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Big Band

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By Tjasa Fabjancic

Label: ZKPRTVS
Released: 2026

Barry Allen Cohen

Born: April 5, 1972

Luxury event entertainer, crafting live music experiences for celebrations of every size, from an intimate birthday dinner to a 150-guest milestone party. As a solo singer-guitarist who scales to duo, trio, or full big band, with a 5-star reputation across Southern CA for reading the room, taking real song requests, and showing up fully insured with professional, state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems.

Apollo Jazztet

Active since: 2016

The Apollo Jazztet is an iconic jazz band, devoted to bringing a fresh take to a classic sound. With a legacy defined by the passion of their live performances, the Jazztet have built an impressive body of work that reflects their unique journey and exceptional talent. The band’s music flows with a fiery originality, echoing the timelessness of the jazz tradition while championing the genre into the next generation of good-timery.

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.