Results for "Music Producer"

Ike Moriz

Born: May 14, 1972

Since 2002, internationally acclaimed South African pop artist, singer, producer, author and actor Ike Moriz has released 20 albums, spanning original melodic indie rock and pop through Latin, easy listening, lounge, blues and jazzy swing — all available on major digital platforms. His music has enjoyed extensive global airplay, reaching No. 1 chart positions in the UK, Holland, South Africa and Germany.

Alongside his music career, Ike has appeared in major international feature films including Alfie, Shanghai Knights and Love Actually, as well as South African television programs such as Showbiz Report, Top Billing and Backstage. His UK television credits include EastEnders, Family Affairs, The Bill and Strike Back – Project Dawn. Rock legend David Bowie repeatedly selected Ike’s early work as “Top Song of the Month” on his official website.

Lyn Stanley

Born: March 10

Discovered in 2010 by world class jazz pianist and legend, Paul Smith, Lyn Stanley entered singing with the world’s most famous accompanist, Paul Smith and his trio, four months after meeting her. Lyn was born in Tacoma Washington, the same birth town as singers Diane Schuur and Janis Paige. Her dad played piano by ear in the style of Erroll Garner, and Lyn was an attentive listener at an early age. She also had a grandfather who was an opera singer and an uncle who sang tenor roles in local theater groups in Long Beach, CA. Lyn Stanley entered the singing world through a side door—ballroom dancing

Ray Reach

Born: August 3, 1948

RAY REACH - Pianist / Vocalist / Guitarist / Arranger / Composer / Producer / Educator

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A NEW RECORDING IN THE WORKS BY RAY REACH !

Ray Reach recently announced (July 2021) that he is nearing completion of a new recording titled "Rhythm and Salvation" The recording features legendary drummer Steve Gadd, saxophonist Lou Marini, Jr, trumpeter and director of the Count Basie Orchestra Scotty Barnhart, noted film composer and pianist Misha Segal and a host of other fine musicians.

As a practicing professional musician of some 49+ years, Raymond E. Reach (or just plain Ray, as he prefers to be called) lives an unusually diverse musical life. Ray has kept both feet firmly planted in two musical worlds - always having one foot in academia and the other in what he calls the "real world" of professional music. He is one of the premier in-demand jazz pianist / vocalists in the Southeast, having carved himself a niche, doing straight ahead jazz piano coupled with "Sinatra- style" vocals. As an educator, he is equally adept. From September 1998 until August 2005, Ray was Instructor of Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he taught music technology and directed the UAB Jazz Ensemble. After leaving UAB hhe was, 15 years, Director of Student Jazz Programs at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (www.jazzhall.com), where he created and directed of the "Fun With Jazz" educational program, which originated through the auspices of the Alys Stephens Center for the Performing Arts, and is now offered by the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. In addition, Ray produces jazz and classical recordings and directs the Magic City Jazz Orchestra, a recording and concert Big Band composed of some of the best jazz players Alabama has to offer. Ray has performed with and arranged for numerous notable musicians, including Clark Terry, Leonard Candelaria, Ken Watters, Lou Marini, Ernie Watts, Dizzy Gillespie, Ellis Marsalis, Cleveland Eaton, Chuck Redd, Mundell Lowe, Bill Goodwin, Lew Soloff and Chaka Khan with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. He has been a regular featured musician at the annual W. C. Handy Festival in Florence, Alabama (www.wchandyfest.com) since 2003, and has also served as a faculty member of the W.C. Handy Jazz Camp.

Julian Mekler

Born: June 25, 1992

Julián Mekler is a composer and bassist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Graduated with a Jazz Degree from Manuel de Falla Conservatory, he is an educator currently working in the National University of Arts (UNA-DAM). 2020 Honorary Mention in the National Prizes for the Sciences and the Arts. He participated three times in Centro Cultural Kirchner's Jazz Residencies program where he worked alongside great masters. He is the founder of Buenos Aires based independent record label Isla Desierta Discos, on which he released his two albums, Invasión! (2019) and Vida Útil (2023)

AmooMazz

Born: August 20, 1896

Maziyar Khavajiyan, aka AmooMazz (born August 21, 1986), is a music producer, composer, sound designer, bassist, singer-songwriter, and art director from the Middle East. He began his career in 2005 as a photographer and session musician in the pop music scene and was a former member of the alternative rock bands Majid Kazemi and Comment Band.

