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Aravah Quintet

The band Aravah Quintet started its journey in spring 2006, when the two bandleaders Boris Mogilevski (Israel) and Ulas Aksunger (Germany/Turkey) met during their studies at the Conservatory of Rotterdam “Codarts” where Boris studied jazz guitar and Ulas latin percussion. After a couple of fruitful musical sessions with hummus, pita and cay the foundation of their first band named Noahs Ark, (now a name of one of their compositions) was laid down. After going through changes in instrumentation and arrangements the band came to find their characteristic sound in their current formation as a quintet, with Jasper van Damme on Soprano sax, Eleonora Roussou on flutes and Jeroen Vierdag on bass. The band plays original music that can be defined as a fusion of jazz improvisation, Middle Eastern flavors and rock moments. Changing different instruments brings upon different colors and moods in their music and leads to interesting textures; combination of flute (E.Roussou) and soprano saxophone (J.v

Jim Scully

Born: December 12, 1972

Jim Scully is a composer, performer and educator in the fields of contemporary classical music, electroacoustic music and jazz studies. He has been contributing his diverse talents to the music scene in Bakersfield, California for over 20 years. Scully holds degrees in music from CSU Bakersfield (B.A. in Music) and UC Irvine (M.F.A. in Music) and has taught music at the collegiate level at Bakersfield College, UC Irvine and now, CSU Bakersfield. He has served as Director of the Bakersfield College Jazz Ensemble and Director of the UC Irvine Community Jazz Ensemble. Currently, he is a full-time member of the CSU Bakersfield music faculty where he teaches an array of courses in the fields of Music Theory, Jazz Studies and Music Technology and serves as Founding Director of the CSUB Guitar Ensemble, Director of Small Jazz Ensembles, Director of the CSUB Music Lab and Assistant Director of the Bakersfield Jazz Festival. Scully plays such traditional instruments as the guitar, electric bass and piano and also makes music on Apple computers using Sibelius 6 notation software, Logic Studio 9, Garageband and various software samples and loops

Frank Jolliffe

Born: September 5, 1958

Frank Jolliffe was a pioneering jazz instrumentalist specializing in "touchstyle" instruments--a term he coined that came to be widely used to describe the Chapman Stick, Warr guitar and other stringed instrument tapped with the fingers of both hands simultaneously--combining the ranges of both bass and guitar while maintaining their own unique sound. Jolliffe performed jazz standards, original compositions and free improvisation, playing throughout the U.S. and Europe. He performed at a number of venues in New York City, including Rick's Café, the Star and Garter, the West Boondock Café, the 55 Bar, the Knitting Factory, and the Hennessey Cognac Village Jazz Festival

Graham Ling

Classically trained from an early age, I wondered through the '80s not knowing what to listen to or play. Grunge happened to me in a big way, and I rocked throughout my twenties, but come my thirties I was looking for something as challenging as classical but with the raw emotion of rock music. It was then I discovered jazz, or rather, when a stranger approached me after a gig in Stonehaven and said that he would love to play saxophone on some of the blues numbers I played and lent me his Real Book. From then on I was hooked. Ken and I became the KG Influence, which compliments my solo performances; more recently, I've been in-demand as a singer for established jazz bands such as Cindy Douglas Quartet, Lewis Benzies Group and Jazz Attic.

Jose Dias

Born: March 1, 1972

Based in Manchester, UK, and part of the emerging new generation in Portuguese contemporary improvised music, Dias has performed and recorded with numerous artists. As composer, he has scored music for theatre, contemporary dance and animation film. His music is strongly inspired by the visual arts and literature. His projects deviate from the traditional language of jazz, and explore the dialogue between various contemporary sound universes, where experimentation is assumed as a central element. José Dias's discography as leader include “Jose Dias Quartet - 360” (Sintoma Records, 2013) “Magenta” (Sintoma Records, 2013), “What Could Have Been: The Seven Deadly Sins”(9Sintoma Records, 2016), “After Silence, Vol 1” (Clean Feed, 2019), and “Jose Dias & Awareness - Live at SMUP” (Escanifobetico Records, 2019)

Bonefish Johnny

Born: 1960

His name's borrowed from a Bahamian angler, his songs from a driftwood pile of rhythm and style. "I'm in the moving business," says Bonefish Johnny. Crossing over between the indie, blues and jamband scenes for years with funk rock act Groove Thangs (signed to Epic, produced by Tom Dowd), eclectic barband Shack Daddys and his live Funky Roots Revue, Bonefish Johnny makes music to move to and be moved by. It's always been a sound unbound. "How do you put '60's soul, calypso, reggae, blues, swampy New Orleans shuffles, trashy surf music, R&B, rap, funk, go-go, Carolina shag, Elvis and James Brown in the same sentence, let alone the same song?" despaired an early reviewer. Now considered a genre unto himself, Bonefish Johnny may be lauded throughout the urban swamps of lower Florida but he's still being discovered in the civilized world beyond

David Martin

Born: May 27

David Martin is a guitarist and bassist, originally from the Ohio/West Virginia area. Most of the last 20 years in Minneapolis playing all styles on both instruments. He was in Portland, OR in 2008-’09 where he's recorded 3 CDs with fellow guitarist Mike Doolin. Newest CD ‘Dark Star' (2016) is here http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mikedoolindavidmartin1 along with links to their other CDs ‘Reflection'(2009) and 'Tough Commute' (2012). Locally, he plays in Salsa del Soul, Beira Mar Brasil, and accompanies various singers around town such as Maryann Sullivan, Vicky Mountain, and Paula Lammers. He also does a variety of church music at several churches in the Twin Cities area.

Christophe Pays

Born: November 23, 1965

Christophe started as a self-taught guitarist in his teens, playing in rock bands. He studied jazz at the EDIM School near Paris, with Daniel Beaussier, Manu Pékar, Vincent Jacqz, Patrick Fradet, and particularly with Eric Schultz. At the same time, he took classes in music analysis and composition with Christine Mennesson at the Conservatoire of Fontenay-sous-bois. In 1999, he met the singer Mia Livolsi and launched a trio (voice, guitar, cello) dedicated to traditional Italian songs. In 2000, he settled in Nantes and started playing with Brazilian percussionist Pedro Martins. He gradually developped his own compositions, and founded his own jazz ensemble, Ellipse, in 2003

Grzegorz Klak

Born: 1983

Grzegorz Kłak - Jazz guitarist and composer

Eric Lohrer