Shota Ikeda is a jazz guitarist, composer, from Kobe Japan, with influences from Wes Montgomery and Django Reinhardt. He learned jazz guitar from a professional musician, Jack Pantazis in Melbourne. Shota has honed his skills playing jazz and improvising across many styles; swing, ballad, bossa, blues,etc. In addition, he’s been really into gypsy jazz, with working on his original music. As he plays various types of music, he brings his unique skills to the audience.