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Jane Getter

Jane Getter has played with many jazz and rock greats while garnering increasing recognition as a bandleader and gifted writer and instrumentalist. Early in her career she toured with legendary jazz/blues organist Brother Jack McDuff, which provided invaluable training ground. Her composing talents received attention when she won the ASCAP Gershwin Award for Music for Dance or Theatre in the mid 90’s. At this time, she also recorded and toured with Michal Urbaniak’s band Urbanator, featuring Kenny Garrett, Lenny White and Tom Browne. Getter then teamed up with writing partner Lenny White (the legendary drummer from Return To Forever), and co-wrote Urbanator’s smooth jazz hit “Hopscotch”, along with other compositions featured on White’s “Present Tense” and “Acoustic Masters” CD’s

John Bickerton

Born: June 4, 1959

"It’s like being submerged beneath the surface of the ocean or a large lake experiencing the otherworldliness, the sense of new, the out of the ordinary, that’s where I try to go with each song.” This highly personal, searching aesthetic is what drives New York-based pianist and composer John Bickerton. His latest recorded effort, Submerged, is the first release on the musician-run, independent new music label, Simple Harmonic Motion. On Submerged, John invites listeners on an imaginative journey using elements of free jazz and contemporary piano technique. The record is a set of six performances including highly transformed readings of Led Zeppelin’s Going to California, Neil Young’s Sugar Mountain and the Beatles’ Within You Without You

Mac Gollehon

Trumpet Player Mac Gollehon of New York was born and raised in North Carolina and began playing guitar in blues and what was then called "uptown country bands" four nights a week at age 10. At around that same time his father Joe Gollehon, a trumpet player with natural ability and tone quality much like Billy Butterfield, started him on the trumpet. At the same time he taught Mac on trombone, euphonium, French horn and a few years later tuba. Mac's dad would always stress focus of tone center and not to over blow past pitch center. Around age 13, Mac played the circus and the band-leader Merle Evans had returned from retirement briefly

Mike Freeman

Born: August 25

Musician - Composer - Bandleader - Recording Artist - Producer - Educator - Arts Advocate

From Omaha, to Chicago, to Hell's Kitchen, NYC, Mike Freeman is the vibesman behind several notable groups and leader of ZonaVibe.

With spirited soulful swing rooted in Afro-Cuban clave, Freeman creates a distinct brand of mambo and salsa infused jazz. Dee Dee McNeil of Making A Scene says, “His original compositions entice me to the dance floor. Mike Freeman’s melodies are beautiful and catchy.” Freeman’s music comes from his background as a drummer and percussionist in his youth along with decades performing and recording on vibraphone with high profile Latinjazz and salsa groups in the Bronx and Spanish Harlem.

Matt Munisteri

Antibalas

Born: 1998

A brief history of Antibalas The musical collective known as Antibalas (Spanish for bullet-proof or anti-bullets) was conceived of in Mexico City and formed in Brooklyn New York. The early nucleus of the group was composed of the band's founder Martín Perna and later included several other members (Gabriel Roth, Michael Wagner, Del Stribling aka Binky Griptite, Victor Axelrod, Fernando Bugaloo Velez, Anda Szilagyi) from the Soul Providers / Dap Kings band. performing their first show in May 1998 at St. Nick's Pub in Harlem NY. A few months into the group's existence, Perna and Roth, on a walk through their southside Williamsburg neighborhood, met Amayo, who at the time owned a boutique / kung fu studio / arts space where he sold his own fashion designs, held shows

Sylvia Cuenca

Sylvia Cuenca is an active drummer on the New York jazz scene who is contributing outstanding performances in a variety of situations. She has had the honor of sharing the bandstand with saxophone legend Joe Henderson for 4 years and trumpet legend Clark Terry for 17 years. The Joe Henderson quartet toured frequently in European countries Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, England, Switzerland, France, Italy and Germany and venues across the U.S. In a trio setting she performed with Joe Henderson and Charlie Haden in 1989 and with George Mraz in 1994. She performed with the Clark Terry Quintet and Big Band at Village Vanguard, Birdland, Blue Note, Queen Elizabeth 2, Royal Viking, S.S

Tisziji Munoz

Born: July 15, 1946

Spirit-taught, avant-garde jazz virtuoso and extreme guitarist, Tisziji Muñoz is best known for his uniquely original guitar sound and playing style, likened to that of a spiritual tornado. Born on July 15, 1946, his career has spanned over five decades and includes a vast repertoire of creative works and inspired compositions released by his independent label, Anami Music. Tisziji has received unqualified praise from such artists and fellow collaborators as Rashied Ali, Pharoah Sanders, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Henry Kaiser and Ra Kalam Bob Moses. Rashied Ali: “Tisziji’s music can go anywhere at any time

Larry Corban

Larry Corban is a New York City based guitarist that has had extensive experience working with some of the world’s greatest musicians. He has played, performed and/or recorded with James Weidman, Harvie S, Steve Williams, Buddy Williams, Sylvia Cuenca, Essiet Okon Essiet, Ron Affif, Omer Avital, Avishia Cohen, Daniel Freedman, Michael O’Brien, Chris Carroll, Ralph Peterson Jr., Ron Affif, Essiet Essiet, Roy Hargrove, Vic Juris, Adam Rogers, Oz Noy, Nir Felder, Rick Stone, Rob Garcia, Chris Tarry, Gerry Neiwood, Dick Oats, Sean Jones, Tia Fuller, Dan Pratt, Robert Glasper, Eric Lewis, Reggie Washington, Joe Cohn, Brian Charette, Saul Rubin, Ugonna Okegwo, Duane Eubanks, Jay Collins, Grant Stewart, Phil Stewart, Ari Roland, William Ash, Cliff Barbaro, Big John Patton, Arnie Lawrence, Wayne Krantz, Keith Carlock, Tim Lefbre, Matt Beck, Ben Butler, Sean Driscoll, Richard Hammond, Conrad Korsh, Aaron Heick, Thomas Hutchings, Richard Lee and Irrational Logic, Michelle Walker, Joe Abba, Janelle Reichman, Yoshi Waki, Paul Francis, Lizzie Thomas, Rob Reich, Julia Meinwald, Jake Ezra Schwartz, Nat Janoff, Jeff Barone, Rob Slowik, Diego Vogolino, Matt Pavolka, Scott Neumann, Marie Anne McSweeney, Matt Chertkoff, and Peter Mazza

Pat Daugherty

Active since: January 19, 1980

Pat Daugherty first took his Fender Rhodes on tour with Gil Scott-Heron. He has written all the music and words for NYEP's six CDs. His compositions have been in feature films, appear 7 nights a week in the Blue Man Group show, and in the repertoire of the Martha Graham Dance Co., with whom he toured as pianist for 10 years. He has recorded with Snoop Dogg, Princess Superstar and Vasco Da Gama, and toured with Banyan featuring Stephen Perkins and Rob Wasserman. His artwork is featured on many of NYEP's releases, including Black Hole in One.