Results for "Latin Jazz"

StarkLinnemann

Active since: 2012

From the early beginnings in 2012 StarkLinnemann is producing music with an agelessness character. As musicians and composers they are creating a style of their own by blending jazz with elements of classical music and world music. Their definition of being an artist means to constantly push oneself in order to reach the ultimate rendition of a work of art. StarkLinnemann’s approach of transforming classical masterpieces by Liszt, Chopin, Mussorgsky and Beethoven into long and complex but coherent and moving modern jazz compositions is exceptional in jazz-history. The genre of StarkLinnemann is best described as Universal Crossover Music.

Maureen Choi

Born: March 11, 1983

Since starting to play violin at age 3, Maureen has won numerous solo competitions and performed with orchestras all over the U.S., Europe and Asia. After graduating from Michigan State University, she went on to study jazz and improvisation at Berklee College of Music in Boston. She has collaborated with top musicians in Detroit, Boston and New York, including Rodney Whitaker, Johnny O'Neal, Larry Harlow, Ed Byrne, Kanye West, DJ Premiere and Josh Groban. Her first jazz album "Maureen Choi Quartet" (2011) was very well received among US radio stations and in publications such as Jazziz Magazine and Jazz Corner, staying in AllAboutJazz.com’s Top 50 for several months

Jacob Wise

Born: February 14, 1977

A native of Austin, Texas, Jacob Wise is a jazz guitarist with an open mind. Jacob received his musical education at the University of North Texas, where he received an M.M. in Jazz Studies, and was a member of the renowned One O'Clock Lab Band and a Graduate Teaching Fellow. He is equally at home performing with his trio in a jazz club, playing a Broadway musical, a rock 'n roll church gig, or a wedding. He spent four years working in the show band aboard Princess Cruises, traveling the world and visiting over 30 countries. His first CD, "Jacob Wise Trio", was released in 2010, and his new quartet CD, “Paseo”, was released in February 2019. He’s on the faculty at Austin Community College, and maintains a busy private teaching studio.

Eugene Shapiro

Born: March 13, 1971

Bob Niederriter

Born: January 21, 1967

Bob Niederriter is a jazz artist . He is a composer, guitarist and arranger who has studied and performed with great artists in jazz and modern classical music and has doggedly pursued excellence in the field, immersing himself in the music while seeking inspiration and instruction from the masters. In coming to know him, however, one sees that his music is informed by an artistic vision that finds its expression through a surprisingly diverse range of work. Niederriter is an accomplished glass blower, painter, cook, and gardener, and his work in each of these areas is expressive of a consistent vision coupled with ample talent and a quiet but potent work ethic

Erik Borelius

Born: July 6, 1962

Erik Borelius, guitar-player, singer and composer, has worked professionally with music since 1986. During these 34 years he has released thirteen albums, eleven through his own company and two during his time at EMI. In 1994 Erik received a Swedish Grammy for the album “SexTioTvå” – the best instrumental album in 1993 and the first recorded under Erik’s own label EB Music. The following year he was nominated with the album “Duende”. Erik’s music is often described as a peculiar blend of styles and as a guitar player he is praised for using his outstanding technique in a tasteful manner. In 1984 Erik sent a demo to EMI

Murph Aucamp

Born: July 11

A native of South Florida, percussionist Murphy Aucamp began playing drums at the age of 6 and later congas after discovering his passion for Cuban music. Murphy studied classical percussion at Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, while simultaneously studying rumba in the streets of Miami-Dade and Broward counties. He is a graduate of the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, where he studied under Steve Rucker, Dafnis Prieto, and John Yarling. Murphy’s performing credits include appearances with Gloria Estefan, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Blue Man Group, Arturo O’Farrill, Quincy Jones, Dayramir Gonzalez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Secada, Néstor Torres, Orlando “Maraca” Valle, Nu Deco Ensemble, Palm Beach Symphony, Symphony of the Americas, and as a soloist with the Amarillo Symphony

Michaela Rabitsch

Born: March 8, 1963

Michaela Rabitsch, singer, composer and Austria’s only female top jazz trumpet player is called a modern day female Chet Baker by the US magazine Jazzscene.
Vienna’s „first couple of Jazz“ - Michaela and her ingenious partner, composer and incredible fluid guitarist Robert Pawlik present a diversified and sophisticated musical experience extraordinaire, with their signature sound of Jazz spiced up with a touch of world.

The tunes root on the one hand in the melodic stiles of the Jazz tradition, like Hardbop, Swing, Modern Jazz, New Orleans Second Line and Blues, and, on the other hand, form fusions with elements of Indian, African or Latin American music. 

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Donato Soviero

Born: February 18, 1961

Guitarist, Composer, and teacher Donato Soviero has been performing in and around the Washington DC area for thirty years. Noted for his superb artistry as a guitarist and composer, Donato's versatility affords him equal comfort in many venues. With roots firmly planted in the tradition of mainstream jazz, his scope of musical interest is nonetheless wide. These influences can often be heard shaping his own unique voice as composer and arranger. A resident of the Washington D.C. area since 1982, Donato has appeared with top local and national artists, as well as leading many of his own groups in the United States, Europe and the Caribbean