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Harris Simon

As a 21-year-old wunderkind, pianist-composer-arranger Harris Simon went into the studio in March of 1978 to record his first recording under his own name. Produced by George Klabin and Jeff Kaufman, New York Connection featured an all-star cast including tenor sax titan Michael Brecker, Brazilian trumpeter Claudio Roditi, saxophonist-flutist Joe Farrell, bassist Mike Richmond, guitarist Bill Washer and Brazilian drummer Portinho. Two years later, Simon returned to the studio with essentially the same heavyweight crew to record Swish. Both quintessential late '70s offerings, now available for the first time in three decades on the Resonance Records compilation The Mastery of Passion, represent a moment in time when jazz was crossing over to a wider audience.

Elisha Atlas Parris

Born: June 20, 1971

World renown keyboardist Elisha "Atlas" Parris has been an award winning composer and master pianist for more than 20 years. No stranger to the Jazz community, Atlas was the lead keyboardist for the popular 90's jazz band SEGUE, with their chart-topping release TELL YA IN A SECOND (2000). Both prior to and since that time, Elisha has accompanied such gospel and jazz greats as keyboardist Bruce Allen, saxophonist Allen Wiggins, Bassist Brent Brown and many others! Elisha founded Parriscope Entertainment, Inc. in 2006 and has spent much of his time since behind the scenes a composer, song-writer, music director and record producer

Tom Siegel

Born: July 3, 1978

I studied jazz pano through highschool. I left highschool and attended Berklee College of Music for 2 years. When I left Berklee I worked as an audio engineer doing studio sound as well as live sound. After a break from the music industry, I have returned with the mission to be a part of the discovery and development of new techniques for musicians to market themselves in the new music industry climate. I founded IndieLeap.com to research resources currently available to musicians to assist them in developing a sustainable career in music.

Mikan Zlatkovich

"Mikan and I have played together on many occasions..He's a very good musician, but what I like most about him is his fire and spirit. He seems to truly have a grasp of the essence of jazz piano." -Charles Mcpherson "It's always a pleasure to watch Mikan perform. His consummate command of the keyboard allows him to express musical emotions with inventive ease."- Chuck Perrin "Those with a good ear for great jazz piano may hear the influences of Peterson, Tyner and Powell in Mikan's playing, but like the influences of Titian in a Rembrandt, what we have in Mikan is a Rembrandt,..it only looks like a Titian at first glance"-John Paul Jones An accomplished pianist with over a decade of professional experience playing both in Europe and the U.S., Mikan has shared the stage with jazz notables like Tony Scott, Clifford Jordan, Chet Baker, Ernie Wilkins, Ralph Pendland, Anthony Wilson, Willie Jones III and Charles McPherson

Peter Oxley

Born: August 1, 1994

Hello. I am 15, learning jazz piano. Mostly real book tunes and romantic ballads e.g misty. Pretty hot at improvisation. That's about it-I mostly go solo.

Loren Temkin

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Daniel Meron

Through his music, Brooklyn based pianist and composer Daniel Meron awakens listeners' deepest desires and feelings. Born in Israel to a family of Egyptian and Syrian descent, Meron integrates his love for improvisation into original compositions that are both sophisticated and lyrical, rich with influences from Jazz, Middle-Eastern and Latin American music. Meron’s multiple records have gained rave reviews from music critics and radio stations around the world.

For his new record entitled Pendulum (2024 Pinch Records), Daniel has gathered some of New York’s most innovative and distinguished jazz musicians: Drummer Mark Whitfield Jr. (Kenny Garrett, Kurt Rosenwinkle), bassist Tamir Shmerling (Terri Lyne Carrington, Kevin Eubanks), flutist Itai Kriss (Pedrito Martinez, Avishai Cohen) and tenorist Jonathan Greenstein (Omer Avital, Itamar Borochov). Having performed together over the past year, the band further explores that elusive and magical balance between the power of clarity and the excitement of spontaneity. Listening to Meron’s enchanting compositions played by such heavy-weight jazz improvisers provides a captivating experience both live and on the record.

Michael Pagán

Born: October 10, 1958

Michael Pagán was born in Ravenna, Ohio. He was raised in a musical family and received his first piano instruction from his parents. He remembers hearing recordings of Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, and Miles Davis, as well as Beethoven, at an early age. At Kent State University he earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education with emphases in piano/choral music and a Master of Arts in composition, where his teachers were James Waters, Thomas Janson, and Frank Wiley. He was a music theory student of Hugh A. Glauser, after whom the school is presently named. Mike played piano in the new music ensemble under the direction of Frank Wiley and the jazz ensemble under the direction of Chas Baker. His piano teachers included Toni Glauser, Lois Rova Ozanich, Robert Palmieri, and Olga Kuehl-White of the University of Akron. The piano playing and compositions of the late Pat Pace were also an influence. During those years Mike played jazz piano and bass throughout Northeast Ohio. He also played bass in the KSU Orchestra. He received his Doctor of Music degree in composition from Northwestern University, where his principle composition teachers were Lynden DeYoung, Alan Stout, and Steven Syverud. He played piano in the NU jazz and contemporary music ensembles, both directed by Don Owens and continued piano studies with Laurence Davis. While in Chicago he was named a “musician deserving wider recognition” by Downbeat magazine. As a jazz pianist he has performed for over 40 years throughout the United States and in Europe with many notable jazz musicians. Ensembles he has performed with as a soloist include the Ashland (OH) Symphony Orchestra, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, the Northshore Concert Band, and the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra of Denver. In 2017 he was a jazz soloist with the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra and in 2019 with the Southeastern Louisiana University Jazz Ensemble. He has also played exteneded engagements aboard the historic steamboat Delta Queen on the Mississippi River, specializing in early as well as mainstream jazz. Since 2009 he has held an on-going Tuesday night solo engagement at Cafe Trio in Kansas City, MO.

Fabiano Araújo

Born: September 24, 1974

Born: September 24, 1974 Pianist, composer and arranger, Fabiano Araujo appears in modern Brazilian music scene with his first work entitled “O Aleph” (Indie/2006) that was rated 5 stars by the most important newspaper O GLOBO (9/4/2007), while his second work “Calendario do Som” 9 Dias” maintains the good appreciation of his work by reaching the mark of 4 stars on O GLOBO (9/15/2009). • “A pleasant surprise...amazing instrumental departures. From choro to jazz” (O GLOBO, 09/04/07) • “Outstanding work...he proves that is possible to make music using both heart and brain”(Guitar Player” July 2007) • “Fabiano Araujo, a pianist with a lot of creativity and art” (www.clubedeJazz.com.br 30/11/2007) • “Music without Frontiers” (Caderno 2” A GAZETA, 9/3/2007)
His new album “Calendario do Som -9 Dias” (2009) was recorded and distributed in Europe by the Portuguese Label Numérica (www.numericamultimedia

Jakob Davidsen

Born: March 27, 1969

Jakob Davidsen (born in 1969) studied composition and orchestration with, among others, the Danish composers Bo Holten and Niels Marthinsen, and has also toured and recorded with many names from the Danish jazz and world music scene, including Takuan and Bright Sight. He has made a close study of the composers Olivier Messiaen and Per Nørgård, who, along with the arranger Gil Evans and the pianist Bill Evans, have left deep traces on Davidsen's music. Since 1991 he has been the leader of The Crossover Ensemble, which since the very start has been a significant band on the Scandinavian jazzscene