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Amina Figarova

Born: December 2, 1966

Amina Figarova is without doubt one of the most productive jazz composers and talented jazz piano players from Europe. Now living in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Amina started playing piano and composing at a very early age. She studied as a classical concert pianist at the Baku Conservatory, jazz performance at the Rotterdam Conservatory and the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Amina performs with her own group at many jazz festivals and jazz clubs around the world, such as The North Sea Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Capetown International Jazzfestival, Salvador Bahia Jazz Festival, Brasil, JakArt Festival, Indonesia, Yoshi's in Oakland, CA, Blue Note jazz club New York, and has given concerts in Israel, Europe, United Arabs Emirates, Mexico, USA, Azerbaijan, and many others. Recorded her first CD "Attraction" in 1994, a start of a wonderful career as pianist and composer, a CD with all compositions and arrangements of Amina, almost all the music on her CDs are composed by herself.

Mark Aanderud

Born: June 11, 1976

Mark Aanderud. Pianist, composer. Considered as one of the most important and original musicians emerged from Mexico. Son of a pianist and conductor, Mark started his studies at the National School of Music in Mexico City at the age of eight. Not only a jazz pianist, but a classical, and composer, has studied with his father, with Nestor Castaneda, Jean Baptiste Muller, Ninowska Fernandez, at the SIM (School for improvised music, NY), Uri Caine, Bill Carrothers, Enrique Neri, and composition with Arturo Marquez. Mark was awarded as best jazz musician and best jazz CD at the Chec Music Awards of 2003, 2004

Roy Assaf

Born: April 10, 1982

At the age of 23, after graduating from the Berklee College of Music, Israeli jazz pianist Roy Assaf moved to New York City to pursue his dream. Just a few months passed before he met legendary bassist and producer John Lee; soon Roy found himself touring around the world and playing the most prestigious festivals, clubs, and concert halls with the Dizzy Gillespie All Stars, a band that included James Moody, Jimmy Heath, Paquito D’Rivera, Roy Hargrove, Lewis Nash, Randy Brecker, Antonio Hart, and other jazz masters. Before long, Roy was getting calls from some of the world’s most influential contemporary jazz bands: Slide Hampton Sextet, The Mingus Big Band, Steve Turre’s bands, Roberta Gambarini Quartet, David Sanborn Group, Claudio Roditi Quartet, and many others. While completing his master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music, Roy established his reputation as one of the most sought-after young pianists in the New York jazz scene

Eri Yamamoto

Since moving to the United States in 1995, Eri Yamamoto has established herself as one of jazz's most original and compelling pianists and composers. Jazz legend Herbie Hancock has said, “My hat’s off to her... already she’s found her own voice.”

During the past twenty-seven years, Eri has been sharing her uniquely lyrical and evocative music with listeners in New York City, throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan, Africa, Jamaica, and Australia; with appearances in concerts, clubs, and major festivals.

A Woman With A Purple Wig is Eri’s new release, and her fourteenth as a leader. This powerful music came out of her experiences as an Asian woman living in New York City during the pandemic. She felt compelled to write lyrics and sing for the first time. The New Yorker writes: “Purposeful songs….address racial and sexual discrimination, yet also step back to celebrate simple joys. Colors are Beautiful is as affirming as the title track is critical.” Filmmaker Aleksandra Szczepanowska was moved to create music videos of both songs. "A Woman With a Purple Wig," recently won the prize for best music video at the prestigious Big Apple Film Festival, Spring 2023.

Louis Tillett

Born: March 13, 1959

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s LOUIS TILLETT provided a commanding and distinctive presence on the Australian alternative music scene. He was a softly spoken individual, yet it was his rich baritone singing voice (once described as “burning like a deep wound… like it’s oozing from the cracks of a tomb”), characteristic keyboard technique and exceptional song writing skills that earned him a reputation as an artist of considerable imagination, authority and conviction, and as a sideman of redoubtable stature. In addition to leading groups like the Wet Taxis, Paris Green and the Aspersion Caste, his work as a backing musician with Catfish, Ed Kuepper, the New Christs and Tex Perkins kept him firmly in the public eye. Louis’s first band, the Wet Taxis, commenced life as an experimental outfit in the manner of fellow Sydneysiders Severed Heads and Scattered Order before taking on a tougher 1960s-influenced direction

Tord Gustavsen

Born: October 5, 1970

This is music that sings, at once gentle and robust. Lyrical, immediately memorable songs, songs of an appealing freshness, yet sophisticated in their involvement with the melodic line. In the seven years that have elapsed since the recording of a debut album that proved both a popular and a critical success, Tord Gustavsen has toured extensively, crystallizing the musical approach and developing new compositions. The second trio album "The Ground" was released in 2005. In 2007 the trio completed a unique trilogy with a release named "Being There". In 2009, Tord changed into a different and somewhat more flexible ensemble form, releasing the album "Restored, Returned" with a line-up including Kristin Asbjørnsen (vocals), Tore Brunborg (saxophones), Mats Eilertsen (bass), Jarle Vespestad (drums)

Tom Lambert

Born: October 22, 1946

When people ask me how long I've been playing, I usually answer, "Since the 5th grade," and that my mom made me take lessons. As a young teen, my older sister listened to what was called race music at the time. Folks like Johnny Otis were on the radio playing rhythm and blues and our mom let us listen to it. In high school, growing up in Southern California, we were fortunate enough to live near a group of liberal arts colleges around Claremont during the great folk music scare. They had a folk center where people like Chris Darrow, David Lindley, and Taj Mahal were hanging out and teaching. It's not that I learned a lot from them, but I did learn the importance of seeing and hearing the real thing

Miho Nobuzane

Born: November 26

Miho Nobuzane hails from Osaka, Japan, and was a classical piano major in college in Japan. It was after graduation that she became inspired by jazz, studied and started performing jazz, Brazilian music and more in clubs in Japan. She arrived in New York in 1996 " when she began playing in every imaginable stylistic situation. Now several years later you can find her in local venues and traveling the world. On March.2007, Miho produced her debut album "Make YOU Happy"-Super grooving Brazilian Jazz for making everyone happy! Miho's music has been played some radio stations in Australia, Latin America, Europe, and USA(includes WBGO 88.3FM)

Rebeca Mauleón

Rebeca Mauleón - pianist, composer, arranger, recording artist, educator, author “My vision focuses on a celebration of diversity in our community, bringing together musical and other artistic elements in a tapestry which tells the story of the Americas, from diaspora to transculturation to multi-culturalism." She has been at the forefront of Latin and World music for over twenty-five years. A prolific pianist, composer, arranger as well as author and educator, Mauleón has performed with luminaries in the Latin, Pop and World music scenes, including Carlos Santana, Mickey Hart, Tito Puente, Steve Winwood, Israel “Cachao” López, Giovanni Hidalgo, Carlos Patato Valdez, Joe Henderson and others. Her performing and arranging credits include GRAMMY winners and nominees Tito Puente “Goza Mi Timbal,” Steve Winwood “Junction Seven,” and Carlos Patato Valdez “Ritmo y Candela.” In the 90s she recorded and toured with Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum as the group’s Musical Director. As a producer, Mauleón’s solo releases “Round Trip,” and “Latin Fire” have garnered international critical acclaim, earning top-ten status on the Latin Beat Hit Parade for seven consecutive months, including number one

Roger Quesnell

Born: January 26, 1952

Originally from the midwest plains of North Dakota , now settled in the Northwest. Produced 4 CDs , toured with many great known and unknown artists. Played keyboards on many albums in the Northwest, and winner of numerous awards.