Results for "composer/conductor"

Andy Farber

Born: April 26, 1969

Andy Farber is an award winning jazz composer, arranger and saxophonist and has spent years performing with the likes of Jon Hendricks and Wynton Marsalis. Since 1994, Farber has been part of the Jazz @ Lincoln Center stable of writers and performers. Through J@LC, Farber has toured with the J@LC Orchestra, written originals compositions and arrangements and been a guest artistic director. Farber has written arrangements for people like Wynton Marsalis, Jon Hendricks, Shirley Horn, Bobby Short, Ann Hampton Calloway, Frankie Laine, Alan Harris, Cynthia Scott, Billy Stritch, Stevie Wonder, B.B

Bobby Sharp

Born: November 26, 1924

Sharp was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1924. His family had settled there because Kansas was, during slavery times, a free state. Sharp’s great-grandmother was a slave and he remembers her telling him stories about lying on the floor while cannonballs blasted through the cabin. The Great Depression soon followed, and Sharp’s parents sent him to live with relatives in Los Angeles while they went to New York to seek their fortune. Sharp’s father was a concert tenor who won several small roles in Broadway shows but never hit it big. However, their social life was rich; they lived in an apartment building in Harlem with fellow residents Duke Ellington, Walter White, Roy Wilkins and artist Aaron Douglas

Joe Muccioli

Born: December 11, 1956

Joe Muccioli is an internationally known conductor, orchestrator, musicologist, and producer. Muccioli is the founder and artistic director of the non-profit Jazz Arts Project, Inc., and its flagship ensemble, the Red Bank Jazz Orchestra, an all-star lineup of the finest jazz musicians in the NY/NJ metropolitan area.  For 12 years, he was conductor and music director for Actor/Entertainer Joe Piscopo, with performances in Atlantic City as well as touring the US and abroad.  Muccioli has presented many heralded performances bridging the gulf between European-influenced concert music, symphonic presentations, and classic jazz rooted in the American tradition. He has conducted major symphonies and jazz orchestras throughout the world, including the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, the BBC Big Band, the Wuppertal Symphony (Germany), the London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in the UK and the Adelaide Symphony in Australia. He has been featured on TV and radio broadcasts including NPR, the BBC in the UK, SVT in Sweden, and all over northern Europe, and the WDR in Germany.

Saltman/Knowles Quintet

The Saltman Knowles Quintet is a shining example of the tradition in jazz for long-term artist collaborations. This Washington DC group is known for serving up melodically alluring while rhythmically infectious music with a sincere and emotional collection of songs. Bassist Mark Saltman and pianist William Knowles, the leaders of this seamless blending of sounds, met while attending the composition program at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and created a musical bond with similar affections for the music of Billy Strayhorn, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton and Charles Mingus. The new release, "Return of the Composer" exemplifies the cohesive unit created with a strong underlying foundation, interesting melodic lines, spirited rhythms and superlative musicianship

Daniel Oz

Born: January 25, 1978

Studied philosophy at BGU, Be'er Sheva.

Chie Imaizumi

This CD is representative of the best of current large ensemble recordings. - Ed Trefzger - JazzWeek

After listening to one night of her vital, creative and engaging music..... Imaizumi was on my short list of new composer/arrangers to watch. - Norman Provisor - Rocky Mountain News One of the most well-received and up-and-coming musicians of her generation, Composer/Arranger/Conductor/Pianist Chie Imaizumi's music has been received with standing ovations by audiences and accolades from the press. Her new CD "Unfailing Kindness"(Capri Records) is produced by world-renowned trumpet recording artist Greg Gisbert who is also featured on the date

Samson Trinh

At 23 years old, composer, arranger, orchestrator, bandleader, musical director, producer, and saxophonist, SamsonTrinh has had a lot on his plate! Born in Richmond, Virginia on May 8th, 1983, Samson received a Merit Scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music's Summer Program and several Merit Scholarships from Virginia Commonwealth University where he has earned his B.M. in Jazz Studies. At VCU, he studied composition and jazz arranging with Doug Richards (founder of the school’s jazz program) and saxophone with Skip Gailes, John Winn, and principal New York Philharmonic saxophonist, Albert Regni

Buzz Jones

Born: August 11, 1950

John William “Buzz” Jones is Professor of Music at Gettysburg College. He served as Director of Bands (1989-2002), Music Department Chair (1999-2005), and was appointed Director of the Sunderman Conservatory of Music in 2006. Buzz also coordinates the theory program and teaches jazz history, counterpoint, and composition. He has directed the college jazz ensemble for eighteen years and led the group on three summer tours of Europe with appearances at the Montreux, North Sea, and Vienne Jazz Festivals. He founded The Buzz Jones Big Band in 1979. The band has released three compact discs- Live! At The Montreux Jazz Festival, Big Band Euro Tour, and Millennium Swing

Billy Fox

Mostly doing photography and screenwriting these days, but feel free to enjoy my records!

Rick Hirsch

Born: August 10, 1970

Rick Hirsch is an award-winning composer and arranger who began his career as a personal music copyist for Bob Mintzer and Toshiko Akiyoshi. He has written music for jazz icons Yusef Lateef and Eddie Henderson, the Capitol Quartet, and the storied Penn State Blue Band, to name but a few.

He is in-demand as a guest conductor and formerly served on the music faculty of Penn State University.

In 2017 Rick Hirsch’s BIG OL’ BAND released their debut album, Pocono Git-Down, celebrating the vibrant under-the-radar jazz scenes beyond the big cities.

Hirsch studied improvisation with Yusef Lateef, Boysie Lowery, and Dave Liebman, and saxophone with Lynn Klock and Steve Duke