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Hardlogic

High Energy Jazz is the best way to describe Hardlogic, the precision instrumental ensemble featuring saxman, composer Paul DeLoria. Influenced by groups like The Rippingtons, Spyro Gyra, and The Brecker Brothers, the group features a cast of western New York's finest musicians including Tony Castronova on electric and acoustic guitars, Dave Pinto on Bass, Greg Gilmore on keyboards, Bob Accurso on vibes and percussion, Chris Dembeyiotis on drums, and Paul on saxes and electronic wind instrument. The group plays material drawn from an arsenal of original instrumental music spanning jazz, latin, funk, celtic, fusion and beyond. Paul has played with contemporary artists such as Walt Scott (keyboardist with Tanya Tucker, Mindy McReady, and Ricky VanShelton), Nioshi Jackson, Reggie and Joseph Wooten, members of Take Six, Jack Pearson, JD Blair, Keith Horne and recording artists Big Mike and the Bootie Pappas, Deloria has participated in a number of Gospel, Blues and Jazz recordings. Members of the band have supported acts such as REO Speedwagon, Marshall Tucker, Meatloaf, Keiko Matsui, Alex Skolnik, Phoebe Snow, and more in this and other groups Currently, Hardlogic is finishing their second album as well as out supporting their debut album entitled, "Anytime Anywhere" available now at CD Baby, Borders, iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody.com and many other music sites They have been performing at many regional festivals & clubs on the east coast, and can be heard on jazz radio and internet stations around the world as well.

Brian R. Wingrove

Born: January 14, 1954

From ages nine through eighteen I studied classical and standards on the piano and was self-taught on the guitar. . During high school I recorded and released a single of a pop/country song I had written and arranged myself. It received some local airplay and jukebox distribution. I also had begun to play (Rhodes piano, electric and acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals) professionally in a local folk, rock, country band. Influenced heavily by Ten Years After, The Band, Commander Cody, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Ry Cooder, Leon Russell, and Graham Parsons This lasted 2 years. Also during this time I studied practical music theory privately with a Youngstown University professor (Orlando Vitello) who was also a professional musician and arranger

Gina Fox

Born: November 16, 1964

Singer/Songwriter, keyboardist, performer...daughter of a dramatic somprano and granddaughter of a big band vocalist, Gina began her professional career at age 12. While in musical theatre. Gina became inspired by Diana Ross' performance in "Lady Sings The Blues", and followed to land that same role in a local theatre company, which began Gina's love affair with jazz & blues. In the years following, she has performed in musical theatre until forming her own band in the mid-1990's. Along the way, Gina as been on stages from New York to Florida to St. Louis, from blues festivals to jazz clubs to Walt Disney World

Ivan Lins

Born: June 16, 1945

Ivan Lins was born in Rio de Janeiro, on June 16th, 1945. He is a complete musician and great songwriter, known for many Grammy Awards and Latin Grammy Awards he received, by numerous recordings of his work worldwide, differentiated by their harmonies and its arrangement at the same time refined and popular. Not coincidentally, he is the most recorded Brazilian artist living abroad. Autodidact, he began playing piano at eighteen years old and was very influenced by the music he heard in his childhood in the United States, as well as by jazz and bossa nova, this genre that made him abandon the volleyball courts, sport practiced with passion, to devote to music. For this reason, gave up the career of Chemical Industrial, course completed in 1969 with pos graduate in 1970.

Alex Navarro

Alex Navarro has a lot of sneakers in his closet, and you can blame none other than soulful singer Queen Latifah. “She always had the coolest shoes every day,” said Navarro, who toured with Latifah on her Trav’lin’ Light tour from 2007 to 2009. “That started my addiction to unique sneakers.” But there’s more to this talented pianist than just a penchant for stylish footwear. There’s also a fascination for arranging, musical textures, melodies and stories within songs, evident in Navarro’s debut album “Closer Than You Think.” An eight-track collection of melody-centered compositions varying in style and sound, the project is a fusion of Navarro’s musical experiences

Rose Ann Dimalanta

Rose Ann Dimalanta, a.k.a RAD., grew up in Oakland, California and began playing piano at the age of 4. 1990 she completed her jazz studies at U.C. Berkeley. By this time she had already played alongside Bay Area jazz greats like Pete Escovedo and was quickly recognized as an exceptionally talented pianist. In 1988 she met Sound Engineering student Michael Kirsch at the College for Recording Arts in San Francisco. The two were married in 1991 and Rose Ann moved to Kirsch's hometown Hamburg, Germany. In 1992 she started her solo project RAD. with the first release radified on her husband's record label, Soulciety Records

Jason Quadros

Born: May 14, 1986

Started playing the keyboard from the age of seven.

Brian Wingrove

Born: January 14, 1954

Brian Wingrove has 30 years of experience as multi-instrument musician who has played piano,organ,guitar,saxaphone, and various other electronic keyboards with a wide variety of bands in the Eastern and Midwest regions of the US. His professeional career has taken him through bands playing blues, country, rock, jazz, classical, and other combinations of these genres. Over the years opportunities also provided experience to work as a recording engineer, producer, and session musician. Later experience and knowledge of MIDI recording enhanced his ability to record an entire album in that medium. This album is a direct result of that period

Keenan Baxter

Chicago's own multi-talented and Grammy Contender Keenan Baxter is a very accomplished musician in his own right, and performs and composes on keyboards. He started producing and composing over at the age of 14 and attended the Music Industry Workshop in Chicago (Studio Chicago). Keenan wrote over 100 songs and had 10 cds before the age of 21. He was also Grammy Contender 2006 in Best Album and Best Record Category. As a producer, he has produced recordings for local rock bands, vocalists, and industry professionals. He had a song selected by MTV for their “Sweet 16 show.” You can check out more about Keenan on his myspace: www.reverbnation.com/keenanbaxter He performs Smooth Jazz solo on keyboards throughout the Chicago area. As a prolific composer, Keenan performs in several genres, and also combines genres

Jamie Craig

Born: October 17, 1958

JAMIE CRAIG When musician, composer and keyboardist Jamie Craig decided to create an album of contemporary instrumental music, he wanted it to appeal to audiences who enjoy smooth jazz and a jazz-rock-fusion sound, but he knew his rock’n’roll background would take the sound in a slightly different direction. His CD, The Lost Dream, is smooth jazz with hints of progressive-rock due to its edgier-than-usual backbeat. “I wanted to make an instrumental CD for anyone who grew up on rock music and still enjoys a solid bass-line and a full drum-kit,” states Craig. “But I also like to hear jazzy saxophone breaks and piano solos as well as some improvisational jamming in the middle sections