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Anthony Walker

Alexandra Ivanova

Curiosity about the 'Other'

Born to Bulgarian parents in Austria, Alexandra Ivanova grew up curious to meet and understand the 'Other' - in herself, in society or in culture. In her compositions, Alexandra creates conversations between jazz, Oriental and Afro-Cuban music and odd polyrhythms. Her arrangements reflect her experience living on three continents and speaking six languages fluently. Alexandra Ivanova is an unconventional musician who invites the listener to look at the world from different points of view: from the East, the West or from somewhere in between.

Paul Giallorenzo

Originally from Long Island, NY, Paul Giallorenzo is a Chicago-based improviser, composer, producer, and sound designer using piano, synthesizer, keyboards, and electronics in a diverse range of contexts with a wide array of Chicago and international musicians in improvised, avant-jazz, experimental, and electro/acoustic music, performing regularly locally and throughout North America and Europe.  

Giallorenzo’s work has been praised for its “inside-out” nature – his ability to push the boundaries of “conventional” jazz toward more freedom but also, on the other side, to bring a measure of structure to more avant-garde material. Writing in the online journal Point Of Departure, John Litweiler said, “His solos and aggressive duets are gems of after-Bop, after-Bley melody,” while AllAboutJazz.com lauded music that “smudges the lines between the tradition and the avant-garde.”

Alberto Poggio

Born: March 4, 1979

Musician for passion, with experiences in various musical genres and theatrical collaborations.
Often, I think it happens to everyone, a certain music is inextricably linked to an instant of life or an emotion, if you think back to that instant the song comes to mind, and when you listen to the song you relive those same emotions.
I believe that my need to compose comes from here, when I experience something peculiar, which is good, bad, more or less important for any reason, and then I sit at the piano to improvise a bit, a music comes out, linked to that memory, and the desire to share it.

Jonathan Romppel

Jonathan Romppel is a professional pianist, keyboardist, organist, arranger, producer, composer, and musical director. Comfortably proficient in all contemporary styles, from Pop to Gospel to Jazz to RnB to Country, he has a unique approach to playing the keys. His first influences as a pianist come from George Duke, Jeff Lorber, Cory Henry, and Shaun Martin.

Coming from a musical family in a small town in Germany and growing up with Black music like Soul, RnB and Jazz prepared Jonathan for a life with a unique musical identity. Starting classical piano lessons at age 5, singing in classical boy's choir at 8, playing in church at 10, and autodidactically learning to play the drums, guitar, bass, harmonica, and more in his teen years paved the way for a steep musical career. Discovering the music of Stevie Wonder for himself at age 13 was a major turning point when he started to take music seriously and went on a never-ending journey to explore new sounds.

Mohammad Basereh

Born: August 20, 1996

Mohammad Basereh | Composer, psychologist

محمد باسره | آهنگساز،روانشناس

Mohammad Basereh (born August 20, 1996, in Ilam, Iran) is an Iranian composer, music producer, sound engineer, sound designer, and psychologist. He holds an advanced degree in Psychology and has a history of publishing scientific articles in this field. He began his professional music career in 2011, completing specialized courses with renowned professors such as Fereydoon Shahbazyan (composition), Mohammad Reza Azadehfar (art and music therapy), and Nader Mashayekhi (film soundtrack). As a composer and producer of fusion music, he uses interactive technologies in his creative works. His compositions include soundtracks for films and theater productions that have been featured in national and international festivals. In his research and artistic works, he has integrated the scientific principles of psychology with the art of music.

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson is a multi award-winning composer and pianist from Seattle, WA.  He is an accompanist at the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, a piano and composition teacher at the Bellas Artes School of Music in Glen Ellyn, IL,, as well as an in-demand classical and jazz performer in the greater Chicago area.   He has taught class piano at Wheaton College and currently has a studio of 35 weekly private students.  He also records classical, jazz, and pop albums for Player Piano Premier.   He is the in-house pianist at Suzette's Creperie in Wheaton, playing every Saturday night from September to May.  

Keith L. Brown

Born: August 13, 1983

Keith L. Brown is an accomplished composer, educator, and pianist, who has established himself as one of the most sought-after pianists in contemporary jazz. He was born in Memphis, TN, and raised in Knoxville, TN, where he began playing piano and bass at a young age. Keith grew up in a musically inclined family, where both his parents were musicians, and many of his aunts and uncles possessed exceptional musical talent. His father, Donald Brown, is a world-renowned jazz pianist/composer, having performed with many greats, and his mother, Dorothy, is also a pianist who plays various woodwind instruments.

Darin Brown

Darin Brown is a NY-based piano player, singer and songwriter. He has a B.A. from Manhattan School of Music and has toured the world with Enrique Iglesias and throughout Europe as the musical director for Willy DeVille. Darin’s current project features new songs co-written with the late Doug McCormick who wrote for Paul Anka, Dusty Springfield, Gladys Knight and Roberto Carlos.

Darin’s early love for music started with honky-tonk and boogie-woogie piano sessions with his self-taught father. Despite classical lessons, he found a deep connection with the Great American Songbook by playing through the many fake books in the piano bench. That love was re-ignited when Darin and Doug McCormick began their journey as writing partners.

Riyoko Takagi

Born: September 20, 1984

This page is maintained by Logio Tek on All About Jazz, who is also Logiotek on Wikipedia, and is the primary researcher, writer, and maintainer of Riyoko Takagi page in English on Wikipedia, which contains all the relevant reference sources for the duplicate text below.

Riyoko Takagi (高木 里代子, Takagi Riyoko) is a Japanese Jazz pianist and composer who isn't bound by a single genre or style and has crossed classical, pop, house, and anime genre boundaries and styles in her compositions, arrangements, and performances. She's renowned for her musicality, deep harmonic understanding, live performances full of energy with fluent improvisations that often involve audience, and delicate touch on the keys. Together with her talent and charming character she continues to proliferate Jazz and attract many fans from all over the world.

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