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Ester Andújar Rico

Born: June 29, 1976

singer, composer, arranger, teacher Ester holds a Master in Music Performance and Research by the VIU (International University of Valencia) and a Degree in Jazz Performance from the Conservatory of Navarra. Courses of different vocal techniques (Estil Voice Training, The complete vocal technique).Jazz singing lessons with Sheila Jordan, Miles Griffith (Manhattan School of Music), Bob Stoloff, Carme Canela, among others. In December 1995 she began singing in Valencian clubs, that same year she won the award for “Best Vocalist” in the Valencia Jazz Club contest “Black Note '95”. She has attended seminars and master-classes with Mike Mossman, Astrid Krone, Carme Canela, Mario Rossi, Kurt Rossenwinkwel, etc? In 1996 she decided to dedicate herself professionally to music, performing all over Spain with her own group “Ester Andujar Group” or with outstanding groups and soloists such as: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Idris Muhamad, Jorge Pardo, Ximo Tebar, Sam Yahel, Carles Benavent, Dennis Rowland, Ramón Cardo, Sedaví Big Band, etc. In 1998 he began to work with Ximo Tebar's band, performing in the most important jazz clubs and festivals in the country, such as the Barcelona Jazz Festival, Madrid Jazz Festival, Valencia July Fair, Seville Jazz Festival, Jamboree Jazz Club, Clamores, etc. In 1999 he toured Spain as a quartet with New York organist Sam Yahel, and also collaborated in the recording of the new albums of the Nova Dixieland Band and the Sedajazz Latin Jazz Big Band. In 2000 she toured Latin America performing at the International Festivals of Havana (Cuba) and La Plata (Argentina). Also in 2000 she was elected President of the Valencian Association of Jazz Musicians (PROMUSICS). In 2001 she returned to the city of Buenos Aires for a concert tour and to give a series of intensive courses in interpretative singing at the UEM school in La Plata. He won the “Best Voice 2001” award from the Valencian Association of Jazz and Creative Music (PROMÚSICS). In November 2001, Branford Marsallis invited her to sing on his tour in Spain while she was working as his tour manager. In 2002, she attended the International Jazz Seminar in Zarautz where she studied vocal improvisation techniques with Bob Stoloff (Berkley School of Music) and participated in Benny Golson's Master Class, performing in the closing concert with Albert Bover and Iñaki Salvador. In November 2002 she released her first album as a leader entitled “Tristeza de Amar” (Omix Records). In this recording she is accompanied by Albert Sanz, Pere Loewe and Esteve Pi and counts with the collaborations as soloists of Joan Soler, Carlos Martín and Ximo Tebar. Tristeza de Amar has been highlighted by the magazine Todas las Novedades as one of the five best Spanish jazz albums of 2002, nominated for “Best Album” in the II Edition of the Valencian Jazz Awards Promusics 2002 and highlighted in the magazine “Cuadernos de Jazz” with a rating of four stars. In this edition of the Promusics Awards he has received the BEST VOICE Award 2002. He has participated in records of “La Nova Dixieland”. In 2003 she teaches in several Valencian schools and records an album with the group “Dona'm Jazz”. In 2005 he released his second solo album, “Celebrating Cole Porter”, recorded in NY with musicians such as Ben Street, Helen Sung, Rob Bargad, Peter Bernstein, J.D. Walter, Adam Cruz and Ximo Tébar and arrangers such as Jorge Pardo, Polo Ortí and Ricardo Belda. That same year she was a finalist in the 7th International Soloist Competition in Monaco, organized by the “Academie de Musique Fondation Prince Rainier III”, being also the first singer in the history of the competition. Participates in the “Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition”, within the framework of the Montreux Jazz Festival, where she was FINALIST AND SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE JURY (President of the Jury: BARBARA HENDRICKS, Member of Honor: RANDY CRAWFORD) (07/05). She participated in the annual conference of the IAJE (International Association of Jazz Educators) in New York, in January 2006, presenting in concert her new album, “Celebrating Cole Porter”, accompanied by Ricardo Belda, César Giner and Donald Edwards. Also this year, she has presented her album in Argentina, starting her tour in Buenos Aires, within the Jazzology Cycle (Centro Cultural General San Martín) and continuing in La Plata and Mar del Plata Jazz Festival. She has filled the Teatro “El Musical” in Valencia with the presentation of her album and received numerous applause from critics and audiences with her album and live performance. She has been selected semi-finalist for the second consecutive year in the “Montreux Jazz Voice Competition” and chosen as representative of her generation by the magazine “Interviú” for the celebration of her 30th birthday in the article “Triunfadores a los 30”. In 2007, she has collaborated in the albums of Ricardo Belda (El Principio) and Jerez Texas (Patchwork), and has been invited by the Europa Jazz Festival, in Bucharest, where she toured presenting Celebrating Cole Porter. In May 2007, she attended the Europa Jazz Festival in Bucharest, where she was invited for the second consecutive year, this year to play with her trio format, “Tres por el Jazz”. In December 2008 she released her third album, ¨Páginas Preciosas¨, based on her own compositions sung in Spanish and Valencian, where all her musical influences converge, from Brazilian music to jazz, soul or funk, together with Donald Edwards (drums), César Giner (bass), Ximo Tébar (guitars), Edmundo Carneiro (percussion) and Stephan Braun (cello). She studied for a semester at the Berklee School of Music in Boston between 2009-2010, with a scholarship from this institution and the SGAE. She has presented her latest album in Spain, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco and other parts of the world, invited by the Cervantes Institute to present ¨Páginas Preciosas¨.

