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Barbara Fasano

Born: October 19

Barbara Fasano has been hailed as one of the nation’s most stunning and soulful singers -- a storyteller-in-song who demolishes categories. A Resident Artist at New York's legendary Birdland Jazz Club, she launched her new CD with Eric Comstock, PAINTING THE TOWN, to a sold-out crowd in March & returned by popular demand in May & November.  The new CD features Sean Smith (b), Vito Lesczak (dr), and the legendary Houston Person (ts), and the ensemble brings an intimacy and immediacy to their far-ranging set. With tunes from Joni Mitchell to Billy Strayhorn, from Paul Simon to Cole Porter, this is an American Songbook that resonates fully in the 21st century. "Perfectly executed. PAINTING THE TOWN is a testament to great tunes, impeccable musicality, and vocal prowess," writes Marilyn Lester in The New York City Jazz Record. David Hajdu, music critic for The Nation adds, "Watercolors, bold strokes, and layers of impasto in song -- Barbara Fasano and Eric Comstock paint the town as only they can, with deep and impeccable artistry."

Barbara's previous solo CD BUSY BEING FREE (MAC Award ~ Major Recording of the Year) was released to critical acclaim ("My favorite new vocal album" -- Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal).

Recent highlights include headlining at the Saratoga Jazz Festival with her trio. For a fun live video clip, GO HERE.  She has returned four time to  headline at Music Mountain's Jazz series.  Other highlights include a two-week Artist Residency with Eric Comstock and bassist Sean Smith at Italy's Monteverdi Tuscany, sold-out engagements at Birdland Jazz Club, London's Pizza Express, & headlining at both Carnegie Hall & Lincoln Center. 

During the COVID crisis, Barbara streamed the music from home to social media platforms -- over 70 episodes in all!  For her series of #72andsong, GO HERE.

Frank Scheck of The New York Post proclaims, "Fasano is a gorgeous, soulful singer who has an actor’s intensity in whatever she sings." Radio host and critic Ron Forman puts Fasano in "the top tier of today's jazz vocalists."  Whether singing a song by Joni Mitchell or Harold Arlen or Cole Porter, Fasano takes her audience on a spellbinding, emotional musical journey. Her performances and recordings have won her seven MAC awards, three New York Bistro awards,  and a New York Nightlife award. Her last CDs, "Busy Being Free" and "Written In The Stars" both won MAC Awards for Record of the Year. Barbara and her frequent musical partner Eric Comstock are four-time winners of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs  MAC Award for Major Duo Artists of the Year.  Barbara & Eric recently received the Donald F. Smith Award, presented by the Mabel Mercer Foundation, acknowledging their "immeasurable contributions to the international world of cabaret ... and achieving a rank as preeminent jazz stylists." “Mr. Comstock and Ms. Fasano are turning the neighborhood into a hotbed of pleasure,” raves The New York Times. 

Jonathan Kreisberg

Born: June 10, 1972

Guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg has been steadily building his name as one of the most compelling composer/performers in Jazz.  Combining timeless melodicism with forward thinking lines and textures, His style and approach has created a strong following of fans around the world.  He frequently tours worldwide and records with his own groups as well artists such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, who says of Kreisberg "He is a passionate musician with great vision, and he is constantly in fiery pursuit of innovation."

Born in New York City, guitarist and composer Jonathan Kreisberg has fond memories of a childhood steeped in music. “I was lucky to grow up in a household that had a great and wide-ranging record collection,” he recalls, “including Coltrane's My Favorite Things, John Williams playing the ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’ and Cream's Disraeli Gears.”

Lage Lund

Lage Lund is acclaimed as one of the finest guitarists of his generation, and one of the more compelling jazz artists today. A regular in the “Rising star – Guitar” category in the Downbeat Critic’s Poll, he has been hailed by Pat Metheny as a favorite young guitarist, and is “all music and all soul” according to Russell Malone - one of the judges who awarded Lund top prize in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Armed with a growing and impressive body of original compositions, and mastery of the standard repertoire - Lund swings with great authority displaying a staggering harmonic sophistication and a singularly fluid voice as a soloist

