Results for "Bebop"

Lorenzo Petrocca

Born: February 18, 1964

Lorenzo Petrocca, born in 1964 at Crotone/southern Italy, came to Germany in 1979 as an emigrant with his family. He mastered the big changes of the two cultures and the loss of everything familiar to him by the boxing - a sport he already practised in Italy before. In 1981 he succeeded in being the Champion of Wuerttemberg in his weight class.From 1982 on he showed his first musical interests. At that time he was already 18 years old. And so he bought his first electric guitar. Soon after that he already played with Italian dance bands, from 1986 on within soul and funk bands among American soldiers. The Jazz he finally discovered in 1989 when he was already 25 years.Today Lorenzo can be heard with his new Band "Italian Organ Trio" together with Alberto Marsico and Tommy Bradascio, his "Lorenzo Petrocca Organ Trio" and his Quartet all over Germany and more and more in his home country Italy as well as in many European countries. Lorenzo Petrocca is also a demanded sideman, for example as a member of Ulla Haesen Band, Anne Czichowsky Trio, Max De Aloe Quartet, Barbara Bürkles Swingin' Woods , We remember Charles Swing Band, and also the "Olymp ALL STARS".In July 1998, he succeeded at the International Band Contest in Vienne-France as the second best band of the contest.In April 2001, he received the Honorary Citizenship of the City of New Orleans after a one week tour through Lousiana/USA.2011 winner of "Archtop-Germany CD des Jahres 2011" with his original composition CD "My Music" as BEST Jazz-guitar CD in Germany. Recently he released his first Solo Album "My Foolish Heart", which has been nominated for the "Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik".

Max Marinaio

Born: February 25, 1964

Compositore, chitarrista, cantante iscritto alla SIAE sin dal '90. Attualmente compone ed arrangia i propri brani scrivendo tutte le parti strumentali (contrabbasso, piano, strumenti a fiato e quant'altro).
Inizia a suonare sin da piccolo formandosi sulla chitarra classica come autoditatta e sviluppando uno stile ed un tocco personali. Poco interessato all'aspetto puramente performativo inizia ben presto a comporre materiale proprio sia sulla chitarra che su una pianola elettrica sostanzialmente blues, soul, bossanova e canzoni jazz.
Crea la prima band a 22 anni ma dedica del tempo a imparare la scrittura musicale per iscriversi alla SIAE e proteggere i propri brani.
Negli anni 90 crea il proprio sistema midi che gli consente di sviluppare le proprie doti di arrangiatore.
Inizia a pubblicare nei primi anni 2000. Nel 2005 Fonda i Flying Cats con cui arriva alla finale del Pistoia Blues In.
Nel 2008 acquista un basso semiacustico che usa soprattutto nelle registrazioni in studio.

Steven R Klenke

Born: October 23, 1955

Austin-based Composer/Trumpeter, Steve Klenke's eclectic composition and trumpet chops are brightly lit and brimming with good vibrations; Klenke's own timeless jazz, pop, and orchestral/soundtrack compositions offer the best of past and present sounds with a consistent high standard of performance. Klenke's current musical compositions have been featured on Netflix, A&E, The History Channel, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Hulu, Discovery, UK-PRS, and United Entertainment & Media. 

University trained, former award winning music educator, Steve has thousands of gigs and a CD release to his credit. Steve is both a songwriter and publisher member of BMI, Husband, Dad, Grandpa, and the founder and owner of eMotific Music. Klenke's goal is simple, to place more of his tracks in Film/TV/Sync, to create meaningful connections through music, and to continue to play gigs on the trumpet! 

Nicholas Krolak

Bassist Nicholas Krolak is a young veteran of the Philadelphia jazz scene. He has spent the last decade working as a side-man, experiencing new styles, and studying with the masters. Now, he has taken all he has learned and is applying it to his own group. Tracing the lineage of bebop into the contemporary, his compositions celebrate the city and honor nature. He is also the host of the Voice = Power Podcast in which he interviews visionaries of the Jazz world, pursuing the question: How does an artist find their voice?

