Results for "Arranger"

NOTIFY

Born: April 17, 1980

At the crossroads of a new movement in Irish music, NOTIFY breathes new life into their music and song, with "a musical tapestry that ranges from soft melodies to crashing crescendos". Centred around the wizardry of Concertina player and electronic sound designer Pádraig Rynne, the band is anchored by Cillian King on Guitars & Vocals, Eoin Walsh on Electric Bass, Davie Ryan on Drums and Cormac McCarthy on Piano and Keyboards. The band delivers an evocative repertoire of original melody compositions and songs, produced with sensitive electronic overlays and inventive arrangements that are "cinematic in scope" (New York Echo). NOTIFY seamlessly fuses a deep knowledge and respect for musical tradition with forward thinking innovation in a tasteful way that connects with audiences worldwide

Eric Hofbauer Quintet

Born: January 31, 1974

Prehistoric Jazz is a concert program and sister recordings (volumes 1 and 2) which features Hofbauer’s jazz quintet arrangements of both Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Messiaen’s Quartet For The End Of Time. The program title was inspired by video footage of Leonard Bernstein rehearsing The Rite of Spring in 1987 where he instructs the timpanist to play his part like “prehistoric jazz.” Hofbauer’s quintet arrangements synthesize the most memorable melodic and rhythmic elements from the original scores with jazz improvisation. Stravinsky revolutionized the music world in 1913 with his use of extreme dissonance and shocking rhythmic energy

Glen Wagstaff

Born: April 23, 1989

Glen Wagstaff is a US born composer and guitarist based in Christchurch, New Zealand. He received his musical training at the CPIT MusicArts School. Here he was introduced to the music of Maria Schneider, Darcy James Argue and Kenny Wheeler, and he discovered a love for composing and arranging – particularly for a jazz orchestra. In 2011, he received the Jack Urlwin Scholarship for his arranging portfolio. This afforded him the opportunity to travel to the U.S. for several months and immerse himself in the vibrant jazz scene in New York and Toronto. This was a hugely inspirational experience for Glen and following his return to New Zealand, he formed his own 10 piece group in 2012 featuring faculty and fellow graduates of CPIT. During the past few years, Glen has written new material for a full jazz big band

Fullface

Born: September 31, 1999

Fullface is a bunch of Danes living as a music collective.

Scott Arcangel

Born: April 29, 1976

Scott Arcangel composes music for and performs on piano with a variety of jazz and commercial music ensembles. He also plans live and broadcast events, as well as arranging and producing studio recordings with the West Point Band, where he is a Pianist, Arranger, Music Director, and Creative Producer. Before joining the West Point Band, Scott studied with the renowned jazz faculty at the University of North Texas and at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music. He has studied composition and arranging with Bret Zvacek and continues studying with Michael Abene. His music is published through Maxwell Tree Music and UNC Jazz Press and is performed regularly by numerous big bands, small groups, high school and collegiate jazz ensembles

Pramod Timilsina

Principles Sound

Principles Sound is a jazz world band, led by Pino D’Eri - bass, Dario Chiazzolino - guitar and Gianni Branca - drums. Following the demise of their first album – Lost in the Jungle, Principles Sound established the musical ensemble in 2011. the The band reunited to produce Lost in the Jungle in Los Angeles on January 2012. The band’s debut album can be described as “jazz-world-fusion“, though it is much closer to traditional jazz than the jazz-fusion albums of 1990s. The band members are Bob Mintzer on sax, Russel Ferrante on piano, Dario Chiazzolino on guitar, Jimmy Haslip and Pino D’Eri on bass and Gianni Branca on drums. Principles Sound have steadily achieved a startlingly sublime synthesis of soaring and unmistakable melody, progressive instrumentation and aggressive heaviness unrivaled within hard rock music

Serge Bogdanov

Born: October 27, 1986

Jazz Arranger and Baritone Saxophonist. Band Leader of Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra

Ed Roth

Sought after keyboardist, producer, arranger and musical director Ed Roth, returns with the release of his second solo album romp, "Mad Beatnik" (a iTunes Top 25 Jazz Album)! The 11-song release is a follow up to his critically acclaimed debut self-titled album, which boasted three singles, including Roth's innovative 75th anniversary cover of the George Gershwin classic, "Summertime" (most-added in it's first three week's of release and a Top 40 single at Billboard Smooth AC stations). "Mad Beatnik is a truly organic album," notes Roth. "There is no programming, no midi, no sequencing, no beat detective, no auto tune

Henri Gerrits

Born: January 22, 1963