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Rich Brown

Rich Brown has been an active member of Toronto's culturally diverse music scene since 1992. He is currently a member of New York based alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa's bands Samdhi and Gamak, and has performed and recorded with some of the finest musicians in the world including Dapp Theory, Steve Coleman & 5 Elements, James "Blood" Ulmer, Vernon Reid, Andy Narrell, Angelique Kidjo, Glenn Lewis, Jane Siberry, David Clayton Thomas, and Bruce Cockburn, to name a few. He has appeared in the feature film "Glitter" starring Mariah Carey and the made for TV movie "The Natalie Cole Story" starring Natalie Cole, as well as the television series "Soul Food.†Rich also leads his own band rinsethealgorithm, and has appeared on over 60 recordings ranging from Jazz to Funk to Latin to traditional Asian and Arabic music.

Vitaly Golovnev

Born: February 21, 1976

Trumpeter Vitaly Golovnev was born on February 21. 1976 in Nalchik, Russia into a family of musicians. Throughout 90s, he extensively studied Classical and Jazz music in such an established schools of Russia as National College of Musical Arts and Russian Academy of Music named after Gnesins. During that time Mr. Golovnev has performed with well known musicians and veterans of Russian/Soviet Jazz Scene and has established his reputation as new coming talent. In November of 2003 Mr. Golovnev moved to New York City. Since his arrival he has found himself in high demand working with many of New York’s most prominent Big Band’s including the Mingus Big Band, David Berger and "Sultans Of Swing" Orchestra, Arturo O'Farrill and his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Brooklyn Big Band, and Hal McKusick Nonet as well as many Jazz combos

The Liberté Big Band

Liberte-Anne Lymberiou

Born: December 25, 1991

Liberté-Anne Lymberiou is a composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist from Montréal, Canada. She began her formal musical education there, studying classical piano and voice, as well as popular genres. She attended the three year program of Professional Song and Music Techniques at Vanier College, with a concentration in composition and arranging. In 2012, she moved to New York City and in 2015 obtained a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Vocal Jazz Performance from the City College of New York. However, she never limited herself to just one path. While at school, she pursued the study of classical voice with well established singer Janet Steele

Prawit Siriwat

Born: July 17, 1993

Prawit Siriwat is a guitarist, composer, and educator whose music moves between jazz, folk, acoustic music, and improvisation. Whether playing solo or with longtime collaborators, his work is shaped by patience, deep listening, and an interest in the space between composition and spontaneous interaction.

Let’s Play Sometime, a new EP created with bassist Daniel Durst, reflects a musical friendship spanning 15 years. Siriwat and Durst first began playing together in casual dorm room sessions and have since developed a duo language built on trust and interplay. Featuring three Siriwat compositions and an interpretation of “Moon River,” the record draws from jazz, folk, acoustic music, and free improvisation while allowing the boundaries between soloist and accompanist to dissolve. The EP will be released October 30, 2026.

The Luis Delias Ensemble

Active since: May 30, 1987

The Luis D’Elias Ensemble Contemporary Venezuelan Fusion Right at the crossroads between Venezuelan folklore and contemporary music lays the soul of the Luis D’Elias Ensemble (LEDens for short). The New York based multi-cultural ensemble has dedicated its musical craft to developing a true blend of modern jazz harmonies, classical structures, rock and roll energy and Latin grooves, having South American and Venezuelan folklore as the melodic and rhythmic anchors of the ensemble’s repertoire. Founded in 2012 within the melting pot of Boston, the group is conformed by Venezuelan composer and guitarist Luis D’Elias; pianist and composer Evan Waaramaa; drummer and percussionist Brendan Pajak; and bassist P.J

Gaya Feldheim Schorr

Born: October 6, 1993

Gaya Feldheim Schorr is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and photographer originally from Tel Aviv - Jaffa and currently based in Marseille, France, after spending almost a decade in New York City. 'I Have Considered The Lilies' is Gaya’s vibrant re-imagination of the music of Connie Converse, an enigmatic singer-songwriter who left behind a staggering archive of music and texts after her disappearance in 1974. Alongside a group of cult-favorite Brooklynite collaborators including Grey Mcmurray (guitar), Tal Yahalom (guitar), and Eva Lawitts (bass), Gaya invites the listener into the intimate world of Converse’s songs, poems, and ontological wrestlings with equal doses of warmth and melancholy

Howard Fishman

Peter Rubie

Born: May 3, 1950

“Guitarist Peter Rubie . . . a fine player, [lays] down subtle lines in his solos and clear comping,” JazzWise Magazine Guitarist Peter Rubie has been on the jazz scene in Europe and the U.S., since the mid-1970s. He was the leader of the house band at the original 606 Club (www.606Club.com) in London, before moving to the U.S., in 1981. He has studied and played with Warne Marsh, George Coleman, Peter Ind, Peter Bernstein and Larry Koonse. “You [sound] excellent,” Peter Bernstein Among the many notable jazz musicians he’s played with are John Stowell, Kenny Wessell, Mike LeDonne, Eric Alexander, John Raymond, Jay Leonhart, Mike Clark, Jack Wilkins, Junior Cook, Paul Meyers, Martin Taylor, Claude “Fiddler” Williams, Bobby Wellins, Slide Hampton, Dave Binney, Dave Cliff, and Emily Remler

Jared Pauley

Born: July 24, 1981

Jared Pauley is a keyboardist, composer, producer and educator based out of New York City. Originally from Charleston, West Virginia, he started playing the guitar and the piano as a teenager and grew up on a healthy mix of The Doors, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Herbie Hancock, and other artists. After graduating from Marshall University in 2006 he moved to Manhattan to begin his studies at the renowned Jazz History and Research program (founded by Dr. Lewis Porter) at Rutgers University-Newark. As a musician he cities many artists as influences. He is proficient in jazz, funk, Latin, hip-hop and blues