Results for "Jazz Rock"

Curtis Nowosad

Born: April 2, 1988

Curtis Nowosad is a JUNO-nominated, NYC-based jazz drummer, composer, bandleader and educator. Having made his home in Harlem for the last decade, the native of Winnipeg, MB, Canada has established himself as an integral part of the NYC and international jazz scene, both as a bandleader and a sideperson. 

Curtis has played in the bands of many top jazz artists of multiple generations, including Steve Nelson, Jazzmeia Horn, Philip Harper, Brianna Thomas, Craig Harris, Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Marc Cary, Jocelyn Gould, Frank Lacy, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Bruce Barth, David Berkman, Andrew Renfroe and Braxton Cook, with whom he has toured extensively in Europe and North America. He has also played with four NEA Jazz Masters: Candido Camero, Dave Liebman, Jimmy Owens and Ron Carter, and recorded with a fifth, Kenny Barron. He has led bands at many notable clubs and festivals, including The Blue Note, The Jazz Standard, Smalls, Dizzy’s and every major jazz festival in Canada and several in the US.

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horanVi

The doors are open...'Before It Lasted' out February 14th, for all the romantics???? horanVi began life as a passion project between guitarist & producer Sam Horan and vocalist ‘Violet’. The pair met in Leeds and formed part of Jazz/ Neo Soul/ Dub collective Kalyan. When the pandemic struck the band split, but the synergy between them endured and over the last few years they exchanged ideas across the English Channel and the seeds were sown. Now both back on home soil in the UK, the newly fledged writing duo will be releasing new tunes throughout this year from their forthcoming album - written, produced and mixed by Sam from his home studio in London, which occasionally features fellow Jazz musicians along the way

Cody Steinmann

Born: June 28, 1993

Cody Steinmann has been performing and teaching professionally for over 10 years. He attended Milwaukee Area Technical College where he completed an Associate’s degree in Music Occupations and later won a Rita Tallent Picken scholarship to attend the University of Wisconsin – Parkside. Cody has studied extensively with Steve Peplin, Russ Johnson, Solomon Parham, JD Allen, Jesse Catalino Montijo and James Crowley, DM. He has also taken lessons with Ari Honig, Johannes Weidenmueller, Scott Hesse, Pete McCann, and Aaron Gardner.

An outstanding improviser and composer, Cody has become a fixture on the Twin Cities jazz scene since settling in Minneapolis. Cody has performed with JD Allen, Solomon Parham, Javier Santiago, Russ Johnson, Chris Bates, JT Bates, Abinnet Berhanu, Anthony Fung, Max Gerl, Kevin Washington, Bryan Murray, Fode Bangoura, L.A. Buckner, Jake Baldwin, and Nelson Devereaux. In September 2019, under his producer name C0D3 7, he released his debut album 7 a musical chronicle of Cody’s youth. He then released his second album, Sightless Quartet Live, in May 2021. Sightless Quartet is the first group Cody formed upon moving to the Twin Cities, dedicated to exploring the intersections between jazz, metal, and hip hop.

Ramon Climent

Born: March 17, 1948

Ramón Climent plays a wide repertoire of own compositions aand own arrangements of well known versions of Jazz and Latin tunes : Swing, Blues, Balade, Latin Jazz, Jazz-Rock & Traditional BeBop Ramón Climent Composer & arrangeur Phone +34 659 900 024 E-mail : [email protected]

Cayla Brooke

Born: June 22, 1962

Cayla Brooke, the award-winning singer-songwriter, found her voice after a decade-long silence. Her music and story people of all ages to rediscover their strength. Best known for "Plush Red Chair," her debut album acclaimed by No Depression Magazine. Now in Alberta, she's crafting her second album, "Simplicity."

Cayla Brooke's journey is one of unwavering determination. Despite early life trauma and a turbulent path, she rediscovered her voice and purpose. Her debut album, "Plush Red Chair," garnered critical acclaim and established her as a must-have in the music industry. Now based in Alberta, Cayla is shaping her second album, "Simplicity," a concept work that lets music shine with two instruments and vocals per song. Beyond music, she empowers listeners through her story, offering tools and permission to reclaim their inner strength.

Jamie Taylor

Born: November 9, 1977

Between 2007 and 2009 Jamie was Course Leader for Jazz at Leeds Conservatoire (then Leeds College of Music), where he remains a Principal Lecturer on the jazz faculty. He has worked with leading jazz musicians like Baptiste Herbin, Sheryl Bailey, John Stowell, Roni Ben-Hur, John Goldsby, Wayne Escoffery, Alan Barnes, Jim Mullen, Sebastiaan DeKrom, Andrea DiBiase, Steve Watts, Matt Fishwick, Steve Fishwick, Richard Iles, Steve Brown, Pete Whittaker, Gary Potter, Tom Harrison, David Lyttle, Laura Jurd, and Tori Freestone. In the field of popular music he has contributed to projects involving Mercury Music Prize nominee Richard Hawley, CANDID recording artist Sarah Mitchell, and Leeds-based indie band "The Pigeon Detectives"

Cobbs

Cobbs is a fusion jazz group hailing from Brooklyn, New York City. The group was founded in
early 2022 and is led by award-winning drummer Ben Friedkin. Completing the group are renowned keyboardist/pianist Julia Chen, innovative guitarist Omri Bar-Giora and virtuoso bassist Noam Tanzer.
Cobbs began as a tribute act to the fusion jazz greats, and overtime, through developing a
close musical connection within the band, shifted its focus to original music, with materials
written by all group members.
Their debut EP "First Attempt" (recorded live in Brooklyn) was released on November 2023.

Ken Stout

Born: April 26, 1962

Ken Stout is a veteran jazz/rock musician, director, educator, and studio musician performing Jazz, Blues, Rock, Classical, Latin, and all musical styles of music for over 43 years.  Ken founded Live Music Center in Vacaville in 1987, promoting,  advocating, and saving music arts education in the local public schools in Northern California until 2005.  Ken has toured, performed on stage and recorded with many legendary Jazz, Motown, and Rock Music artists and groups: The Live Lawrence Welk Show, The Cab Calloway Orchestra, Guy Lombardo Orchestra, Bobby Short Jazz Orchestra, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Mary Wilson and The Supremes, The Platters, The Contours, Jackie King(Willie Nelson guitarist), Pete Christilieb(Saxophonist, Natalie Cole), Mark Little(grammy nominee Pianist), Stan Marks(Trumpet, Stan Kentons Big Band), Mic Gillette(Tower of Power)and many others

Bobby Rozario

Jazz / Rock / Fusion guitar virtuoso of Indian and Brazilian-Portuguese descent, based in New York City, Bobby Rozario is a third-generation musician mentored by his parents in genres of World music, and grew up learning music playing a variety of eclectic and World Jazz Rock and Blues. His blazing, idiosyncratic style interprets melodic lines of Ragas and blends them into captivating lines injected with Afro-Latin and Jazz / Rock / Fusion vocabulary.

Recently, Bobby completed production on his second solo album released by Origin Records named “Spellbound”, which features a diverse range of world-class Grammy winning musicians, including drum icons such as Dennis Chambers and Robby Ameen, and bass wizards Gary Grainger and James Genus, Melvin Gibbs along with Puerto-Rican Jazz pianist Edsel Gomez, Jazz organist Radam Schwartz and keyboardist Neil Alexander.