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Mark Thibodeau

Born: November 16, 1965

Born in Detroit, MI in 1965 to an American mother and Canadian Father, Thibodeau grew up in Canada and the USA, listening to his Father's Jazz record collection. He studied music theory in college and privately, while playing piano professionally from a young age. Thibodeau has shared the stage with and/or recorded with music legends including: Alberta Adams, Marcus Belgrave, Bettye Lavette, George Benson, Odessa Harris, Mudpuppy, Eddie Kirkland, Eddie Burns, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Colin Linden, Johnny "yard dog" Jones, Johnnie Bassett, Joe Weaver, Kenny Martin, Stanley Mitchell, Karen Lawrence, Cesar Pena, Francesco Mora, Robert Penn, Wild Child Butler, and more

Hiromi Kasuga

Hiromi Kasuga, a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, began her musical life at the age of six by playing classical piano. She is originally from Japan, now living in NY. She began her jazz studies at the acclaimed Berklee College of Music. After graduating from Berklee, she received a full scholarship at Long Island University. Her next achievement was a Masters of Music degree at the highly esteemed Manhattan School of Music where she graduated with top honors. Those Universities offered Hiromi a wealth of precious experience to study with great jazz musicians, such as Bruce Barth, Dave Leibman, and Kenny Barron

Bob Rodriguez

Born: April 12

Critically acclaimed pianist Bob Rodriguez is one of the most distinctively imaginative musicians in contemporary Jazz today. Possessing a refined virtuoso technique, extraordinary harmonic sensibility and an incomparable approach to his instrument that melds aspects of European classical and Latin music with modern Jazz, Rodriguez's performances and recordings of his own compositions and interpretations of standard material have distinguished him as a truly original pianist with his own tale to tell.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Rodriguez began studying classical piano as a child. At 15, after hearing Teddy Wilson on the radio, he was inspired to write an original blues, revealing a nascent aptitude for composition and prompting his teacher to send him to his first Jazz instructor, Hank Kahout, an expert on Wilson and Art Tatum, who was a stride piano specialist. Next, he studied privately with Bill Gidney, a bebop pianist who had accompanied Charlie Parker. Rodriguez studied harmony formally at the Modern Music School of Cleveland with Phil Rizzo (a former Stan Kenton arranger) and twelve tone composition at Baldwin Wallace University. Later, he attended Akron University, where he spent time analyzing modern classical techniques under the tutelage of Pat Pace, who had written arrangements for Miles Davis.

Ben Markley

Born: November 5, 1981

Ben Markley is a pianist, composer, arranger, author, educator, and leader of the Ben Markley Big Band, a daring ensemble known for their creative takes on beloved modern and contemporary jazz classics. Fresh off the heels of Clockwise: The Music of Cedar Walton, Markley tackles his most ambitious project yet: Ari’s Funhouse, a big band album featuring the music of drummer Ari Hoenig, with Hoenig himself in the drum chair. The album received great critical acclaim and was selected as one of the best 4 star rated albums of 2022 by DownBeat magazine.

Markley is active as a composer and arranger with many big band and vocal jazz charts published through UNC Jazz Press as well as his own website. Recent arranging commissions include the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia, and Wyoming Jazz Educators All-State Jazz Band. 

Mark Pressey

Nationally acclaimed, multi-talented Mark Pressey intertwines undeniable stage presence and extraordinary vocal abilities with nearly every genre of music. He is a brilliant songwriter, composer, arranger, lyricist, entertainer and arguably one of Denver's most sought-after pianists and vocalists. Mark plays blues, jazz, classical, popular standards, and Broadway show tunes at renowned venues and private parties across the country. Over the years, Mark has generated numerous local and national accolades. Penny Parker, columnist for the Rocky Mountain News, called Pressey a top ivory tickler, and Zagat Survey, in its United States Top Nightlife guide, hailed Pressey as a crooner who gets patrons humming with show tunes and hits by Elvis, Sinatra, Jimmy Buffet, and others

Elisabetta Serio

Born: June 1, 1972

modern jazz italian pianist, collaborates with the most important leader of her country such as Pino Daniele, Rino Zurzolo (doublebass) Pippo Matino (bass) and with international pop star like Noa and Z Star. She took her jazz degree in Italy and made workshop with Barry Harris in Rome and italian musician (Rita Marcotulli, Pippo Matino) Leader of her own trio, she performes all over Italy in most jazz clubs.

