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Stefano Bollani

Born: December 5, 1972

At the age of six, wanting to become a singer, Stefano Bollani would accompany himself on the family keyboard. A few years later, he recorded a cassette of himself singing and playing, which he sent to his idol Renato Carosone, along with a letter explaining his dream. Carosone replied advising him to listen to a lot of blues and jazz, and so Bollani did. His first record was the second volume of the jazz encyclopaedia published by Fratelli Fabbri. At age 11, he enrolled at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory of Florence, where he received his diploma in piano in 1993. At age 15, he tread the boards professionally, playing mostly pop, at the same time studying under Luca Flores, Mauro Grossi, and Franco D'Andrea whose seminars he attended at Siena Jazz. In 1996, he met Enrico Rava at the Teatro Metastasio in Prato who immediately invited him to play in Paris with him: "You're young, you don't have a family

Jack Reilly

Born: January 1, 1932

Jack Reilly’s life as pianist and composer spanned 60 years. It began in 1946 playing a New Year’s Eve gig with a drummer and later blossomed into a major career. Jack’s jazz trio performed in Europe, Wales, England, Canada, Alaska and all major cities in the United States. Mr. Reilly frequently performed as soloist with symphony orchestras, choirs, chamber ensembles, woodwind quintets, and string orchestras, most often playing his own compositions. He served as Musical Director for David Frost’s USA tour of “That Was the Week That Was” and spent two years as arranger/conductor/pianist for pop singer Gloria Loring

Claude Marc Bourget

Born: November 23, 1956

Claude Marc Bourget gives us with the piano surprising improvisations, with the frays influences of modern jazz and classical, often virtuosos and where resound as in memory the landscape of the music of the 20th century.

"An energetic music, extremely dense, as well as uncommon harmonic richness. Autodidact, Bourget displays impressive technical qualities and shows nexhaustible creative inspiration." —Pierre Boulet, LE SOLEIL, Festival international de jazz de Montreal

Claude Marc Bourget was born in 1956 in Montreal. Autodidact, he became known in 1982 with his appearance at Musak Noise Sound Festival (Montreal's Vehicule Art Gallery), where several experimental artists from Montreal and New York participated" with a concert for improv'ed solo piano and recorded piece, entitled Resonant Tension /prolongation.

Lorenzo Paesani

Born: August 9, 1977

Lorenzo Paesani studied improvisational music all over Europe and the U.S. with John Taylor, Fabrizio Puglisi, Franco D'Andrea, Ralph Alessi, Tim Berne, Marc Ducret, among others. As of 2014 his latest performances include Athens Technopolis Jazz Festival, Kuala Lumpur Jazz Festival, Nisville Jazz Festival, Saulkrasti Jazz, Bologna Jazz Festival, Novara Jazz Festival and many other events. The latest recordings are with different ensembles but all projects have a particular blend of jazz, original compositions and open improvisation, spanning from modern jazz to contemporary music, such as: “Imbiss” (ABeat Records), “Dagli Appendini Alle Ante” (Orange Home Records), “L’arsenale Delle Apparizioni” (Slam Records), “It Came To Broadcast The Yucatan” (AUAND). He also works as a composer for “Kairostudio”, a cultural association which produces documentaries and movies about the safeguard of the environment. Lorenzo Paesani, diplomato summa cum laude in pianoforte classico e jazz, si dedica alla pratica della musica improvvisata, che ha studiato, tra gli altri, con Franco D'andrea, Fabrizio Puglisi, John Taylor, Tim Berne, Ralph Alessi, Marc Ducret

