Results for "modern jazz"

Tomer Cohen

Born: October 15, 1996

Tomer Cohen (American-Israeli guitar player) was born in the US, but spent his
childhood in the countryside in Israel. He picked up the guitar at a young age and
from that moment on, he knew that music was his pursuit in life. He studied jazz at
the Israeli Conservatory of Music at Tel Aviv; after that, he was granted a scholarship
from The New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, and then moved to New
York, where he graduated from the BFA Jazz Program.
 
Over the years, Tomer has steadily become a promising talent in NYC’s jazz scene.
He has performed in numerous gigs as a band leader both locally and internationally.
He has gained a large amount of performance experience by playing with his trio
ensemble at a wide array of venues, from small locations to large festivals

Chris Foster Music

Born: July 27, 1983

Andrew Hartman

New York City based guitarist and composer Andrew Hartman is becoming a recognizable voice in jazz. As Chris Spector writes, Hartman is “blazing his own trail without debt to the masters of the past rearing it’s head.” (Midwest Record) 

Hartman has released two albums of his original music, Andrew Hartman and Still Motion, and his most recent album, Compass, which features saxophonist Chris Cheek, bassist Ike Sturm, and drummer Zach Harmon. The album is receiving critical praise, including from All About Jazz writer Edwin Blanco’s who says: “Kudos to guitarist Andrew Hartman for crafting such an engaging and exceptional work of art.”

Simone Basile

Born: August 9, 1990

Simone Basile is an Italian guitarist born in Taranto on 09/08/1990, Puglia, Italy, and now living in Florence.

In 2017 he was identified among the Italian jazz talents at the national competition "Chicco Bettinardi" in Piacenza.

In 2018 he released "Time," a trio album with the collaboration of Marco Valeri on drums and Francesco Angiuli on double bass.

The album was presented  in festivals such as: “Fara Music Festival”(opening for Enrico Rava's quartet), "Jazz In'It" in Vignola, "JazzMi" (Milan) 2018, "Strings city" in Florence, "Il jazz italiano per le terre del sisma" (Italian jazz for the earthquake lands) in Amatrice, “JazzMi” (Milan) 2019, Empoli Jazz, Mantova Jazz Young, etc... . .

Danny Ziemann

Simone Brilli

Svetlana Marinchenko

Svetlana Marinchenko is originally from Russia, Moscow. She  started to play music when she was 17, after hearing Coltrain's Love Supreme. After 3 years of experience in music, she managed to get enrolled in the Musorgsky Colledge of Music. Svetlana studied with the famous Russian jazz pianist Andrey Kondakov. During the first year of study, Svetlana discovered herself as a composer  and organized her own combo, Svetamuzika. Svetamuzika has participated in many international jazz festivals, such as "Close Encounters" Helsinki, Rajation Jazz Festival Helsinki and "Petrojazz" Sankt-Peterburg. They also played concerts in renowned jazz clubs in Russia and Finland, such as Igor Butman Club, Kozlov Club, JFC, Jazz Philharmonic. In 2015 Svetamuzika released their first album Present Simple on the Lable Art-Beat. The recording was attended by well-known and modern musicians from Russia and Germany, such as Anton Davidyants, Martin Miller, Peter Ivshin. After successful release in Moscow and Sankt-Peterburg, Svetamuzika went on a big tour of Russia.

Helios Fernandez

Born: March 3, 1960

Hélios Fernandez was born in Toulouse (France) to Spanish parents.

He started the guitar as an autodidact and tried out different styles and techniques (blues, rock, fusion, picking, jazz, classical) before specializing in jazz and improvisation.

Passionate, he decides to make it his job.

His trips to the USA (NYC, Boston, Los Angeles) allow him to perfect his approach to jazz.

Darren Pickering

Born: December 4, 1971

Darren is a jazz pianist/composer/educator, keyboard session musician, & a modular synthesist based in Christchurch NZ.

His current projects include Darren Pickering Small Worlds (cinematic jazz quartet) & various solo electronic ambient EPs. 

Some of the notable musicians he has performed and toured with include; International Jazz Artists Gordon Brisker(USA), Dick De Graf (Holland), William Parker (USA), Raed Yassin (Lebanon), Bobby Shew (USA), Jamie Oehlers (AUS), Iain Ballamy (UK), Tom Warrington (USA). Nationally Renowned Recording Artists Julia Deans, LA Mitchell, Mark Vanilau, Whirimako Black, Dave Dobbyn, Anika Moa, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Anna Coddington.

Jimmy Hobson

Born: June 9, 1952

Drums are as fascinating to me now as in my first ten years of life - Unable to look away from the Sears catalog drum page under my bed covers & to this day catching myself staring at the drums on stage or in the studio.

My first snare drum arrived Christmas day 1965... seven days later the neighbors gave me a practice pad to keep the noise down.

As a beginner I had great difficulty with the rules, grammar and logic of "How to play drums"  which in my childhood A.D.D. state put a limitation on my creative spirit. Questions like "Why does the dominate hand have to hit the ride cymbal? Can't I hit any drum whenever I want as long as the time keeps flowing? Fortunately this incomprehension was a lucky youthful gift - Unconsciousnessly I kept pretty good linear time with my movements around the drums connecting to a groove.