40 under 40 – 2017 winners

Sam Miltich

Sam Miltich
Grand Rapids, MN. Gypsy Guitarist and Tamburitzan.
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Family from Rtina and Miletici Croatia.  Sam is a jazz guitarist born and raised in the woods of northern Minnesota. He is a musician by profession and plays regularly in the Upper Midwest as a soloist and with his band the Clearwater Hot Club.  In addition to gypsy swing and traditional jazz his musical interests include Brazilian choro, French musette, Eastern European tamburitza and traditional folk music. After hearing the music of the late gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, Sam decided to dedicate himself to the study of gypsy jazz.

By the time he was eighteen he was touring touring with the Robin Nolan Trio in the U.S. and Europe. He would later join the Hot Club of San Francisco for two years before starting his own band, the Clearwater Hot Club. In 2010, he fulfilled a dream he had since he was 5 years old started the Big Dipper Jazz Band- a traditional six-piece jazz band.

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