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About Vivek Patel
Instrument: Trumpet
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About Benjamin Boone
Instrument: Saxophone
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Benjamin Boone

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Saxophonist-composer Benjamin Boone’s 2018/2019 Origin Records “Poetry of Jazz” releases, collaborations with the late U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize recipient Philip Levine, were recognized as milestone poetry/music projects. Voted the #3 “Best Album of 2018” in DownBeat Magazine’s 83rd annual Readers Poll (just behind Chick Corea and Wynton Marsalis), praised in leading musical and literary publications, and featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” The Poetry of Jazz established Boone as one of the most compelling voices among contemporary artists exploring the intersections between poetry and music
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David Aus

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East coast native David Aus is a pianist, composer and arranger in Fresno, California. He is musical director for the monthly Jazz Mass at Bethel Lutheran Church in Fresno and plays regularly with the Jazz Composers Orchestra, Rumba 32, Lisa’s Big Night Out, the Stumble Weedz, his own trio Interspace, and other groups. He has performed with numerous Grammy award winning artists, including vocalists Carmen Bradford and Kevin Mahogany. In private music instruction, David focuses on working with proficient piano/keyboard students who are new to jazz. He has collaborated with saxophonist Benjamin Boone on several recording projects, including a current-ongoing-project with U.S
About Ron Catalano
Instrument: Saxophone
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About Jeanette Harris
Instrument: Saxophone, alto
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Jeanette Harris

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Jeanette Harris was born and raised in California’s post-Gold Rush town of Fresno, smack in the center of San Joaquin Valley. Reared by her mother Annette Harris and her church organist father Floyd Harris – both of deep spiritual faith and intense believers in the art of music - Jeanette and her older brother Michael Harris received their loves of God, family and each other honest. “When I was 5, my father put a guitar in my hands,” Jeanette begins. “A year later he switched me to piano with a private teacher. I didn’t like it. Reading treble and bass clefs was so overwhelming I would cry but it did give me a great jumpstart
Revolutionary Album Set To Blend Latin Rhythms With Big Band
Tumbao 21, a collaborative music project, is making headway in the Latin music scene, with an album that will pay homage to Latin Big Band, “The Big Three” (Tito Puente, Machito, and Tito Rodríguez) and West Coast Latin musicians, creating a new paradigm for Latin music. Tumbao refers to a drum or bass pattern of Afro-Cuban ...
Armen Nalbandian Music Director for Poetry in Motion II

Reprising his role as Music Director for Poetry in Motion, pianist/composer Armen Nalbandian will be performing new original compositions with a new ensemble. Created specifically for the April 28th Poetry in Motion II event will feature Eva Scow, Ray Moore, and members of the Park. Nalbandian's compositions are being written to feature many poets including: Joshua ...
Armen Nalbandian to Celebrate the Life & Music of J Dilla

On the anniversary of the passing of James J Dilla" Yancey, Armen Nalbandian will perform as part of a celebration of his music and life. Nalbandian will perform with his new ensemble, and joined by a special guest. Others performers include Johnny Q & Fashawn. All Proceeds go to the Maureen Yancey Foundation, the mother of ...