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Patrice Monahan

Boston based Patrice Monahan is a jazz vocalist - pianist known nationally for her artistic versatility. A genuine, passionate, soulful artist playing her music and collaborations with many artists in a variety of genres. Patrice is a composer and plays original compositions and jazz standards blending a taste of the 40's to  a gentle hint of modern tasteful jazz. Sometimes hot and sometimes very cool always right on. Patrice fronts her band Shufflin' Time adding the art of Percussive Tap Dance to the mixhttp://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=89603

Iñaki Sandoval

Born: April 4, 1974

Iñaki Sandoval is one of the top Spanish pianists and composers. Born in Pamplona, Spain, he is a graduate of the Liceu Conservatory in Barcelona, Berklee College of Music in Boston, and University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Iñaki is an accomplished artist – trained in both classical and jazz music. Currently Iñaki resides in Barcelona, where he combines his artistic activity with pedagogy. Since 2003 he has served as Director of the Jazz Department at Liceu Conservatory where he teaches piano and improvisation. Iñaki has been recognized with many awards for his records and his brilliant career as a pianist in solo performances or with his trio

Denny Euprasert

Recipient of the Silpathorn Contemporary Artist Award 2009, jazz pianist and composer, Denny Euprasert, is currently the Dean of Rangsit University Conservatory of Music and the conductor of RSU Jazz Orchestra. He is a Yamaha Artist endorsing Yamaha acoustic pianos and Yamaha keyboards. Denny earned a Doctorate degree in Music Theory and Composition with a secondary emphasis in Jazz Pedagogy from University of Northern Colorado, a Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies from University of North Texas, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Jazz Piano Performance from Cornish College of the Arts, USA. Having performed with David Liebman, Nicholas Payton, Maria Schneider, Bob Brookmeyer, Deborah Brown, Kenny Wheeler, Mike Stern, Chris Minh Doky, Joris Teepe, Benny Golson, and Eric Marienthal, he is also featured regularly as a piano soloist with symphony orchestras. Recent festival appearances as a leader include headlining at the Bangkok Jazz Festival, the Hua Hin Jazz Festival, and the Taichung Jazz Festival in Taiwan. Denny's CD "Masterpiece" received the Kom Chad Luek Award for Best Instrumental Album 2008; the album features unique jazz arrangements of Asanee-Wason's music. He has composed numerous works for piano solo, piano and orchestra, chamber groups, chorus, jazz ensemble, jazz orchestra, voice and piano, and contemporary media.

Sunnie Paxson

Born: December 29

Sunnie Paxson is an innovative contemporary jazz pianist, composer, producer and performer. She is known for her driving performances and memorable melodies. In the past, she has toured with Stanley Clarke and shared the stage with many jazz greats. Her compositions and performances can be heard in feature films and television. Paxson achieved significant domestic and international success with her debut solo album, Groove Suite. She was as voted one of Los Angeles’ Best Jazz Performers in Los Angeles Magazine. Her recent “Bohemian Sun” CD, released on Stanley Clarke’s Roxboro Entertainment label and recorded with Stanley Clarke and Ronald Brunner, Jr is show of her solid jazz roots.

Dr. Brent Runnels

Brent Runnels Executive and Artistic Director Brent Runnels directs the Jazz Orchestra Atlanta big band. He has fashioned a broad and diverse musical career as a performer, arts administrator, educator and musical entrepreneur. As a pianist Brent Runnels has won critical acclaim for his performances in the US, Europe, Australia and Russia as an orchestral and recital soloist, chamber musician, and jazz pianist. He is the top-award winner of the New Orleans International Piano Competition and the Jacksonville Classical Piano Competition. Mr. Runnels has appeared as a soloist with such orchestras as the Atlanta Symphony, Prague Radio Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Kosice State Philharmonic, Ural Academic Philharmonic, Slovak Sinfonietta of Zilina, Florida Orchestra, Florida Symphony, Dubuque Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic, Mansfield Symphony, Brevard Symphony and the Gwinnett Philharmonic

William K Carroll

Born: February 20, 1952

Born near Washington, D.C., Bill Carroll moved to Canada in 1968 at the age of 16. He discovered jazz, through such fusion artists as Frank Zappa, in his late teens, and began writing music in his 20s while completing a PhD in sociology at York University in Toronto. His music is politically inflected to the left, and many of his performances have been at political rallies. He also brings his music into teaching sociology at he University of Victoria, where he has been a professor since 1981 and currently directs the Interdisciplinary Program in Social Justice Studies.

Marialy Pacheco

Marialy Pacheco represents the next generation of emerging cuban musicians. Her music is a fine balance between Cuban tradition, jazz and her classical training. She brings the piano to life with an immense talent for highly nuanced improvisation. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1983, Marialy began her musical education at the age of seven studying piano in one of Cuba’s most prestigious Conservatoriums (Alejandro Garcia Caturla Conservatorium). At the age of 15 she was accepted into the National School of Arts (Escuela Nacional de Artes) in Havana, studying under Olga Valiente. At the age of 20 she was accepted into the National University of Arts in Havana, (Instituto Superior de Artes de la Havana) where she studied under Tulio Peramo for three years. At the age of fifteen she was invited to Asturias, Spain, for her first international performance at the Festival de Jovenes Talentos

Joe Delaney

Joe Delaney was born in Brockton, Mass. and grew up in Whitman, just south of Boston. Joe’s father Ed Delaney was also a pianist. Joe started playing at age 3, learning by ear from records, family parties and his father’s band rehearsals. Joe says, “I picked it up and still play about 90% by ear.” Joe started formal instruction and began performing in pubic at the age of 5. Joe says, “Once we started little kid tunes, I’d hear the teacher play it and put about 15 minutes into my lesson and just mimic it back.” He was soon spending hours a day learning popular tunes and George Shearing hits he heard during the band rehearsals. Later, Joe studied briefly with Kurt Wenzel, Charlie Banocos, Kenny Barron and Berklee piano professor Paul Schmeling

Pete Wallace

Born: September 25, 1974

Pete Wallace is an accomplished pianist, producer and composer who makes his home in South Florida. He has toured playing keyboards with artists such as Julio Iglesias, La Ley and Jon Secada taking him to over 50 countries. In addition to his touring work, Pete has recorded with some of the top artists in the music business including Herbie Hancock, P!nk, Alejandro Sanz, Jessica Simpson and the Backstreet Boys to name a few. Pete is also an accomplished songwriter, co-writing on songs with artists such as P!nk, Teddy Geiger and Ryan Cabrera that have sold over 8 million copies. As well as with international artists, Pete enjoys playing locally in South Florida in a variety of groups and producing and writing with local singer/songwriters. After many years of working on other people’s music, in July of 2011 Pete finally released a jazz album of his own entitled, “Roots”

Lourenco Pezzuti

Born: August 14, 1961

He was born in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and he began his musical studies at five years of age. He is graduated in piano with top marks by Conservatorio Drammatico Musical "Conselheiro Lafayette" in "São Paulo -Brazil " and he kept improving his Piano studies with Magda Tagliaferro. He studied classic organ and classical guitar, instrument which he has played in many recordings of album Musica Popular Brasileira. Lourenço Pezzuti has a long work experience, he plays different styles of music having the Brazilian music like his principal influence. Like composer and arranger he made important works which some of them were used in various jingle from Rai-Tv (Italy) and Tv-Cultura (Brazil). He was pianist and arranger of famous group "Brasil Tropical", with them he toured in many cities of the world ,and he has accompanied some artists in Japan and United States. Lourenco was professor in many musical school in Brazil, France and Italy teaching and giving workshops of brazilian music.