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Rowland Sutherland's Mistura

MISTURA and their exhilarating blend of Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and Afro-funk rhythms with modern jazz. "Latin Jazz Braziliance!" Tony Herrington-The Wire Led by the vibrant and versatile flautist, composer and arranger Rowland Sutherland, the group explore a wide and exciting range of styles from samba, batucada and bossa to various African and Latin rhythms, which explains the name MISTURA ("mix"). Their album, "Coast to Coast" is on the FMR label. You can listen to and buy this CD, via the link at http://www.rowlandsutherland.com, which features players who have recorded with Incognito, Lauryn Hill, Red Snapper, Eddie Palmieri and Massive Attack. Mistura have been exciting audiences and receiving rave reviews at many music events and festivals both in the UK and Europe including: Glastonbury, Glasgow International, Crawley (Outside - In), Greenwich and the City of London Festival. In 1998, Mistura supported the legendary pianist and singer Tania Maria at the QEH in London

Bradley Leighton

Born: April 29, 1961

Bradley Leighton brings a unique and powerful sound to flute. His style of swing evolved from listening to the big, hi-octane bands of Kenton, Herman and Ferguson in the 60's-70's. His funkiness derives from years of listening to Tower of Power, Earth, Wind & Fire, the Brecker Brothers and countless other soul/R&B acts. He brings a fire and flair not usually heard nor expected from a flutist. Bradley has performed across the US and Asia, as both sideman and bandleader, for over 25 years. His most recent gigs included headlining the Gainesville Jazz Festival and opening for Gerald Albirght at the Greater Hartford Jazz Festival

Ote Lopez

Oriente Lopez was born in a musical family in Havana, Cuba. Oriente’s musical artistry interfaces various styles, classical, jazz, Brazilian, and Cuban folklore. Oriente has been performing internationally as a pianist and flautist, for over 25 years. He has distinguished himself as a composer in many idioms and has been especially prolific as arranger. Oriente's compositions and arrangements continue to be recorded and performed by numerous performers throughout the world.

Ron Korb

The innovative style of Ron Korb, flutist and composer, is garnering a buzz around the globe. Jazz with influences from a broad range of world music styles (Latin, Caribbean, Chinese and Japanese music), the different influences seemlessly complement each other. Korb is an incredible flutist with unsurpassed tone and expressiveness. He is extremely versatile and he can improvise on bamboo flute in an authentic Japanese style, run full tilt on the penny whistle and then play some Latin jazz tunes like Casco Viejo and Dark Eyes with a groove and feel that Dave Valetin or Nestor Torres would admire. Ron graduated from the University of Toronto with an honours degree in flute performance

Jeremy Steig

Born: September 23, 1942

In his entire career as an improvisational flutist Steig has challenged the boundaries of conventional categories in music. In his first album Flute Fever (Columbia Records 1963) Steig established himself as one of the most important voices in contemporary music, setting new standards in the performance and appreciation of the flute as improvisational instrument. Steig's openness to all kinds of music is the key that attracts audience to his music. In his newest CD, Steig teams up as a duo with the prominent guitarist and composer, Vic Juris. Their collaboration covers everything from jazz, blues, rock, free music and even some classical pieces that have been reworked to include improvisation. Improvised, Steig and Juris' first CD together, is a dynamic sonic adventure

Debra Manzella

Born: April 28

Have played for about 30 years. Studied with Jaki Byard, Frank Wess and other great musicians. Played or performed with Sam Jones, Jaki Byard, Kenny Barron, Henry Butler, Stanley Cowell, Jimmy Heath, Charles Eubanks, Charles Persip, Warren Smith and many more. Also vocal and keyboard skills. Currently studying for Bachelor's in Music ed.

Rowland Sutherland

Rowland Sutherland '...improviser of real character'. John Fordham - THE GUARDIAN Flautist, Rowland Sutherland enjoys an international career in many different fields of music. He regularly performs in Jazz groups as well as with various non-Western groups, new music ensembles, symphony orchestras, pop outfits and as a soloist. He has composed and arranged music for groups, ensembles and for the BBC. Composition commissions include those written for the percussion quartet "Ensemble Bash", the contemporary music group "New Music Players" and Lontano and the Fidelio Trio. Rowland studied flute at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama mainly with Kathryn Lukas and studied jazz with the late Lionel Grigson in the mid 1980s. Rowland Sutherland fronts his own band, the critically acclaimed Mistura, who perform Brazilian jazz fusion alondside Afro-Cuban and pan African grooves

Alejandro Santos

Born: April 11, 1956

Alejandro Santos is steadily working with Al Di Meola

Jan Leder

Born: May 19, 1958

A born-and-raised New Yorker, Jan Leder decided to pursue her love for improvisation after twelve years of studying classical music. She studied for three years with the late pianist Lennie Tristano and then continued her jazz studies with pianist Connie Crothers for over ten years. A self-styled course of study in jazz history at SUNY Purchase led to her compilation of the first comprehensive history of women in jazz entitled Women in Jazz: A Discography of Instrumentalists 1913-1968 (Greenwood Press 1985). Ms. Leder has enjoyed teaching jazz improvisation, although teaching has not figured prominently in her career. In 1999 Jan recorded Nonchalant (A-Records 2000), a collection of mostly original melodies

Ze Luis Oliveira

Born: December 17, 1957

Jose Luis Oliveira a Rio de Janeiro born artist that goes by Ze Luis is a multi instrumentalist, composer and producer that have credits in more than 260 albums. In his homeland during the eighties he was a member of the band of Caetano Veloso for seven years and scored with Gilberto Gil the movie "A Subway to the Stars" directed by Carlos Diegues, one of the most prestigious directors from Brazil. In a more recent event, he released his first album titled Guarani Banana (Malandro Records/Trama), which was acclaimed, by critics and reviewers through out USA including Saxophone Journal, Down Beat (Players), and Rhythm among others. Fresh out of the musical direction for Bebel Gilberto Ze went back to school in order to study classical composition with Stanley Wolfe at Juilliard where he was an A student. Now after finish his new album, Ze is ready for another round