Will Mariani is a highly sought-after contemporary guitarist and trumpet player, turned educator from DeKalb, Illinois. After many years of musical study in Chicago, having taken many top positions in jazz and state ensembles and having performed various residencies as a trumpet player, Will turned found his passion in funk and rock, and subsequently guitar.

Applying his previous training in Trumpet, Jazz, Theory and Improvisation he taught himself to play guitar. With friends he quickly founded the well known Chicagoland based jam band Fuzzlove. He served as the main music writer of the band and in 2019 they released their self-titled first studio record. The band saw success, regularly packing out venues across Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, and Michigan and playing various festivals including the Summer Camp Music Festival at the Cubby Bear, Martyrs in Chicago and Backwoods Festival in Ozark, Arkansas.

Will enjoys a wide variety of music genres such as modern guitar, funk, rock, metal and house/electronic. Some of his biggest influences include Umphrey’s Mcgee, Intervals, Al Joseph, and Plini. He had the privilege of briefly studying with one of these influences; Modern guitar great, Al Joseph. Will continues to submerge himself in and the learn the ways of the modern guitar world while blending it with his wide taste in music.