Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Dominic Ashworth has made London his home since the 1980s and spent four decades quietly becoming one of the most distinctive guitarists on the British jazz scene. His background is unusually broad: he trained in classical guitar at the University of Toronto, studied under scholarship in Spain, and performed at the Havana Guitar Festival before settling in the UK. That range shows in his playing — Bach and Paco de Lucia sit alongside Wes Montgomery and George Benson in his musical make-up, and the result is something genuinely personal. His most recent album, Views, came out in 2024. He is also known as a generous collaborator, the kind of musician other musicians want in the room. Googlies is glad to have him in ours.