Results for "Keyboards"

Tomasz Kiebzak

Born: May 5, 1952

Born in Detroit and raised in the Midwest Heartland, Tom began as a jazz trumpet, flugelhorn musician and composer. Equipped with a B. S. in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse and Masters work in jazz improvisation at North Texas State University, Tom incorporates the ethereal sounds of minimalism and the rigors on contemporary composition in a music that jumps and breathes in a new way.

Today, Tom stays creative in a venture called I HEAR THINGS that celebrates the art of creating highly improvised tapestries of sound. 

Take a listen ... Tom, owner of BeyondBop Productions, is truly setting new standards in sound engineering and improvisation: www.beyondbop.com

Peter Heckmann

Independent Music/Film/Theater Producer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Mixing & Mastering Engineer and Multimedia Production Specialist with nearly five decades of experience in the entertainment and multimedia design industries. Peter Heckmann worked with a broad spectrum of clients in both the entertainment industry and corporate sectors.

His expertise has been achieved through forty-seven years of professional involvement in documentary video, feature film and music production, audio recording and engineering, stage design and theatrical production, multimedia and graphic design, investigative journalism and project management.

Ironing Board Sam

Ironing Board Sam, is an American electric blues keyboardist, singer and songwriter, who has released a small number of singles and albums. His musical career, has spanned over fifty years, and he released a new album in 2012. "I'll tell you one thing, it's the blues," he stated. "That's why I look like a blues man now." Whimsical, creative, a true genius, Ironing Board Sam played in hot-air balloons and underwater in his own giant aquarium, all the while amassing a staggering repertoire of both originals and classic blues and R&B songs. To say that Sammie Moore — better known to his fans as Ironing Board Sam — is inventive just doesn’t cut it

Giorgi Mikadze

Born: May 20, 1989

Giorgi Mikadze is a renowned Georgian pianist, composer, and Yamaha artist. As a multi-genre musician and producer, he has gained fame by performing with “King of Chinese Pop” Wang Leehom on his "Descendants of the Dragon" world tour. What's more, Giorgi has been recognized for creating a number of acclaimed projects such as VOISA, Georgian Overtones, and Georgian MicrojamZ, and for introducing his projects to larger audiences, along with his music groups and distinguished musicians.

Noted for his supreme technical skills as a pianist and composer, Giorgi has regularly performed and toured with a number of renowned orchestras, such as the internationally acclaimed Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra. He has also composed for plays at the Rustaveli National Theatre, served as a musical director for Berklee’s tribute to Quincy Jones, and directed Jonathan Antoine's North American concert tour. Giorgi has performed with renowned artists from a vast assortment of musical genres, including Wang Leehom, Jack DeJohnette, Roy Hargrove, Dave Liebman, Lee Ritenour, Meshell Ndegeocello, Antonio Sanchez, Chris Potter, Matt Garrison, Nils Landgren, Patti Austin, Jojo Mayer, David Fiuczynski, Brett Dennen, Siedah Garrett, Melwin Lee Davis, Tom Kennedy, Phil Wilson and many more. Throughout his career, Giorgi has won numerous prestigious classical piano competitions, jazz fellowship awards, full scholarship at Berklee College of Music, and presidential scholarship at Manhattan School of Music.

Kbreaz1

Kbreaz1 is a musician/artist/producer (BMI) out of Philadelphia Pa who came into the business professionally in the 80's at PEACE International Records, a gospel subsidiary of Philadelphia International Records, owned and operated by the legendary Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. After graduating from the Esther Boyer School of Music at Temple University, he co-wrote several songs that were recorded by several artists on the label, and subsequently toured with such artists as Patty Labelle, The Hawkins Family and The Five Blind Boys of Alabama.

After obtaining his MBA in the early 2000's, he started his own music production company Kbreaz1music LLC. Working with several local musicians he produced a catalog of songs that remained unpublished until early 2019 when he released a dozen songs under his artist name of Kbreaz1.  During that time he also produced a radio show called "The Unsigned Artist Show" on TOKOVL radio out of St. Louis MO. The weekly show promoted the music of national and international independent artists.  The show quickly became the top-rated show on the station and developed a large national following. 

Eri Chichibu

Eri is an award-winning Japanese composer/arranger/pianist/keyboardist/bandleader. She graduated Berklee College of Music in Boston, dual majored in Jazz Composition and Film Scoring, and minored in Video Game Scoring. Before diving into music field, she has studied education and psychology at Tohoku University in Japan. Her unique sounding music may be created because of this unique background. After she started her path as a musician, her works have recognized by many organization such as ASCAP, ISJAC, JEN, and more. (e.g. 2020 ISJAC/USF Owen Prize, 2020 & 2019 ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award.) While she writes and performs her jazz compositions as a bandleader, she also makes music for media (TV, radio, video games, theater, and more)

Marco Cremaschini

Born: July 13, 1961

Bryard Huggins

Bryard (bree-yard) Huggins is a composer, record producer, and contemporary jazz piano recording artist from Nashville, TN. He is also founder/CEO of Muse Entertainment, a music production company and indie record label. In addition, he tours with the Empress of Soul Gladys Knight as her featured guest artist. Bryard stumbled upon his God-given musical gift at the age of 4 and composed his first song at the age of 6. A former child prodigy with a gifted ear for music, now 27, he has released 5 studio jazz albums, 1 instrumental gospel album, and various singles. Through his company Muse Entertainment, Bryard composes and produces musical content for diverse clientele nationwide, in the styles of film/TV, commercials, music for podcasts, stage plays, and more

City of Four

Active since: 2011

City of Four brings an original brand of modern groove-based jazz, funk, and fusion to music venues across Boston and New England. A composers collective primarily featuring original compositions, the band's current lineup since 2022 is Mike Caudill, Cat Tremblay, Eric Falter, and Steve Wilkinson. The band's latest release is Vistas (2024).

City of Four formed in 2011 in Amherst, MA where its founding members were studying music together at UMass. While based in Western MA, the group received an "Outstanding Performance" recognition from DownBeat Magazine's student music awards as a Blues/Pop/Rock group, and some of the original music in its early catalog was recognized by ASCAP and MIX Magazine

Lukasz Pawlik

Lukasz Pawlik was born into a family with a rich musical tradition. Both of his parents are successful concert pianists. His mother Jolanta is an active chamber musician and lecturer at F. Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. His father Włodek Pawlik is one of the most celebrated jazz musicians in Poland, the first Polish jazz musician who won a Grammy. Growing up in such circumstances, he was exposed to classical music as well as jazz from an early age and started his musical education as a child. The first instruments that he picked were the piano and the drums, although it was the cello that became his primary instrument for the following years