Results for "Martin Bejerano"

Martin Bejerano

Born: March 9

Martin Bejerano, a native of Miami, Florida, has been active as a professional musician since the age of fifteen, when he began his performance career playing George Gershwin’s "Rhapsody in Blue" concerto with the Mexican-American Bi-National Symphony while still in high school. A graduate of the esteemed New World School of the Art, he received a full scholarship to attend Florida State University, where he studied classical piano with Leonidas Lipovetsky, and jazz piano, composition, and arranging with Bill Peterson, whom he cites as one of his most important influences. He then went on to receive a Master’s degree from the University of Miami, also under full scholarship

Ontology

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Tumbleweed; Chacarera para la mano izquerda; Peaceful; Virgo; Blue In Green; Last Happy Hour; Milonga Por La Ausencia; Ontology; El Regreso; Danza de la moza donosa; Danza del viejo boyero; Goodbye, Rose St.; Amor.

Roxana Amed: Collecting Memories

by Leo Sidran
May 24, 2021

When singer/songwriter/educator Roxana Amed moved from her home in Argentina to the United States, she didn't walk. But she might as well have. She describes her new record as being like “a bag full of songs and memories" that she collected on her way from one shore to another. She seems to stand with one foot ...

Roxana Amed: Ontology

by Angelo Leonardi
April 19, 2021

Per il titolo del suo settimo album Roxana Amed ha scelto un termine filosoficamente pregnante, la cui analisi risale ai presocratici. Ovviamente la cantante non s'interroga sull'essere in quanto essere ma restringe il campo alla sua dimensione personale, al suo essere cantante di jazz argentina, con un'identità in equilibrio tra due mondi. «Mi ci ...

Mark Small: One Day

by Edward Blanco
February 1, 2021

Saxophonist Mark Small is an active performer and educator teaching at Miami-Dade College and New World School for the Arts. He also serves as an instructor in other programs throughout the Miami community, in addition to his time spent in the New York jazz scene. He brings his considerable knowledge and talents to the fore on ...

Brother John

By Alfred Sergel IV

Label: The Tam Tam Group
Released: 2020
Track listing: 1. Brother John

The Falling Out

By Alfred Sergel IV

Label: The Tam Tam Group
Released: 2020
Track listing: 1. The Falling Out

Cheap Thrills: The Music Of Rick Margitza

By The South Florida Jazz Orchestra

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Cheap Thrills; The Place To Be; Widow's Walk; Brace Yourself; 45 Pound Hound; Premonition; Walls; Sometimes I Have Rhythm; Embraceable You

South Florida Jazz Orchestra: Cheap Thrills: The Music Of Rick Margitza

by Jack Bowers
October 10, 2020

In 2019, the acclaimed Michigan-bred, Paris-based tenor saxophonist Rick Margitza thought he was being asked to contribute a couple of charts to the University of South Florida Jazz Orchestra's fifth recording in its fifteen-year history as a working ensemble. But when SFJO founder and leader Chuck Bergeron looked at the charts he had an even better ...

Jonathan Kreisberg: A Spirit Captured in Constant Motion

by Friedrich Kunzmann
January 13, 2020

Over 3,000 miles separate jny: New York City from Europe. A distance that feels a little smaller every day—traveled in a virtual way in less than a second, even physically in a matter of only roughly 7 hours. Musicians especially are prone to crossing the pond rather frequently. New York-based guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg tends to make ...