Results for "piano"

Richard Casamento

Born: September 18, 1960

Rich played piano from age 6 but dedicated himself to the study of Jazz later in life. In his late 20's he hooked up with NJ teaching legend Luciano Salvatore (Father of GRP recording artist and child prodigy Sergio Salvatore) and began a lifelong study of improvisation heavily influenced by the approach of artists such as Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Eliane Elias, Kenny Baron, and especially Keith Jarret. Rich has since had the chance to study with other Jazz luminaries such as Chris White (Bass), Kenny Werner (piano), and Haim Cotton (piano). Rich played in a trio setting for several years behind Newark vocalist Emilio Cruz, culminating in an appearance at the Newark Jazz Festival as the opening act for Joe Henderson

Neil Cowley

Born: November 5, 1972

As a young boy, London-born Neil Cowley studied classical music at the prestigious Royal Academy, and by the age of 10 had performed a Shostakovich piano concerto to a full house at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. By his mid-teens, Cowley had joined a friend in a Blues Brothers tribute band, “as a way” he says “of getting into pubs”, yet the London pub circuit served him well—he learned to play classic, old school R & B in a number of bands whose members had come from, or went on to great things. By the age of 17 he turned his back on formal training altogether, and entered the world of pop

Scott Earl Holman

Born: June 4, 1954

7 TIME GRAMMY WINNER Paul Wertico says, "...a musical statement that takes you somewhere you might have always wanted to go but never knew existed."

Crumblehead Records proudly presents the worldwide release of 'Faith And Works' 2009 featuring Paul Wertico on drums and Larry Gray on bass. While at the Chicago Blue Note, the Scott Earl Holman Trio opened for Maynard Ferguson, Leon Russell, Maria Muldaur, G.E Smith ('Saturday Night Live' bandleader), and many more.

He has performed with legends like Ira Sullivan, Von Freeman, Lin Halliday, Richie Cole, Larry Gray, Eric Alexander, Paul Wertico and others.

Igor Prochazka

Born: February 6, 1975

Pianist and composer Igor Prochazka was born in Zlin (Czech Republic) in a family of entertainment music professionals. After about ten years of basic classical piano education in Duesseldorf, Germany, he worked as bar pianist, presenting pop and jazz classics in exclusive restaurants and hotels. Now he is based in Madrid, Spain, being member of various jazz and world music projects. Currently he is mainly working with his band Igor Prochazka Trio with Christian Perez (double- bass) and Diego Gutiérrez (drums), some of the most in-demand musicians in the capital's Jazz scene.

Andrew J Dorsett

Born: August 1, 1972

"It's not about me"

Kurt Charles Juergens

Born: November 8, 1985

Hey, this is Kurt Juergens here. I love Jesus and I love jazz. I write songs and instrumental pieces and also arrangements of standards and have recorded a few. When I do so again I will put them up. Also I will provide a link if any other musical endeavors arise.

Valentine Slachetka

Born: February 14, 1944

It's being re-developed

Martan Mann

Born: April 3

Master's Degree in Music from San Jose State University Studied music and business at San Francisco State University; Hawaii Pacific College; University of Hawaii. Private piano teachers: Wilbert Baranco; Frederic Saatman; Don Haas; Mark Levine; Art Lande and Kenny Werner. Has performed extensively in clubs and concerts throughout Northern California and Hawaii. Performed for 25 years at The Garden City in San Jose. Current activities include: Clazzical Jazz Lecture/Performance Series; Developing a new contemporary jazz CD with the Martan Mann Trio; developing a concert tour with Martan Mann & Mannkind and the Martan Mann Trio; writing a new book on practicing improvisation. Recently musical director of "The Cole Porter Revue" and "Gershwin,Gershwin" at the Capitola Theater in Capitola, CA

Brian Kelly

Born: March 16, 1960

Brian Kelly is an award-winning American composer, pianist, and recording artist producing contemporary instrumental and solo piano music. He has released three contemporary piano instrumental albums and published two sheet music songbooks. Brian's latest release, Butterfly Rapture, is a collection of twelve solo piano neoclassical pieces with jazz, gospel, and Celtic influences. The album, Kelly's third studio album, was awarded Best Instrumental/Piano Album in the Akedemia Music Awards (February 2016), and was awarded three medals from the Global Music Awards: a Silver Medal for Album (June 2016), a Silver Medal for Composition/Composer of the title-track “Butterfly Rapture” (June 2016), and a Bronze Medal for Instrumental Performance Solo (March 2016)

Gary Rinehart

Born: December 15, 1935

"A song to Remember", Hollywood's distortion of the life of Chopin, was Gary’s first inspiration to become a classical pianist. Later, after hearing Art Tatum and Teddy Wilson, Gary’s musical education turned toward jazz. On his turn with the draft Gary became a musician in the Navy. Funds to assist with college and law school were on the GI Bill, an occasional piano gig and his wife Sharon’s willingness to work to “put him through”. During his law practice the piano has been Gary’s companion. He says: “A lawyer who plays the piano is like a doctor who plays chess, but lawyers don’t have the patience to play chess.” Gary plays “the standards”, remembering that in times past we danced to them, and, more importantly, that they were songs, with lyrics we knew