Center, Palatine, IL December 11, 2023
7:00pm
Raise Your Glass Beer, Spirit & Wine Tasting
Bartlett Parks Foundation
Bartlett, IL February 16, 2024
7:00pm
Elmhurst Jazz Festival
(w/ Harper College Jazz Ensemble)
Elmhurst, IL February 25, 2024
2:00pm
Fulton Street Collective
(w/ Harper College Jazz Ensemble)
Chicago, IL April 2, 2024
7:00pm

Bio

Joe started playing guitar at age 12 in Holland, MI. He developed a lifelong love of music, and though he took a different career path, he never stopped studying, practicing, and performing music. Well-versed in diverse musical styles, Joe has studied privately with accomplished jazz musicians Rodney Whitaker, Jeff Hedberg, and David Baise, and plays with the Harper College Jazz Ensemble and Buffalo Grove Jazz Band, performing regularly throughout the northwest Chicago suburbs. Joe enjoys playing as a "cocktail guitarist" (to borrow Jake Reichbart's term, adding interest and ambiance to any occasion by playing a mix of well-known jazz, pop, and latin songs. He also loves to take the stage and wow an audience with high-energy, technically complex guitar and ukulele arrangments. Always an enthusiastic collaborator, Joe enjoys working with vocalists and instrumentalists as an accompanist or band member.

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