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Istanbul Sessions At JAZZMI 2022

by Roberto Cifarelli
October 25, 2022

Mikkel Villingshoj

Born: July 9, 1978

TAKING MATTERS INTO OWN (JAZZ)HANDS

The consummate sideman goes solo.

Having worked for the last +20 years as a sideman for numerous Danish artists, drummer Mikkel Villingshøj is now taking matters into own hands by releasing his first album as composer, bandleader, drummer and producer entitled "At This Juncture". 

Lets go back in time to spring 2020. Suddenly the world we knew was changed drastically. Everybody knows what happened the following years, but especially for musicians and artists it felt like being struck by lightning. For Mikkel the consequences were huge. The loss of gigs, the shattering of a career built over 20+ years, and a future that looked rather murky, but it was also the spark that relit a musical flame that lives inside Mikkel. 

Chris Trinidad

Born: October 30, 1979

Filipino-Canadian and San Francisco Bay Area-based musician, teacher, and scholar Chris Trinidad has fallen into the place where everything is music. Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, his relationship with music grew through exploring various instruments beginning with the voice, then the piano, followed by the bass guitar, and finally the drum set with little detours in the world of percussion and forays with the guitar.

Chris's formal education includes undergraduate training in Jazz Studies and Secondary Education, graduate study in the fields of Philosophy and Sociology of Music Education and Theological and Liturgical Studies, and doctoral work in Educational and Interdisciplinary Leadership. All of these seemingly disparate disciplines and interests help to inform the music that he makes.

Jimmy Hobson

Born: June 9, 1952

Drums are as fascinating to me now as in my first ten years of life - Unable to look away from the Sears catalog drum page under my bed covers & to this day catching myself staring at the drums on stage or in the studio.

My first snare drum arrived Christmas day 1965... seven days later the neighbors gave me a practice pad to keep the noise down.

As a beginner I had great difficulty with the rules, grammar and logic of "How to play drums"  which in my childhood A.D.D. state put a limitation on my creative spirit. Questions like "Why does the dominate hand have to hit the ride cymbal? Can't I hit any drum whenever I want as long as the time keeps flowing? Fortunately this incomprehension was a lucky youthful gift - Unconsciousnessly I kept pretty good linear time with my movements around the drums connecting to a groove.

Marge Rosen

Marge Rosen is a busy music educator, trumpet player and percussionist. 

She is a founding member, lead trumpet and the Executive Director for the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra.

Marge is a music instructor at Peninsula College in Port Angeles and the director for the college jazz ensemble.

She is the music director of Stardust Big Band and also plays trumpet with the band.

Marge conducts the Port Townsend Summer Band and performs with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra.

Henry Godfrey

Henry Godfrey is a composer and instrumentalist currently based in Boston, MA. He has performed his own compositions in venues and festivals across North America and South-East Asia. As a composer/arranger, he has worked with esteemed groups such as the US Army Blues and the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra.

Since moving from the Washington DC area, Henry has recorded and performed with the Henry Godfrey Jazz Orchestra, a big band he directs and writes for. Their first release, Love Finds Everyone (Jan 2019) was followed up with the extended release Love Finds Everyone LP Edition (June 2020).

Marcin Wasilewski Trio

https://www.marcinwasilewskitrio.com/en/about

The trio is one of the brightest stars of the Polish jazz scene, recognised for their unique talent in blending tradition with contemporary sound.

Marcin Wasilewski Trio is: Marcin Wasilewski, piano, (born 1975), Sławomir Kurkiewicz, double- bass, (born 1975) and Michał Miśkiewicz (born 1977) playing drums.

The band combines the grand tradition of the challenging piano trio tenet and creates their own distinct sound in doing so. It is also one of the most consistently developing bands of the Polish music scene, and one that is very open to inspiration from the surrounding environment. The Marcin Wasilewski Trio is considered one of the most acclaimed and unique jazz formations of its generation, and it has garnered recognition in its native Poland as well as abroad.

Leonard Maxson

Leonard Maxson (Drummer-based in rudimental drumming) Toured the USA, Canada, & Mexico backing many groups and bands doing show work, jazz, rock, blues, pop, & country then did the Nevada - California casino circuit for 6 years backing all styles of music in several bands. After many years of this settled in the Portland area forming the group Lisa & The Persons Three (Lisa Gale, Larry Adair, Ken Lomax,Leonard Maxson) lasting 5 years. Obtained a BA in Music Education and became a public high school band director teaching in Oregon for15 years. Presently returned to performance first backing shows, with jazz sets in between, on the cruise ship The Columbia Queen for a season; on the road was part of Magic Jerry and The Mojo Men, The Frantic Mystics, Take Three, Linda Leigh and The Lads, Southside Jazz Band, Susan and The Sound System, The Tokyo Playmates, Diamond Lil Show, The Riverboat Gamblers, and others.

Sofia Detjen

Born: October 14

SOFIA DETJEN is a 14x DownBeat Music Award-winning drummer, recording artist, sideperson, collaborator, and session musician. A Utah native, Sofia has quickly established herself as one of the most diverse and in-demand Gen Z drummers currently on the music scene. She is renowned for her immense talent, fierce creativity, and evolving musical style, and she consistently brings passion and joy to her performances.

Anthony Taddeo

Born: October 20, 1986

Anthony Taddeo is a percussionist and composer currently residing in Cleveland, OH. He has studied with world renown percussionists such as Jamey Haddad, Kendrick Scott and Jimmy Cobb. Anthony has a bachelor’s degree in music performance from The School for Jazz at The Newschool in NYC and a master’s in composition from Youngstown State University. Anthony has toured North America and Europe extensively and his versatility as a musician has led him to be featured on over 30 albums with a diverse array of musicians and genres. Amongst film score work,  his most recent compositions can be heard in his group - Alla Boara which seeks to bring recognition to Italy’s richly, diverse folk music