Guitar Summit: Matt Hopper, Adam Schlozman, and Eric Slaughter

Matt Hopper

Matt Hopper is a jazz guitarist based in Kansas City. Hopper started playing guitar at 12 years old. He studied jazz guitar with Rod Fleeman and classical guitar with Doug Neidt at The University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory of Music 2001 – 2005. His debut album, First Love, is has played nationally over 70 radio stations.

Adam Schlozman

Adam Schlozman is a guitarist from Kansas City, Missouri, where he is involved in many facets that make up its jazz scene and spanning many other genres. Schlozman can be seen playing with groups from Kansas City such as The Project H, Marcus Lewis Big Band, Brad Cox Octet, Eddie Moore and the Outer Circle, Hot Club KC, Nate Nall Quintet as well as many other combinations of fantastic musicians on a given night. 

Eric Slaughter

Guitarist Eric Slaughter is a high energy performer who is dedicated to exploring the various rhythms and musical textures of the world and presenting them with the groove, spontaneity and creative off-center logic which has characterized the best instrumental improvised music through the ages. Born into a musical family, Slaughter attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA before touring the globe spreading his love of jazz. 

Ticket Information

Tickets are $10. For more information about performances in The Blue Room, visit americanjazzmuseum.org/blueroom