Results for "jazz fusion"

The May Fall Crew

Making music since the age of seven, despite never acquiring musical education, May Fall has always aspired to educate himself. His longtime band Road to Evenmind has been a creative incubator where he and his friends matured together, both personally and musically, during more than two decades. After experimenting with a wide variety of musical genres, including his recent synth-pop project spawning two unforgettable singles “Same Code” and “Blind Zone”, he revived his old dream of exploring the realms of jazz-fusion, while seamlessly blending inspirations from a variety of musical domains, such as pop, electronic, world music, funk and rock

Robert Ellis & The LiveWires

Born: December 14, 1973

Robert Ellis & The LiveWires offer a fresh new voice in the conversation of jazz music. This unique group is led by Lead Pianist Robert Ellis who was born in New Orleans, the birthplace of Jazz. Robert is joined by his brother Reggie Ellis on Keys/Synths, Darion Duncan on Bass/Key Bass, Jheremy “Jay MusicMan” Thompson on Drums and newest member Josh Porter (not pictured) on Lead Guitar. The LiveWires formed in April of 2017 as a passion project for this group of musicians who simply loved playing together. They seamlessly blend multiple genres of music from Funk to Gospel, R&B to Jazz Fusion

Anna Jalkéus

Born: May 4, 1992

Anna Jalkéus is a Boston based singer, harpist, and composer known as a powerful, creative musician who writes genre bending music with fearlessness and originality. She has received many national awards such as the JEN Young Composer Showcase, Swedish Monica Zetterlund and Ted Gärdestad awards, scholarship from STIM (Swedish ASCAP), and was awarded “Outstanding Performance” with her band in DownBeat Student Music Awards 2017. She is a sought-after collaborator and frequently appears as a side(wo)man in experimental, contemporary jazz groups. Born in 1992 in Stockholm, Sweden, Anna grew up traveling worldwide with Swedish a cappella phenomenon The Real Group, seeing as both of her parents were original members

Will Wedmedyk

Q3

Cambridge-based Q3 was formed in 2013 and has a high quality line up featuring Kevin Flanagan on sax (Rip Rap, Tommy Chase, Chris Ingham), Martin Hallmark on piano (Helen McDonald and Juba, Andy Bowie Quartet), Tiago Coimbra on bass (Hiromi, Resolution 88, Dennis Rollins, Orphy Robinson, Myles Sanko) and Derek Scurll  / Oscar Reynolds on drums. The band plays contemporary jazz and jazz-funk featuring original compositions by pianist Martin Hallmark.

Mukwuru

Born: July 30, 1968

Mukwuru's music comes from a world of pain. When this songwriter says, 'Listen to the song I sing,' he means it. So, let the music move you and take heart. A singer/songwriter fusing jazz with many flavors . . . . This singer/songwriter crosses over many genres. It's music for the people. What you hear now is just a sampling of this singer can do. This singer/songwriter guitarist has at least 50 songs under his belt. For the Jazz purist - a concert of pure jazz. For the people who just like good music - mix it up. For the socially conscious and those who want to join the protest, 'Know What Matters' and 'Can You Imagine' gives you something to think about

Pablo Embon

Born: July 23, 1964

Pablo Embon has released 18 albums to date. All his music is performed, recorded, mixed and produced by himself. Amongst the music tracks, there is a multitude of jazz stylings. Pablo originally hails from Argentina, rich in its history of tango and Andean folk music, where he learned from famed classical guitarist Eduardo Isaac. Pablo played in several modern bands and as a single musician in his youth. Embon started his music education at very young age. As a child he developed intuitive composition skills, adopting piano and guitar as his core musical instruments. Later on, he pursued advanced music education in the composition and harmonization fields and won recognitions in several public music contests in Argentina. When later in life, Embon immigrated to Israel , its unique blend of world music and Middle Eastern music no doubt had an influence on the musician who at this point had already spent years creating and performing unique modern and alternative jazz compositions

Phil Templer

Born: July 9, 1956

AXIOM BIO: Self-Evident Truth in both concept and application best describes the realization of the musical goals of brothers Peter Templer and Phil Templer. The road towards that realization has been one of many twists and turns often encountered by professional musicians striving to explore their own artistic expressions, while at the same time responding to the ever changing demands of both the national and international marketplace. ​Through AXIOM, Peter and Phil feel that they are indeed establishing their own special place on the contemporary music scene. When recently asked "What is AXIOM all about and what are you trying to say, musically speaking?" Peter responds, 'As the name implies, this is the self-evident truth in music forus! I grew up playing tunes by Jr

Ken Aihara

Ken Aihara is a Japanese Keyboardist, Composer/Producer/Sound Designer based in New York.

His innovative blend of Jazz-fusion, EDM, Rock, and more has given birth to a truly distinctive sound that defies conventions. The esteemed magazine “JazzTrail” raves about "his performances as a captivating, energetically charged blend of influences."

Ken’s debut album, “Multiverse,” stands as a testament to his musical prowess. It features collaborations with luminaries such as Bob Lanzetti from Snarky Puppy, the mesmerizing Evan Marien (known for his work with the legendary Allan Holdsworth and Tygran Hamsian), the rhythmic powerhouse Marko Djordjevic (Matt Garrison and Wayne Krantz), and the versatile Aaron Nevezie (Nerve-Jojo Mayer and Emmy Award-nominated).

Daniel & Mikael Tjernberg

Daniel and Mikael started to write music together at an early age. The music soon became distinguished in its style, with the brothers blending different musical genres, such as orchestral classical, jazz and ambient, and making them interact in a musical context with a very personal musical mark. They became recording artists, writing for album releases as well as for film/TV and other medias.