Results for "jazz"

Carol Manson

Even though she didn’t recognize it at first, everything in her life has prepared Carol Manson for song ministry. Starting off playing the violin in grammar school, she went on to sing in choirs at Berkeley High School. After high school Carol put away any thoughts of singing, getting a masters degree in social work and became a State Bureaucrat, capping off a long and distinguished career as a Governor’s appointee. Many years after first finding her voice as a singer and, after a health challenge, Carol found her voice again when singing a song as final project for a class. Carol finally let her voice soar when she joined the choir and began shining as a soloist

Pedro Neves

Born: 1978

Pedro Neves is a prolific Portuguese jazz pianist and composer, well-known for his acclaimed albums, as a leader of his piano trio or for his contribution to the work of many fellow musicians.

Nuno Catarino (Público journal and aformadojazz.pt), refers to Pedro Neves’s music as “some of the most beautiful and delicate jazz music made in Portugal”, reinforcing his natural predisposition to write songs with well-defined structures. With no boundaries whereas to genre or style, his compositions incorporate different grooves and soundscapes from his vast musical taste.

Daryl Gott

Born: March 31, 1987

Born and raised in Denver, CO, he began playing the saxophone in fifth grade and developed quickly. Gott studied at Denver School of the Arts, the City College of New York (earning a degree in jazz performance) and later earned a Master’s degree in jazz pedagogy and performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder. A fixture on the Denver music scene during the past decade, Gott can be found playing most nights in the clubs and bars around Denver.  He also teaches at the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts and privatley.  He has worked with Eric Gunnison, Danny Gottlieb, Ethan Iverson, Jon Gordon, Dick Oatts, Greg Gisbert and Sean Jones plus the top local musicians.

Arne Hiorth

Born: June 1, 1956

Arne Hiorth is an experienced musician, composer , producer, teacher and project coordinator. Hiorth has worked with top artists in Norway, like Mari Boine, Bjørn Eidsvåg, Anja Garbarek , Oslo Groove Company ( Spellemann Award for Jazz). Released his first solo album in 2004 , 7 Oliphaunt Images , including musicians like Eivind Aarset, Kjetil Bjerkestrand , Hallgrim Bratberg . He has a long history with music projects in South Africa, the latest being the Song of Freedom musical about Nelson Mandela , performed in Cape Town in march 2006.

Joe Solomon

  A native of Greenwich Village in Manhattan, string bassist and teacher, Joe Solomon, has freelanced in the New York area jazz and classical fields since the mid-1960's. He has performed  with Warne Marsh, Sal Mosca, Lee Konitz, James Moody, Tom Harrel, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Muza String Quartet among many others. "The Lovebird's Embrace" Joe's composition for string quartet, harpsichord, oboe and counter tenor was premiered in June 2000 at the Merkin Concert Hall by the Queen's Chamber Band. Along with drummer Roger Mancuso, he accompanied the late pianist Connie Crothers on "Perception", her debut album released on Steeple Chase records back when all three members of the trio were students of Lennie Tristano. Joe can also be heard on Bob Arthurs "Notes from the Underground" as well as two more recent albums released on YouTube: one a trio recording featuring his vocalist wife, Alexa Fila and the other "The Tristans Live at the Baha'i Center", recorded at the Center's Dizzy Gillespie Auditorium by the drummerless quartet that has gathered weekly at Joe's studio for the past 25+ years. He has appeared (however briefly) in a Cannes prize winning film and at jazz festivals both in the U S and abroad.

Ken Husbands

Ken Husbands is a jazz guitarist based in Oakland CA.  He has released four albums of original music as leader:  Unique Clear Formula (2008), Back Up Over (2010) , Keepin’ it Going (2014), and Soleil Pourri (2020).

Jeff Miley

Always a willing collaborator, guitarist Jeff Miley has partnered up with a slew of talented artists over the past few decades - resulting in a steady stream of original music releases from the likes of The Odd Dogs, bug, Suburban Alphabet, Code 3, The Three Jazzmen, Inga Swearingen, and Altered. Reviews of his music and his guitar playing have appeared in JazzWise Magazine (U.K.), Guitar Player Magazine (in which he was a Spotlight Award Winner), Gendai Guitar (Japan), and The Himalayan Times (Nepal), among others. He has performed all over the United States, as well as Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia.  Jeff received his Bachelor of Music Degree from California State University, Northridge, where he was a recipient of the Andres Segovia Performance Award from the American Guitar Society. During this time he was also a member of the first guitar ensemble to ever perform at the Tokyo International Chamber Music Festival.  In addition to his original projects, he has enjoyed performing with a wide-array of other artists, including Ron Miles, Tim Ries, Jon Anderson (Yes), Ernie Watts, Bob Sheppard, Bobby Shew, Andy Martin, Diane Schur, Adam Benjamin, Mitch Forman, Bob Reynolds, and many others.  

John Patrick Douglas

Born: September 11, 1966

I play saxophone, clarinet, and flute. I play various genres - jazz, big band, funk/rock/pop, Brazilian, and others.

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, studied with Ben Meltzer and Mary Fettig. I'm currently teaching music in public schools, taking woodwind students in my private studio, and working as a freelance musician around the Bay Area. I've recorded on projects with Marcie Brown, Carrie Lyn Souza, and on True Vibes Records.

Look out for a quartet project as a leader - coming soon!

Matt Malanowski

Born: September 11, 1996

New York City-based jazz pianist Matt Malanowski has been fully immersed in music since the age of four. Having attended the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, Matt has had the opportunity to learn from many great musicians, including Jeremy Manasia and Stefon Harris. Matt has performed at numerous prestigious venues and festivals across Europe, Brazil, and the United States, including Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, Birdland Jazz Club, the Salzburg Jazz in the City festival, and São Paulo's Auditório Ibirapuera, to name a few. Matt has just released his debut album entitled "Solo, Volume One" which is a solo piano album.

Sarah James

Born: July 1

Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in the NY metro area, Ms. James came from a family with musical influences from her grandfather, who came from County Cork, Ireland, and played traditional Irish music on accordian and parents who were big jazz fans with an extensive record collection of Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Huddie Leadbetter, Lightnin' Hopkins and Frank Sinatra recordings. Piano lessons started at 10 and as a child listening to William B. Williams and his "Make Believe Ballroom" on radio, and DJ's such as Allison Steele, "The Nightbird" and Jonathan Schwartz, the music of the big bands and the Great American Songbook informed her sensibility