In 2012, Maziyar released his first EP, Fana (Annihilation), inspired by the mystical concepts of Sufism. In 2015, he co-founded #Tehran Band, an electronic-urban duet project in collaboration with sound engineer and record producer Mrz.Asghari (WoolWave), releasing two studio albums. After leaving Iran in 2009, Maziyar moved to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he attended the Cultural Center of University Malaya. Between 2010 and 2014, he performed at several music festivals as a fusion jazz artist.

Shelly Berg

Born: August 18

Shelly Berg is a Steinway piano artist and multi-Grammy nominated arranger and producer. His latest jazz trio album Alegría (ArtistShare) features bassist Carlitos Del Puerto and drummer Dafnis Prieto. His previous album Gershwin Reimagined: An American in London was recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by José Serebrier (Decca Gold).

The All Music Guide says “Shelly Berg is one of the finest pianists around in the early 21st century playing modern mainstream jazz.” His recording project The Deep with bassist Dave Finck on Chesky Records is widely praised for its versatility and virtuosity with 4.5 stars from DownBeat magazine

Sanja Markovic

Sanja Markovic is an award-winning jazz composer (5th International Jazz Composition Competition in Katowice, Poland, 2018). She is a Belgrade born and based musician that has spent many years on the East Coast, US. Besides a Master’s degree in Music and a classical background, Sanja leans toward jazz music to become an autodidact saxophonist and jazz arranger (Big Band, “Kolarac” concert hall, 2012). Her debut “Ascension”, released for A.MA Records in Italy is already No.1 bestselling album on iTunes for Austria. Vinyl is also available at [email protected]. "Gentle and wondrous effects of my childhood have left me little choice but to never step aside from music and love of creation

Nerya Zidon

Born: June 22, 1993

Nerya Zidon (a.k.a NERY) is a saxophonist, composer, music producer and audio engineer born in 1993 in Jerusalem (Israel). Zidon has performed in esteemed venues including the Red Sea Jazz Festival, Jerusalem Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival and New York’s Lincoln Center. He shared the stage with music legends Billy Cobham, John Patitucci, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tigran Hamasyan, Shankar Mahadevan and Ustad Zakir Hussain to name a few. Zidon’s musical journey began at the age of 5, playing the piano and later the violin. 7 years later he picked up the saxophone, and was admitted into the very selective Jerusalem Academy of Music & Dance High School in Jerusalem

Álvaro Dinzey

Born: June 16, 1982

Alvaro Dinzey es pianista, cantante, arreglista, compositor y productor musical dominicano. Sus estudios de música incluyen 3 años de piano en el Conservatorio Nacional de Música CNM (departamento de música popular) de República Dominicana y una Licenciatura en música contemporánea con énfasis en composición, arreglo y producción musical en la Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña UNPHU. Su carrera profesional inicia como cantante, al integrarse al grupo músico vocal dominicano TES-A-T en el año 2000, grupo en el que además desarrolla sus habilidades como compositor, arreglista y productor musical

Paul Peress

Born: November 14

Latin jazz collaborations: Arturo O'Farrill, Jimmy Heath, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Michael Mossman, Gabriela Anders, Candido, David Amram, Claudette Sierra, Edsel Gomez, Oriente Lopez, Ruben Rodriguez, Armando Gola, John Benitez... Adult Contemporary, Jazz Fusion, and Rock-n-Soul collaborations: Chaka Khan, Brenda Russell, Tom Scott, Phil Perry, The B- 52's, Moby, Stephen Bishop, Guy Davis, Regina Belle, Mary Wilson ... Bandmembers have included: Brenda Russell, Phil Perry, Jeff Golub, Tom Scott, Gerald Veasley, Brandon Fields, Michael Paulo, Lew Soloff, Michael Mossman, Mark Whitfield, John Tropea, Russell Ferrante, Mitch Forman, Clifford Carter, Helio Alves, Mo Pleasure, Glenn Alexander, Pat Kelley, Arturo O'Farrill, Edsel Gomez, Dan Siegel, Ruben Rodriguez, Anthony Jackson, Abraham Laboriel, Jimmy Haslip, Lincoln Goines, Will Lee, Mark Egan, Alphonso Johnson... Paul is the son of a prolific poet, and an accomplished classical music conductor