Results for "piano"

Robert Ratonyi

Born: December 13, 1953

ROBERT RATONYI Jazz pianist,arranger, composer Website: http://www.ratonyirobert.hu/ BIOGRAPHY He was born on 13 December, 1953, Budapest. At the age of 6, he started to learn solfeggio at Mrs Jeno Szervanszky, Valika, and then he started to play the piano. Later he became the student of Klara Geczy Fazekas. Following his art studies and the grammar school graduation, he attended the Bartók Béla Music Conservatory, specializing in jazz, where he was the student of János Gonda. Since 1975, he has played together with all leading Hungarian jazz musicians at concerts, at festivals at home and abroad, and at studio recordings

James Hayes

Born: July 2, 1968

Based in London, French piano player and composer James Hayes has left behind the glamorous world of finance to fulfill his love of music. After having participated to numerous funk, soul and pop bands as well as jazz small ensembles to big-band, James decided in 2006 to launch his very own quintet, in the style of the Blue-Note legendary combos of the 50-60's. Playing only original material, the band recreates the moods and genres of the greats of the day--Jazz Messengers, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan, Monk, Mingus, Davis, Coltrane etc... Both albums "Vague Nouvelle" and "Thesaurus", available through iTunes, amazon MP3 and www.jazzcds.co.uk, offer an eccletic collection of original hard-bop tunes.

Dan Tepfer

Born: January 8, 1982

One of his generation’s extraordinary talents, Dan Tepfer has earned an international reputation as a pianist-composer of wide-ranging innovation, individuality, and drive—one “who refuses to set himself limits” (France’s Télérama). The New York City-based Tepfer, born in 1982 in Paris to American parents, has recorded and performed around the world with some of the leading lights in jazz and classical music, from Lee Konitz to Renée Fleming, and released eleven albums of his own in solo, duo and trio formats.

Tepfer earned global acclaim for his 2011 release Goldberg Variations / Variations, a disc that sees him performing J.S. Bach’s masterpiece as well as improvising upon it—to “elegant, thoughtful and thrilling” effect (New York magazine). Tepfer’s 2019 video album Natural Machines stands as one of his most ingeniously forward-minded yet, finding him exploring in real time the intersection between science and art, coding and improvisation, digital algorithms and the rhythms of the heart. The New York Times has called him “a deeply rational improviser drawn to the unknown.” His 2023 return to Bach, Inventions / Reinventions, an exploration of the narrative processes behind Bach’s beloved Inventions, became a best-seller, spending two weeks in the #1 spot on the Billboard Classical Charts. 

George Poe

Born: April 1, 1967

Born in Houston, Texas, George has always been a lover of music. In grade school he learned to play the trumpet in the school band. By high school, he had joined a small jazz combo, which allowed him to refine his tonal vocabulary on pieces from Steely Dan, Chicago, and Maynard Ferguson's band. But despite his love for the solos of Ferguson, Miles Davis, and Chuck Mangione, he eventually moved his focus from trumpet to piano. In so doing, he discovered a realm of musical possibilities open up to him. This was due largely to the fact that he could play the multiple notes of chords simultaneously instead of the single tones of the trumpet. Fueled by an insatiable appetite for melodic arranging and songwriting, he immersed himself in the craft

Drew Nugent

Born: August 28, 1985

Drew Nugent is a jazz musician, hailing from the city of Philadelphia, and bandleader of the group "Drew Nugent & the Midnight Society". Nugent, as well as his ensemble, specializes in playing traditional or "Hot" Jazz, from the 1900s to the 1940s, with the main area of focus being the Jazz Age - the Roaring 20s. His main instruments of choice are the piano, trumpet and vocals. He is also known for his playing of an odd contraption called the"Hot Tea-Kettle", or the "Teapot Trumpet" as some fans have named it. Drew made his debut in 2005, at age 19, on the classic NPR radio show "A Prairie Home Companion", where he placed 3rd on the "Talent from 12-20 Contest"

