Results for "New York City"

George DeLancey

Born: September 30, 1988

A native of Cambridge, OH, and a student of such prestigious programs as the Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Michigan State University Jazz Studies Program, where he studied under Rodney Whitaker. He has worked with notable bandleaders Johnny O’Neal, Wessell Anderson, Willie Jones III, Philip and Winard Harper, Christian Howes, Houston Person, Tia Fuller, Bria Skonberg, as well as many others in New York and throughout the Midwest. He is active nationally as a bandleader and educator, and has worked with programs including Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz for Young People, Christian Howes’ Creative Strings Workshop, and Keith Hall's Summer Drum Intensive

Jocelyn Medina

Born: April 4, 1978

The sounds and styles of New York vocalist/composer Jocelyn Medina cross cultures, creeds and continents. Her original music fuses elements of Brazil, Spain, Africa and India with jazz harmonies, neo-soul/funk grooves and adventurous improvisations delivered through compelling lyrics and a distinct sound. Whether by means of an unexpected melodic turn, a hook that leaves you hopeful, or the rich resonance and dexterity of her voice, she seeks to touch on each listener’s individual experience with messages of universal truth and an inventive artistic approach. Born into a family of singers, Jocelyn determined her identity as a musician at the tender age of five through choirs and piano lessons

Paul Beaudry

Bassist Paul Beaudry enjoys an exceptional career as a performer, composer, producer, and educator. He has performed and/or recorded throughout the United States and Europe with great jazz artists like Clark Terry, Jimmy Cobb, Frank Wess, Cecil Bridgewater, Roy Hargrove, Eddie Henderson, Steve Turre, and Wycliffe Gordon. Beaudry currently tours with the Bennie Wallace Quartet, Allan Harris, Eric Lewis Trio, and Alvin Atkinson and the Sound Merchants. He performs regularly in the New York area with Eric Lewis, Lafayette Harris, and the Fabulous Soul Shakers. He also leads his own trios, quartets, and quintets featuring his favorite songs, original music and original arrangements. An active composer, Beaudry has written large scale and short form compositions in the classical and jazz idiom

Jason Berman

Born: October 8, 1981

Jason Berman is a New York based jazz guitarist and composer. With the release of his debut album "Mountain of Moonlight" he has established a sound that is uniquely his own. He has studied with many great musicians such as Fareed Haque and Dave Stryker, but the influence that is most prevalent in his music is that of Vic Juris, with whom Jason has studied with for two years. Jason earned his undergraduate degree in music from Southern Illinois University and is currently earning his Masters of Music in Jazz Performance from Five Towns College in Long Island, New York.

Judith Insell

Judith Insell, a New York native, has been an active member of the New York jazz scene since the mid nineties. Ms. Insell is on a personal mission: spreading the word that "the Viola can play any style of music!" Lee Konitz, Greg Osby, Steve Coleman, Antonio Hart, and Miguel Zenon are just a few of the many jazz greats with whom Ms. Insell has had the pleasure of performing and recording. She has recently been performing throughout the eastern United States with the chamber jazz string group "Sojourner." As a founding member of "Sojourner," Ms. Insell has not only explored self expression through improvisation, she has also ventured into the realm of composition with the title track of the group's new CD Journey and arranging such standards as Thelonious Monk's "I Mean You." Her debut CD, Dark Wood Explorations, a duo project with acclaimed jazz bassist Joe Fonda, was released in September 2008. Ms

Aryeh Kobrinsky

Since moving to New York City in 2005 via Montreal and Fargo, North Dakota, Aryeh Kobrinsky has quickly established himself as a creative and versatile bassist on the New York jazz scene. Aryeh stands at the vanguard of a generation of instrumental performers for whom the notion of genre is becoming increasingly ambiguous. He holds a BMus from McGill University and a MMus from New England Conservatory where he studied with Danilo Perez, George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi and double bass luminary, Don Palma. Having toured Europe, North Africa, Canada and the United States Aryeh has performed with a wide variety of artists including Tyshawn Sorey, Hal Crook, Andrew D’Angelo, Matt Wilson, Bob Moses and Dominique Eade

The Corey Cook Ensemble

Born: May 17, 1988

Corey Cook has been expressing himself on percussion instruments since the age of three. While receiving little to no formal training, at twelve he joined one of Michigan's regional youth concert orchestras, performing on various sectional instruments such as the snare drum, bass drum, timpani, suspended cymbal, crash cymbals, and triangle. Later, after intensive self-study of snare drum rudiments, Corey joined a Michigan jazz combo and was able to obtain an early virtuosity of brushes seldom achieved by his peers. His single-stroke roll was particularly sought-after. Corey's first professional job a a percussionist came at age seventeen when he was paid as a snare-drummer to perform for a concert band in upper Michigan, mainly performing John Phillip Sousa-style marches and concert pieces

Dave Anderson

Saxophonist and composer Dave Anderson brings a significant musical voice to the New York jazz scene.

Anderson has performed as a saxophonist around North America with notable musicians including Clark Terry, Matt Wilson, Craig Taborn, Chico Pinheiro, Nicholas Payton and Mel Torme. He is currently a member of percussionist Memo Acevedo’s global jazz group, Manhattan Bridges, holding residency at New York’s Zinc Bar. Although he plays in a modern style, Anderson has received accolades from jazz legends including Ray Brown and Rufus Reid.

Increasingly Anderson has focused on composing original music for his bands such as Blue Innuendo, Melting Pot and The Dave Anderson Quartet. He has recorded over 30 of his original compositions while developing a highly personal compositional/instrumental sound – one that is harmonically complex, melodically compelling and rhythmically exciting, yet accessible and appealing to lay listeners.

Jessica Jones

Jessica Jones plays tenor saxophone and piano and composes most of the band's music and has worked with Joseph Jarman, Cecil Taylor, Steve Coleman, Don Cherry, and Peter Apfelbaum; as well as a variety of Haitian, Caribbean and African bands. These influences helped form her compositional direction which is grounded in the jazz tradition and, as is truly traditional in jazz, reaches for new directions and a unique sound. Aside from working and recording with the Jessica Jones Quartet, Jessica is active as a sideman. Jessica has begun incorporating spoken word artists as well as the lush vocal stylings of daughter Candace Jones into her compositions, finding great inspiration in the textures of new collaborations.

Blaise Siwula

Born: February 19, 1950

I have been involved with the arts for most of my life. I began studying the alto sax at the age of 14 in middle school and have been playing/ studying in varying capacities since. After periodic explorations of drama, poetry, architecture, visual art, a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. and a stint in Europe, I arrived in NYC in 1989 with my family and an alto sax. In the past 18 years I have been actively involved with the NYC Improv Scene: Amica Bunker, the Improvisers Collective and most recently the C.O.M.A. series at ABC No-Rio recent as in the past 10 years As a composer I have incorporated traditional musical scoring techniques with visual/graphical and performance oriented presentations and a simple philosophy- sound and vision are inter-related in life and art resulting in communication. Although primarily an alto saxophonist I play a number of reed, flute, percussion and string instruments at varying degrees of competency per composition requirements and recently began including computer altered sound files in performance as background for improvisation. Currently my instruments of choice are: Alto, Tenor & Soprano Saxophones; Bb Clarinet, Eb Alto Cl & Bb Bass Clarinet. This has resulted in my performing and collaborating with an extreme variety of types of improvised music including: Guitarist Sten Hostfalt, Doug Walker's Alien Planetscapes, Cecil Taylor's Ptonagas; William Hooker's Ensembles, Judy Dunaway's Balloon Trio; Rowe Siwula Miano Trio, Dialing Privileges Trio w