Fred Hamilton is an improviser. He is a guitarist and bassist, a composer, author and a Professor of Music in the Jazz Studies Division of the University of North Texas. He has performed concerts and presented workshops throughout the US, Canada, and has appeared in Sweden, South Korea and India. Recent highlights include concerts and a recording project with the legendary santoor maestro Tarun Bhattacharya in Calcutta in January 2009, a concert in Seoul, Korea in December 2007 and the Ear Shot Festival in Seattle in November 2005. He performs and teaches every summer at the Jamey Aebersold Workshop held at the University of Louisville. Fred Hamilton has published magazine articles in Guitar Player, compositions for big band, small group and guitar ensemble with the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press, books with Mel Bay Publications, and co-authored Rhythm Section Workshop or Jazz Directors, published by Alfred Publishing Co. He has recorded with a variety of international jazz artists including Tim Hagens, Shelly Berg, Ed Soph and the Earl Harvin Trio.