Charley Rich: Musician, Guitarist, Composer

Charley studied privately with Jazz notables Joe Monk and Harry Leahy. At Stony Brook, he focused on composition, studied with Peter Winkler and Richard Dyer-Bennet, and then spent a year at Berklee College of Music. After college, he played the club scene in NYC, performed for impresario Sid Bernstein, and studied classical guitar with Jerry Willard.