Results for "Jazz Standards"

Jim Butler

Born: September 2, 1964

Jim Butler, a native Californian, has been playing the saxophone for over 45 years. He focuses on modern and original jazz. The Jim Butler Jazz Group have recorded seven CDs: "Journeys" (2003); "Live in Tokyo!" (2005); "Night of a Thousand Years" (2009); "Postcards from the World" (2014); "Let’s Get Lost" (2019); "Perseverance" (2022); and "Short Stories" (2023).

Jim started out as a music educator, directing a jazz ensemble and teaching saxophone, woodwinds, and Jazz Studies at The University of North Florida. He has a Doctorate in Music from the University of Texas at Austin.  During this time he appeared professionally as a saxophonist with many different artists including Mel Torme, Crystal Gail, The Drifters, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Campesi, and Sam Moore.

Yver Sorród

Born: September 7

Yver Sorród is a bilingual Performer (Fluent in Spanish and English and with a basic level of French, Italian and Portuguese) with a Degree in Theater from the UCV (Central University of Venezuela), originally from Venezuela, born into a family of artists, who debuted in the Show Business at the early age of 8 and with more than 30 years of experience, more than a half of them in Mexico, where he resided from October of 2000 to March 2019 and currently based in Albany, Louisiana (New Orleans area) established as a permanent resident of the United States of America. He has worked in a countless number of Theater plays, Music shows, Contemporary Dance shows and a bit in the Film and TV Industry.

Jeffrey J Allison

Born: November 8, 1960

In 1993 I received my Master's Degree in Music. At that time and as bills piled up I decided to pursue more lucrative endeavors outside of the music field and had not played a note in nearly 30 years. Then in 2021, I saw this ad for a Yamaha YDS 150 Digital Saxophone and decided to get one and see what I could do with it after all these years.   

Cold Spring Jazz Quartet

Mark Osteen, vocals, saxophones. Anthony Villa, piano. Gary Kerner, bass, guitar. Greg Mack, drums and percussion. For more than 20 years Cold Spring Jazz Quartet has appeared in nightclubs, restaurants and concert venues in the Baltimore-Washington area, winning a broad and loyal following. Favorite venues have included Celebrities Lounge at the Tremont Park Hotel, Ixia Restaurant,  Meli, and Germano's. CSJQ has performed three times at Artscape, America’s largest free arts festival. Other recent private engagements have included fundraisers for Stella Maris, the Evergreen Museum, and the Downtown Partnership.

Maggie Herron

Maggie’s upcoming album features Mark Kibble (of Take 6) on Vocal arrangements and harmonies, Romain Collin-Piano, Mitch Forman-piano & Hammond B3, Bill Cunliffe-piano and horn arrangements, Grant Geissman-guitar, John Storie-guitar, Bob Sheppard-Sax, Duane Padilla-String arrangement, Steve Velez-Cello and Andrew Neu-sax and horn arrangements. Maggie released her first single from the upcoming album Sweet Lullaby in Dec. 2022. https://music.apple.com/us/album/sweet-lullaby-single/1598969097

5X Winner of Hawaii’s Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award for Jazz Album of the Year

Jeff Lopez

born and raised in New York City, He has been playing bass for over 45 years and is an accomplished composer and arranger. 

Jeff is also an accomplished bandleader, composer, and arranger. This is evident on his first two CD releases, Sun And The Rain 1998 and Jeff Lopez-Jazz Composer, as well as numerous Jazz Ambassador recordings. Jeff’s compositions have appeared in various film and network TV productions.

Jeff’s professional career has included performing and touring that have taken him around the globe, including a 20-year tenure as the bass player of the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, He has toured in 35 countries and all of 50 states in the USA. Some performance highlights were his two orchestral appearances at New York City’s legendary Carnegie Hall.

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Cody Navarro

Cody's voice is a time machine to the past. The 1920s to the 1970s to be exact. Frequently entertaining corporate events as well as weddings and private parties, the crooner has an uncanny familiarity with genres across the board. With an intoxicating blend of Jazz Standards, Ragtime Blues, classic Country, and classic Latin tunes, Cody will provide the soundtrack for unforgettable dreams and memories.

Beatriz Malnic

Beatriz Malnic, Brazilian-American vocalist, vocal arranger, classical pianist and Director of Brazilian Voices arrived in the United States in 1996. Beatriz is a highly respected interpreter of Bossa Nova and Samba and has performed and recorded with musical luminaries such as Al Di Meola, Nestor Torres, Toquinho, Chico Buarque, Roberto Menescal, Duduka da Fonseca, Romero Lubambo, jazz pianists Mike Renzi and Mike Orta, saxophonist Harry Allen, bassist Don Wilner and many others. Beatriz received the Brazilian Press Awards as the Best Brazilian Singer Living in the U.S. in 2009 and 2017. Beatriz is the Co-Director and Co-Founder of the 50-voice all-female vocal group “Brazilian Voices,” a non-profit organization that performs and records in the South Florida area and internationally

Deb Rasmussen

Canadian jazz vocalist and songwriter Deb Rasmussen has been enchanting audiences for 20 years. Deb often takes a soft, understated approach to a song, but make no mistake, she can swing! She’s known for her spacious, playful interpretations of standards, performing her own tunes, and for the way she makes time stand still as she connects heart-to-heart with listeners. A proud continuator of the jazz tradition, Deb counts among her influences Carmen McCrae and Abbey Lincoln, and gives back to jazz with her work on the Board of JazzYYC, Calgary’s jazz collaborative. Deb has studied with vocal jazz greats including Sheila Jordan and Jay Clayton at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts as well as with Nancy King, Dee Daniels, Cheryl Fisher and Madeline Eastman