Results for "jazz"

Milo Mannino

Pat Strawser

Born and raised in Athens, Georgia, Pat began his music education with classical piano lessons starting in 1985. The eclectic and abundant musical atmosphere of Athens inspired in him a lifelong love of music. He played trombone in high school marching band and was 1st chair trombone in his high school jazz band. He later started his first band, Volaré, in 1993. Volaré blended an interesting mix of fusion, progressive rock, and jazz, and released The Uncertainty Principle (The Laser’s Edge) in 1997, achieving critical acclaim with an international audience.

Over the last 30 years, Pat has continued to expand his musical experience offering private piano lessons, studio production work, working as an audio-visual tech for various churches, performing in wedding and jazz bands, and working with singers/songwriters

Maria Puga Lareo

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she began her professional career in her early twenties by singing in the culturally rich city’s clubs, theaters, and at jazz festivals. In 2000, the popular Fox Sports TV program Limite 4x4, broadcast in over 25 countries, asked Maria to co-write and sing their title theme. In 2005, she released her self-produced debut album, Body and Soul, and followed in 2011 with Facetas, which was recorded both in New York and Buenos Aires with arrangements by multi-GRAMMY-winning pianist-arranger-conductor Carlos Franzetti and featuring legendary bassist Eddie Gómez, jazz producer Fernando Gelbard on flute, Ed Uribe on drums, Latin GRAMMY-winning guitarist Quique Sinesi and pianist Frank Collett. Celebrated in Argentina and particularly well-received in Japan, Facetas also received positive acclaim from Arturo Sandoval, Lalo Schifrin, and Jorge Calandrelli, among others.

The Russell Fortunato Project

Born: 1971

Hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, these guys have been getting together to perform and record for over 30 years. Vaults of material exists. Each musician has had their own success both on local and international stages. Getting together for these recordings have provided each an amazing opportunity to explore, express, and create. The music is explosive, crossing many boundaries in Jazz and maintains an unwavering dedication to creative integrity. There is a heavy influence of Classical, World, and Rock music apparent in the compositions, written predominantly by bassist Russell Fortunato

Marcello Cardillo

Born: January 15, 1997

Since his first few years of life Marcello has shown a great passion for music and particularly drums. Watching his father, around the age of 5 he started playing the drums. By the age of 14 he was already playing with some of the most renowned names of the music scene of Naples, Italy, where he is from, and very soon all-around Italy, collecting at a very young age international recognition such as: the “All Stars 2010” prize by the Berklee School of Boston, during the Workshops of the Berklee Summer School at Umbria Jazz; and a scholarship for the Drummers Collective in New York in 2011.

Greg Wolfram

Born: April 6, 1989

Brandon Evan Moulden

Born: March 8, 1991

Brandon Evan Moulden is a singer-songwriter and song stylist of substance and eclecticism. Rooted in the jazz idiom, soul influence, and pop sounds of old and new, his voice and music captivate with the ability to place both the lyric and the listener in a bed of thought and emotion. 

Not only has he led his own band over the years, he has also had the opportunity to share the stage with Temple University’s Jazz Lab Band, Vertical Current, Ginger Coyle, Josh Collins, Shelia "Lee Mo" Moser, Rhodney Miller, Raw Beauty and Brittanie Thomas, among others.

Eduardo Rojo

Born: February 13, 1979

His work is characterized by the influence of different kind of music, principally folk, classical and jazz music. He has worked with Mr. Dennis Mackrel (Count Basie, Maria Schneider, Mel Lewis Orchestra…), Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Franco D’Andrea, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, AKOM Ensemble, the flamenco guitarist Gerardo Núñez, the flamenco dancer Carmen Cortés, Codarts Big Band, Peter-Jan Wagemans, Paul M. Van Brugge, Tim Kliphuis, Barga Jazz Orchestra, Canary Islands Big Band, The New Music Ensemble of Rotterdam and Sole Giménez, among others.

Max Holmberg

Max Holmberg is a Seattle based drummer, bandleader and educator. He first started getting to know the drum set at his grandpa's house at age two. Born into a family of actors and musicians, it's no surprise that the first music he remembers listening to is Count Basie. Max got his fist real taste of jazz playing in the jazz programs at Eckstein Middle School and Roosevelt High School in Seattle. Max then moved to Boston for four years where he completed his B.M. at Berklee College of Music. Upon completion, he returned to Seattle where he currently resides and can be found performing in person and on the radio with many diverse projects and bands including the Alex Dugdale Band, Mark Hunter Quintet, Jacqueline Tabor Jazz Band, 200 Trio, Danny Quintero Band, The Arsonists, the Eric Patterson Band, The Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and the Kareem Kandi Band, as well as teaching out of his studio and at the Seattle Drum School. Max hosts the Sunday night jam session at the Angry Beaver in Greenwood, co-runs the podcast Jazztalk Seattle, and runs the Secret Jazz Club on Airbnb. 

Mishko M'ba