Results for "Improvisation"

Josh Andres

Born: January 3, 1987

Josh Andres is an accomplished composer and musician based in Los Angeles, CA. His journey into the music scene began in 2014 inspired by his training at the Juilliard School in New York City. Since his emergence, Josh has consistently pushed the boundaries of contemporary music, establishing a signature sound that seamlessly weaves elements of Orchestration, Jazz, Ambient, and Soul. With musical influences ranging from legends such as Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis to contemporary innovators like BadBadNotGood, Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, and more. Josh's compositions resonate with a unique and compelling voice. 

Dan Zimmerman

Born: December 30, 1970

Dan Zimmerman devoted himself to guitar at age seven when he heard Love Gun, the new album by Kiss. Dan’s list of guitar favorites soon expanded beyond the space makeup of Kiss’s Ace Frehley to include John Scofield, Eddie Van Halen and Wes Montgomery, to name a few. After playing in high school rock bands, he studied classical guitar at UC Santa Barbara and jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston. At UCSB Dan played in Evil Farmer, a rock/jam band known for spontaneous, creative and sometimes disastrous improvisations. Evil Farmer shared the bill at festivals and clubs with many other bands including ALO, who Dan still sometimes guests with. Dan has played guitar professionally in Southern California for more than 20 years

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Marianne Trudel

Marianne Trudel is a multi-talented pianist, composer, improvisor, and arranger. A generous and engaging artist, a veritable powerhouse in Quebec and Canada’s instrumental music scene, Marianne Trudel has presented multiple artistic projects that not only bring her considerable skills to the fore but also her keen sense of creativity. At once energetic and passionate, her music cross-cuts a wide swath of musical interests. Her moving, spellbinding music is not easily labelled, one of its many strengths. At once sophisticated and catchy, authentic and unique

As a performer, she pursues an active career in a variety of settings ranging from solo performance to: duets (MTrudel+ John Hollenbeck, MTrudel + Karen Young), trios (Trifolia), quintet (Marianne Trudel 4 + Ingrid Jensen), septet, and large ensembles. She has presented her music in various countries: Canada, United States, Mexico, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, England, Scotland, Italy, Hungary, Lituania, and China.

Jade Collective

Jade Collective is an NYC based indie-jazz band led by Jan Esbra and Catey Esler. Their music is influenced by their diverse musical backgrounds, drawing from alternative rock to folk to create a sound all their own. In September 2016, Jade Collective released their debut album Clarity which was successfully crowdfunded through Indiegogo. Since their start in 2016, Jade Collective has toured as supporting act for world-renowned singer-songwriter, Becca Stevens and has held residencies at The Middle East in Boston as well as The Shrine & Silvana in New York. In 2016 their original song “Beyond the Last Thought” won a Downbeat Student Music Award for Undergraduate College Outstanding Composition. Jade Collective is set to release, Cycles, a brand new 5-track EP in December 2020

Maddalena Ghezzi

Hailing from Milan, Italy, Maddalena Ghezzi is a London-based singer, composer and improviser. Passionate and curious about using her voice in creative ways, she has been working in the field of jazz, improvised and experimental music since moving to the UK in 2009. Her work draws inspiration from the natural world, literature, visual arts and the socio-political status of our world.  

As a leader she has released four EPs, Amethyst (Thodoris Ziarkas), Halite (Ed Blunt), Opal (Francesca Naibo) and Emerald (Maria Chiara Argirò, supported by Help Musicians) part of her series Minerals, and one album, Eŭropo:sen limoj (Europe With No Borders), with her band  FUWAH. 

Daniel Borgegård Älgå

Born: January 3, 1975

Multi-instrumentalist (sax/clarinet/flute/keyboards/electronics) working in the field of experimental jazz/improv. Living in Stockholm. New release with band Rekon - https://rekon.bandcamp.com/releases https://open.spotify.com/album/5au3kUG2iGbhIIGY49tJuF?si=0io4aHu9Rg-mD1sAh2a93A

Anders Hagberg

Born: September 11, 1958

Anders Hagberg – flautist · saxophonist · composer · professor of musical performance

Critically acclaimed and innovative virtuoso Anders Hagberg is a unique soloist on a variety of flutes and soprano saxophone. His musical synthesis, combines the improvised freedom of jazz with an archaic Scandinavian lyricism and influences from his longtime collaborations with Oriental musicians. Creative, and with instrumental mastery, these elements are merged into a profound and personal expression.

Improvisation and boundary crossing collaborations are the hallmarks of Anders, and his projects often includes artists from various genres and cultures as well as other art forms such as dance and visual arts

He has been touring worldwide with his own groups and as a soloist with Yggdrasil, Mynta and New Jungle Orchestra as well as musicians like Marilyn Mazur, John Tchicai, Anders Jormin, Vikku Vinayakram, Shankar Mahadevan to name a few

Michael Parkinson

Born: November 5, 1950

Michael Parkinson is a music educator, conductor/performer and clinician in Metro Kansas City.. He is a KHS America Education Artist as well as an XO Professional Brass Artist.  Mike is the director of the TRINITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE, an ecumenical group affilaited with Old Mission United Methodist Church, and leads JAZZ Spoken Here, a postbop sextet. He is a performer/educator for the Kansas Touring Arts program and a clinician for Nottelmann Music, Inc. Mike served as Director of the School of Music at Middle Tennessee State University where he founded the IMPROV Ensemble and taught courses in jazz studies

Vintage Astronaut

Vintage Astronaut is an experimental progressive jazz trio, creating adventurous narrative improvised music. Jonathan Greene, John Daniel Ray and Michael Kinchen are seasoned session musicians from Winston-Salem, NC