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Fabian Ortiz

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Fabrzio Mocata

Born: December 8, 1977

Fabrizio was born in Erice, Trapani, Sicily. He spent his youth in Mazara del Vallo where he begins to study piano privately and play in small venues and festivals on the island. In 1995 he moves to Florence where he completes his artistic formation obtaining a diploma in classic piano at the ‘L. Cherubini’ conservatory under the guidance of Professor Lidya Rocchetti In 2008 he also obtains a Jazz specialization diploma at the same conservatory under the guidance of R. Fassi. He continues to follow in parallel his classical career as a soloist as well as with various chamber formations (amongst which the ‘Rojo Porteno” quintet with whom he wins several chamber competitions). He also collaborates with various important names of Italian and World Jazz (R

David Drazin

Born: March 15, 1956

An accomplished and adventurous improviser, pianist David Drazin, a Cleveland, Ohio native, specializes in hot jazz styles such as Harlem stride and blues. David created his own opportunity to play freely in all styles as a soloist by performing nationally and internationally as a silent-film accompanist. He has performed with modern and traditional jazz combos and big bands. In 2012, David’s activities include film scoring, performing/bandleading and accompanying live vaudeville and movies. His original piano score enhanced puppeteer Lyon Hill’s short film with sound titled “Junk Palace,” produced by Jim Henson’s daughter Heather, a hit at the recent Full Frame Documentary Festival

Phil Parnell

Born: November 17, 1955

Phil Parnell is a freelance pianist, producer and songwriter from New Orleans, based in Denmark. He has enjoyed 35 years in the music business performing around the globe with artists from cutting edge of the music spectrum to torchbearers from Storyville’s heyday and nearly everything in-between! Diversity has kept him involved in so many projects, which in turn has kept his keen musical perspective and enthusiasm alive over the years. In the 1970's he was a piano student of Ellis Marsalis’ before attending Berklee College of music in Boston. His musical education continued in the blues and jazz clubs of New Orleans working with many old school musicians like Freddy Kohlmann, David Lastie, Gatemouth Brown, and Justin Adams. He has performed on stage with such notables as Bettye Lavette, Astrud Gilberto, Brian Blade, George Porter jr

Marc Medwin

Born: September 29, 1972

Marc Medwin was born and raised near Albany, NY, completed his B.A. in English at Ithaca College, studied musicology at Eastman School of Music, and received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), having completed his dissertation on the late works of John Coltrane. Marc now teaches full time at American University in Washington, D.C., where he is Assistant Professor in the Performing Arts / Music Division. Increasingly active in the fields of performance and criticism, he writes exceptionally intelligent and sensitive liner notes, CD reviews, and articles for print and online journals, including "Dusted," "Bagatellen," “Coda,” “Cadence,” “All About Jazz,” and “One Final Note.” There are long lists of his reviews and articles at http://dustedmagazine.com/writers/medwin and www.bagatellen.com/archives/reviews/000872.html

Kenny Peagler

Born: July 31, 1984

Kenny Peagler grew up in Pittsburgh, shaped by a city where music is both heritage and expectation. From Billy Strayhorn to Art Blakey to Ahmad Jamal, he absorbed a lineage of jazz that felt less like influence than atmosphere.

He began with classical piano, drawn first to discipline and form. At Pittsburgh’s High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, jazz became a living language, soon joined by R&B and soul. The Hammond B3 marked a turning point, becoming central to his sound and identity.

Peagler studied at the New England Conservatory and developed a style that resists easy categorization. Classical music gives it structure, jazz gives it freedom, and R&B and soul ground it in feeling.

Jeter Thompson

Born: March 16, 1930

Jeff Colella

Jeff Colella is one of LA’s busiest jazz pianists. Besides performing in concert as a solo artist and with his trio, he maintains a very active schedule as an accompanist, recording artist, arranger, clinician and teacher. Jeff’s most recent recording is a collaboration with the veteran bassist Putter Smith that will be released in early 2013. He has two other releases as leader, “Alone Together” and “Letting Go,” both trio recordings and both on Sea Breeze Records. His music has been recorded by several artists, most recently by the noted saxophonist Bob Sheppard, who recorded two of Jeff’s compositions on his latest CD “Close Your Eyes”, released on BFM Records

Douglas Miller

... I have been playing and performing on the piano keyboard for over fifty years. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in a traditional Latin American family, I am inclined to explore indigenous art forms as well as sounds found in nature. My most influential educators have been: * Elsa Rahlpach ~ circa 1954 - 1957 ~ Classically trained pianist and educator. Elsa was my first piano teacher after my mother. I remember vividly walking through a cemetery after elementary school to Miss Rahlpach's house for classes once a week. It was here that I learned about middle C, the rudiments of reading music, and most of my scales. * Theran Mills ~ circa 1959 - 1964 ~ Pianist, music theorist, and electronic piano educator

Noah Haidu

Pianist and composer Noah Haidu is evidence that 21st century jazz can be adventurous, fresh and swing hard; that an exciting, modern pianist can play memorable melodies and soulful grooves. Jazzwise described Noah as “Unquestionably one of the most confident and impressive of all the new pianists…an important new talent.” Downbeat called his music “beautifully wrought” and All About Jazz said simply “the cat can play his butt off.” In 2011 his powerful Posi-Tone Records CD SLIPSTREAM garnered glowing reviews and impressive radio play: write-ups in the Financial Times, Jazztimes, Downbeat, Icon Magazine and countless others as well as 8 weeks in the top 50 national jazz radio charts