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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

Scott R. Looney

About: Scott R. Looney has always been interested in the creation and performance of compelling sounds across a broad spectrum of contemporary, improvised, and experimental music. He has studied composition and improvisation with Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Morton Subotnick, David Rosenboom, and Frederic Rzewski, obtaining his MFA in Composition from California Institute of the Arts. After moving to New York, and finally to the San Francisco Bay area, he became more interested in expanding the timbral possibilities of the piano, and using pianists such as Denman Maroney as a starting point, has forged a signature style using the inside and outside of the piano, plucking strings, using metal implements and other quick preparations, in combination to playing the piano normally

Steve Colson

Born: September 4

ADEGOKE STEVE COLSON, pianist and composer, has performed internationally as a leader of jazz ensembles ranging from trios to orchestras. Born in Newark and raised in East Orange, NJ, he received his degree from Northwestern University School of Music and lived in Chicago for a decade before returning to the East Coast where he now resides. November 13, 1989 was proclaimed Adegoke Steve Colson Day by the City of Newark in honor of the premiere of his multi-media work, Greens, Rice, and a Rope, at Newark Symphony Hall during the national celebration of New Music America. A critically acclaimed figure in modern jazz, Steve’s compositions are finding their way into the “jazz standard” repertoire and are being performed and recorded by some of today’s jazz greats as well as by his own group

Robert E. Crabtree

Born: May 5, 1955

Robert Crabtree has been working as a professional musician for over thirty years in the Chattanooga, TN area. He moves to Chattanooga in 1975 to study music at UTC where he obtained his music degree while working with the finest musicians in the area. Robert has worked at many varied venues, from flatbed truck, riverboats, concrete garages to the finest clubs and the Tivoli’s stage. From solo performances to the Chattanooga Symphony, Robert’s work has taken him around the world and has performed and recorded with such notables as Cy Coleman, George Beverly Shay, Bill Watrous, Jerry Coker, Suzanne Somers, Phil Driscoll, Michael Pope, The Wiz, Ringling Brothers, “Icecapades”, “Cats” and many others

Alma Macbride

Born: April 21, 1995

Pianist Alma Macbride is currently an honor roll, full scholarship student at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT and is the piano chair of the Jazz Band. Alma was the first ever recipient of the Susan Freydberg Scholarship for her musical talent. This scholarship enabled Alma to attend the International Festival of Jazz Educators in Toronto, Canada in 2007. She is also the 2009 Winner of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Mary Lou Williams Competition, where she performed with Wynton Marsalis and the JALC Orchestra in NYC. In addition to performing Alma composes music as well and is a recipient of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award for 2012 for her composition Full House She is a member of The Duo Con Alma, a performing group that performs at senior centers, libraries, and the like throughout the community

Fred Wackenhut

Art of Life Records is pleased to present Jazz pianist and composer Fred Wackenhut's recording debut. Joining Fred on "This I Dig of You" are Larry McKenna on tenor saxophone, Darryl Hall on acoustic bass and Nick Ciminale on drums. The recording features three standards, This I Dig of You by Hank Mobley, Too Young to Go Steady by Adamson & McHugh and Manege by Bernard Peiffer in addition to two original compositions by Fred Wackenhut, Clayton Road and Freddy's Bounce. All songs arranged by Fred Wackenhut. Recorded and engineered by Don Antonelli on April 21, 1996 at Alameda Studio in Broomall, Pennsylvania with 24-bit digital mastering by Paul G

Kait Dunton

Born: September 20, 1983

Kait Dunton is a Los Angeles-based keyboardist & composer. She exudes joy when she plays and her honest emotional expression invites her audience to be open and vulnerable right alongside her. Her radiant energy and musical storytelling have garnered her hundreds of thousands of followers on social media as well as a large listening audience on Spotify. 

Starting with her first album, Real & Imagined - now a fan favorite with over three million streams - Kait has continued to cultivate her signature sound over many subsequent albums and releases, including her latest single featuring her evocative improvisational style - and with over 2.5M views on Instagram: “this one’s for you”. Her music has received 4.5 stars in DownBeat magazine, has reached top ten (twice!) on the Jazz Week radio charts, and has been heard on KCRW and KJazz.

Yuko Okamoto

Born: May 21, 1984

Yuko was born in Miyagi,Japan 1984. She started playing piano at age 5 but changed to Electone(a synth organ) at age 7. She has enjoyed playing Pop,Funk,R&B,Jazz etc… When she was in junior high school,she won Miyagi prefecture first prize of ‘YAMAHA JUNIOR ELECTONE FESTIVAL’. In 2002 and 2004 she was chosen semifinalist of ‘INTERNATIONAL YAMAHA ELECTONE COMPETITION’ at Akasaka Britz(2002) and Shibuya AX(2004). She played for a large audience of about 2000 people. Then in 2003 she won first prize of ‘YAMAHA ELECTONE COMPETION EXPERT DIVISION’ and she earned a high evaluation on her performance and charm

Daniel Roure

Born: November 24, 1948

Pianist, composer and vocalist in French and English, Daniel Roure offers in his albums an inspirational Jazz experience combining elements of Cool Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Poetry, Blues, Swing and Popular Music, french pop, .

Daniel Roure has an unmistakable timbre and attack incorporating Jazz Standards,Blues and French Ballads. Roure's warm voice and unforgettable swing won him an award at “Le Printemps Du Jazz” in Toulon, France.

Widely recognized in the international specialized press, his songs travel the world through the Internet and streaming radio stations and have reached more than 40 million listeners