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BJ Papa

Born: February 9, 1936

"Papa's life story mirrors much of the history of jazz in San Francisco over the past 50 years. He may be under the radar of many current jazz fans, but the significance of his career can be tracked through the dozens of young musicians who have found him a caring and trusted mentor as they make the transition from student to professional musician. "When I came to town, all the trumpet players were telling me about playing with B.J.," Hung says. "You learn a lot of songs because B.J. knows them all, and he helps you gain experience and exposure. A lot of the young cats got their start with him, and I feel privileged to be part of that lineage." Papa was born in Mobile, Ala., in the 1930s, and by the '40s he was listening to "all kinds of jazz and blues" on the radio

John Rangel

John Rangel is a dynamic Composer and Jazz Pianist.  He has been a professional musician for almost twenty years.  John grew up in a very musical family in New York City.  His mother and brother are opera singers and everyone in his family played an instrument.  John's grandmother played jazz and taught piano.  He attended Hunter High School (a gifted program) and studied at the Eastman School of Music.  John also studied Composition with John Corigliano and Jazz Piano with Joanne Brackeen, Kenny Werner, Stanley Cowell, Richie Beirach, and Phil Markowitz. John moved to Los Angeles in the early 90's.  He immersed himself in the rich vibrant culture of Leimert Park known as the "African Greenwich Village."  Leimert Park is the center of African-American Arts in LA, brimming with poets, artists, and musicians.  This community has been a major influence on John's spiritual intention and musical direction.  John Rangel is unique because of his tremendous range of musical experience; Jazz, Classical, Film Music, Pop, Hi-Life, Salsa, Reggae, and Calypso. John Rangel's versatility as a jazz pianist is most evident in his work with the following artists;  Nat Adderly, Marcus Printup, Ira Sullivan, Sam Rivers, Ravi Coltrane, Pharaoh Saunders, Sonny Fortune, Zane Musa, Eric Person, Ernie Watts, Sam Most, Azar Lawrence, Phil Ranelin, Scott Whitfield, George Bohannon, Al McKibbon, James Leary, Dr

Manuel Valera

Born: October 17, 1980

Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, Manuel Valera is in the forefront of contemporary modern jazz. He represents the next generation of great performers and composers. His sound is fresh, inviting and evocative, and his goal is to forge innovative sounds that bring a vitality and newness to the idioms of jazz and Latin jazz. He is constantly workshopping musical ideas to develop new composition and arranging techniques that bring together Cuban, Puerto Rican, Brazilian and various jazz styles and forms. His musical training started at an early age at Havana’s Manuel Saumell Conservatory where he originally studied classical saxophone

Bartosz Hadala

Born: June 27, 1977

Bartosz Hadala was born in Stalowa Wola, Poland and started his musical education at the age 7 at the local School of Music. Still as a teenager he participated in competitions, workshops and festivals. He became the youngest finalist in the Mieczyslaw Kosz International Jazz Piano Competition at the age of 15. Two years later he was awarded a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. In 1996, he left for Odessa, Ukraine, to study at the Odessa Conservatory with professor Anatoliy Kardashev. In 1998, Bartosz went to the USA to study jazz at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI

Jeremy Bacon

Born: December 16, 1959

Jeremy Bacon is an extremely creative and dynamic jazz pianist, fusing the raw volcanic energy of Don Pullen (one of his first important teachers) with the more introspective style of Fred Hersch(one of his last). Jeremy has also studied intensive classical technique with Sophia Rosoff of the Abby Whiteside Foundation, and Edna Golandski of the Taubman institute. He has played all over the world with his own group and as a sideman with others, including Charles Fambrough, Frank Lacy, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Jeff Ballard, Mike Mossman, Ugonna Okegwo, Pat Martino, Ralph Bowen, Joe Ford, Billy Hart and Warren March, just to name a few

Andrew Gilpin

Born: February 2, 1974

Andrew Gilpin, who rebelled against formal music lessons at the tender age of seven, is a completely self-taught pianist and composer. Although this meant he never had much homework, Andrew always kept the pedal to the metal and never rested until he had the notes just where he wanted them. When he isn't performing, composing, or arranging, Andrew fills his time with web site design, reading, and various crafts and hobbies. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1974, Andrew is completely self-taught at the piano. As an entirely home-schooled child, Andrew's self-directed learning led him to an exploration of a vast amount of musical repertoire, including ragtime, classical, jazz, pop, contemporary Christian, and everything in between. Mr

Ettore Carucci

Born: May 18, 1969

Pianist and composer Ettore Carucci was born in Taranto (Italy) 18/05/69. WORK HISTORY (MUSIC EXPERIENCE) 1989/2003 Tony Scott, Bob Mintzer, Rachel Gould, Kim Planfield, Massimo Moriconi, Maurizio Dei Lazzaretti, Maurizio Giammarco, Joy Garrison, Artur Miles, Eddy Palermo, Paolino Dalla Porta, Mario Raja, Pietro Tonolo, Cicci Santucci, Enzo Scoppa, Tullio De Piscopo, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Marcello Rosa, Silvano Chimenti, Roberto Ottaviano, Manu Roche, Matt Demeritt, Patrizia Conte, Carlo Bagnoli, Stefano Bagnoli, Marco Ricci, Jazz Studio Orchestra. He worked with some italian singer pop Franco Califano, Riccardo Fogli, Giacomo Rondinella. (Discography) CD name Honey with Santucci- Scoppa 1994 CD name UP UP Jazz Convention 1997 CDname Softly as..

Jose Bowen

Born: March 11, 1962

José Antonio Bowen is Dean of the Meadows School of the Arts and Professor of Music at Southern Methodist University. Bowen began his teaching career at Stanford University in 1982, first as the Director of Jazz Ensembles, and then for the Humanities Special Programs and the Afro-American Studies Program. In 1994, he became the Founding Director of the Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (C.H.A.R.M.) at the University of Southampton, England. He returned to America in 1999 as the first holder of the endowed Caestecker Chair of Music in the new Program in the Performing Arts at Georgetown University

Jordan Baskin

Born: October 11, 1979

Jordan Baskin has been in love with music from a young age. Throughout his childhood, Jordan remembers his musical schooling consisting of Led Zeppelin, Cream, Beethoven, Coltrane, and Mingus. Born and raised in Skokie, Illinois to very creative parents, Jordan was encouraged to explore diverse musical and artistic genres. Starting classical piano lessons from the age of 5 and later oboe, music became a necessary outlet for Jordan. By the age of 14, Jordan became interested in jazz and received guidance from Michael Kocour, a phenomenal Chicago-based pianist. Throughout his junior high and high school years Jordan had many exciting performance opportunities, tours to Europe & New York, IAJE performances, Ravinia Festival, and many state and national classical piano competitions

Michael Kocour

Born: May 29, 1963

Michael Kocour is a jazz pianist, organist and composer. He also serves as Director of Jazz Studies in the School of Music at Arizona State University. An active performer for more than three decades, Kocour has appeared at venues around the world and has been a guest on Marian McPartland's internationally syndicated NPR program "Piano Jazz." Among the many artists and ensembles with whom he has appeared with are Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Lovano, Eddie Harris, James Moody, Eddie Daniels, Randy Brecker, Benny Golson, Ira Sullivan, Carl Fontana, Dewey Redman, Lew Tabackin, and the Chicago Symphony. His recorded work as a studio musician includes soundtracks to two major motion pictures, and numerous television commercials