Arun Prasaad

Born: March 21, 1984

Arun 'monk' Prasaad 'life without music is a big mistake' Arun Prasaad plays piano, founding member of Rock Music Group, 'Heaven', in 2003, Chennai, like every synth-loving young musician. But then matured enough to evolve as a jazz pianist. Or simply a jazz piano player. Now runs a Jazz band "9th Cross Jazz Junction", and writing reviews and blogs that puts forth his piano thoughts!! Composed music for short films, Radio Jingles and Public Commision Videos. Big Interests in Jazz: Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans. Others: Beatles, Scorpions, and more.

Bob Albanese

Albanese, a perpetual student, was granted a scholarship in 2002 to complete a B.M. and M.M. at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music in Jazz Composition. He met the challenge head on and while under the M.S.M. umbrella composed a number of new works including a Jazz Philharmonic piece entitled “Samba Esperança” that was performed by the Cincinnati Conservatory Philharmonic in April of 2006. He completed his formal degrees, BM and MM in May 2006 graduating with honors, receiving the William C. Borden award [for outstanding achievement in the field of Jazz].

Equally at home in jazz, Latin, pop, and theatrical musical settings, Jazz Pianist Bob Albanese has worked with a wide stylistic cross section of artists, many of considerable fame. Some of the notables he has performed, arranged and/or recorded with include Anita O’Day, Buddy Rich, Warne Marsh, Rita Moreno, Herb Ohta, Datevik Hovanesian, Leslie Uggums, Daphne Rubin Vega, Bill Watrous and a host of other Jazz artists ranging from Cab Calloway to Freddie Hubbard to Branford Marsalis.

Andy Roninson

Born: December 29, 1989

Andy Roninson is a versatile pianist adept at many genres. Although he is currently attending the Conservatory of Music at SUNY Purchase as a Jazz Performance major, he has studied classical music extensively, has accompanied musicians of all levels and instruments (vocals, tuba, trombone, school choirs, bassoon, clarinet, trumpet, Easter Mass, etc.), and has played or recorded professionally in a variety of genres of pop music (jam band, funk, pop, folk, ska, hip-hop, singer-songwriter, etc.). Andy has also had much experience in the theater world, accompanying dozens of shows and musical directing such shows as "Rocky Horror Purchase Show," "The Fantasticks," Park Playhouse's upcoming "High School Musical," as well as several others

Jacob Anderskov

The pianist, composer & band-leader Jacob Anderskov is mostly known from his own bands ANDERSKOV ACCIDENT, JACOB ANDERSKOV TRIO, AIRTO MOREIRA - JACOB ANDERSKOV DUO, JACOB ANDERSKOV SOLO, JACOB ANDERSKOV PA DANSK ("in Danish"), AN AUF & DOCTOR STRUCTURE. Since his two simultaneous debut CDs from 2001, he has released 13 CD's as a bandleader, received an Art Council awarding of the CD Jacob Anderskov Trio's "even worse", the "Govenment Art Foundation 3 year working grant" in 2004, and 5 Danish Jazz Music Awards (2 as a leader). He is presently elected as one of three "spearhead" acts of the "Danish International Jazz Launch", a cooperative Music Export project between a number of the major Music institutions in Denmark. His music has been described as "ancient nordic fairytale flower that slowly opens up and takes new colours, while you are at first gaping and amazed, later moved by its richness and satisfying beauty." (Peter Rahbek, Jazz Special, february 2003). As a bandleader Anderskov has performed in most European countries & in USA & Canada