Jason Ennis

Guitarist Jason Ennis' unique sound, deep groove, and sensitive feel, along with a diverse background in jazz, blues, Brazilian music, and classical guitar have made him highly in demand as a soloist, sideman, bandleader, and musical director. A graduate of Middlebury College, he also attended Berklee College of Music and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. 

Ennis has performed and/or recorded with Karrin Allyson, Tessa Souter (Motéma Music), Charles Neville (The Neville Brothers Band), Paul McCandless (Oregon, The Paul Winter Consort), Sonya Kitchell Band (Velour Music, Starbucks Hear Music), Vanderlei Pereira and Blindfold Test, actor and musician Joe Morton,Thomas Bergeron Ensemble, Mary Ann McSweeney’s Urban Fado Project, Ramón Ángel-Rey Trio, Samirah Evans and Her Handsome Devils, Choro da Manhã, Julio Botti Quintet, Pablo Ziegler, and others. Ennis also transcribed and edited a collection of solo guitar arrangements by his friend and mentor, Gene Bertoncini, which was Hal Leonard Publishing published in 2012.

Ennis released his debut recording as a leader "Jota Sete" in June 2022, which features his original compositions and arrangements of Brazilian and jazz classics. He co-leads the collaborative trio Tone Forest with pianist Miro Sprague and bassist Marty Jaffe and the world jazz trio La Voz de Tres, which has released two CDs: "La Voz de Tres" (2010) and "Sueños y Delirios" (2014). He is co-composer and musical director for En Diablada, an original music project by Chilean vocalist Natalia Bernal. 

Ennis is a senior lecturer in music at Dartmouth College. He is an artist associate in jazz guitar and co-director of Small Jazz Combos at Williams College. Currently residing in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, he is a faculty member at Interplay Jazz in Woodstock, Vermont, and has given workshops at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Chile.