Steve Sieck

Previously active in New York City as a songwriter and singer/pianist, I moved to Los Angeles in 2021. My music aims to mix pop, jazz, and R&B genres with meaningful lyrics and a soulful delivery. My major musical influences include Donald Fagen, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dorough, and Kurt Weill.

My first album, "21st Century Blues" was nominated for a MAC Award* as "Best Recording" in 2014.  In TalkinBroadway.com, reviewer Rob Lester described it as "Well worth the listen…wry observational humor and the low-key approach remind me of jazz wit stalwart Mose Allison in writing and singing…but seriousness is only inches below the surface, making this CD deepen with repeated listening…a feel-good experience with some gratifying grit."

Roxana Amed

Born: October 5

Roxana Amed has released six albums – Limbo (2004), Entremundos (2006), Cinemateca Finlandesa (2010), Inocencia (2011), La Sombra de Su Sombra (2013), Instantáneas (2019) – digitally released by Sony Music Latin, along with one DVD, La Voz Más Allá in 2009. Recipient of the Carlos Gardel Award for Argentine Music and the Martin Fierro Award for best song in a TV production, the singer/songwriter is also known for penning songs for other artists. She has worked extensively with Argentine multi instrumentalist Pedro Aznar, a veteran of the Pat Metheny Band and the producer of Amed’s first albums. Once in the US, she has collaborated with musicians based in NY as Guillermo Klein, Emilio Solla, Leo Genovese, vocalist Sofia Rei, and pianist/composer Frank Carlberg

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Mary Amaral

Born: September

Mary Amaral is a Brazilian singer songwriter whose work is composed of her influences, mainly classic jazz songs and R& B, combined in an original way with elements she received from Tom Jobim's Bossa Nova, João Gilberto and guitarrist Baden Powell's Afro Sambas with Vinícius de Moraes, among other Brazilian Classics. Mary is also a composer /lyricist, and is releasing her Ep of Brazilian Jazz, called Delineio. You can listen to Delineio here: https://sl.onerpm.com/8786645317 http://maryamaral.bandcamp.com/album/delineio-mary-amaral

Noah Rott

Born: March 8, 1991

Noah Rott is an internationally performing pianist, keyboardist, composer, bandleader, electronic artist & music educator who fuses modern jazz with electronic soundscapes.

As part of a new generation of jazz innovators, Noah Rott's virtuosic and versatile use of analog synthesizers and sound effects paired with his picturesque approach to the acoustic piano have garnered him attention and acclaim.
Noah Rott gained early recognition by winning first prize in the 'Jugend Jazzt Hamburg' competition in 2008 and 2010. He went on to study at the Hamburg Conservatory of Music and Theatre, graduating in 2015 with a Bachelor’s degree in Jazz Instrumental Performance. During this time he became a well-established pianist and driving force of Hamburg's local jazz scene and started to perform nationally and internationally. He performed with several ensembles in the US, Europe, China, South Korea, Nepal, and Costa Rica.
Noah Rott was featured at world-renowned festivals and venues, such as European Parliament, Jewish Museum New York, Lincoln Center, Firehouse12, Nublu, Joe's Pub, Jazzmandu festival, Sultan Room, Club Evans Seoul, LOFT Köln, Clifford Brown Festival, Elbjazz festival, Ueberjazz festival, Jazz Open festival, and many more. Furthermore he recorded twelve critically acclaimed albums as a bandleader or sideman.
Besides his musical activities, Noah Rott worked as a cultural manager. In 2015 he founded the music label, artist collective and event series JAZZLAB with the objective to make improvised music accessible to a new and young audience. In 2017 he was a founding member and host of the feel.jazz festival.


In 2017 Noah Rott was rewarded with the internationally renowned Fulbright scholarship to represent German culture in the US and further the mutual and cultural understanding of both countries.
In 2019 he graduated from the New York University with a Master of Music in Jazz Instrumental Performance. In this time he studied with some of the most innovative jazz artists of our time, such as Peter Bernstein, Kevin Hays, Alan Ferber, Billy Drewes, Adam Rogers, Brad Shepik and Lenny White.
 Additionally Noah Rott taught courses for undergraduate students at NYU in the fields 'Jazz/Pop Piano & Composition'.

Emma Grace Stephenson

Born: June 5, 1991

Emma Grace Stephenson is an Australian pianist and songwriter who has shared the stage with prolific musicians and bands such as Ingrid and Christine Jensen (Canada/US), Gian Slater, the Sirens Big Band, Sandy Evans, Greg Gould (Australia’s Got Talent 2013), and Brittanie Shipway (The Voice 2014). Her music combines rhythmic, harmonic, and improvisatory elements of modern jazz with folk-pop songwriting influences.

After performing her own compositions at the Sydney Opera House with Hieronymus Trio and the acclaimed Australian vocalist Kristin Berardi, Emma won the 2017 Freedman Jazz Fellowship for Australian jazz musicians under the age of 35. Emma was also the 2016 recipient of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award for young women in the Australian jazz scene, which facilitated a collaboration with the award winning Australian vocalist, Gian Slater, culminating in performances for the Melbourne and Sydney Women’s Jazz Festivals, and a recording at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) studios in late 2016. This work was released in an album titled 'Where the Rest of the World Begins' in April 2017.