Ryan Craycroft and Doug Neel LIVE at The Happy Grape

Ryan Craycroft is a Columbus-based guitarist with an incredibly versatile sound and style that includes jazz, blues, acoustic, pop, classical and Latin music. Ryan graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. Ever since, he has been performing and teaching professionally in the Central Ohio area.

As a freelance musician, Douglas has performed with numerous artists/ensembles/groups throughout the region, including Trio NOT, the Michael Shirtz 4tet, The Harmony Project, The Adrian Symphony Orchestra, Walt Sanders & The Cadillac Band, Canta BRASIL, The Pinup Project, The Conspiracy Band, Yumbambé, Paul Brown’s Science Gravy Orchestra, Central Ohio Brass Band, The Dominion Brass, the Scott Gwinnell Jazz Orchestra, the Student Loan, Soul Kitch’n, Matt King & The Roustabout Band, and the Broadway touring shows of Hairspray, A Chorus Line, and Chicago. Additionally, Douglas has shared the stage with such greats as Melissa Manchester, Mary McClendon, Jay Ashby, Elizabeth Von Trapp, Ernie Krivda, Aretha Franklin, Mark Gridley, the Urban Jazz Coalition, and continues to lead his own Trio/4tet on a variety of performances.eaching professionally in the Central Ohio area.