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KG

Born: July

Jamming with bands for 40+ years. Flute & Alto flute: blues, jazz, rock, folk.... Always looking for new music, musicians to hang out and jam with. Music performance major, flute.

Haruna Fukazawa

Born: April 14

Haruna Fukazawa is a New York-based flutist originally from Tokyo, Japan. She has been an active member of the American and Japanese musical scenes as a performer, composer, and recording artist for over a decade.

After graduating from Mushashino Academia Musicae in Japan, Haruna’s musical career started as a classical musician. Upon attending a performance by the great Oscar Peterson, Haruna decided to dedicate her life to jazz. ​

Haruna’s straightforward, joyful, and powerful playing style is inspired most by her legendary teacher and mentor Frank Wess

Jeffrey J. Johnston

Born: July 14, 1964

Jeff (J.J.) Johnston is truly a 1-man horn section. He's played alto & tenor sax, flute, trumpet, flugelhorn, slide & valve trombone with such notables as The Platters, The Coasters, Bo Diddley, Randy Brecker, Red Rodney as well as more bands than you can count - including The Mighty Big Blues Band, voted one of the top 10 ten club bands in America 1991 by the New York Times. Jazz, Soul, Funk, R & B, he's done it all. https://www.reverbnation.com/jeffjjjohnston

Dwayne Bosman

Born: July 29, 1952

Dwayne Bosman is one half of the jazz duo the Bosman Twins. Along with his brother Dwight, he has been exhilarating audiences since he was 14 years old. He and his brother began their careers backing St. Louis locals like Fontella Bass, as well as touring artists like Hugh Masekela. Dwayne has shared the stage with Roy Ayers, Freddy Cole, Branford Marsalis, and Curtis Mayfield, to name a few. He is a master of flute and saxophone. As part of his Emmy Award-winning group, he is a true ambassador of music, particularly jazz. Whether Dwayne is performing in a duo, with the Bosmans’ quintet, or accompanying jazz greats, his renditions of jazz, R&B, funk, and gospel have gained him international recognition

György Sándor Fazakas

Born: January 27, 1955

Don't have website. Born in Miscolc, Hungary, 27.01.1955. Started music age 5 with piano;Flute age 18. Played with various bands Keyboards, Flute and Vocals( Goblin 1973 - 1974; Anton Goosen 1990; Jackhammer 2004; Blues Incorporated 2000 - 2010; Marius Brouwer Band 1995). Lecturer in Flute at North West University School of Music since 1982. Plays all forms of Classical music; Jazz , Rock, Folk, New Age. Has also premiered several new South African compositions all on youtube ( george fazakas ). Member of various ensembles and orchestras: PACT;SABC;NWChamber Orchestra; PRO Musica orch.Roodepoort; NWWindband;SAArmy Band:Light Horse Army Band etc.; www.musiqueromantica.co.za aswell as Meloduo Flute and Harp group.

Elijah J. Thomas

Born: August 14, 1991

Elijah Jordan Thomas began his musical journey at a very young age. Being raised in a household which constantly carried the sounds of funk, soul, rhythm & blues and jazz, music was placed in his mind and his heart and has remained there ever since. Taking up the flute in his third grade year at the Charles W. Henry Elementary School of Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, PA, he became involved with various large and small ensembles that the school offered under the artistic direction of noted music instructor John Zisk. At the same time, Elijah became involved with the music ministries of his home church. Following his graduation from Henry school, Elijah was accepted into the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, (better known as CAPA High School), and his love for jazz, classical, and gospel idioms soared

Han Chung Eun

Born: November 27, 1973

Han Chung Eun, one of the most influential woodwind players today, has been a focus of the artistic scenes of the Korean traditional music and its modern manifestations in Korea. Trained in the tradition of classical court music of Korea that traces its origin back to 5th ~6th century, Chung Eun pushes the boundary of Korean bamboo flutes, Daekeum and Sokeum to cross over the genre and brings the acoustic and soulful sound of bamboo flute to today's audience. Well known by his eclectic repertoire from Chamber Ensembles to Jazz to K-pop, Chung Eun performed and collaborated over the years with renounced artist such as Bobby McFerrin, British Guitarist legend Martin Taylor, Swedish jazz guitarist Ulf Wakenius, Vocalist Inga Marie, and Composer and Pianist Ryo Kunihiko

Don Kelman

Alto Sax / Flute player and member of Public Information, an Edinburgh-based funky Modern Jazz outfit playing their own compositions with a mix of covers from the likes of Ornette Coleman, Metheny, Scofield, Monk and Miles.

Geoff Warren

Born: June 16, 1957

A prominent exponent of jazz, contemporary music and ethnic crossover, Geoff Warren is a music graduate from London University who studied flute with Derek Honner of the Royal Academy of Music. He started his jazz career as flautist/saxophonist in the ranks of Graham Collier with whom he played at major music festivals in Europe and Asia, working alongside famous musicians on the British jazz scene such as John Surman, Kenny Wheeler, Harry Beckett , John Marshall and Roy Babbington. In 2012 Geoff conducted the BBC Big Band in their tribute to Graham Collier at the London Jazz Festival, and went on to conduct and oversee the recording of Collier’s last works for the double CD Luminosity, released in 2014

María Toro

María Toro was born in 1979 in A Coruña, (Galicia) Spain.  She becomes inseparable from her flute from the age of eight.  After achieving her degree in music she perpetrates into traditional Galician and Portuguese music and begins to show interest in jazz and other popular styles of music.  This clear interest takes her to Madrid in 2005.  Here, she is able to combine both study and practice at the Escuela de Música Creativa.  During this time Toro achieves various awards and scholarships and takes part in prestigious musical seminars in Spain and throughout Europe with eminent musicians such as Jorge Rossy, Michael Kanan, Peter Bernstein and Benny Golson among others. In 2006, simultaneous to her studies and concerts, she plunges into flamenco.  In the following years she becomes absorbed with the great flamenco masters, particularly Jorge Pardo.  From her interaction in the Amor de Dios School she begins to work with various flamenco companies performing in theatres and music halls over the world. In April 2011, Toro moves to New York.  New York City will serve as the defining element in her musical career, performing in acclaimed spots such as Blue Note, Joe´s Pub and 55th Bar where she will share the stage with music artists such as Savion Glover, Jack DeJonette, Jean-Michel Pilc, Ross Pederson and Richard Bona. In March 2012, Toro forms part of the Flamencos en Route company performing in frequent flamenco events in Switzerland and Germany.  In July 2013, she establishes herself in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil combining her work in Europe and her musical career in New York.  It is in New York where she records her first album,  A Contraluz.  In this album Maria composes, arranges and interprets seven compositions that are born in flamenco and bred in jazz together with renowned musicians in both genres.  A Contraluz truthfully reflects Maria Toro’s musical achievements and a promising artistic career.