Results for "flute"

Marcio Resende

Born: June 23, 1961

Marcio Resende was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 23, 1961. He began playing the flute at age seven and performed his first amateur musical show when he was sixteen with the band Semente that featured himself alongside Mario Adnet, Zé Luis Oliveira, and Claudio Nucci. His first professional show was with Nana Caymmi, the daughter of Dorival Caymmi. In 1981, Resende traveled to Boston, MA, to begin his musical studies at Berklee College of Music. He transferred to New England Conservatory one year later, studying with Jimmy Giuffre, George Russel, Joe Allard, Dr. William Thomas McKinley, John McNeil, Jack Reilly, and George Garzone, and graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree and Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies

Alexa Tarantino

Born: May 30, 1992

Alexa Tarantino is an award-winning, vibrant, young jazz saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer, and educator. Alexa’s “lovely, ardent way of improvising,” and “sharply plotted but gracefully unencumbered straight-ahead jazz [compositions]” (Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times) establish her individual voice which shines through as a dynamic performer and educator. Tarantino was recently named one of the “Top 5 Alto Saxophonists of 2019” by the JazzTimes Critics’ Poll. Her debut album, Winds of Change, peaked at #15 on the JazzWeek Charts and landed at #79 for JazzWeek’s Top 100 records of 2019. Tarantino’s performance highlights include prestigious venues such as Jazz in Marciac Festival (with Wynton Marsalis and the Young Stars of Jazz), Umbria Jazz Festival (with Ryan Truesdell’s Gil Evans Project), the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the Hollywood Bowl (with Sherrie Maricle & the DIVA Jazz Orchestra), the Rockport Jazz Festival (Alexa Tarantino Quintet), Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts (with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), and the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (with LSAT, Earth, Wind & Fire and others)

Yulia Musayelyan

Yulia Musayelyan is a flutist and composer born in Moscow, Russia, now based in the US. A versatile performer in classical and jazz idioms, she is the founder of the YM Quartet, Macayú Trio, Tango Meets Jazz project, and New Music Collective, dedicated to the performance of new original chamber music. Yulia has toured the US, UK, Europe, Central and South America with various musical projects. A recipient of the 2001 NFAA Award, she was a soloist with TACTUS Contemporary Ensemble in 2005 with guest conductor maestro Pierre Boulez. Her chamber works have been premiered at Symphony Space in New York City and featured in the 2006 film Natalie Bonn

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Hilary Noble

Born: July 12, 1960

Hilary Noble is woodwind player, Afro-Latin percussionist, composer and music educator living in the Boston area. He has performed all over the U.S, Europe, and in Puerto Rico. His music has been played on radio stations internationally and featured prominently on local programs such as WGBH’s “Eric in the Evening”, on which he has performed live with his band Enclave. In 2008 Enclave received a grant from Chamber Music America to compose an Afro-Cuban jazz suite: the resulting work was premiered live on WGBH and at the Jazz Gallery in New York City. Artists Hilary Noble has played and recorded with include Bobby Sanabria’s Ascención, Esperanza Spalding, John Santos, Ray Vega, Chris Washburne, Charles Neville, Bo Diddley, Eric Krasno, Entrain, Max Creek, Bob Moses, Robin Kenyatta, Clifford Thornton, and Alvin Queen.

ShanJam Crane

Born: September 28, 1958

Who is ShanJam Crane? (musically) Musician Pages: Shan Jam Crane https://www.facebook.com/ShanJamCrane/
 Wild Flute Jam https://www.facebook.com/Wild-Flute-Jam-673014692742338/ The Wild Banchees https://www.facebook.com/The-WILD-Banchees-824231047631705/ Shan Jam Crane & The Wild Banchees https://www.facebook.com/Shan-Jam-Crane-The-WILD-Banchees-1688185741405670/ Personal Page ShanJamCrane https://www.facebook.com/shannon.crane.549 ShanJamCrane hosts “Songwriters Showcase” at Pho Cao in Scottsdale on the Second and Fourth Wednesdays each month from 7-10pm, featuring 3 or 4 guest performer stages, flowed by her band, The Wild Banchees

Sean Grace

Sean Grace's playing has been described as "eloquent, supple and evocative ... sometimes gentle, at all times sophisticated, and always exuberant". His warm, sensuous tone and breathless technique redefine the flute in contemporary jazz and instrumental pop. Born on Long Island, New York to Irish immigrant parents and the youngest of eight, Grace demonstrated a unique musical talent at a young age. By the age of 7, he was already accomplished on both the Irish tin whistle and baroque recorder and was composing songs on piano and organ. He got his first flute at age 8, performed at Carnegie Hall at 11 and entered the Juilliard School pre-college program on scholarship at 12

Ben Zahler

Born: July 3, 1979

Fascinated by the Piccolos of the Basel carnival, Ben Zahler picked up the flute at the age of eight. Yet, before he could switch to the Piccolo, he dived down into the world of Jazz clubs and never looked back.

After attaining his “Master of Arts” at the Swiss Jazz School Bern with Andy Scherrer, Bert Joris and Günter Wehinger, he toured with his Band aloft (among others with Nadja Stoller and Stefan Rusconi) and recorded his first album We Do (TCB 26802). Other notable records include the Paul Klee record by the Swiss Jazz Orchestra directed by Jim McNeely.

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Kofi Burbridge

Born: September 22, 1961

Seventeen years ago, Kofi Burbridge moved to Atlanta to record an album. He's still waiting to finish it, but he hasn't exactly been sitting around. Kofi is that rarest of musicians - the combination virtuoso keyboard player/flautist. If he hasn't always known where he was headed, the path is his own, and he has traveled it his way. The journey started in the Bronx, NY, where Kofi was born on September 22, 1961 to William and Carol Burbridge. They moved to Washington, DC two years later, and Oteil Burbridge was born there in 1964. Sisters Leilani and Adero followed in 1968 and 1971. The boys made their musical talents obvious from an early age - Kofi's perfect pitch was discovered when he was six, and he began taking flute lessons