AMITHAV GAUTAM, 17, from Chennai, has been playing guitar since he was 12, even as he was learning to play classical music on the piano. Initially, Amithav discovered the joy of playing the blues and rock through the music of several legendary artists. More recently, he has been exploring Jazz through the music of Kenny Burrell, Miles Davis , Grant Green, Lester Young, George Benson, Hank Mobley, Wes Montgomery, Art Blakey and many more. In 2019, he was adjudged Best Guitarist at the All india Band-It competition, conducted by the Furtados School of Music. He has also been doing several online collaborations with the likes of Bruce Lee Mani, Keith Peters, Radha Thomas, Vijit Malik, Abhay Sharma, Rythem Bansal and Karan Wadhwa of the Revisit Project among others. He has also done a couple of sessions for Chennai Based Music Directors. He regularly posts videos on social media, which can be viewed at @amithavguitar on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.