Joe Lang
Joe Lang (3 September 1983) is a musician, writer and composer guitarist who resides in the Twin Cities. He a guitarist and composer for the Minneapolis jazz-funk project The Representation. He is also co-founder of the Hermit Cab speaker cabinet company.
History
As the son of Peter Lang, Joe Lang picked up the guitar at age 13. Despite formal journalism training at the University of Minnesota, he continued on his studies of guitar. He has undertaken continued studies under Kai Eckhardt, Nirmala Rajasekar and Prakash Hariharan as well as various lessons with Anindo Chatterjee, Ramesh Misra, Steve Coleman, Pantula Rama, Oz Noy, Paul Renz, Prasanna and Adam Rogers. He has performed and recorded with Dave King of The Bad Plus as well as Ev Olcott from Halloween, Alaska. From 2008 to 2009 he was an instructor at the St. Paul Guitar Studio. He continues studies of South Indian classical music and jazz. As a writer he contributes to All AbOUT Jazz, Jambase, and Performer Magazine.