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MATKOT

Active since: November 18, 1991

MATKOT is the sound of a female vocal quartet and a swinging jazz trio playing the unique arrangements of Israeli composer Rami Bar-David. Lush harmonies and Mediterranean grooves flavor Bar-David's hip compositional style, which deconstructs jazz standards and popular classics and re-arranges them into a distinctive new sound. Based in New York, MATKOT's music draws on both the jazz tradition and their Israeli roots to create a vibrant new repertoire.

Filtron M

Active since: 2012

Filtron M is a free-form project by pianist, keyboardist and composer Manu Koch. Exposed to numerous cultures and genres by touring, performing and recording with many leading figures in contemporary music for the past 25 years, Manu’s compositions and perspective define the direction of Filtron M. The sound evolves with contributions from a multi-national network of collaborators. The core idea of Filtron M goes back to Manu’s Boston years during the late 90’s when he led his first band that was influenced by the jazz-fusion group Weather Report and various Brazilian artists

Buffalo Jazz Octet

The Buffalo Jazz Octet has performed since 2011, combining the power and compositional intricacy of a large ensemble with the flexibility and dynamism of a small improvising combo. The octet collaborated with saxophone legend Joe Ford (of various McCoy Tyner bands) in 2015, and the band's members have worked individually with internationally noted musicians ranging from Buddy Morrow and Don Menza to Wadada Leo Smith and William Parker. The group's debut album, recorded live at Pausa Art House in May 2016, comes out April 20, 2017 on Cadence Jazz Records. The octet has appeared at the 2014 and 2015 Queen City Jazz Festivals, Villa Maria College, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, and Pausa Art House.

The Ditties

The Ditties is a vocal trio from Lithuania, formed by three young professional jazz singers and performing early swing vocal music from 1930 and 1940, which is best known for the close harmony and syncopated rhythm.Trio fascinates with its energy, delicacy and joyful mood. The harmony of the voices, playfulness, vintage clothes and special repertoire will bring you into the swinging decade. It's also a great pleasure for those who nowadays miss the acoustic and cozy jazz sound. The instrumental section ( saxophone, guitar and double bass ). Band Members
The Ditties - queens of swing:
Veronika Čičinskaitė-Golovanova - vocal,
Rūta Švipaitė - vocal,
Ugnė Bakanauskaitė - vocal. Joined at concerts by swing virtuoso:
Remigijus Rančys - saxophone, melodika,
Paulius Volkovas - guitar,
Denis Murašov - double bass.

St. Paul & The Broken Bones

St. Paul and The Broken Bones is a six-piece soul band based in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, that formed in 2012. The band is composed of Paul Janeway (vocals), Browan Lollar (guitar), Jesse Phillips (bass), Andrew Lee (drums), Al Gamble (keys), and Allen Branstetter (trumpet). The band tours with both trombone and baritone saxophone as well. They have released two albums and two EPs while touring internationally.

Organic Noises

Active since: September 1, 2017

Organic Noises's music is a creative combination of eastern european and armenian traditional themes with jazz, fusion, rock and progressive generes. Band mixes ethnic armenian instruments (duduk, zurna, pku, ney), vocal, acoustic instruments (violin, oboe, flute, guitar) with modern rhytmic and harmonic ensamble (electric violin, synthetizers, moog, bass, drums). Band members: Zofia Trystuła-Hovhannisyan- oboe, zurna, duduk, Joanna Chudyba- violin Maciej Salus - guitar Marcin Chatys- bass Jan Rusin- drums

Jazz Is Phish

The Chase Brothers have been well known members of the greater music community for many years. Collectively, Adam Chase and Matthew Chase have performed and collaborated with a variety of world renowned artists and are the center of tribute bands such as JAZZ IS PHSH and The James Brown Dance Party. Adam and Matthew have recorded, collaborated and/or performed with Santana, Aerosmith, Kiss, Crosby Stills and Nash, Derek Trucks, Dicky Betts, Victor Wooten, Oteil Burbridge, Kofi Burbridge as well as members of The James Brown Band, Bootsy Collins Band, Galactic, Lettuce, Trey Anastasio Band, Victor Wooten Band, Snarky Puppy, Trombone Shorty, Break Science, Pretty Lights Live Band, Aretha Franklin Band, Saturday Day Night Live Band, Cage The Elephant, The Word, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz is Dead and many more.

23rd Hour

A simple hello can change everything. For singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Sherry Lynn-Lee and George Paolini, a chance meeting at an open mic transformed unlikely bedfellows into sympathetic, artistic souls. The duo which goes under the moniker 23rd Hour, announced its debut album, Perfect Strangers, a collection of songs that melds eclectic and urbane musicality with pop accessibility and poetic sentiments. The band name refers to the pair’s very first jam session where, after 23 hours of playing together, the twosome’s disparate pool of influences coalesced in an original song. “The night we first got together, I didn’t know where things would go

Bronx Conexion Latin Jazz Big Band

Alaska Dreamers

Alaska Dreamers music is soft mixture between soul, blues, R&B, post-rock, jazz, folk. Band musical journey started in 2012 as a creative experiment between bass player, composer Reinis Ozolins and drummer Rudolfs Dankfelds. After a while they felt like adding more colours and the duo became a trio as singer Kristine Praulina joined. So step by step the band grew to the current lineup. Here, meeting within the great personalities that make up the musical sound of the message together, and that helps it to resound in great contact with the audience.. In April 2015 the first concert took place and the group continued touring, write music and begins to gradually work on the debut album. Kristine Praulina (vocal, lyrics); Reinis Ozolins (bass, music); Rudolfs Dankfelds (drums); Miguel Andres Hernandez Giraldi (Percussion); Ritvars Garoza (piano); Marcis Vasilevskis (guitar); Janis Rungis (guitar); Janis Kalnins (guitar); Oskars Ozolins (trumpet); Kristaps Lubovs (saxophone); Laura Rozenberga (trombone).