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Big Band

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By Tjasa Fabjancic

Label: ZKPRTVS
Released: 2026

Valerio Marino

Born: January 22, 1970

Able to range from pop to jazz, with excellent vocal flexibility and an appreciable stylistic versatility, Valerio Marino is a talented and refined singer.

In the early 2000s, with the pop band Egoricarica, he participated in important festivals, winning high-level awards and recognitions such as the Premio Lunezia "Giovani Autori" and the San Marino Festival, to name a few.

Throughout his career, he has performed throughout Italy, in prestigious clubs and at particularly noteworthy festivals.

Among his most notable collaborations, those with pianist Alessandro Bravo, trumpet player Riccardo Catria, arranger and director Mario Corvini, and the Rieti Jazz Orchestra stand out.

Frank Lamphere

Born: August 4

Feb 17 2025 Singer-entertainer-recording artist Frank Lamphere has just released his latest
album Frank Songs, My Way. As the title implies, this is a Frank Sinatra tribute album that
includes fifteen "Sinatra songs" but that are distinct from the celebrated Sinatra versions!

Frank Lamphere has been honing his swinging style during his 25+ year singing career, in the
specialized genre nowadays referred to as traditional pop and jazz. A style that he learned or
more likely "absorbed" from the giants of American pop music (post World War II - 1970): Frank
Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jack Jones, Buddy Greco, Tony Bennett and others.

David Ling

Born: June 22

David is a Malaysian composer, performer, and educator based in the US. A graduate of Berklee and the New England Conservatory, he is an in-demand presence in the Boston music scene. He has performed with Grammy-nominated vocalist Debo Ray and drummer Charles Haynes, award-winning saxophonists Grace Kelly and Seba Molnar, and is a fixture of the Charles River Jazz Festival, appearing annually since its inception in 2021. He recently co-produced the album Encontro by Brazilian-American duo Caio e Jess, featuring Michael Mayo on vocals and Laura Perrudin on harp. 

As a composer David led the 16-member Wally’s Jazz Orchestra at their monthly residency at Boston’s historic Wally’s Cafe, and was awarded the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award in 2019.

Aaron Spiers

Per Ekdahl

David Mitcham

After many years writing film scores, double Emmy winning film composer David Mitcham returns to his jazz roots with a suite of pieces for his Glorious Assembly Jazz Orchestra. Featuring long-term collaborators John Parricelli, Ianto Thomas, Andy Wood, Louis Dowdeswell, Gareth Williams, and others such as Tori Freestone, Mark lockheart and Phil Meadows, The Glorious Assembly Jazz Orchestra is just that, a glorious assembly. David adds extra woodwind to the standard big band line up ranging from flute and piccolo to contrabass clarinet.  

Orquestra de Jazz de Espinho

Brian De Lorenzo

Talent America's 2001 Performer of the Year BRIAN De LORENZO is equally at home in night clubs, concert halls, and theatres. He has performed in such places as Israel, Wales, Spain, Scotland, Italy, and England, as well as cruise ships in Alaska, the Mediterranean, and crossing the Atlantic. He has sung at clubs such as The Iridium, Birdland, 54 Below, Don't Tell Mama, and Eighty-Eight's in New York; Piaf's in San Francisco; Odette's in New Hope, PA; and at various venues in Massachusetts including Scullers Jazz Club, Club Cafe, and The Crown & Anchor.

Brian earned the title Performer of the Year by winning first place at Talent America's 27th Annual "Talent of the Year Awards" in New York, competing with performers from all over the US.

Brian's debut recording Found Treasures was nominated for the "Recording of the Year Award" by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC)