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Martin Eagle

Born: July 6, 1940

Martin Eagle formed the avant garde New Jazz Trio in Los Angeles at a time when the "free jazz" approach of Ornette Coleman was just making itself heard in New York. During this period he also performed with noted multi-saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk and bassist Charlie Hayden. Returning to New York, he joined trumpeter Don Ellis' Orchestra and soon formed his own trio with bassist David Izenzon and drummer Charles Moffett, a rhythm section he shared with Ornette. This period also included a Carnegie Recital Hall concert and a performance in the first New York Avant Garde Jazz Festival with Izenzon and drummer Paul Motian

Joel Mofsenson

Joel Mofsenson EDUCATION: B.A.Harpur College (S.U.N.Y.) 1964 M.M. Music Composition,Indiana University,1968 AWARDS: Ford Foundation Composer -In-Residence ,1965-67 EXPERIENCE: Performer - Keybooards for I "Love My Wife","Dreamgirls", "They're Playing Our Song". Music written by Cy Coleman. Composer - Composed Industrial Music for Pfizer Inc.,G.E., Psychology Today , Lightolier, Norden Systems. Composed,Recorded and Performed 2 Library Music CD's for American Music Company Recording Studio- Recorded Cast Albums for 3 Musical Comedies.Extensive experience in MIDI/Hard disk Recording Systems.Proficient in Logic Audio Software Teaching - University of Alberta Private Piano Teaching Pracice for over 10 years INTERESTS: Tai Chi

Dragan Petrovic

Born: September 30, 1961

Dragan is Naturalized Canadian who immigrated to Canada 12 years ago from his native Belgrade, where he made his living as a professional musician. His influences are Jazz, Late '70 such us Herbie Hencock, George Benson Chick Corea. Playing Jazz and Commercial music both in Belgrade and Europe, Dragan composed and arranged music for theatre and radio and TV jingles during the day, while continuing to hone his craft in the evenings with live performance.

Ayako Shirasaki

Born: September 16

Recognized in her native Japan as a jazz prodigy (in the 5th grade she was already transcribing Bud Powell solos), Ayako Shirasaki while yet a pre-teen won many prizes including the Grand Prize at the Asakusa Jazz Competition. Her professional career began at the tender age of twelve when she began regular appearances at the "J" jazz club in Tokyo. Her extraordinary talent was soon recognized, and she was featured in Swing Journal.

Extremely versatile, Ayako majored in classical music at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and performed as a classical pianist for several years after graduation. But the love of the jazz idiom instilled by her father from the age of five won out, and Ayako soon returned to her first love, winning in 1995 second prize in the prestigious First Annual Heineken Jazz Competition.

Tim Lyddon

Born: September 1, 1959

Pianist/composer Tim Lyddon describes his approach to music as "...uncompromised, what I feel from the heart, drawn from my life's experiences."  Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett along with impressionism and introspection are key influences and elements in his approach.  Tim began studying piano at nine years old, but took a serious interest in jazz three years later after his family moved to California.  Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson and Bud Powell were his first influences in developing his own natural swing feel.  Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, Jarrett and Evans soon followed.  A serious and dedicated student, he studied with Charlie Shoemake and Terry Trotter, and after a two year stint in Las Vegas, he returned to Los Angeles and immersed himself in the jazz scene playing with great musicians such as Dick Berk, Chuck Flores, Sam Most, Bob Summers and Kim Richmond as well as leading his own trio. He recorded two trio projects and also recorded two albums with Stan Kenton trombonist Ray Weigand, as well as various television and movie scores. After studying classical piano on scholarship with Milton Stern, Tim studied composition and arranging with Spud Murphy, who also taught such luminaries as Oscar Peterson, Gerald Wiggins and Bennie Maupin

Patti Wicks

Born: February 24, 1945

In a jazz marketplace saturated with singer/pianists, Patti Wicks stands apart. She is the real thing - a pianist with a highly personal style of playing and a singer with an instantly recognizable voice. Her superior musicianship, impeccable taste and singular ability to dig deep inside the meaning of a lyric have earned her the respect of her fellow jazz musicians, the unqualified praise of jazz critics, and the admiration of a constantly expanding audience of devoted fans. Despite the inherent difficulties of a career in jazz, Wicks has remained steadfast in her commitment to the music and in her determination to find success on her own terms

Blossom Dearie

Born: April 28, 1926

Blossom Dearie was a remarkable American jazz vocalist, pianist and composer from the bebop era known for her unique voice, definitive arranging style and continent spanning career. From recordings and radio to Calvin Klein ads, the Gilmore Girls television show, and many other film and TV soundtracks, her career swung into the 21st Century. Christina Aguilera and Carly Rae Jepsen are fans, and her friend Tony Bennett honored her as a jazz influence. Elton John recently named the piano he uses in his Las Vegas shows after Blossom. Blossom Dearie was born in the Catskill Mountains of New York State and was given her name by three proud brothers who brought pear blossoms into the house upon her arrival

Roberto Magris

Born: June 19, 1959

Born in Trieste, in Italy, in 1959, after a career of forty-five years with concerts all over the world, he is a renowned and appreciated musician on the international jazz scene today. He has 47 recordings to his credit, including 3 CDs for the Soulnote/Black Saint label and 31 CDs in the USA for the Kansas City's JMood label, together with musicians such as Art Davis (bassist for John Coltrane), Albert Tootie Heath, Ira Sullivan, Idris Muhammad, Herb Geller, Brian Lynch (2 Grammy Award Winner), Mark Colby, Tony Lakatos, Eric Jacobson, Sam Reed, Paul Carr, Jim Mair, Eric Hochberg, Hermon Mehari, Logan Richardson, Kendall Moore, Brandon Lee, Alfredo Chacon, Rodolfo Zuniga and others. In the USA, he has mostly frequented the jazz scenes of Kansas City, of which he is also an honorary citizen, Los Angeles, Miami and Chicago, and has directed numerous groups and played as a bandleader in famous jazz venues such as The Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, The Blue Room in Kansas City, WDNA Jazz Gallery in Miami, The Jazz Showcase in Chicago, The Jazz Estate in Milwaukee, The Caspe Terrace in Des Moines, The Love Jazz Club in Omaha, The Schwartz’s Jazz Point in Cincinnati. His CDs Live in Miami, Shuffling Ivories, Match Point and Duo & Trio, were voted by several American critics among the Best Jazz Albums of 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, and his CD Suite! passed the first round of selection for the Jazz Grammy Award nomination in 2019. In Europe, he has directed the Europlane Orchestra (a central-European jazz venture sponsored by INCE-Central European Initiative), his Italian quartet, the Gruppo Jazz Marca, the Alfabeats Nu Jazz band and, in the period 2016-2020, he was active with the MUH Trio (Magris-Uhlir-Helesic Trio), with a hundred concerts and 2 CDs recorded in Prague, where the trio had its base. In 2024 he re-started after two decades his Roberto Magris Europlane group with some of the best musicians from Central Europe and recorded live the Cd Freedom is peace. In the same year he also recorded the Cd Lovely day(s), the first solo piano album in his career, the Cd Let’s change! in Chicago, and started a new collaboration with Croatian saxophonist Denis Razz, recording the album In Action. In 2025 Magris has released his first solo piano album Lovely Day(s). Numerous interviews and reviews of his CDs were published by the major jazz magazines and websites, including Down Beat, JazzTimes, Cadence, Jazziz, All About Jazz, New York City Jazz Record, Jazzwax, Riffides, Chicago Jazz Magazine, Jazz Inside, Jazzhot , Musica Jazz, Jazz Journal International, Jazzwise, Citizen Jazz, Jazzpodium, Concerto, Union Disk  Japan and many others. A profile of Magris is also included in the book The Jazz Stories Project, published in the USA by Cadence Media LLC in 2018.

Eric Teruel

Born: March 31, 1970

Rick DellaRatta

Born: October 23, 1961

Rick DellaRatta Jazz Pianist, Vocalist Composer Rick DellaRatta is now considered by many to be one of the finest Singer/Pianists performing today and one of only a handful of Jazz Artists who can make a successful musical presentation to a large audience without having to abandon the true art form of Jazz. Through his life long endeavor to help advance people to their highest potential through the understanding of Jazz as well as spreading peace worldwide through his "Jazz for Peace World Tour", Rick DellaRatta is considered to be an innovator and a visionary. The Rick DellaRatta Trio features Jazz greats Lenny White, Eddie Gomez & Rick DellaRatta. His unique and original piano playing and composing has been compared in print to Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett, Joe Zawinul, Horace Silver, Oscar Peterson and Thelonious Monk while his signature vocal sound and style has been likened to Chet Baker, Billy Holiday, Joao Gilberto, Ivan Lins, Michael Franks and Antonio Carlos Jobim