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Kaspersen, Jan

Born: April 22, 1948

Jan Kaspersen Pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader Born 22 April 1948 in Copenhagen. Studied piano with Duke Jordan, Kjell Olson, and Herman D. Koppel, and jazz theory with George Russell. Study trips to The Gambia, West Africa, in 1983 and 1985. Active on the jazz scene since 1969, primarily in Denmark, but also in Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the USA, and Russia. Awarded DJBFA's composer prize in 1987, the JASA prize in 1988, Statens Kunstfonds 3-year work grant in 1993 and lifelong grant from 1998. Kaspersen has played with such groups as "Blue Sun" 1969-72, "Alif" 1976-78, and "Nada" 1978-80

Larry Porter

Born: September 1, 1951

Larry Porter is an adept in the music of both East and West. As a jazz pianist, his playing pays homage to the history of the music, from ragtime through post-bop and into the future. As a rebab player, Porter has been hailed as "...without a doubt one of the best of his generation" by the US-based Afghan magazine, Lemar-Aftaab (http://www.afghanmagazine.com/april2000/music/larry/index.html). In both spheres Porter's compositions, renditions, and improvisations portray multi-dimensional visionary soundscapes conveying the depth and breadth of emotions that encompass the human experience. He is also involved in projects integrating aspects of jazz and other Western music forms with Afghan, Central Asian, and Indian music.

Larry Porter's jazz credentials are impeccable

Joachim Klein

Born: September 9, 1981

Musicologist and pianist Degrees from humboldt-university berlin

Michele Giuliani

Born: December 28, 1976

Michele Giuliani , pianist and composer from Puglia (Italy), is defined eclectic musician and devoted to the mixture of styles. His conception of music travels through jazz to the african rhytmhes and ethnic music. His personal reading of tradition and improvisation, the deep conviction that making music is an act of spirituality and sharing, gives him the status of a performer and composer cross and “outside the box”. Grown up artistically during his travels in Africa and several European capitals ( Berlin, Paris, Bruxells , Prague) Giuliani makes the professional and human exchange with artists from all over the world, his technical and expressive way of learning

Martin Pickett

Born: August 2, 1969

Born in 1969, Martin's love of music took shape in his early teens, writing songs and playing guitar. He studied classical guitar through to Bristol University, while having piano as a second instrument and exploring compositional approaches. After University he took a PGCE in secondary music education and then moved to Oxford to teach music in a secondary school. It was at this time that his interest in jazz piano dominated his musical activities. In 1998 Martin left his teaching post to work as a freelance jazz pianist and teacher. Since this time he has worked in a variety of settings and worked with a wide array of Britain's most talented musicians. He has recorded his own CD I'll Be With You Again in 2005 and played on albums by Diane Nalini, Tim Wilson, 3BPM, and Frank Hockney

Al LaPorte

Born: March 16

Playing the piano since the age of 4, Al is comfortable in all music genres. Currently performing New Orleans Jazz and Funk, Al performs over 600 gigs per year. Look for Al's newest CD "From Rags to Fancy Fingers" Due soon.

Marco di Gennaro

Born: October 15, 1965

Marco di Gennaro Pianist, improviser, composer, arranger Background: Studied classical music and graduated from an Italian conservatory of music. Discovered jazz and studied with Franco D’Andrea, Rita Marcotulli, Enrico Pieranunzi. Master classes with Paul Bley, Kenny Barron, Barry Harris, Dave Liebman, Steve Lacy. Has performed live for many years, playing his own compositions. Worked with: Charles Tolliver, Lee Konitz, Peter Bernstein, Doug Weiss, Bill Saxton, Dwayne Burno, Steve Turré, Joe Farnsworth, John Farnsorth Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava, J.D. Allen, Quincy Davis, Andy McLoud, Amii Stewart, Peppe Merolla, Paolino Dalla Porta, Stefano Di Battista, Antonello Salis, Furio Di Castri, Gary Bartz, Roberto Gatto, Flavio Boltro, Harvie S, Maurizio Giammarco, Pietro Tonolo, Fabrizio Sferra, Fabrizio Bosso, Paolo Mappa, Fabio Zeppetella, Tony Scott, Luca Velotti, Sandro Satta, Stefano D’Anna, Ares Tavolazzi and Joseph Lepore. Worked with the following actors: Giorgio Albertazzi, Alessandro Haber, Enrico Brignano, Gioele Dix, Giampiero Ingrassia, Roberto Herlitzka, Pasquale Panella, Giuseppe Cederna, Adolfo Margiotta, Daniele Formica, Matt Dillon, Serena Autieri, Dario Cassini, Maurizio Costanzo, Monica Guerritore and Anna Mazzamauro. Recordings: “Listen…Silent” Live CD (Dodicilune Publishing) featuring Lee Konitz

Jimmy Gray

Born: December 6, 1968

Gray began studying piano in high school at Caddo Magnet High, a school in shreveport,louisiana strongly oriented towards the arts having produced some great musicians such as Kenny Wayne Shephard and Brian Blade. After a long hiatus he began experimenting with the written arts and after struggling with a novel length work and dabbling in performance poetry while studying medicine in New Orleans Louisiana he began his new relationship with sound and the performing arts while in professional school. Unsatisfied with simply mixing sounds with electronic media he picked up his axe again after being inspired by avant garde jazz musican Marzette Watts whom he met before his death while in medical school

Giovanni Mirabassi

Italian pianist and composer, born in Perugia in 1970. He starts playing the piano at the age of three and gets interested in jazz at ten. Self-taught, he studies while listening to Bud Powell, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Jacky Byard, then Bill Evans, Kenny Barron, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, and also musicians playing other instruments than the piano, ranging from Charlie Parker to Pat Metheny, but also Astor Piazzolla and Elton John, Bach, Brahms, Charles Mingus… And of course Enrico Pieranunzi who remains one of his most influential pianists. At 17, he gives his first important concert at a moment’s notice, accompanying Chet Baker on a visit to Perugia

Xavier Thollard

Born: December 17, 1982

Xavier Thollard was born in 1982, and started to learn music at the age of 9 in the Rennes Conservatory of Music in France. After percussions and classical piano studies, he decided to learn jazz, and had piano-jazz lessons in a district school. He especially learned in contact with other musicians, playing in many formations, and having jazz training courses (like Marciac’s in 2001). Since he moved to Paris in 2002, Xavier Thollard has led several musical projects and collaborated with many musicians, in particular by playing with the Big Band des Universités de Paris, which was created in 2004 by Thierry Lalo, and playing in duet with french harmonica player Yvonnick Prené. His first CD trio as a leader « Prime Times », released in 2008, was selected as “young talent” by the french music store FNAC