Jazz
Ron has performed with a variety of jazz greats, including Arthur Blythe, Billy
Hart, John Scofield, Steve Grossman, Bill Evans, Branford Marsalis and
Marvin “Smitty” Smith (from the Jay Leno Tonight Show Band).
Blues
He has also shared the stage with blues greats B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Matt
“Guitar” Murphy, Jeff Healy, Johnnie Lang and Kenny Wayne Sheppard.
Rock
Ron has shared the bill with Edgar Winter, Leon Russell, Eric Burden,
Electric Light Orchestra and Jefferson Starship.
He has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and is one the
hardest working and busiest musicians in the Traverse City area.
You can find Ron playing all over the region with many the area’s best
singers and players performing dance and listening music ranging from
Motown, Pop, Blues, Funk, Swing and Jazz.
Ron Getz, guitarist and composer, studied at
Berkeley College of Music and the New England
Conservatory of Music.
His CD release Ego State received critical acclaim
in Jazz Times and Down Beat.
He has recorded and produced numerous CD
projects under his own name and with other
artists in the jazz, blues, rock and pop genres.