Henri Roger

Born: July 20, 1951

Henri Roger (improvised music, contemporary electronic music)  is a pianist, guitarist, composer and improvisor. His music is influenced by Keith Jarrett , Chick Corea, Cecil Taylor and by contemporary music . http://www.henriroger.com He worked with : Mama Bea Tekielski , Catherine Ribeiro , Tai Phong and improvisors like Paul Rogers, Barre Phillips, Bruno Tocanne, Emilie Lesbros, François Cotinaud, Eric-Maria Couturier, Emmanuelle Somer, Benjamin Duboc, Didier Lasserre, Noël Akchoté, Jean-Marc Foussat.

Dirk Schreurs

Born: May, 1966

Born May 23. 1966, Dirk Schreurs started improvising at the piano at the age of 6. Having taken a solid classical training at the Music Academy of Neerpelt (Flanders, Belgium), he graduated summa cum laude. At the age of 15 he sat in with R&B-giants such as Bob Hall, Dave Peabody and the Deluxe Blues Band at the Belgian Folk & Blues festival, playing ragtime, blues, boogie- woogie and gospel piano. At the European Youth Music Festival (1984) the Dutch Television (NOS) recorded Dirk's performance of the jazz-musical "On the town" scored by Leonard Bernstein. In 1989 Dirk graduated as a Master in Germanic Philology at the Catholic University of Louvain

Robert Parker

Born: June 3, 1953

Robert Parker's Blurbs About me: Musician since age of 7. For me, music is a magic that has always been and will always be. To play is always a question of when, not if. I hear it when there is nothing going on. I feel beats during any moment of silence. I am blessed with a decent means to express some of what I hear. These days, I play piano primarily for my own enjoyment, although people pay me quite well to enjoy what it is that I MUST do. At times, I have tried to abandon my Art like a deadbeat Dad, but it doesn't last. Forever blessed with the curse of the "I've-got-to-play"

Frank Stagnitta

Born: August 8, 1948

In the last four decades, Frank Stagnitta has made a name for himself on the international jazz scene performing with players such as Chet Baker, Zoot Sims, Phil Woods, Woody Shaw, Charles McPherson, Mingus Dynasty, Barbara Morrison, Eddie Gomez, Guis Hendricks, and Tom Harrell. From 1985 to 2000 he was living in Holland, teaching at Konenlijk Conservatory in The Hague and performing at jazz festivals throughout Europe with people like Sal Nistico/Rachel Gould Quintet, Domagoy Rolinsic, Gjis Hendriks, Douglas Sides, and Benny Bailey. Recently, Frank came back to the United States, and for a short time, he returned to his home in Syracuse New York.

Jeremy Manasia

Born: March 28, 1971

A native of Staten Island New York, Jeremy was born on the 28th of March 1971. He began playing piano at the age of seven, and immediate fell in love with the instrument and classical music. This started him on a journey that carried him through arts high school (where he found his passion in jazz) and conservatories in New York and Holland. Jeremy has toured the world with his music, and currently lives and teaches in New York City, where he has resided since 1997. Jeremy was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk Competition, the Great American Jazz Piano Competition, and the American Pianists Association Jazz Piano Competition. Jeremy has performed with The Charles Owens Quartet, The Hotpants Funk Sextet, The David Gibson Quartet/Sextet, The Peter Bernstein Quartet, The Ryan Kisor Quintet with Chris Potter, The Joe Magnarelli Quartet, Nneena Freelon, Marlena Shaw, Diane Schur, Jimmy Cobb, John Boutte, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the American Symphony Orchestra, Wayne Escoffrey, Rodney Green, Greg Hutchinson, and has recorded with Charles Owens, David Gibson, The Hotpants, Steve Santoro, Alex Graham, The Sickle Project, John Boutte, Five Up High and Melissa Morgan. Jeremy's debut CD, "Witchery", was released in August 2007 by Canadian based CELLAR LIVE records and is available in stores and on the web