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House of Waters

Lauded as the “Jimi Hendrix of Hammered Dulcimer” by NPR, Max ZT is an innovator of the instrument. Taking his roots from Irish folk music, Max has transplanted his compositional techniques to both Senegal, where he studied the Mandinko technique with the Cissoko griot family, and to India, where he received a grant to study under the santoor master Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. His fresh perspective and bold experimentalism have been the backbone to beautiful, complex, and genuine compositions, while his unorthodox playing style has been a pioneering force in revolutionizing dulcimer techniques. Moto Fukushima has been playing music for as long as he can remember

The Avengers

The Avengers are ADAM HOLZMAN (Keyboards), LINCOLN GOINES (Bass) KIM PLAINFIELD (Drums), and BELEDO (Guitar). Performers and music educators, they are all jazz-rock-fusion pioneers in their own right, bringing the artistic spirit of electric jazz to a new level for these inspirational times. ADAM was Miles Davis Band musical director in 1988. KEYBOARD Magazine named him one of the top 10 players in the world, and DOWNBEAT Magazine lauded his "killer groove". He worked with Michel Petrucciani, Chaka Khan, Robben Ford, Wayne Shorter, Grover Washington and his own band, Brave New World

Tindersticks

Tindersticks is an Indie rock band from Nottingham, England that formed in 1991. The group released six albums before singer Stuart A. Staples took on a solo career. The band reunited briefly in 2006, but more permanently the following year. The band has recorded several film soundtracks. Staples, Boulter, Fraser, Macauley and Hinchliffe, all former members of Asphalt Ribbons, formed the band in 1991. The final lineup for the Old Horse mini-LP (1991) was: Stuart Staples (vocals) Dave Boulter (organ and accordion) Neil Fraser (guitar) Dickon Hinchliffe (guitar and strings) Al Macauley (percussion and drums) John Thompson (bass)

Dion Parson & The 21st Century Band

Audiences and critics around the globe are raging about the talents of Dion Parson & the 21st Century Band. Parson has assembled a powerhouse ensemble featuring some of the world’s finest musicians. Many of the band members hail from the Virgin Islands. So, the 21st Century Band has Caribbean music in its veins, along with a mastery of American jazz. Their innovative music is infused with elements of quelbe - the cultural music of the Virgin Islands - along with funk, reggae, calypso, mento, ska, Brazilian and even chitlin' circuit B3. The combo creates an entirely unique sound with a prominent, authentic island feel and high energy show that audiences love. Their latest release, Dion Parson & 21st Centry Band; Live At Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola -Jazz At Lincoln Center NYC, Volume One was co- produced by Branford Marsalis, director of Jazz at the Lincoln Center

SOLEDAD sextet

S O L E D A D - www.soledad.be Manu Comté, accordion - Jean-Frédéric Molard, violin - Alexander Gurning, piano - Patrick De Schuyter, guitar - Sam Gerstmans, double bass – Michel Seba, percussion INTRODUCTION After four albums on Virgin Classics/EMI, and a "Live" album on Enja, Soledad will release a new album "Soledad plays Soledad" in september 2012. It included new compositions by the members of the group as well as a collaboration with the great singer Maurane. SOLEDAD started in 1995 as one of the first ensembles to perform the music of Piazzolla in a fresh new way, as well as adding new repertoire of a wide range of composers from different horizons

Nazarenes

Since their debut album Orit in 2001, the Nazarenes have brought forth some of the most refreshing sounds in reggae music. Brothers and lead singers Mehdane Tewolde and Noah Isaac Tewolde possess two of the most distinguished voices in contemporary reggae. Their soulful, wailing, haunting voices pay homage to reggae’s youth, a time when its artists drew heavily from the best of America’s soul singers, and evoke memories of the brothers’ childhood days in Ethiopia where they listened to reggae and R&B. Before joining together as a duo, both Medhane and Noah honed their skills as solo artists performing with various groups throughout the 1990s

Sons Of Daughters

Sons Of Daughters Patrick Breiner - tenor sax, clarinet, voice (Easton, CT) Aaron Darrell - bass, voice (Boston, MA) Devin Drobka - drums (New York, NY) Sons Of Daughters are on the hustle. Not even two years as a band and they’re about to embark on their 5th DIY tour in support of their 4th DIY recording, “Beyond Animals.” The new CD is by far their most reckless, joyous, and genuine recording to date and their first to feature all original music. This trio of decorated Berklee and New School grads met in Milwaukee (don’t ask) in April of 2010. But don’t let their stunning pedigree fool you

Farmers Market

The band Farmers Market was formed in Trondheim during the fall of 1991. All members where students of the Jazz Department at the Conservatory of Trondheim. At first Farmers Market started out as a free-jazz quintet, but soon found itself heading in a completely different direction; towards Bulgarian folk-music. Since then, this Bulgarian music, with its odd meters, oriental scales and improvisational possibilities, has become one of the main musical ingredients of Farmers Market. The music of Farmers Market is a mixture of Bulgarian folk music, jazz standards, popular music and humor. Farmers Market has become one of Norway’s most popular live bands, playing at all kinds of venues and festivals: jazz, folk and rock

Barcelona Big Latin Band

This big band with a European flavor, conducted by the unnerving Ramon Escalé and made up of stars of the Spanish jazz scene, presents a new musical project based on original numbers with Mediterranean roots and traditional tunes from Cuban culture with modern jazz arrangements. As if we were at the New York Palladium, the Barcelona Big Latin Band makes the audience vibrate with its contagious tumbao. With a career stretching back more than ten years, three albums (two of them live ones) and more than a hundred concerts at the biggest festivals in Spain, the Barcelona Big Latin Band was one of the country’s leading exponents of Latin jazz

Mente Clara

Active since: 2012

Mente Clara was born in Texas out of a love for the music of Hermeto Pascoal and other Brazilian masters. They combine soaring melody, sophisticated jazz harmony, and the danceable rhythms of Northeastern Brazil into a sound that is all their own. Straddling the line between jazz, world music, and fusion, the band has toured from coast to coast, developing a reputation for exciting live shows along the way. Their second album, Forrozêra, was released on June 2, 2015, and has been praised for its “dynamic rhythmic attack.” (Dave Sumner, Bird Is The Worm) Individually, members of Mente Clara have performed and recorded with artists as diverse as Snarky Puppy, Matuto, Bernard Wright, Quarteto Olinda, Pete Rodriguez, Rob Curto, Ephraim Owens, and many more