Eric Wollman is a skillful, dazzling guitar player from Brooklyn, New York (U.S.A.) who expresses his style as jazz/rock fusion, as one can appreciate on his latest album, "East Coast Shoes".  His favorite guitars consist of a Paul Reed Smith Custom and a Parker Fly Deluxe. Wollman has played guitar since 1976, and candidly avows his career aspiration, "To be able to tour Europe and Japan, play jazz festivals here and overseas with my band."
When asked to name his number one effect for the guitar, Wollman answered back with, "Rocktron Piranha preamp," and then cited his musicial goals, "One of the things I am going for in my compositions is to have a certain mood for each tune, to make sure that the mood is reflected throughout, so that that each solo really has something to do with the tune. I also am going for expressing a feeling of freedom and expansion which is what I feel everytime I play and reflecting my deep love of music by attempting to play with as much beauty as I possibly can." He hopes to one day study tenor saxophone, and is at this time listening to Cecil Taylor, David Torn and Herbie Hancock. His utmost fulfillment? "When I spontaneously come up with a new tune or when I am taking a solo and feel myself in that creative flow, just going for it not knowing what I am going to play next and surprising myself," he affirms unquestionably.
 Wollman details continuing and future undertakings in his own words, "I'm currently writing tunes for my next fusion CD. I am also working on some collaborative writing projects. One is a fusion project and the other is a jazz project."
Guitar Nine Records visitors have compared the playing style and/or musical approach of Eric Wollman to guitarists such as Allan Holdsworth and others.
Wollman's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes one solo album ("East Coast Shoes").
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