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Statik Link

Born: January 3, 1987

Hailing from the Midwest, Statik Link, crashed onto the scene in 2014 creating his own lane for his unique sound. A live instrumentalist and producer, Statik Link intricately blurs the line of Jazz, Funk, and Soul while remaining true to his own raw, uncut, gritty sound. Statik Link’s style has been compared to a mixture of artists such as Robert Glasper, J Dilla, Miles Davis, BadBadNotGood, and Kanye West.

Originally making his debut as an electronic dance producer, Statik Link switched to his current funk/soul/jazz based style in 2016. His music has been heard at festivals like Governors Ball in NYC, 808 Fest in Atlanta, EDC, and has been featured on Fox’s TV show So You Think You Can Dance, Sway In The Morning, Diplo and Friends, DASH Radio, Power 105 and more.

You can hear his jazzy, trap infused beats on projects from A$AP Ferg, Machine Gun Kelly, IDK, OG Maco, and more

Gregory Harrington

Born in Dublin to Irish parents, Gregory Harrington began to play the violin at the age of four at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. He holds degrees in Business and Music from University College Dublin, American College Dublin, The Guildhall School of Music in London and Mannes College of Music in New York City. Today, Harrington is one of Ireland's most recognized violinists, having performed all over the world as soloist in some of the world’s greatest concert halls for Presidents, the United Nations, and millions of music fans at arenas and stages worldwide. He was invited to open the St Patrick's Day Parade live on NBC on 5th Avenue to a nationally televised US audience and was invited by the Green Bay Packers to perform the US National Anthem at Lambeau Field. Harrington has appeared with many great orchestras and esteemed conductors including the San Diego Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Mexico City Philharmonic, RTE Concert Orchestra and the Janacek Philharmonic under Thomas Wilkins, Robert Houlihan, Mariusz Smolij and Mark Shapiro amongst others. In 2006 he founded his own record label, Estile Records, and has has enjoyed success on the Billboard Classical Charts having released 3 critically acclaimed albums to date

NYO Jazz

NYO Jazz gives outstanding young jazz musicians (ages 16-19) from across the country the opportunity to perform as cultural ambassadors on stages across the globe, sharing a uniquely American musical genre with cultures around the world through a performance tour. In 2022, trumpeter Sean Jones returns as bandleader for the ensemble’s first US tour, alongside renowned jazz vocalist Jazzmeia Horn.

Koji Yoneyama

Born: December 14, 1987

Koji is a New York-based guitar player and composer with a background in jazz, rock, Funk, Soul, and pop. He was born and raised in Osaka, Japan in 1987, graduated from Osaka University of Arts with a Bachelors in Music. Koji started playing guitar at the age of 11 and won first prize in the for Best Guitarist in the 2005 Fresh Musician Championship in Osaka. At 21 he began studying Jazz under professors Sadao Ikeda, Takashi Nakamura who teach at Osaka University of Arts. To continue his progress upon graduation, Koji studied with the legendary Kazuhiko Takeda. Since moving to New York City, Koji also had the opportunity to study with Pasquale Grasso. After graduating, Koji worked at many venues in the Osaka area as a professional session guitarist

John Quara

Born: June 24, 1924

John began playing guitar in 1930. When he was 10 he and his brother were on the Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour. Performed with the Shep Fields Orchestra between 1945-1950. The Shep Fields Orchestra did a 1945 USO tour of Europe. Spent the year 1947 playing in Las Vegas. Was on the Perry Como (Chesterfield Supper Club) as a member of the Shep Fields Sextet. Played on 2 albums by Hugo Montenegro "Loves of My Life" and "Ellington Fantasy" Both were recorded at Webster Hall in 1957. Also played on Tito Puente's album, "Mucho Puente". John studied with Lennie Tristano for 10 years. As he described, "I learned Major, Minor, Harmonic, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, octaves, 9, 10, 11 scales in all the keys all the way up and all the way down and all their chords." " I didn't play his music I played what I played." John Quara playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx1ZTFgdfXvHoNOWoE0AaFS6p_lHbx4Jd

Lisa Maxwell's Jazz Orchestra

Born: July 21

Lisa Maxwell has composed, arranged, orchestrated, produced, and conducted music for small combos, horn sections, strings, big band and full orchestra. Part of the Emmy Award-winning music team for Warner Bros., Lisa was an orchestrator on all 52 episodes of Histeria! animated series, and Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish feature film. Her original music has been licensed for TV shows including: Sons of Anarchy, Person of Interest, Dexter, Burn Notice, Four Weddings, Gravity. Currently, Lisa is preparing to release her debut big band album, Shiny! Dedicated to legendary trumpeter Lew Soloff, it features Randy Brecker and an all-star band playing her charts.

Andreas Toftemark

Born: December 19, 1990

Andreas Toftemark, Ba - New School 2018/ European Jazz Master 2023, and Recipient of the Bent Jædig award 2023. After 9 years abroad in Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin and 4 years in New York Andreas has returned to Europe and has now established himself as one of the leading young saxophonists in this country.

Andreas has had the opportunity to perform with internationally recognized musicians such as;  Benny Benack, Kaisa Maensivu, Joe Peri, Rasmus Sørensen, Felix Moseholm, Francesco Ciniglio Rodney Green, and Ethan Iversen, Peter Bernstein, Vanisha Gould and Michael Valeanu and performed in countries including England, Germany, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Finland, France, Brazil, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States.

Tal Klein

Tal Klein is an Israeli Jazz pianist, composer and educator based in New York City.

He was classically trained to play piano from the age of 6 . He was introduced to jazz at the age of 14. He studied at Katzanelson HS Music Dept. - Kfar Saba Israel for three years. During that time Tal was involved in a symphonic orchestra, big bands, and various ensembles. At the age of 17 he won the 2nd place Regional "Best Jazz Musician" (Youth). Afterwards he was accepted to the Israeli Police Orchestra as a lead pianist there he served 3 years from the age of 18-21. During his service he played in the most desired places and Festivals in Israel such as: The President House, The “Knesset”, Karmiel Festival, Klezmer Festival in Tzfat, The Israel Museum, “Ha’Bima” The House of the American Ambassador etc

Alec Castro

Born: May 17, 1986

Alec Castro is a Mexican pianist, composer and arranger established in the city of New York since 2010. He is an active member of the music scene in the New York area. He has performed in important venues such as Dizzy's Coca Cola Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center atrium, Minton's, Aaron Davis Hall, Shea Center for the Performing Arts​, Shapeshifter Lab, Tutuma Social Club, Bonafide Club, Trumpets Jazz Club, among others. Moreover, he has participated as guest conductor and arranger for the jazz orchestras One More Once Big Band, The WP Jazz Orchestra featuring Joe Lovano, Ventspils Jazz Orchestra and CCNY Large Ensemble

Yaniv Taubenhouse

Born: September 24, 1987

Yaniv Taubenhouse is an internationally acclaimed jazz pianist and composer based in New York City. He has performed and recorded extensively throughout the United States and abroad, earning recognition for his lyrical approach, expressive touch, and distinctive artistic voice.

His debut album as a leader, Here from There, featuring drummer Darren Novotny and bassist Garrett Jones, was released on Fresh Sound Records in 2014 to critical acclaim, introducing his unique voice as both a pianist and composer.

Since its formation in 2014, the Yaniv Taubenhouse Trio—featuring bassist Rick Rosato and drummer Jerad Lippi—has become one of his primary creative outlets