Results for "piano"

Skip Wilkins

Skip Wilkins was born and raised in eastern Massachusetts. He grew up in a musical home and began listening to jazz at a very early age. His father played drums locally, so Skip was able to interact with professional musicians as a small child. He first found his way to the stage in kindergarten and has not left the stage since. In many ways his earliest experiences have proved the most enduring. He learned to love singing and listening to subtle harmonies before entering school, taking particular delight in the Great American songbook repertoire of such composers as Richard Rodgers, George Gershwin and others of the first half of the twentieth century

Brian Hunt

Born: November 13, 1948

Free player classical jazz gospel music love blues bluegrass

Albert Sarko

Born: October 15, 1956

b 1956 Detroit Worked with Archie Shepp, Candy Dulfer, Benny Bailey, Woody Shaw, Jimmy Witherspoon, Steve Grossman, John Handy, The Artie Shaw Orch., Solo-Recording Artist Enja Records, Producing 6 new CDs (Word-Drum), Recordings for Timeless, Sunny Timeless and Nota Records

Steve Rudolph

Born: April 10, 1949

Born in Evansville, Indiana, Steve studied trumpet and composition under scholarship at Butler University. He switched his instrumental focus to the piano at age 22 and was hired by Buddy Morrow to perform with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1977. Since moving to Harrisburg PA in 1978, he has been largely responsible for the growth and development of the thriving jazz scene in Central Pennsylvania. Steve is Past President and a founder of the Central PA Friends of Jazz, one of the most successful jazz organizations in the country. Presented as an “Emerging Artist” at the Jazz Times Convention in New York City in 1998 and winner of the 1999 Jazziz Magazine - Seven Springs Jazz Festival Piano Competition, Steve also received the prestigious 2002 Harrisburg Arts Award for his service to the community. Seven European tours including a 2003 tour of Russia and Siberia, soloist with Miami’s New World Symphony and receiving the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Jazz Fellowship in 1995 and 2001 highlight his career. Steve has appeared in concert with Louie Bellson, Al Grey, Buddy Tate, Clark Terry, Paquito D’Rivera, Herb Ellis, Buddy DeFranco, Terry Gibbs, the Mills Brothers, Buddy Morrow and countless other jazz greats. A recording artist and producer, Steve has eight CDs on the R&L Records, one on Dreambox Media, and three on PACT Records. He has recorded with Matt Wilson, Johnny Coles, Cal Collins, Roger Humphries, Joe Hunt, Bill Goodwin, J.D. Walter, Ali Ryerson, Dwayne Dolphin, Vinny Valentino, Paul Langosch, Tom Strohman, Amy Banks and many more. A Yamaha Performing Artist he is in demand as a clinician and for master classes. 

Earl MacDonald

Born: July 26, 1970

Described as “a magical, musical alchemist of hip hybrids” (Hartford Courant) and “a major force in the world of jazz composition” (Dan Bilawsky, AllAboutJazz.com), MacDonald’s inexhaustible commitment to the jazz art form reveals itself in his performing, composing and teaching. All seven of MacDonald’s albums differ in instrumentation — ranging from a quartet comprised of cello, saxophone, piano & percussion to a full 17-piece jazz big band. This variance speaks to MacDonald’s restless artistic spirit, unquenchable inquisitiveness and his desire to continue stretching himself musically

Craig Schneider

Born: September 11, 1969

Craig Schneider is a multi award-winning pianist, vocalist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. Equally at home on the concert stage or in an intimate jazz bar or cabaret room, Craig is an extremely versatile performer. Leader of an international jazz trio and swing band, since moving to London in 2004 he has performed all over the UK, including appearances at the 606 Club, Pizza Express Jazz Club and Chelsea Arts Club and performs regularly at London’s top hotels, including the Savoy, the Dorchester and Claridges. Craig has worked on the West End show The Rat Pack, Live From Las Vegas, including a recent concert series in Cologne and has toured the UK as musical director for the cabaret act Shoo Shoo Baby. A respected jazz artist, Craig has been featured at most of Australia’s major jazz festivals and has shared the stage with such jazz greats as legendary bassist Ray Brown, vocalist Marion Montgomery and Australian trumpet virtuoso James Morrison

Stephen A Hardt

Born: January 15, 1987

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Hector Martignon

New York based-, Colombian born Hector Martignon has composed, orchestrated, produced, performed and recorded music in a wide spectrum of genres, from Classical and Crossover, to Jazz and World Music, to Rock and Pop. His five albums as a leader, two as co-leader (MOZART’s BLUE FANTASIES and BACH’s SECRET FILES) as well as his work on over a hundred albums, scores for five feature films, three Broadway Musicals and multiple other projects, showcase his wide-ranging area of expertise. After several nominations as a sideman, two of his five solo CDs were nominated for a GRAMMY Award (REFUGEE, 2008, and SECOND CHANCE, 2010)

Johnny Knapp

Throughout his long-lived career, Johnny Knapp has accompanied such stars as Billie Holiday, Sally Kellerman, Barbra Streisand, and Tyne Daly. He has worked as a musical director of several feature films, including "Funny Girl." He teaches jazz vocals at City College of New York and jazz and jazz history at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and has been a private teacher and coach for more than 30 years. He has appeared on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival, New York Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and at private events for Walt Disney, the Rockefeller and Hearst families, and Ted Turner

David Bryant

Pianist/Composer David Bryant is a world-class artist. Few musicians today match the versatility, originality, and sensitivity that he brings to the music. He combines an extensive knowledge of the jazz tradition and other diverse musical idioms, as well an individualistic approach and sound. It is no surprise that he is quickly rising to the top of the international jazz scene.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Mr. Bryant started playing piano at age 4. By age 8, he was competing and ranking in some of the New York area’s most prestigious youth classical piano competitions, such as BACA and the Queens College Festival of Music Competition. Four years later, David also began playing cello and trumpet, performing with youth symphonies and chamber programs on all three instruments. As a result of his dedication, he was accepted to New York’s prestigious LaGuardia High School of Music and Arts. It was here that David became interested in jazz.