Results for "flute"

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.

Marc Berner

Born: December 28, 1956

Marc Berner began his musical odyssey in Port Chester, New York at the age of seven, playing the odd combination of bugle and piccolo. His fingers couldn't cover the holes of the originally desired clarinet, thus piccolo was the woodwind suggested. The c flute followed soon after, and some years later came the alto, bass and contra bass flutes, as well as the soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, along with some trumpet. Marc's recording debut came in 1973 with his then neighbor, Noel Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul and Mary), playing flute on Noel's Something New and Fresh album

Wouter Kellerman

Wouter Kellerman's album Two Voices won the 2011 SAMA (South African Music Award, equivalent to the American Grammy) for 'Best Instrumental Album', reinforcing his status as one of South Africa's foremost musicians. A true crossover artist, Kellerman thrives on experimenting with the shades, textures and colours that his magic flute is capable of painting, and creatively blending them with other instrumentation and vocal sounds.

The SAMA-winning flute wizard, who performed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Closing Ceremony to a global television audience of 700-million people, has spent the past few years cooking up several potent compositions with an array of top South African and other African artists — and his latest album MZANSI is the result.

Linda Witsell

Born: January 18, 1952

Linda Witsell is putting the myth of F. Scott Fitzgerald's remark that there are no second acts in American lives to rest. A former corporate recruiter, Linda began her career as a jazz flutist in 2000 when she met vocalist and visual artist Laurence Walden from Chicago, Illinois. She began performing with him and his band at the LaVilla Grill in Jacksonville, FL. Her association with Walden exposed her to various forms of jazz and she traveled with his band performing in Chicago, New Orleans, Miami and Atlanta. Walden, a playwright also, invited Linda to play the role of Narrator in his play, “Me and Mr

Stuart Quimby

Born: August 8, 1956

Stuart Quimby has at any one time been a Classical and Jazz Composer, and Professional Musician (flute, vocals, most of the baroque wind instruments, the Balinese gamelan instruments suling bali, saron, and reong, the blues harp and chromatic harmonica, the trumpet, various keyboards (esp. early synths), and several experimental instruments of his own design). In addition he’s been a Music Educator, Network Analyst and Designer, Security Consultant, Geometer, Lecturer on Childhood Education, Applied Mathematician, Toy Manufacturer and Designer, Chef, Programmer, Restaurateur, Mechanical Engineer,and General Fool. Quimby has studied with Richard Davis, Paul Robeson, Les Thimmig, Roscoe Mitchell, Robert Dick, Doc Cheatham, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and Frans Brüggen among many others

Rebecca Kleinmann

Rebecca Kleinmann is an acclaimed flutist, singer, and composer with a twenty year professional career marked by diversity and improvisation. In the words of Latin Grammy Nominated pianist and composer, Jovino Santos Neto, “Rebecca plays flute with the passion of a flamenco dancer.” An explorer at heart, she rockets and flows between genres, one day leading, The Rebecca Kleinmann Jazz Quartet, with pianist Alex Conde, bassist Gary Brown, and drummer Marlon Aldana, the next day performing with a Brazilian Choro ensemble, and then later that night jamming in flamenco juergas. Rebecca’s international career has taken her to perform on stages in Argentina, Brazil, and Europe including the Melbourne’s International Women in Jazz Festival, as well as being featured at the SF Jazz Center, the San Jose Jazz Festival, Yoshi’s San Francisco, and the Oakland Paramount Theatre closer to home

Katisse Buckingham

Katisse is neither your average jazz musician, nor your average MC. A saxophone and flute virtuoso, he combines musicianship and poetry to create a flow that leaves every listener in awe. Growing up in Los Angeles studying jazz performance, he cites John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme and Run DMC’s Sucker MC’s as equally important influences. In the words of multi-Grammy-award winning pianist Billy Childs, “Nobody's doing any shit like this." “I just want to say how much I dug this record!” he says. Widely recognized for his talent, Katisse has recorded for some of the world’s greatest musicians, including Prince, Lionel Richie, Dr