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Marco Pignataro

Born: December 2, 1965

Marco Pignataro is an Italian multi-talented saxophone player, composer, educator, and program director based in Boston. Alongside Danilo Perez, he currently leads the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI), the world premiere jazz center of musical creativity at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Marco has performed extensively across Europe and the Americas in jazz festivals and international music venues, sharing stages and clinics with artists such as Ron Carter, Joe Lovano, Eddie Gomez, Luciana Souza, JoAnne Brakeen, Rufus Reid, John Patitucci, Kenny Werner, Alan Pasqua, George Garzone, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ben Street, Antonio Sanchez, Billy Drummond, Terri Lyne Carrington, Clark Terry, Billy Hart, Ivan Lyns, and Jon Faddis, among others.

Pat Braxton

 Pat Braxton “ The Lady of The Day “ Pat is award winning singer and was born was born in Somer's Point NJ, and grew up in Boston MA. And now resides in Milton MA. She has released 3 projects. Them There Eyes (2010), God Bless the Child (2012) and her current release Pat Braxton Live At Scullers (2013) . Pat is quickly becoming a trilling and engaging woman in jazz as a vocalist, composer, recording artist and entertainer. So much so that she has been Awarded 3 New England Music Awards Best Female Jazz Artist 2012 & 2013 and Best Jazz Cd/Single 2013.Nominated at The London Urban Music Awards and for Boston Music Awards in the Jazz category. “As far a I can remember, I have always loved to entertain people and put a smile on their faces

The Waitiki 7

THE WAITIKI 7 Re-inventing classic exotica for modern ears. The musicians of The WAITIKI 7(also known as W7) bring together a wealth of culture and superb musicianship. At its core are three of Hawaii’s finest musicians: Percussionist & exotic bird caller Lopaka Colon (son of original Martin Denny percussionist & bird caller Augie Colon), jazz drummer Abe Lagrimas Jr., and bassist/bandleader Randy Wong. Exotica has always had strong Latin Jazz influences; in W7, these tenets are held taut by Zaccai Curtis (piano) and Tim Mayer (winds)

Aika Hirahara

Daughter of legendary saxophone player Makoto Hirahara (Columbia Records Japan) and sister of Japanese pop star Ayaka Hirahara , aika (Aika Hirahara) began playing the saxophone while growing up in Tokyo. aikaʼs love for music led her to pursue a Music Degree at Berklee College Of Music in Boston. While at Berklee, aika discovered that singing and songwriting were her true passion and shortly after completing her degree, she released her debut album “Ai-Wo” from EMI records, which reached the top 10 Japanese radio charts, to thunderous reviews. aikaʼs highlight performances include Osaka Jo Hall (Japan) where she performed in front of more than 10,000 people, The European Jazz Festival (with Romain Collin Trio), Orchard Hall, Ayaka Hiraharaʼs Dream Night, JZ Brat (with special guests Marty Friedman from the award winning band Megadeth), Rockwood Music Hall in NY, Googieʼs Lounge/The Living Room NY and Paradise Rock Club in Boston. In December of 2009 aika co-wrote the song “Path Of Independence” for Japanese pop star Ayaka Hirahara which hit the charts at number 6, turned Gold and is now going for Platinum. On December 23rd 2009 aika released her new CD single “aika”, featuring the songs “You Told Me You Loved Me” and “Sinking -Caress Me-”, with award winning Producer/Arranger Nicolas Farmakalidis and Grammy award-winning Mix Engineer/Producer Dave Reitzas. Aikaʼs full-length album is scheduled for release in May 2010. For more info please visit www.aikahirahara.com

The Fully Celebrated

Led by saxophonist Jim Hobbs, and formerly known as The Fully Celebrated Orchestra, the group has been a fixture on Boston's jazz scene for more than two decades.

For its first release in four years, Drunk on the Blood of the Holy Ones (AUM Fidelity), the founding line-up of Hobbs, bassist Timo Shanko and drummer Django Carranza returned to the studio to document eight new quintessentially eclectic compositions.

“Jim Hobbs and his Fully Celebrated Orchestra combine vast musical prowess and playful, irreverent intelligence,” wrote AllAboutJazz.com’s Paul Olson in his review of the group’s most recent release, 2005’s Lapis Exilis (Skycap Records). “No one today is playing the alto better than Hobbs -- the vast range of tones he summons from the small horn is altogether remarkable...Carranza and Shanko are a devastating rhythm section...a powerhouse group. Jim Hobbs and the Fully Celebrated Orchestra play virtuoso jazz music with a marked eclecticism.”

Ray Santos

Born: December 28, 1928

For years, Ray Santos has been one Latin Music’s best kept secrets. Not anymore. His arrangement of Beautiful Maria of My Soul for the Hollywood movie, “The Mambo Kings,” was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Song for a Movie Category (1992). He penned the arrangements for tunes such as Perfidia and Quiereme Mucho, sung on the movie soundtrack by Linda Ronstadt. Excited by the power of the Ray Santos arrangements, she quickly contracted him to arrange and conduct the material for an album of Latin standards. The result of the Ronstadt/Santos collaboration was the release entitled Frenesi, a tour-de force production that earned the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album of the Year (1992)

Sarpay Özçağatay

Born: September 28, 1982

Sarpay Özçağatay is a Grammy nominated flutist, an author, a performer, clinician, and recording artist. 

His self-produced debut album of original compositions, Unexpectable, was released in 2013. It was well received by leading jazz critics and broadcasters in blogs, jazz radio, newspapers, and flute magazines. Özçağatay is an artist at Japanese flute company Miyazawa Flutes and is also endorsed by Applied Microphone and the Ton Kooiman thumb rest company. One of the British flute makers, TJ made alto flute for Özçağatay and engraving the "SharpEye" on it. 

Marc Rossi

Marc Rossi’s ambitious genre-transcending career and inclusive compositions led Down Beat magazine to call him "one of the dynamic few whose musical and cultural awareness travels exponentially in many different directions." A versatile contemporary classical composer, jazz composer and pianist, and educator, Rossi has been a vital part of the rich Boston music scene since the early 1980’s. He is a 20-year veteran of the jazz and contemporary classical worlds, a longtime student of both Hindustani and Carnatic Indian music and full-time Associate Professor of Piano and Jazz Composition at Boston’s Berklee College of Music.

Chase Morrin

Born: August 25, 1993

Chase Morrin is a pianist, composer, and educator who has released multiple acclaimed albums and been internationally recognized as a musician who pushes boundaries in jazz and classical music and has created innovative multi-cultural music projects advocating for human rights and equity. He is currently a professor at Berklee College of Music (The Global Jazz Institute) and New England Conservatory Preparatory School in Boston.

Chase has garnered numerous accolades including four ASCAP Young Jazz Composer awards, ten DownBeat awards in composition, arranging and performance, five film scoring and composition awards through the Music Teachers’ Association of California and the Young Composers’ Guild, and was a Yamaha Young Performing Artist.

April Hall

April Hall is the consummate jazz vocalist, combining her deep roots in southern gospel and blues with an honest soulfulness and effervescent jazz sophistication that shines through in every undeniably swinging performance. Her voice, described as “Glorious” by the Boston Globe, is an instrument of breathtaking richness and versatility, capable of ranging from the purest whisper to the most powerful heartfelt delivery. Hall’s masterful performances are always centered on bringing every song to life through emotional interpretation, playful phrasing, and rock solid rhythm