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Christian Moran

“Latinova” is a Latin Jazz band made up of six Berklee College of Music graduate players and composers. All from different countries with different backgrounds and upbringings, this benefits the music with cultural versatility. Latinova play creatively arranged standard Brazilian, Peruvian, and Argentinean songs together with original compositions all with a jazz flavor of improvisation. Their international collaboration brings out a new richness in Latin Jazz. Vocalist and Tais Alvarenga is from Brazil, and sings with the sprit and culture of Brazilian music. Pianist Junya Fukumoto and violinist Tomoko Omura are both from Japan, with a comprehensive upbringing in European classical music and a deep knowledge in jazz and world music. Drummer Christian Moran is from England and has been studying and playing jazz since his early teens

Joseph Benzola

Born: April 6, 1960

Drummer/Percussionist with Makanda Ken McIntyre in the early 1980's Started the label Amanita Music in 1992

Sandro Dominelli

Born: June 26, 1968

Sandro Dominelli is one of Canada`s most creative, talented and tasteful drummers. Through his continuing success’ as a much sought-after composer, bandleader, side man, and producer he has proven to be an established luminary in the Canadian music scene. Sandro’s musical sensibilities have caught the attention of international and local jazz icons alike, who have been inspired to perform or record with his influence. His collaborations include a long list of the veritable whos who of the jazz scene, such as Joe Lovano, Sheila Jordan, Ernie Watts, Pete Christleib, Doug Riley, Oliver Jones, Guido Basso, Hugh Fraser, PJ Perry and Tommy Banks

Tim Myers

Tim Myers began performing in 1982 in Portland, Oregon. Initially he studied with Jeff Cumpston, Rick Green and Tom Wakeling. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA from 1983-1987. He studied drums with Tommy Campbell, Ian Froman, Robert Kaufman, Ed Uribe, and Ed Saindon while at Berklee. He played and performed with Rudi Linka, Ole Mathisen, Ariel Goldemberg, Sam Holmstock and Philip Hii. After returning to Portland, Oregon in 1987 Tim played with Dan Schulty, John Stowell, Darin Clendenin, Scott White, Dave Honig, Cal Hudson and Jay Collins. Tim credits Ron Steen with opening doors to play with some of the best musicians in Portland. Ron would occasionally offer his first set to Tim and through those opportunities he played with Dave Captein, Rob Thomas, Ralph Black, Gordon Lee. One of his prized memories was a session where he sat in with Leroy Vinnegar. After 1990, Tim played briefly with Backporch Blues and began playing frequently with rock/blues guitarist Lew Jones. With Lew and Jon Wager, Tim played Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival as well as various gigs throughout the Pacific Northwest. In the early 1990s Tim produced a music video for Lew Jones which was entered and premiered at the Clinton Street Theater's multimedia festival.

Lars Halle

Born: 1973

Lars Halle was born in Trondheim, Norway in 1973 but spent his childhood in the town of Sandviken, Sweden where he began his musical education under the guidance of percussion instructor Rolf Andersson and pianist Gosta Rundquist. In 1989, Lars moved to the U.S. where he eventually settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after receiving his Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance from the University of the Arts in in 1996. Lars began composing and arranging freelance while in college, and in 2000 he formed the Lars Halle Jazz Orchestra, quickly becoming a highly regarded big band in the Tristate area

Edwin Walter

Born: December 24, 1983

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Christian Pamerleau

Born: March 20, 1966

Christian Pamerleau was born in the Saguenay region in Quebec Canada and began his professional career in the late 1980’s after completing studies at the Conservatoire de Musique de Québec , Cegep St-Laurent and University of Montreal. Over the last 20 years, he performed and recorded with the elite of the local and international jazz and pop scene with such artists as: Carol Welsman, Robert Charlebois, Michel Cusson, Fraser Hollins, Alain Caron, Jean St-Jacques, François D’Amours , Philippe Noireaut, Daniel Lessard, Joshua Lebofsky, Jeff Johnston, Frédéric Alarie, Pierre C�'té, Lorraine Desmarais, Jean-Pierre Ferland, Bet.E and Stef , Petula Clark, Joe Bocan, Marie-Denise Pelletier and many more

Pat Levett

Born: July 6, 1976

After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music in 1999, Pat has performed with Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw, The James Taylor Quartet, Natalie Williams, Gwilym Simcock, Tim Minchin, Sandi Thom, and Bernard Purdie amongst others. Since 2008 he has been playing for ‘The Puppini Sisters’ touring America, Russia and Europe. Other recent projects have included The Tim Lapthorn Trio, Way Out East (with Mark Lockheart), Earl Thomas with Paddy Milner and The Big Sounds , Dorian Ford's 'The Bill Game - The Music of Bill Evans' and The Clare Hirst Quartet. Pat also plays chromatic harmonica and is a featured soloist on albums by Lauren Dalrymple and Will Grove-White ( Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain)

Andreas Luescher

Born: May 15, 1953

Andrea "Andy" Luescher... Born 1953 in Neuhausen on the Rhine, Switzerland, he moved with his parents to Mexico in 1957. At age 13 he joined a local band as a singer/harmonica player, but soon became the drummer (self-taught) of various rock bands, touring the Mexico City area and also other City's, playing at concert halls to audiences of 800 to 5000 People. After about four years, he decided to get a formal music education and enrolled at the Conservatory of Music in Mexico City where he studied classical percussion, solfege, theory, music history, choir and did his first experiences as a percussionist in the Conservatory Orchestra. At the same time, he continued playing drums in rhythm'n blues, blues and funk bands. After graduation, he played percussion in many symphony orchestras

Marko Djordjevic

Called a “world class drummer” and “a true inovator” by Modern Drummer magazine, Marko Djordjevic has played on over 40 albums and has thousands of live performances to his credit. Matt Garrison, Wayne Krantz, Jonah Smith, Clarence Spady, Lucky Peterson, Jacques Schwartz-Bart, Garry Willis, Hal Crook, Bill Frisell, Lionel Loueke, Aaron Goldberg, The Itals, Chris McDermott, and Eric Lewis are some of the artist he has performed or recorded with since graduating with honors from Berklee College of Music, where he was accepted on a scholarship at the tender age of 16. One of the finest musicians of our era, Blue Note recording artist Lionel Loueke says: “Marko is one of the greatest drummers out there