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Xan Campos

Born: September 30, 1987

Born in 1987 in Cangas, Pontevedra (Galiza), he studied at the Seminario Permanente de Jazz de Pontevedra and Musikene. He has played and recorded with musicians such as Logan Richardson, Marcus Strickland, Lage Lund, Walter Smith III, Ambrose Akinmusire, Marcus Gilmore, Matt Brewer and Perico Sambeat.

George Caldwell

Tom McClung

TOM McCLUNG BIOGRAPHY Tom McClung was born in 1957 in New York into a family for which the joy of making music was important everyday. His mother's ukulele and singing and his father's piano played the popular songs of Tin-Pan Alley and Broadway musicals. Even before he started lessons, Tom was exploring the sonorities and mysteries of their old upright piano, picking out tunes by ear and making up his own melodies. His family then moved to Amherst, Massachusetts, and at the age of six, Tom started formal lessons which introduced him to the world of Bach, Bartok, sharps, flats and rests. By the time he was in high school, he was giving classical piano recitals, playing Scott Joplin rags, composing and playing in the jazz workshop, singing in the chorale, playing recorder in the Collegium Musicum (Renaissance music), playing trumpet and baritone horn in the concert band, and playing rock'n'roll for school dances. He continued his music studies at Marlboro College with professors Blanche Honegger Moyse and Nigel Coxe, and then at the University of Massachusetts with Max Roach and Archie Shepp

Tony Rosales

Born: August 2, 1965

Composer and jazz pianist, Tony Rosales, grew up in Long Island, New York. Influenced by some of the great jazz pianists of the day, and possessed by Oscar Peterson's sound, he began to make a name for himself, developing his own stayle as a musical savant. As a teenager and then as young man he performed as a solo pianist and was a crowd pleaser at the best restaurants in the greater New York Metropolitan Area. In 1995, Mr. Rosales moved to the Grand Strand district of South Carolina where he continued to cultivate his sound and where he honed his talent. In 1983 and 1984, he opened for The Dave Brubeck Quartet at the Jazz Festival in Oyster Bay, New York

Joe Sheehan

Born: February 6, 1981

Joseph Sheehan is a composer, pianist, and educator immersed in classical, jazz, and world musics. In his music Sheehan aims to share joy, depth, and beauty, connecting with artists and audiences of diverse musical communities. Sheehan’s music celebrates and explores a tapestry of both song and dance, forms at the root of many musical cultures throughout the world. An independent study of traditional song and dance in Ghana, West Africa, from 2008-09, was especially influential on Sheehan’s musical language. West African music, as well as jazz, has informed recent pieces such as Vibraphone Loops, for vibes and tape, featuring a solo percussionist accompanied by soulful harmonies and synth loops; and Dances from Afar, a suite of three distinctive dances for violin and piano

Patricia Velasquez

Born: March 14, 1969

Patricia Velasquez was born and raised in New Jersey. Her entire family is from Havana Cuba. Needless to say, she was surrounded by great music of all styles. At the age of four, she started classical piano lessons. In Junior High, she was introduced to Jazz formally. She then went on to Berklee College of Muisc in 1987. Since then she has been performing nationally solo and also with various groups.

Nacho Azor

Born: February 20, 1981

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Emilio Marinelli

Born: September 23, 1974

Studied piano since the age of 10 anni, took his diploma at “Conservatory of Santa Cecilia” in Rome. Aged 18 anni he started his career as a professional pianist while refining his tecnique with some of the best italian pianists: Enrico Pieranunzi, Ramberto Ciammarughi, Danilo Rea, Franco D’Andrea, Stefano Battaglia. He also received a European scholarship gaining access to Siena Jazz’s “Master Classes”. Since 1994 to date as arranger, composer or director, he has been part of several eminent musical events such as jazz, pop and funk music concerts, theatrical music, concerts with Big Band or Symphonic Orchestra where he met internationally known artists such as: John Taylor, Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Mintzer George Garzone, Ayn Inserto, Rosario Gliuliani (2006-2011 Several concerts with the Colours Jazz Orchestra) Orchestra Di Fiati Citta' Di Ancona,Gabriele Mirabassi (july 2011,Ancona Summer jazz festival) Orchestra Sinfonica Delle Marche, Xavier Girotto, Beppe Servillo (Spring 2009, Paolo Silvestri’s “Concerto Latino”) Kenny Wheeler (2007 To Date Concerts and Cd Recording Of “Nineteen Plus One”, Egea Music with Colours Jazz Orchestra) Andrea Bocelli, Laura Pausini, Nathan East, Dean Parks, Greg Bissonette, Chris Botti (Concert, Cd And Universal Dvd Recording, Lajatico, Teatro Del Silenzio 2007) Jestofunk (Several European Tours From 2004 Till Now); Fabio Zeppetella, Fabrizio Sferra (Summer 2001, Villa Celimontana Rome) Sherman Irby (Spring 2003, Italian Tour) Enrico Rava, Cameron Brown, Giulio Capiozzo (Winter 1998 Tour) Recently He came in the U.S

Mark A. Galang

Sterilium (created 2001) is a solo, home studio recording project of Mark A. Galang, a composer/multi-instrumentalist from the Philippines. Sterilium was created as an avenue for expressing Mark's musical ideas and compositions in a recorded format. As of 2011, Sterilium has self-released four full-length albums, one EP and a couple of sheet music under a Creative Commons License, all produced with home recording equipment, a computer and a couple of instruments. Sterilium's music spans a wide array of genres from progressive rock and metal to jazz-rock fusion, classical, electronic and avant garde.

Augusto Pirodda

Born: December 5, 1971

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