Jeff Peterson is a slack key guitar player from Maui, Hawaii. The son of a paniolo at Haleakala Ranch, Jeff was exposed to the sounds of slack key at an early age. Jeff's style fuses traditional Slack Key with elements of classical and jazz guitar,[1] at which styles he is also adept. Jeff studied classical guitar at USC before returning to the islands to play and teach in the Honolulu area. Jeff has contributed to many albums, including a series of slack key and bamboo flute duets with Riley Lee