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David Rivera

Born: October 1, 1983

David Rivera is a hot Puerto Rican singer/songwriter/drummer who is going places.  In fact, he and his band have just been selected to appear at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall for the 2026 GLOBALFEST on January 11.  And, he has already shared the stage with noted artists such as Puerto Rican singers Pedro Capó and Obie Bermudez, Nicaraguan singer Luis Enrique, singer/songwriter Danny Rivera, saxophonist/composer Miguel Zenon, bandleader/singer Gilberto Santa Rosa and many others.

David and his group “La Bambula" offer a mix of tropical elements seamlessly combined with R&B and hip hop as well as the powerful dance music of the Caribbean from the 1970s and then the music is overlayed with modern, provocative lyrics.  His music attracts an audience that enjoys the risk of listening to new rhythms and sounds.

Sophie Hassfurther

A compelling and adventurous voice in contemporary European jazz and improvised music, Austrian saxophonist Sophie Hassfurther blends deep compositional insight with fearless improvisation. Born near Salzburg in 1979, Hassfurther studied saxophone and flute at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Sh further expanded her artistic horizons through her involvement in New York’s vibrant music scene. 

Hassfurther’s work is characterised by its wide stylistic reach, bridging jazz, contemporary classical sensibilities, and free improvisation. As a bandleader and composer, she has developed a rich body of original music, from her early ensemble projects to recent large-scale works that situate improvised interplay alongside structured compositional frameworks. Her music has been featured at major festivals and venues across Europe and beyond, including the North Sea Jazz Festival, Jazzfestival Saalfelden, Wien Modern, and Moers Festival. 

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Zack Varner

     Multi-instrumentalist and composer Zack Varner remains in constant demand on the stage and in the studio. His quartet has performed at the international Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Santo Domingo Jazz Festivals. In his home city of Austin, Texas, he has performed showcases at the Uplift Jazz Festival and the South by Southwest Music Festival. Varner’s solo album release Blues in the Nude features eleven original compositions and has garnered excellent reviews from several established music critics. The Austin Chronicle’s Jeremy Steinberger writes: “Varner expertly honors tradition with hard bop and swing themes while simultaneously exploring and building on the genre's evolution through tango, bossa nova, and samba-infused textures.

Eduardo Elia

Eduardo Elia is a pianist from Córdoba, Argentina. He began his musical studies in Córdoba, continued in Buenos Aires, and later studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston. This formative path has led to a body of work that currently includes ten albums.

On Blue Art Records (Rosario, Argentina), his releases include Callado, El yang y el yang, We See, Figuras de un solo trazo, Solo, Cuando sea necesario, and Lejos del torbellino.

On 577 Records (New York, USA), he has released The Art of Not Falling: Improvisations on Schoenberg’s Op. 19 Piano Pieces—which earned him “Pianist of the Year” in a poll conducted by the jazz website El Intruso—as well as Una pregunta, tres respuestas and Desvíos (2025).

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells

Born: October 13, 1958

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells (October 13, 1958) is an American free jazzbassist(bass guitar and electric upright bass), composer and conceptualist. Heis oneof the founding members of the improvising band Machine Gun whichfeatured Thomas Chapin. Resident in Stockholm, Sweden since 1985,he hasbeen active internationally as a promoter of improvised and experimentalmusic performing and recording extensively. He has collaborated withKarlBerger, Daniel Carter and Tony Scott among others.

Raised in southernGermany, Jair-Rohm moved to New York in 1978. After touring theUnitedStates for a year with a top forty band he attended Tulane University inNewOrleans. While at Tulane, he regularly performed with local jazz andrhythmand blues artists. He also performed as a member of Tulane University'sTulanians, met and studied with Richard Payne (the first person torecord withthe electric bass) and discovered the music of Harry Partch. He returnedtothe New York area in the fall of 1980 where he met and started workstudyunder saxophonist/composer Ken Simon. During this period Jair- Rohmalsomet Anthony Braxton and became involved in the study of his music. In1982Jair-Rohm founded his own experimental music/theater group GLASSTHOUGHT THEATER ENSEMBLE. Between 1982 and 1983 he wascomposer inresidence at the New York Theater Ensemble (New York, N.Y.) wherehe wroteand produced a trilogy of progressive”operas”. He received a MEET THECOMPOSER grant in 1983. From 1984 - 1985 he was resident in NewJerseywhere he continued composing and playing the bass. He was a foundingmember of the New Brunswick Jazz Musician's Collective (NewBrunswick,N.J.) for which he composed and performed many significant works forvarious ensembles.

Mellow Blues

Born: May 2, 1987

Mellow Blues
 

Performing as Mellow Blues, Yat Hamzah is a jazz-pop singer, guitarist, songwriter and guitar teacher from Singapore, based in Phuket, Thailand

Jake Tavill

Born: December 20, 1996

Founder and CEO of studios, entertainment, and media company Indigo Soul NYC and boutique indie label The Color Indigo Records, Jake Tavill is an artist, songwriter, producer, and engineer who’s goal in life is to create, and empower others to create, moving art. 

A graduate of NYU Tisch’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music and the Village East Conservatory, Jake has released a number of albums (incl. Indigo Child and Twisted Ideology), coordinated Snarky Puppy’s renowned GroundUP Music Festival, worked with talented musicians from Jazz to Pop, scored and engineered for Film/TV (notably hit K-Dramas such as It’s Okay Not To Be Okay, A Piece of Your Mind, and Doona!), engineered for live and broadcast productions in world class venues such as Radio City Music Hall, and has had the pleasure to perform for audiences around the world. 

Fabio Ferri

Born: October 9, 1994

Fabio Ferri is a Bristol-based multi-instrumentalist and composer whose music sits at the crossroads of jazz, classical and electronic dance culture. Known for high-energy live sets and richly melodic writing, he leads a full band that moves between deep grooves, soaring harmonies and moments of improvisational freedom. His work blends sophistication with immediacy — complex ideas delivered with a sense of fun and forward motion.

A rising voice in the UK scene, he has been called “Bristol’s answer to Frank Zappa” for his imaginative, genre-blurring approach. Ferri has performed at festivals including Glastonbury, Shambala and others across the UK, and his Bristol shows are regularly featured as Editor’s Picks on Headfirst.

Josee Koning