Results for "Pianist"

Zack Shubert

Zack Shubert is a jazz pianist and composer who has already begun to make a substantial impact on the NYC jazz scene where he is currently based. Originally from the California Bay Area, he was a prodigy from an early age, and has been formally studying piano and music since the age of 5, developing a serious interest, deep passion, and profound reverence for jazz and Black American Music by the age of 8 years old. In addition to his foundation as a jazz musician, he carries a sagacious and intimate love for the Western classical canon, both its linguistic precedent, as well as its technical and musical axioms

Gianluca Grasso

Born: September 14, 1973

He obtained full marks and honours for both the three-year and two-year jazz piano courses at the Conservatory "N. Sala" di Benevento. He had previously obtained the three-year classical solfeggio licence at the same institute. His musical development was also fuelled by participation in various jazz piano courses and seminars, including the C.P.M. in Siena, Jazzinty with J. Bergonzi and Renato Chicco, the A.D.M. course with pianist Nunzio Rossi, and Tuscia in Jazz with American pianist George Cables, as well as with Michele Di Martino and P. Madsen. He furthered his studies by completing a two-year classical harmony course at the "N

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V. Shayne Frederick

Born: December 2

V. Shayne Frederick is “soulful” [with comparisons to Jazz legends Andy Bey and Leon Thomas in Downbeat Magazine] and an “elastic vocalist” [Metro Philadelphia] and pianist captivating audiences for nearly 20 years, lauded by Philadelphia Inquirer as "Jazz star […] touted as one of the region's greatest jazz singers […] with his silken baritone and elegant charm,” and additional comparisons to Nat King Cole. He’s electrified TEDx, NPR, and countless concert halls, museums, and stages throughout this hemisphere, including his recent performance as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. 

Sofia Moriz

Born: June 12, 2013

Sofia Moriz (b. 12 June 2013, Cape Town, South Africa) is a young South African multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who plays piano, guitar and bass guitar. She began formal piano lessons at the age of six at Hout Bay Music, added guitar at eight and bass guitar at ten, and had progressed to Piano Level 4 by 2025. In 2026 she began preparing Trinity Grade 5 piano repertoire, continuing to develop both her classical technique and contemporary performance skills.

Sofia made her first recording at the age of six, singing and playing piano on “I Would Like to Go to Mars,” inspired by the Faber Piano Adventures series. The recording went on to win the Junior Vocal & Instrumental Music category of Llandudno’s Got Talent in 2020, giving her an early introduction to recording and performance.

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Scott Routenberg

Dr. Scott Routenberg enjoys a versatile and prolific career as an award-winning composer, arranger, jazz pianist and educator.  For over two decades, Routenberg's music has garnered widespread critical acclaim, with JAZZIZ hailing the artist as a "rising-star pianist" who has "found his own voice in the modern mainstream."

 In 2004, Scott was the first jazz songwriter to win the coveted John Lennon Songwriting Contest Maxell Song of the Year. Other notable awards and honors include The ASCAP Foundation/Symphonic Jazz Orchestra Commissioning Prize (2016), the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers Symposium SONIC Award for Best Arrangement (2017), Composer Scholar at the Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles, the ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award (three-time winner), participant in the ASCAP Television and Film Scoring Workshop in L.A. where he received the ASCAP David Rose Scholarship and the DownBeat Student Award for Best Extended Length Composition.

Whitney Ross-Barris

Born: November 20, 1979

Whitney Ross-Barris is an Ontario-based jazz singer and songwriter with proud roots in the theatre. Her newest release, Curtains of Light is a genre-bending record of original music rooted in jazz but woven through with threads of soul, spoken word, classical, folk and choral music. The album reflects the full breadth of her artistic experience—intimate and expansive in equal measure.

A regular performer across Ontario's vibrant music scene, Whitney has released three jazz albums, including her self-titled EP, her full-length solo record Everybody’s Here, as well as The Bright Lunch Trio with guitarist Nathan Hiltz. She has also appeared as guest singer and lyricist on such celebrated recordings as The Art of Breath: Volume One with saxophonist John MacMurchy.

Lew Stone

Born: May 28, 1898

Lew Stone was a prominent British bandleader, pianist, arranger and composer during the 1930s and 1940s, known for writing sophisticated arrangements for various dance bands (including his own) and popularising American jazz rhythms in Britain's own swing era. Although his name isn't as widely known today as that of, say, Jack Hylton's, some of his songs are still popular today, partly thanks to the television series Pennies from Heaven.

Carroll Gibbons

Born: January 4, 1903

Carroll Gibbons was a distinguished American-born pianist, bandleader and composer who became a defining figure in British Dance Band music during the 1930s and '40s. Best known for his elegant work with the Savoy Hotel Orpheans, Gibbons brought a refined jazz sensibility to popular music, blending American influences with a uniquely British charm. His smooth arrangements, stylish piano playing, and keen ear for melody earned him acclaim both in the UK and abroad. Gibbons also composed several enduring tunes, including “A Garden in the Rain”, leaving a lasting legacy in the world of light jazz and popular standards.