Jesse van Ruller (born 21 January 1972) is a Dutch jazz guitarist and composer. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Guitar Competition in 1995 and has recorded several albums as a leader and more as a sideman.
Van Ruller recorded two quintet albums for Bluemusic: European Quintet in 1996 and Herbs, Fruits, Balms and Spices two years later.[1] He went on to record three albums for Criss Cross Jazz.[2][3] These were Here and There and Circles in 2002, and Views in 2005.[3] The guitarist composed almost all of the pieces played on the last two.[3]
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