Nick Russo

Born: October 11, 1977

Guitarist, banjoist & composer, Nick Russo, winning participant of the 2004 International Jazz Workshop at The BANFF Centre in Canada (director, Dave Douglas) & winning participant of the 2001 JAS academy in Aspen Colorado (director, Christian McBride, mentioned in Dec. 2001 issue of DownBeat magazine), leads a life of full-time performing, including performances at: Carnegie Hall Lincoln Center The United Nations Blue Note Birdland 55 Bar Showman’s (Harlem) Lenox Lounge (Harlem) Charles Ives Center Tilles Center Boom Penne e Vino Via Delle Zoccelette The Patchogue Theatre Flushing Town Hall Cleopatra’s Needle Kavehaz Merchants The C-Note The BANFF Centre in Canada 7 weeks at Huis Ten Bosch (Sasebo, Japan) Omsk, Tomsk, Novasibersk, Akademgorodok (Academy City), and Moscow Salvador in the state of Bahia (Brazil) Nick Russo is currently the guitarist and banjoist with Vince Giordano and The Night Hawks, with vocalist, Miles Griffith and Mona's Hot Four

Daniel Carter

Born: January 1, 1996

One of the legendary masters of creative music. Born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania in 1945. Principal Instruments: Alto and tenor saxophones, flute, trumpet, clarinet. OVER PAST THREE (+) DECADES HAS PERFORMED WITH MANY ARTISTS INCLUDING: Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Billy Bang, William Parker, Roy Campbell, Sabir Mateen, Sonic Youth, Simone Forti, Joan Miller, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Nayo Takasaki, Earl Freeman, Dewey Johnson, Nami Yamamoto, Matthew Shipp, Billy Martin, John Medeski, Wilber Morris, Denis Charles, MMW (Medeski, Martin, & Wood), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Options, Spring Heel Jack, Yo La Tengo, Federico Ughi, Raphé Malik, Sam Rivers, Sunny Murray, Hamiet Bluiett, Bob Moses, Jaco Pastorius, Enrico Rava, David S

Karen Stachel

Born: October 3

Karen Stachel is an American Flutist, concentrating on jazz and classical music. She co-leads a jazz band, LehCats with her husband Norbert Stachel and has collaborated in performances and recordings with notable musicians from the jazz and classical music world, notably Wallace Roney, Buster Williams, Lenny White, Barry Harris and others. The Wallace Roney Orchestra was developed to showcase music written by Wayne Shorter. This music was never recorded. In the spring of 2016, the 24 orchestra recorded this huge score at Water Music in Hoboken, New Jersey. It will be released early 2017. She also recorded music with LehCats in 2016 and it is released as “LehCats – Out Of TheBag”

Christelle Durandy

Vocalist Christelle Durandy’s range as an artist transcends borders. She combines a collection of colors with a vast spectrum of Jazz, Latin, Caribbean and Soul influences. Christelle Durandy is committed to lyricism and musicality; her love for words and languages rhythmic concepts rings with authenticity. The new project Christelle Durandy Cinq TêTeS, is a unique mosaic that draws upon a rich variety of material, showcasing her songwriting and composing proficiency. Christelle also heads Dos Cabezas, a duet with pianist Nicki Denner. Preserving her jazz stylings, Christelle brings her talent to diverse projects

Cooper-Moore

Born: August 31, 1946

Cooper-Moore is a composer-improviser, instrumentalist, designer and builder of musical instruments, and music educator, living and working in New York City. A native of the Piedmont area of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, Cooper-Moore began studying piano at age eight. Four years later, he was listening to the musics of Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, and working on improvisation. He earned a B.A. in Music Education from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and later studied composition-arranging at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Moving to New York in 1973, Cooper-Moore leased the five-floor 501 Canal Street building and transformed it into an artist live-in/work space, making possible numerous experimentations between performing and visual artists. While his attention was focused on piano performance in New York clubs and touring abroad, Cooper-Moore began designing and building musical instruments and played them in collaboration with all kinds of artist at lofts, galleries, artist spaces, museums, and in the streets of New York City. He has over the years built an extensive instrument collection, using such material as paper, bamboo, metal, wood, and acrylic

Tom Beckham

Born: January 18, 1968

Leading his own groups plus The Tom Beckham Trio, Norville Trio, and his quartet SLICE, Tom Beckham has released three CD’s to date: “Suspicions” (Fresh Sound New Talent, 1999) “Center Songs” (Sunnyside, 2006), and “Rebound” (2008). In 2015 he released a duo album with guitarist Brad Shepik entitled "Flower Starter." He also performs on solo vibraphone and is a Vic Firth artist. As a versatile sideman in New York for more than 20 years, Beckham has toured with/performed and/or recorded with a diverse list of groups and musicians including Brad Shepik's "Across the Way" quartet, George Schuller’s Circle Wide, JC Sanford’s Jazz Orchestra, jazz guitarist Rale Micic, the Motown/Soul group The Soul Night Band, jazz vocalist Jaclyn Guillou; the swing-era ensembles of Lapis Luna, Flying Home, and Bliss Blood; Joseph C

Eddie Diehl

Born: June 16, 1936