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Robert Liberman

Robert Liberman was born in Charleston, South Carolina, where he attended the Charleston County School System from first through twelfth grade. Robert became interested in music at an early age; often sitting at the piano for hours, picking out the notes to favorite songs. Eventually, his mother had enough of the noise and found him a piano teacher. Although he took lessons for several years, he was more interested in playing rock and roll than practicing scales and arpeggios. In 1969, at the age of thirteen, he finally convinced his father to purchase him a Farfisa portable organ and, as they say, the rest is history. At that time, Robert's older brother, Jack, was a drummer and in high school he formed a band with some friends

Matt Cusson

Matt Cusson has people talking.

He's a star in the making, a singer/songwriter, with a Voice- sexy, soulful, rich and poetic. He can play anything from the classics to his own originals and blow listeners away.

Those are just a few things being said about Matt. People are not only singing the praises of this incredible young musician, but are quickly becoming devoted fans, ready to tell everyone they know about Matt.

Thousands of fans are waiting breathlessly for Matt's debut solo CD as he continues to perform around the world. It holds true for people like James Taylor, Brian McKnight, Today host Meredith Vierra and American Idol judge Randy Jackson - all of whom say the same thing: Matt Cusson is an extraordinary musician, a remarkable singer, a gifted pianist and a star on the rise.

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Matthias Bublath

Matthias Bublath is a pianist, organist and composer/arranger.

He has performed around the globe on many festivals and events such as: Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland),Kora Awards Johannesburg (South Africa) and The Kennedy Center Of The Performing Arts (Washington DC) to name a few. He has toured extensively in the US, Europe and Japan playing piano, organ and keys with his own group and a lot of different bands.

Currently he is performing at jazz clubs around NYC, composing and arranging for various ensembles including full orchestra and recording for film and television. Being a versatile keyboardist he is also in full command of the Hammond B3 organ and performs regularly with his organ trio and a bassless funk quartet.

Since moving to NYC he has performed with Lenny Picket, Mike Clark Lionel Loueke, Bobby Sanabria, Frank Lacy, Candido Camero, Reuben Wilson and others.

Besides his jazz, R&B, gospel and funk influences Matthias is also a specialist for Brazilian and Afro-Cuban piano styles and always searching for new ways to play.

With his "Acoustic Trio" a band consisting of piano, flute and percussion he expands into world music combining all kinds of musical influences and creating a unique group sound.

His first CD, Matthias Bublath Band, was released in 2006 and features a piano trio and an organ quartet. His second CD was released in November 2007 and features his Latin influenced compositions.

Mark Elliott

Born: September 24, 1969

Mark Elliott is a passionate arranger of music, specializing in synth and computer compositions. Since the age of 16, he began his development in musical arrangements working with a local record producer of hip-hop and dance music. Mark borrowed a digital sequencer from him and began learning how to program synthesizers to make music. Fascinated at the complex sound possibilities that were presented by synths, a new interest was born that he never experienced before. Presented with this new technology, he began to experiment in electronic music arrangement and never looked back. After leaving his home town of Lansing, Michigan, Mark relocated to Illinois and gradually discovered the smooth sounds of local jazz radio station WNUA

Spud Too Tight

Born: May 5, 1975

Spud Too Tight is a edgy prolific music producer/composer/musician/engineer with 20 years experience in the game. His area of expertise: keyboards, drum programming, guitar, bass, and engineering. He is a MacBook Pro and Logic Pro 8 avid user. Spud Too Tight has produced high profiled Hollywood celebrity endorsed radio PSA's, music for television and radio spots including a 2 year run with the Award Winning Solid Gold Radio Show on ABC, Smooth Jazz FM and a national docudrama. He worked extensively producing Indie artists, released 3 hot singles on iTunes, and just completed a phenomenal smooth jazz song titled "Spud's New Zone." He has a Publishing/Administration deal with Missing Link Music

Moe Whitsett

Born: August 23, 1968

Born in Detroit, Moe started playing the piano at the age of 11. I loved music in school even more than my other two passions of playing sports and drawing. As a teenager, I started a local band called Blessed, a gospel group with my brothers and cousins. We did a lot of concerts and musicals around the city and state which landed us on some big gospel tours with the Winans, Rance Allen and Vanessa bell Armstrong just to name a few. My music instructor at that time was Michael Brooks from the gospel group "Commissioned", who introduced me to the road life through touring. It was Michael who got me started playing on a professional level and I'm grateful

Bill Fulton

Born: July 4, 1962

Bill Fulton, born on July 4, 1962, in Oakland, California, proudly considers himself a “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” His early years were spent in nearby Alameda, where he embarked on his musical journey at the age of 7, choosing the trumpet for the school concert band due to the absence of a piano in his family. The Fultons later relocated from a 2-bedroom apartment in Alameda to a spacious 5-bedroom house in Dublin, CA, at the age of 15, acquiring their first piano.

Clinton Tinson

Born: December 2, 1975

Clinton Tinson was born in St. Petersburg, FL at Bayfront Medical Center on December 2, 1975. With an early fascination in music , he began as a DJ for family reunions and cookouts when he was just 12 years old. Clinton moved to Tallahassee, FL in August of 1989 with his father and stepmother Carlton and Faye Tinson, where he learned to program Ensoniq and Alesis workstations. Clinton’s favorites range from the talented “Pat Metheny Group” to “George Benson”. Clinton has collaborated with many artists who admire his smooth jazz with a” twist” of R&B format. Demonstrating his exquisite background in music production, Clinton as an "ear" musician began to produce and promote his own compilations

Eddie Jobson

Born: May 28, 1955

As recently as 2006, the Editor-in-Chief of Emmy magazine wrote: "The word 'genius' is bandied about a bit too freely these days, but in Jobson's case, the term not only applies, it's been used to describe him since his northern England childhood, when he was such a violin and piano prodigy that he wrote his first string quartet at 13 [and] performed with his first professional symphony at 14..." His performances and compositions have received press accolades, having been described as "brilliant" [All Music Guide], "intriguingly original" [Los Angeles Times], even, "magnificent" [London Times], and "dazzling" [The Boston Globe].

Jobson started guitar and classical piano at age 7, and violin at age 8

Tommy James

Tommy James, a leading pianist, composer, arranger and music director, majored in composition at the Manhattan School of Music. Over the years has worked with an eclectic group of artists in many musical genres. Among the outstanding artists and bands with whom he has performed and /or recorded are The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, Joe Williams, Maureen McGovern, Cleo Laine/John Dankworth,Nell Carter, Marlena Shaw, Roy Ayers, The Stylistics, Melba Moore, George McCrae, Grand Master Flash, Manu Dibango, Billy Vera, The Spinners, and the Temptations. He has served as music director with the international tour of the Tony-award winning musical “Bring in ‘da Noise” starring Savion Glover