Results for "Jazz piano"

Felix Tani

Born: September 6, 1979

About me

As an artist, I perform and compose jazz music that seamlessly integrates the influences of Scandinavian and American traditions.

My style of music is called Scandinavian Jazz. It brings together the peaceful, reflective aspects of the music from Sweden with the syncopated, swingin', and earthy qualities of American jazz, enriched by cinematic, classical, and Scandinavian folk music.

The key artistic values for me are to stir feelings of peace, happiness, and nostalgia in every listener. I focus on crafting music that is spiritually enriching, beautifully simple, and culturally

Eli Yamin

Born: November 21, 1968

Eli “Dr. E” Yamin was born in East Patchogue, Long Island and has performed as a jazz and blues ambassador for the United States, in over 25 countries and in the U.S. at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and the White House.

Eli’s recordings include Squeeze In Tight, jazz and blues songs for solidarity with his jazz and blues band; You Can’t Buy Swing with his jazz quartet; I Feel So Glad, with his blues band; Louie’s Dream, dedicated to “our jazz heroes,” with clarinetist Evan Christopher, Live In Burghausen with jazz icon, Illinois Jacquet, and five albums with baritone saxophonist Claire Daly including Swing Low, on permanent display in President Bill Clinton's Library in Little Rock. Eli’s three published youth-centered musicals: Nora’s Ark, the jazz musical, Holding the Torch For Liberty, and Message From Saturn, have been performed internationally in four languages and across the United States, bringing diverse communities together through jazz and blues to tell socially uplifting stories.

Srisley(Yaeseul Kim)

Yaeseul Kim, also known as Srisley, is a South Korean jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader whose work blends Afro Latin jazz with contemporary jazz and cinematic orchestration. Her music is driven by Afro Cuban and Latin American rhythmic traditions, paired with a strong sense of structure shaped by film scoring and large ensemble writing.

She leads projects in formats ranging from piano trio and duo to big band and orchestral settings, emphasizing rhythm, form, and narrative flow. Yaeseul has performed internationally at major festivals and venues including the Boston Calling Music Festival and the Detroit Jazz Festival, and has collaborated with Grammy winning musicians from the Latin jazz world.

Murat Ali Cengiz

Born: November 11, 1984

Originally from Istanbul/Turkey, Netherlands based Murat Ali Cengiz is an architect, composer and pianist. He has performed as a pianist and a band leader throughout Europe in venues like: Muziekgebouw, Tivoli Vredenburg, Oosterport, Elbjazz, Wonderfeel, Injazz.He has released his solo piano album "Urban Pianola" at 2020. 

He exhibited with his collective: Automata at the fourth Istanbul Design Biennial, using design as a music composition tool. He is the creator of the ongoing cross-disciplinary audio-visual project: “Musicographics”, exhibiting and performing at various locations such as, Kunsthal, Nieuwe Instituut, Muziekwerf, OMI, Bureau Europa and Rotterdam Architecture Month in the Netherlands.

Jordan Anderson

Aseo Friesacher

Born: June 5, 1996

Aseo Friesacher is a pianist and composer born in Vienna, Austria. Since an early age he was very interested in music and he was able to pick up melodies and rhythms easily. It was soon clear to him that a music career is the only thing he wants to pursue. Aseo started to play the piano at an age of 6. He was also member of the famous Vienna Boy’s Choir and got the chance to tour around the world and sing in big concert halls like the Carnegie Hall in New York or the Tokyo Opera City Hall.

At the age of fourteen Aseo found his love to jazz music by listening to songs of Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck and Didier Squiban. Eventually he formed his own jazz trio, became very active in the jazz scene and got the chance to perform in prestigious places such as the United Nations, Porgy & Bess in Vienna, as well as renowned venues in the Netherlands such as LantarenVenster and the Bimhuis. The half Japanese/Austrian talent has been awarded with multiple awards: 1st price of the Podium.Jazz Competition in Austria 2014, Finalist of the Leiden Jazz Award 2021 and 2nd prize at the Gexto Jazz Competition in 2022 with Loek van den Berg Quintet.

Ramona Horvath

Born: September 9

Zen Zadravec

Born: July 11, 1974

Zen Zadravec is a jazz pianist, saxophonist, and composer who views all music as a form of creative communication. His goal is to create music rooted in human experience—absorbing and expressing as much as possible through the lens of Humanism inspired by the philosophies of Nichiren Buddhism. Ultimately, Zadravec strives to craft music that inspires, encourages, and touches the heart.

A true musical chameleon, Zadravec moves effortlessly between jazz, R&B, funk, rock, and pop—bringing freshness and confidence to every style. A natural innovator and leader, he leads two groups of his own: The Zen Zadravec Quartet and his fusion ensemble Human Revolution.

Fabienne Ambuehl

Fabienne Ambuehl is a London-based pianist, singer and composer born in Switzerland. Her new album ‘Thrive‘ was released in January 2025 on Ubuntu Music and has received the Presto Music Award for "Jazz Recording of the Year 2025". The band successfully launched the album with a sold-out concert at the Vortex Jazz Club in London.
‘Thrive‘ has received glowing reviews from the international jazz press. Jazzwise Magazine rewarded it 4 stars and it has received regular radio play in the UK, including BBC Radio 3 Jazz Record Requests, ‘Round Midnight and Night Tracks. The single ‘New Ones’ was on the JazzFM playlist for several weeks. On the Catalan public radio 3cat, there is an hour-long programme about Fabienne's music. The album was also presented on Deutschlandfunkkultur and ARD Jazz - Das Magazin and was selected “Album of the Week” on both Presto Music and the German Rondo - Magazin für Klassik und Jazz.

Her band is a dynamic ensemble of brilliant musicians – Matt Ridley on bass (The Antidote, The Darius Brubeck Quartet) and Jon Scott on drums (Mulatu Astatke, GoGo Penguin, Sons of Kemet XL), with special guest guitarists Tom Ollendorff and Ant Law. Ambuehl has a strong sense of ensemble interplay and balance between individual expression and collective cohesion. As Rondo - Das Klassik & Jazz Magazin put it: “Thrive convinces with warmth, precision and excellent interplay of the band”.

Ambuehl’s music is inspired by her surroundings, from the sounds and silence of the mountains, where she finds a deep connection with nature, to the rhythms and soundscapes of the big city. Her melodic ideas and detailed arrangements are rooted in jazz, playing with a folk-tinge and showcase her expressive and supple piano playing. Her vocals “are crystal clear, distinct and refreshingly free of jazz clichés” (Neil Duggan, AllAboutJazz) and as a writer she “has a poetic sensibility and uses expertly a range of poetic techniques in her lyrics” (Trevor Hodgett, 4 stars in RNR magazine)

Kemuel Roig

Cuban piano prodigy Kemuel Roig discovered his passion for music at the age of four, laying the foundation for a career that has established him as one of the most versatile and captivating musicians of his generation. At eight, he immersed himself in classical piano and percussion studies at Cuba's prestigious National Vocational School of Art, where he developed the technical mastery and artistic depth that would later catapult him to worldwide fame.

Since moving to the United States in 2002, Roig has toured internationally and recorded with an extraordinary roster of legendary artists, including Arturo Sandoval, Al Di Meola, Aymée Nuviola, Chris Potter, Randy Brecker, Alain Pérez, Sammy Figueroa, Giovanni Hidalgo, Marcos Vidal, and Abraham Laboriel, among many others.