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Steve Williams & Jazz Nation

Composer, arranger and saxophonist Steve Williams is the founder and leader of the Jazz Nation Big Band. He formed the group in 2010 as a vehicle for his original compositions and arrangements. Jazz Nation includes 17 of the most unique musicians in the metropolitan Washington, D. C. area. The band includes players such as the phenomenal Luis Hernandez on tenor sax, Mike Pope (bassist with David Sanborn and others) on bass, grammy winner Joe McCarthy on drums and well-known New York guitarist, Pete McCann. The group released its first album August 21, 2012 on OA2 Records. The album features the great Jazz clarinetist Eddie Daniels and is entitled “Steve Williams & Jazz Nation with Eddie Daniels.” During his thirty-five year career as a freelance musician, Steve has appeared on several albums including the Grammy winning “Caribbean Jazz Project/ Afro-Bop Alliance Big Band featuring Dave Samuels.” He has performed with The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, toured with several big bands and was a semi-finalist in the 1988 Hennessey Cognac Jazz Search

Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra

Born: May 5, 1978

Working musicians in some large ensembles can be forgiven for zoning out from time to time between their assigned parts, as long as they come through on cue. But when you’re performing the challenging big band music of Alan Chan, there's a good chance you’ll mess up if you’re not constantly on alert. “I like there to be surprises in my pieces, places where the music doesn’t go where or how you’d expect,” says the leader. Shrimp Tale, the captivating debut album by the Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra—one of the brightest of recent additions to the Los Angeles jazz scene—is full of unexpected turns and instrumental combinations

Jared C. Balogh

Born: April 9, 1975

Jared C. Balogh is a musician/composer from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania U.S.A.. He is a part of the American Composers Forum, an artist curator on the Free Music Archive and a musician and publisher member of ASCAP (Preforming Rights Organization) . Balogh has performed on many instruments in recording studios and live performances with drums, acoustic/electric guitar, electric bass guitar, keyboards, vocals and many other ethnic percussions. The ideology that his music will always push boundaries of the mind, body and soul of himself, band members, collaborators and listeners is always a main goal of his when creating music

Jeremy Levy

Born: December 11, 1979

Jeremy Levy is a Grammy-nominated Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator that has worked in nearly every medium in Los Angeles for over 10 years. He was recently recognized by the Recording Academy with a Grammy nomination for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella for his track “Uranus: The Magician” off his album “The Planets: Reimagined,” a modern big band jazz reinterpretation of the famous classical suite by Gustav Holst. It was also included on the Chicago Tribune’s “Best Jazz Recordings of 2020.” Levy’s most recent work as a composer can be found in Magic the Gathering: Throne of Eldraine, Star Wars: Battlefront I and II, and Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire

Shota Lee

Born: May 13, 1984

Shota Lee - Composer, Arranger, Pianist and Big band leader A native of Kobe, Japan, Shota Lee started playing Jazz in the school Jazz band at Konan Junior high school, called “Konan Brass Ensemble”. Through its activities, he experienced and deepened his knowledge about big band Jazz, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Buddy Rich, and such. In 2001, he was awarded a best-player prize for his playing in Student Jazz Festival and invited to attend the summer program at Berklee College of Music in 2002. After going on to study at Konan University, he kept playing Jazz piano actively in various groups and eventually started composing / arranging. After his graduation in 2007, though Lee once started working for a company in Tokyo, he kept his passion for playing Jazz piano and composing for big bands

Timothy Lee Miller

Born: October 10, 1961

TIMOTHY LEE MILLER is an American composer, arranger, orchestrator, and publisher of contemporary concert music for chamber ensembles, orchestra, wind ensemble, and voice, as well as jazz music for big bands and small combos. He has also written for several small film and television projects. He has earned degrees from the University of Tennessee (BS Music Ed, 1984), the University of Miami (MM Media Writing and Production, 1990) and Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA Composition, 2013). His principal composition teachers have been John Anthony Lennon, James Progris, Tamar Diesendruck, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Andy Jaffe, John Fitz Rogers, and Roger Zahab. He has received numerous commissions and awards, including several ASCAP awards. His works have been performed throughout the US, Europe, Russia, and China. His music is recorded on ERMMedia, Ansonica, Navona, and Phoenix Classics.

Gene Pritsker

Born: September 7, 1971

Composer Gene Pritsker has written over eight hundred compositions, including chamber operas, orchestral and chamber works, electro-acoustic music and songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles. His compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles, that are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures.

      He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation, an eclectic hip hop-chamber-jazz-rock-etc. ensemble. He also Co-Directs Composers Concordance. Gene's music is performed all over the world at internationally recognized festivals and by highly respected ensembles and performers.

Marius Preda

Born: June 3, 1977

In 1995 Marius began to study the vibraphone at the jazz department of the Royal Conservatory in The Haque, where he graduated with distinction and created a CD on witch for the first time the cymbal is played as a jazz instrument. In October 1998 he recorded his first CD, and in the 1999-2000 season he played together with the Dutch group Flairck and later as a soloist with the Rosenberg Trio, Vladimir Cosma, Philip Catrine, Didier Lockwood, Anne Ducros, Dorado Smith, Basily Gipsy Band, Andre Rieu & more

Stormvogel

Born: December 6, 1968

Dutch adventurous keyboardist / composer / bandleader Stormvogel (*1968, Baarn) is mainly active in the field of modern electroacoustic jazz, worldfusion and (progressive) jazzrock. Besides his own groups Alter Ego Jazzbarock Consort, Bohemian Groove Orchestra and Global Alternative Energy Attack, he is (or has been) a leading member in groups like Lucas van Merwijk's Music Machine, Onno Witte's Wildcard, Wieke Garcia Group, Pitch White Storm, Phaedra, SaraLee and Planetary Citizen. One of his main qualities is his use of analoge synthesizers and vintage keyboards. Stormvogel performed in The Netherlands and abroad with (inter-)nationally renowned artists like Theodosii Spassov, Lucas van Merwijk, Niladri Kumar, Roman Stolyar, Tineke Postma, Chander Sardjoe, Oene van Geel, Rob van den Broeck, Ben van den Dungen, Saskia Laroo, Alexander Beets, Jeroen Pek, Onno Witte, David de Marez Oyens, Ruud Breuls, Eef Albers and many others

Cassio Vianna

Born: July 30, 1976

Cassio Vianna is a pianist, arranger, music educator, clinician, and an award-winning composer whose work reflects a broad range of musical and cultural influences. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vianna started his music studies in classical music, while developing his skills as a composer and interpreter of popular music and Brazilian jazz. Between 1993 and 1995, Vianna studied under Hungarian teacher Ian Guest, who had a great impact on Vianna's decision to pursue a career as a composer.

​From 1996 to 2009, Vianna engaged in recording and performing projects in the vibrant Rio de Janeiro music scene, including a successful career with the Brazilian jazz trio Dialeto Brasileiro