Richard Pavlidis

Born: December 31, 1985

Richard Pavlidis is a saxophonist, composer, teacher and multi-instrumentalist from Melbourne, Australia. Educated at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Richard has toured Australia, New Zealand and Europe and has performed at major festivals including Splendour in the Grass, The Manly Jazz Festival in Sydney, and the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. Richard's debut solo album 'Without Within' was released worldwide in 2019 and supported by an Australian tour. Music from this album can be found in the Australian Jazz Real Book and the Australian Jazz Museum. The album caught the attention of celebrated saxophonist Kenny G, who said via social media "I love the way you combine bebop licks with more modern-sounding phrases, and your technique is amazing

Pete Coco

Born: June 30, 1979

A mainstay on the New York Jazz Scene, bassist Pete Coco recently released his debut album as a leader, “Lined with a Groove,” which features drummer Matt Wilson and pianist Sullivan Fortner. The LP is an homage to his mentors and influences, with fresh arrangements of tunes by bassists including Ron Carter, Milt Hinton, Ray Brown, Charlie Haden, Paul Chambers and more.

Pete has performed with many jazz greats including Matt Wilson, Jane Monheit, Bucky Pizzarelli, Zach Brock, Melissa Aldana, Ken Peplowski, Harry Allen, Bruce Forman, Joel Weiskopf, Frank Vignola, Chuck Redd, and Warren Vache, among others

Jamie O'Donnell

Born: 1968

Jamie O'Donnell is a London based alto saxophonist. He began playing alto saxophone aged 17 after falling in love with the music of Charlie Parker, growing to love the playing of the great alto players Phil Woods, Jackie McLean, Cannonball Adderley, Art Pepper and Sonny Stitt. Jamie studied saxophone with Aubrey Frank before attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London where he studied with Jean Toussaint and Simon Purcell. Jamie has also studied with the Bebop legend, pianist Barry Harris. A prolific composer, Jamie writes tunes for his own quartet "S.A.O.L.E." which has been together since 1998

Gilbert Castellanos

Gilbert Castellanos, renowned musician, composer, curator, educator and arranger based in San Diego, is one of the hottest jazz trumpeters in the United States today.  Adept in straight-ahead, as well as Latin and Afro Cuban jazz, Castellanos has become a leading figure of the vibrant, diverse and flourishing jazz scene in America’s Finest City. An established scene-maker on the West Coast, Castellanos is the Artistic Curator of both of the San Diego Symphony's highly successful jazz series - Jazz at The Jacobs and Bayside Summer Nights - which have featured some of today's brightest stars including ‪Gregory Porter‬, Chick Corea, ‪Chucho Valdes‬, ‪Dianne Reeves‬, ‪Cecile McLorin Salvant‬, John Faddis and more.  Castellanos’ talents are also renowned in the dance community

Andreas Toftemark

Born: December 19, 1990

Andreas Toftemark, Ba - New School 2018/ European Jazz Master 2023, and Recipient of the Bent Jædig award 2023. After 9 years abroad in Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin and 4 years in New York Andreas has returned to Europe and has now established himself as one of the leading young saxophonists in this country.

Andreas has had the opportunity to perform with internationally recognized musicians such as;  Benny Benack, Kaisa Maensivu, Joe Peri, Rasmus Sørensen, Felix Moseholm, Francesco Ciniglio Rodney Green, and Ethan Iversen, Peter Bernstein, Vanisha Gould and Michael Valeanu and performed in countries including England, Germany, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Finland, France, Brazil, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States.

Gabriele Donati

Jazz bass player active in NY, since 1996. Gabriele has played with name such as: Frank Morgan, Javon Jackson, Richie Beirach, Ehud Asherie, Harry Allen, Jason Brown, Lawrence Leathers, Tadataka Unno, Sacha Perry, Michael Kanan, Fukushi Tainaka, Steve Williams, Pete Van Nostrand, Grant Stewart, Steve Little, Tim Pleasant, Steve Ash, Aaron Kimmel, Stephen Riley.