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Frank J. Jackson

Born: December 19, 1925

FRANK J. JACKSON - Legendary Bay Area Giant of Jazz PIANIST & VOCALIST - Pioneer/Honoree San Francisco Fillmore Jazz District - 2005 Lifetime Achievement Honoree by KPFA, KCSM, KKUP & KUSP -Elite Member of Piano & Vocal Jazz Performers -Pre-eminent Performer of Great American Songbook -Best Male Vocalist Frank Jackson, long recognized as a brilliant jazz pianist and vocalist, bandleader, producer, recording artist, and standup vocalist, is highly in demand performing and recording on the scene today in clubs, festivals and concerts from trio to sextet settings. Frank Jackson's place in San Francisco jazz history was recently solidified even more forcibly in Fall 2005, when he was honored as a Heritage Pioneer Jazz Legend of the Fillmore Jazz District, and is prominently featured in "Harlem of the West," the recent 2006 best-selling history of the Fillmore District Jazz Era of the 1940s and 1950s by Elizabeth Pepin and Lewis Watts

Eugene Portman

Born: March 24

My name is Eugene Portman and I am a UK based jazz pianist living in Surrey and working mostly in South-East England. I do, however, work in the north of England quite a lot and this usually gives me the opportunity to stay with my family in Yorkshire. My involvement in the contemporary & jazz music scene includes performing as a soloist, ensemble player & as an accompanist of singers. Some people would describe me as a jazz pianist while others would say that I am a cocktail pianist. What is for sure, is that I am no modernist

Eric Mintel

Born: October 8, 1967

Eric Mintel and the Eric Mintel Quartet have cultivated one of the most distinctive styles in jazz, combining an exciting and delicate lyrical sense with a powerful and dramatic musical force. Going beyond the traditional forms and standard techniques of American jazz, this quartet is changing the landscape of jazz and broadening its audience. The EMQ performed by special request of former President Bill Clinton at the White House and has had over eleven concerts at the Kennedy Center including one for American and Japanese Delegates with First Lady Laura Bush in attendance. Eric was a featured guest on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on NPR, the Quartet performed and sold a 3 CD boxed set of Eric's music on QVC

Enrico Lucarelli

Born: December 19, 1959

Edward Simon

Born: July 27, 1969

Edward Simon, a native of Venezuela, has made a name for himself over decades in America as a jazz improviser, composer-arranger and band leader, with his profile heightening in recent years as he has explored the commonalities jazz can have with the folkloric sounds of Latin America. JazzTimes summed up his impact this way: “Simon is less talked about than many other important jazz pianists from the Caribbean and South America, but he may be the most complete creative artist among them.” Based in the San Francisco Bay Area as a member of the all-star SFJAZZ Collective, he has been a Guggenheim Fellow along with being awarded multiple composition grants as part of the Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works initiative

Eimear Cusack

Born: April 5, 1988

Diran Tavitjan

Born: 1977

Diran Tavitjan was born in 1977 in Skopje, Macedonia. He got in touch with music at 6 years when he start attending piano at the classical school of music. At that time his father, one of the best drummers on the Balkans Garabet Tavitjan was member of very famous jazz-rock band called Leb i Sol. Since then he was attracted with jazz and contemporary music. Diran has a complete music education as a pianist and percussion player. Later, he had private studies of jazz theory and arranging with Ilija Pejovski who graduated at Berklee College of music class 1977. Diran is a fellowship holder of prestigious Jazz Music Academy Berklee College of music, in Boston. Tavitjan has been actively engaged in musical creativity

Dean Krippaehne

Born: September 25, 1956

Jazz vocalist arrived on the music scene in the late eighties to glowing reviews with a great stage show and a brand new recording in hand. He has been building an international following ever since and has five jazz CDs to his credit. The internet explosion of the late 90's provided a new platform for Dean's music that has seen him top the charts from Downbeat.com to Amazon.com - from MP3.com to 1sound.com. Always recording and performing, this jazz-singer-songwriter is continuously searching and reaching for something new while staying true to his jazz and blues roots.

David Thompson

Born: December 23, 1952

David Thompson started playing the piano when he was ten. After several years of classical lessons, he stopped studying formally. As he moved through his teens, he began to develop an interest in jazz. He started listening to groups headed by such artists as Horace Silver, Art Blakey, and Lee Morgan. After several years of listening to and being inspired by such pianists as Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson, McCoy Tyner, Jack Wilson, Ahmad Jamal, George Shearing, Billy Taylor, and Denny Zeitlin, Dave discovered the playing of Bill Evans. "I remember returning from a trip to New York, and thinking it was time to find a new pianist to listen to, someone I hadn't yet discovered for myself

Daryl Johnson

Born: December 20, 1960

Ladies and Gentlemen: The New York music scene is a hot bed for musical talent, and with the rise of the internet and the emergence of the independent artist new and fresh voices are finally getting a chance to be heard. Case in point, jazz pianist Daryl Johnson a talented composer arranger with a penchant for creatively crossing styles and genres bringing about fresh and original jazz compositions. 2004 witnessed the release of "From the Inside" the debut offering featuring six of Daryl's original compositions and a reflective solo piano rendition of "You Don't Know What Love Is". "From The Inside" enlist bassist Lonnie Plaxico and drummer Lionel Cordew, prominent musicians whose sidemen activities list Cassandra Wilson, Mike Stern, Jeff Lorber, and Steve Coleman to name a few.Mr Johnson also brings on former mentors Warren Smith (marimba) and Andrei Strobert (drums) along with on the rise new comer Andrew Lamb (sax).The CD is an eclectic mix of Post-Bop and Contemporary Jazz written, arranged and produced by Daryl Johnson. Hardly a novice, Mr