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Manuel Rocheman

Born: July 23, 1964

Manuel Rocheman comes from a family of musicians. On his mother’s side, his grandmother is a piano teacher, his grandfather a flautist, his mother Danièle Alpers plays cello and viola and his aunt the violin. His father, Lionel Rocheman (guitarist and actor), created the “Hootenanny” at the American Center in Paris, where performers came from around the world. As a 10 year old his brother gave him a wonderful record of Oscar Peterson playing solo (it was ‘Tracks’); Manuel already had his own track-record of four years of piano. Listening to the Canadian virtuoso gave him a great feeling of freedom and made him want to go down the same road

Alon Nechushtan

Born: September 23

Alon Nechushtan’s music adventures has brought him to various far corners of the globe such as the Yokohama ‘Rejoicing Sounds’ Festival in Japan with his contemporary orchestral compositions, The Manila Cultural Center of the Arts, with his Clarinet Concerto for the Philippines Philharmonic Orchestra, The Sao-Paolo Brazil Jewish Music Festival with his groove based Quintet Talat, Toronto and Montreal with his words beyond Jazz Trio and Tel Aviv New Music Biannale with his Compositions for Large Ensemble.

Walter Wolff

Born: May 4, 1981

Walter Wolff (Helsinki, Finland 1981), moved to the Netherlands in 2003 where he studied piano with Juraj Stanik, Rob van Kreeveld and Albert Brussee. In 2009 he graduated with honours from the conservatory of the Hague. He also studied privately with Brad Mehldau in New York City. Walter's refined feel for harmony as well as strong and lyrical treatment of melodies has earned him the reputation as one of the most exciting and original musicians on the younger Dutch jazz scene today. He performs regularly with trio Wolff/Angiuli/Fryland, the Eef van Breen Group and does occasional solo-piano concerts and tours.

Henry Isasi

Born: July 8, 1975

Originally from Cuba played music all his life. Through his career as a musician, music teacher, composer and music arranger, he had the privilege to play with many well known celebrities such as Silvio Rodriguez, Pablo Milanes, Santiago Feliu, Carlos Varela, the Ismaelillo group, Moncada group, Afro Cuba group and others. In the U.S. he played and collaborated with the group Cold Play on their first album. Now working on his fifth album the multi talented and internationally aclaimed composer,pianist ,quitarist,and producer who has earned as well resped reputacion for his powerful voice and four octave range as well as his considerable contribution to the music industry as much sought after artist.

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Kelly Powers

Born: October 14, 1982

Pianist Kelly Powers has performed with the Cab Calloway Orchestra, the Artie Shaw Orchestra, Steve Davis, Nat Reeves, Jack Jeffers and the New York Classics, George Gee Swing Orchestra and Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra among others. Her playing has been showcased in numerous New York City venues including the Smoke Jazz Club, Cleopatra's Needle, Kitano, Zinc Bar, Makor, Swing 46, Minton's Playhouse, Big Apple Jazz, Bruno Jamais, CafŽ Vivaldi, Rockwood Music Hall, Crash Mansion and Night and Day. Ms. Powers graduated from the Manhattan School of Music Masters Degree in jazz studies program in 2006, where she studied with Garry Dial, Cecil Bridgewater and Dave Leibman. Upon graduation, her debut CD (which is available on CD Baby) was released with sidemen Matt Aronoff, Kendrick Scott and special guest Samir Zarif

James Lent

Pianist and Keyboardist James Lent received the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Performance from Yale University, and is experienced in performing jazz, rhythm and blues, pop, broadway, classical, and dueling pianos or any of your other favorite selections for any occasion. He is currently on the staff at UCLA as a collaborative pianist for the music department. He frequently performs throughout Southern California, and recently in venues including LA Live, the Ritz Carlton Hotel, the Studio City Hilton Hotel, and Hollywood's Boulevard 3. On Friday nights he regularly performs at the oldest piano bar and caberet in Los Angeles which is located just off Sunset Blvd

Maye Azcuy

Born: September 13, 1979

Maye Azcuy es cantante, compositora y pianista. Su jazz es un trabajo de autor muy delicado y cálido. Desde muy pequeña dio sus primeros pasos en la música en su ciudad natal, Pinar del R�-o (Cuba). A los catorce años marchó a la capital para completar sus estudios en la Escuela Nacional de Música (ENA) y en el Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), donde obtuvo la licenciatura suma cum laude en Musicolog�-a en 2003. Unos años donde acumula vivencias en la época más convulsa de la isla. A su formación académica Maye suma una experiencia personal y profesional muy rica. Su voz, de un particular timbre y generoso registro grave, la formó como contralto en las principales agrupaciones corales de su pa�-s, participando en reconocidos concursos y festivales de Latinoamérica y Europa. Organizadora durante cuatro años del Festival JOJAZZ que, apadrinado por el maestro Chucho Valdés, promueve el talento joven cubano, Maye Azcuy hizo suyos los principios armónicos y el lenguaje instrumental jazz�-stico, los cuales subyacen en sus temas cualquiera sea el género que aborde

Dave Halls

Born: May 18, 1972

Dave Halls is a Sydney based jazz influenced pianist/composer/band leader who is in demand for concerts, festivals, corporate and private events. Dave is well known for his innovative original compositions. His passion for writing fresh sounding jazz influenced music comes out in his performances & recordings which are musically refreshing and entertaining. He has recorded on many CDs, including his albums Burning Time and Walking Home, both featuring original compositions.