Marco Detto

Born: March 22, 1962

Marco Detto was born in Milan in 1962. At first he studied cello, then he totally devoted himself, as a self taught musician, to the study of the pianoforte. He began his professional career in 1982, collaborating as a sideman in many different jazz bands. In 1987 he "gives birth" to his own first jazz group, carrying his name, favouring the trio, and he performs in many jazz clubs. In 1992 he recorded his first work of standard songs“Falling in jazz with love” , with Marco Ricci and Giorgio Di Tullio and with this ensemble the same year he recorded an original piece of work “I sogni di Dick”. In 1994 Marco Detto begins to collaborate with Palle Danielsson and Peter Erskine, with whom he recorded the “La Danza dei ricordi”. In 1998 with Marco Ricci and Stefano Bagnoli, he recorded “Altrove”, a piece of work consisting mainly of very original compositions. In 1999 he recorded with the same group “In The Air”. In 2000 Marco Detto receives an invitation by Eddie Gomez in person to perform three concerts with his band featuring L.White and J.Steig, as a replacement for McCoy Tyner and Chick Corea at the IV International Festival of classical and jazz music (IV

Stephen Merriman

Born: September 28, 1946

The short version: Stephen Merriman survived his twenties (mid-1960s to mid-1970s). In those years he played out as a jazz pianist, giving concerts on the college circuit, and worked on studio sessions in Boston and New York. Returning to school in his thirties, he made up for "lost" time and got educated beyond his intelligence (eventually resulting in a Ph.D. in psychology). He has worked as a psychotherapist for nearly thirty years. His love of the keyboard, and for composing, however, was never too far beneath the surface. Over the past few years, opportunities have come along to play out once again

Marco Marconi

Born: November 2, 1975

Marco Marconi jazz pianist & composer Classical beginnings Born in Umbertide, Italy in 1975, Marco began his musical career as a classical pianist. Studying privately with Mauro Nadir Matteucci, Marco gained his diploma in classical piano from the Conservatory "F Morlacchi" in Perugia at the young age of 22, achieving full marks (100%) with honours. Marco went on to win several piano competitions throughout Italy and in 1998 was a finalist in the annual competition at "La Fenice", Venice, open only to the top graduates from Italian music colleges. Later, Marco continued his studies at the Conservatory "F

David Budway

David Budway is one of the most distinctive pianists on today's international jazz scene. While deeply rooted in classical music and rock and roll music, his masterful command for the modern jazz vocabulary has propelled him into the midst of present-day jazz pioneers. He is quickly becoming a highly sought-after accompanist, arranger, film composer, and songwriter.

As a child his Pittsburgh home was filled with the sounds of the Beatles, Mozart and Bach, as well as classical Arabic music coming from his father's violin. These early influences led him to begin classical piano study at age five and to eventually earn a Masters Degree in Classical Piano at Duquesne University, where he later taught Jazz and Classical piano for 15 years. It was during this time in Pittsburgh that he recorded his first jazz album in 1989 with sister Maureen entitled "Jazz, the Budway".

John Bianculli

Born: November 20, 1956

John Bianculli is a lyrical and soulful pianist and composer. John's dynamic original music is a unique blend of jazz, Latin, Brazilian, rhythm and blues, and world music. His original music can be heard on Telarc and Dream Box records. His song “Bittersweet” made the Contemporary Jazz Charts top-ten list. His music can also be heard on "Jazz Showcase," a major internationally released CD that is a compilation of Telarc's greatest jazz recordings. CBS recorded John’s original solo piano music and he composed the score for the film"Lit'l Boy Grown." As pianist for international jazz recording artist Steve Nelson for over five years, and Jeanie Bryson for over 10 years, John has also worked with Cassandra Wilson, Terence Blanchard, Regina Belle, Christy Baron, Charlie Rouse, Bobby Watson, James Spaulding, Jimmy Ponder, Bill Hardman and Earl May. A self taught, accomplished and versatile musician, John was born and raised in New York City’s Greenwich Village across from the Village Vanguard

Geoff Stradling

Born: May 19, 1955

Composer and pianist Geoff Stradling started piano lessons at age six - his mother being his first teacher. By 13 had run through the piano instructors in his hometown - Bellingham Washington, and began a biweekly trip to Seattle to study at The Cornish School, where coincidentally his maternal grandmother had taught years before. Passionate about music Geoff founded a big band as a freshman in high school and wrote for it for 4 years. By the time he was a sophomore in college he had won a national composition contest sponsored by the National (now International) Association of Jazz Educators. At age twenty he moved to Europe, and soaked in the European experience - food, wine, melody