Sam Miltich is a self-taught jazz guitarist born and raised in the woods of northern Minnesota. Sam burst on to the hot club jazz scene in his teens, joining Paul Mehling’s Hot Club of San Francisco and touring internationally with the world-renowned Robin Nolan Trio. Sam’s fluid and instinctive sound has graced hundreds of stages, from small town bars on the Iron Range to New York’s Lincoln Center.
Beginning in his early twenties, Sam performed as a duo and toured with Minnesota mandolin master Peter Ostroushko. In 2010, Sam received a grant to study intensively with Belgian guitar icon Fapy Lafertin and has since then received many more regional and state arts grants to further his musical development and creative projects. In addition to hot club swing and traditional jazz, Sam’s musical interests include Brazilian choro, French musette, Eastern European tamburitza, and other forms of traditional folk music.
In addition to fronting his own band, the Clearwater Hot Club with his father Matthew Miltich,