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Pilz4Jazz

Active since: 1930

PILZ4JAZZ is a new music group that has recorded their debut release entitled "Our Tribute Album". PILZ4JAZZ was brought together to pay homage to their heroes in jazz music and the wonderful eras they flourished in! From N.Y.C., the four members are: sax-man Charlie LaGondola Italian-American, "Spyder" Nicks on bass African-American, pianist YAYA Japanese, and Almax drummer, producer and founder/conceptualist is all of the combined cultures mentioned above. Ranging from their 30's through their 60's, each of the four members, individually, worked diligently to write a memorable instrumental theme song of the highest integrity, reminiscent of the great jazz standards

One O'Clock Lab Band

Active since: 1946

The One O’Clock Lab Band is the premier performing ensemble of the internationally acclaimed University of North Texas jazz studies program. Alan Baylock is director of the One O’Clock Lab Band. With an unprecedented seven Grammy nominations (Lab 2009 received double nominations for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble" and "Best Instrumental Composition" for Ice-Nine composed by Steve Wiest) resulting from the library of over fifty critically acclaimed Lab Band recordings to date, the One O’Clock Lab Band is noted for exceptional individual musicianship and tight ensemble performance. One O’Clock Lab Band concerts feature the Stan Kenton and Maynard Ferguson libraries (both housed exclusively at North Texas), original compositions by Grammy- nominated composers Neil Slater and Steve Wiest, jazz faculty member Rich DeRosa, and the wealth of compositions and arrangements in the UNT jazz library written by current and former North Texas students. The One O’Clock frequently appears in major jazz venues such as Birdland (NYC), Blues Alley (DC), Catalina's (LA), and as the headliner at jazz festivals, major music conferences, and concerts hosted by numerous fine arts series, colleges and high schools across the United States, Canada, and around the world. Alumni of the North Texas jazz program are virtually everywhere in the professional music industry as performing artists and jazz educators

Shalosh

SHALOSH is an instrumental piano trio that belongs to the current generation of cross genre jazz groups able to reach a wide spectrum of audiences, in the Jazz world as well as in other genres.

In their ten years of activity, the three childhood friends SHALOSH have refused to define or strict themselves to one genre or another, their music is raw, honest and progressive, crossing stylistic boundaries and ever changing. They have performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages with hundreds of concerts through the years and gained recognition as one of the world’s leading young trios. 

Nice Jazz Trio

Active since: 1990

The Nice Jazz Trio presents music by Gershwin, Ellington, Rodgers, Hart, Jobim, Cole Porter, Bonfa and many more in trio arrangements for vibraphone, guitar and string bass. CD releases from the group include "Introducing The Nice Jazz Trio/Quartet", "Nice, Very", "Nice Too", "Nice & Welch", and "Retrospective" which will release soon. The new recording presents smooth trio arrangements of: "Taking A Chance On Love", "500 Miles High", "Emily", "Satin Doll", "Poinciana", "Laura" and others.

The Ed Palermo Big Band

Active since: 1980

Under the leadership of arranger/ composer/ bandleader/ saxophonist Ed Palermo, the Ed Palermo Big Band has been together since 1980, performing live around New York (NYC’s Iridium, Marlboro’s The Falcon) and at US and international jazz (and Zappa!) festivals, and recording albums to the delight of fans and critics worldwide. Composed of top-notch jazz musicians, the tightly-honed big band performs Palermo’s extraordinary arrangements, which combine music from the worlds of rock, pop and blues (Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, Paul Butterfield, The Beatles) alongside jazz (Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Mile Davis) and Palermo originals

Club Django Toronto

Active since: 2001

Club Django Toronto has been active on the Canadian Jazz scene for over 18 years and is Toronto's longest-running, gypsy swing band. Club Django Toronto was nominated for Best Acoustic Group of the Year 2003 by the National Jazz Award. The Club Django Sextet is available for concerts, private functions and corporate events.

The Core Trio

Active since: October 23, 2004

The Core Trio was part of the the avant garde quartet Rosta. After the break up of the that group, The Core Trio formed in 2004. With the line up of Seth Paynter (saxophone), Richard Cholakian (drums) and Thomas Helton (bass), The Core Trio began to develop their unique stye of compositional style of improv. In 2013 TCT recorded their first CD with New York pianist and long time friend, Robert Boston. “Robert is one of the few musicians that can appreciate the controlled chaos pacing of the trio. Shortly after the release, drummer Richard Cholakian left the group. After much consideration the group moved on and hired Joe Hertenstein to replace him

Sonar

Besides being passionate musicians, SONAR’s four members Stephan Thelen (guitar), Bernhard Wagner (guitar), Christian Kuntner (electric bass) and Manuel Pasquinelli (drums) have backgrounds as diverse as performance art, software engineering, and mathematics, all adding to the eclectic mix of influences that make up this truly unique band. The group SONAR was born in 2010. The two Zürich-based guitarists Stephan and Bernhard met one evening when Stephan was playing and Bernhard was in the audience. They immediately found that they shared many common interests, so it wasn’t long before they started playing together

Trio Manouche

Since forming in 2005 Trio Manouche have become regulars at the best-known venues and festivals across the UK, popping up at Ronnie Scott’s, King’s Place and Barbican Hall; Glastonbury, Secret Garden Party, Shambala, Boomtown & The Mostly Jazz Festival. They enjoy residencies at famous jazz and private clubs including The 606 Club, Le Quecumbar, Vortex, Mayfair Arts Club, Annabel’s, Green Note and Brasserie Zedel. In 2013-14 alone they have performed for private events in Berlin, Moscow, Hong Kong, Puglia, Rome, Stockholm, and of course countless beautiful parties on their home turf. Recent private engagements include the wedding of Alice Rothschild & Zac Goldsmith; a garden party for Lord & Lady Bamford; New Year’s Eve 2013 at Oxfordshire’s The Wild Rabbit and MGM Networks’ annual party, to name a few. The band are regular guest performers on various BBC Radio shows including a recent performance/interview on Radio 3’s “In Tune”

OU

OU is dialect for ‘egg’ in Sardinia, the remote island in the Mediterranean. OU is finally amongst us, the news has come. The egg said to be an ancient thing, of distant origins. Others are convinced that OU comes from the far future, like a signal for our generation. Spotted at the circus, in a jazz club, in line at a mall during Christmastime, singing and laughing with a group of pygmies, partaking in a Thai cooking class; a collective burning desire is to hear that egg wail on ukulele in a teeny tiny bedroom… OU has arrived, and waits with psychedelic calm to show all its contents, sound and motion. And who can forget the Great Speculation: the first hypothesis of the egg was it gave forth to new forms, the embryo of something unexpected, some kind of creature not filling any known categories. Furthermore, those smitten by dogma say that the egg’s contents are the origin of existence itself! OU is here, impassive to all this, still floating in its simple form, full of energy and ready for a deep conversation with all beings on this planet