Jake Hanlon

Jake Hanlon - Guitar Band - TBA

Guitarist, composer, and educator Jake Hanlon is a prominent figure in the Atlantic Canadian jazz scene and is recognized as one of its leading voices. He has released four albums as a leader or co-leader, earning multiple nominations from both the East Coast Music Awards (ECMA) and Music Nova Scotia.

Hanlon is an Associate Professor at Saint Francis Xavier University, home to Canada’s oldest degree-granting Jazz Studies program. There, he teaches Jazz Composition, Jazz Guitar, Popular Music History, and directs small ensembles. In 2024, he was appointed Chair of the Music Department.

An alumnus of the University of North Texas (’08) and Saint Francis Xavier University (’03), Hanlon studied jazz composition and guitar with Fred Hamilton, Tom Daniels, Alan Sutherland, John Abercrombie, and Vic Juris. He is also a graduate of the prestigious Betty Carter Jazz Ahead residency (’07).

Hanlon has performed alongside renowned artists such as David Liebman, Peter Erskine, Matt Wilson, Tim Hagans, Andy LaVerne, Chad Wackerman, Mike Murley, Eric Harland, Kirk MacDonald, Ethan Ardelli, Diane Nalini, David Braid, John Stowell, Kelly Jefferson, and Vic Juris. He has toured extensively throughout Eastern Canada and internationally in Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Nepal, and the United States.