Results for "piano"

Bill Gerhardt

Born: March 10, 1962

Pianist / Composer / Arranger / Band Leader Bill Gerhardt Gerhardt's compositional style in any genre he explores is uniquely recognizable. Balancing challenging harmonic and rhythmic aspects with natural melodic ideas, listeners are instantly drawn into the atmosphere regardless of the complexity. Equally, his ability to weave story lines with pianistic improvisations communicates in the most direct fashion. A visionary band leader, Bill customizes his composing and knack for combining the personalities and strengths of his band mates into seamless units. He has been acknowledged by his colleagues for these attributes for years and as exposure to a wider audience grows, so does the appreciation for his art. Bill Gerhardt, is a prolific composer and arranger

Dan W

Diggin' me some hip hop jazz

Nico Huijbregts

Born: April 8, 1961

Starting with the end. This morning my girlfriend and I bought a second hand caravan for a fair price: a twenty-five year old Kip Rainbow, in particularly good condition. We picked it up in Eerbeek, where not a blade of grass is crooked, and drove it to a camping site in the forest between Berg en Dal and Groesbeek. Where everything is crooked. While writing this, my hands still hurt from pushing and dragging our new refuge over one sod after another! You've noticed: I'm procrastinating. Indeed, I'm browsing through my mind for the first small scrap of my life that I can remember, but I'm drinking the wine I've just poured, I can feel my hands tingling, and I'm blocking the information in my head that you might want to read: years, places, successes, awards, developments, statements, interesting contacts. It's so tempting to fill out the list: at that point in time I became, I wrote, I met, I got, I achieved. To look upon an event as an absolute indicator for anything that follows, or as the result of something preceding, actually creates a prison: I like to see life as an unbounded whole where everything is possible within the limits of a never ending one-hundredth of a second. It's a blessing that bad paintings can be hidden under a new layer of paint

Peter Deneff

Born: March 28, 1969

Peter Deneff grew up in Long Beach, California listening to Greek and classical music and studying classical piano with Leaine Gibson. After starting his professional life playing in a Greek wedding band at age fifteen, he became obsessed with straight-ahead and Latin jazz. He began jazz studies with renowned pianist Mike Garson, where he crafted his art through studying some of the great jazz improvisers such as Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Chick Corea. During this time he also studied many ethnic styles that eventually led to the development of his classical and jazz compositional style as well as the formation of his Middle Eastern-Latin jazz group Excursion

Brenda Hopkins Miranda

Born: July 14

Brenda Hopkins Miranda was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is currently doing trio (piano, bass and drums), quartet (piano, guitar, bass and drums) and piano solo concerts. Having grown up with the sounds that encompass Puerto Rican and Caribbean music, she has continued to expand her essence by adding soul, blues, funk, jazz, classical, bluegrass, rock, flamenco and all sorts of multicultural influences. Her music is influenced and inspired by a diverse list of artists that includes Radiohead, Nina Simone, Robert Plant, GoGo Penguin, The Chemical Brothers, Melody Gardot, Avishai Cohen and Nik Bärtsch. As a bandleader Hopkins Miranda has released six recordings of original music on her BHM label: “Boricua on Board,” (1998) “Bohemia,” (1999), “Recuerdos de Granada/Memoirs of Granada.” (2009), "Simple" (2012), "Aeropiano" (2014) and "Puentes" (2017). Brenda is known for her expressive sensibilities, daring compositions, powerful grooves and fearless improvisations

Russ Nagy

Born: March 18, 1955

Russell Nagy is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, B.M. with minors in Music Theory and Jazz Studies. Masters of Composition from The Ohio State Univdersity - as well as the Cleveland Institute of Electronics, Broadcast Engineering Diploma. Further education includes the La Domaine School of Orchestral Training, Hancock, ME and The Don Sebesky Film Scoring Workshop, NYC.

Russell is currently a professor at the Capital University Conservatory of Music and Choir Director at Worthington Presbyterian Church. He is an avid Jazz pianist and devoted cross-country cyclist.

Otmaro Ruiz

Born: June 27, 1964

Matt Wigler

Born: March 19, 1994

Matt Wigler is a jazz pianist, organist, singer, and composer from Baltimore, Maryland. Born in 1994, he began playing piano at age 5, and even then revealed his talent for improvisation. At age 8, Matt met a musician at a camp who introduced him to jazz and blues, and that is when he discovered his passion. This gifted, young artist has maturity, skill and versatility well beyond his years. Matt has performed at notable venues in the Washington DC area including the Kennedy Center, Strathmore Music Center and Blues Alley. He has also played at festivals throughout the US and Canada, including the Monterey Bay Blues Festival (CA), Beaches International Jazz Festival (Toronto), Telluride Jazz Festival (CO), DC Jazz Festival (DC), and Artscape (MD). In 2010, Matt was selected as an Artist in Residence at Strathmore, a renowned music center in the Washington DC area

Morris Nanton

"We go on the bandstand to kill, loaded for bear," bassist Norman Edge says, describing the relish he and pianist Morris Nanton bring to their trio performances. Shortly after Nanton's service discharge in 1956, he met Edge, and their connection was immediate. For a full forty-eight years Nanton and Edge have played together, longer than many marriages last. Drummer Jeff Brillinger is the junior member of the Morris Nanton Trio, with a mere twenty-six years of seniority. Such stability is remarkable in the jazz world, where even the most successful working groups are in a constant state of flux. While Nanton is the leader of the trio, he is a reserved person, preferring to let his music speak for him

Jose J. Gonzales

Born: September 24, 1967

Firmly rooted in jazz, the Jose Gonzales Trio puts a fresh stamp on standards, flirting with pop, funk, and R&B. Jose's vocals bring an emotional elegance that makes his performance unique. Living in Seattle, he keeps up with the local jazz scene (which is amazing!), and continues to meet and play with excellent musicians.