Guitarist Riner Scivally has performed with Alan Broadbent, Larance Marable, Stacey Rowles and Putter Smith. He received a bachelor's degree from Occidental College, an MM from USC, and later studied at the Scuola Civica di Milano in Italy. He is on the faculty of Pasadena City College and the Applied Music faculty of Occidental College. He has recently recorded a cd with Susan Krebs' Jazz Aviary and has a duo cd with Swiss musician Isla Eckinger.