Results for "piano"

Astrid Cowan

Born: April 18

Andrew Sheyback

Born: June 13, 1976

Amro el bahrawi

Born: November 1, 1964

Amy Duncan and Brass Tacks

Born: December 5, 1941

Amy Duncan is an American pianist, composer and arranger originally from New York, who lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She originally put her band, Brass Tacks, together in New York in 1984, where they played in various venues around the city for a number of years. Brass Tacks.is a 10-piece jazz ensemble consisting of two trumpets, two trombones, two euphoniums, a tuba, acoustic bass, piano and drums. They play only original music and arrangements by Amy, which could be described as based in jazz, but taking off in a number of different directions, including samba, bossa nova, funk, salsa, Middle Eastern and African

Ali Berkok

Born: December 3, 1978

Ali Berkok is a Toronto-based pianist and composer best known for his 2012 chamber score to Battleship Potemkin, and as a founding member of the trio Aurochs, along with Pete Johnston (bass) and Jake Oelrichs (drums). Aurochs's layered, long-form improvisationals can be witnessed every second Tuesday of the month at the Tranzac, and their debut album "Rational Animals" is available now on iTunes and Bandcamp. Ali's interest in jazz was ignited as a teenager when he discovered he could disobey the sheet music that he had been trained to follow with accuracy since the age of 8

Alex Leonard

Born: May 20

Featured in venues from Manhattan to Las Vegas, Europe and Japan, Alex has performed on stages such as Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, The Bruno Walter Auditorium, Joe’s Pub, Below 54, The Cutting Room, Pierre Hotel, Algonquin Hotel.and as 'artist in residence' at The Metropolitan Room in NYC. He is host of the "Golden Apple Cabaret Hour" on WVOX in New York City.

Alex Wilson

Born: November 21, 1971

Alex Wilson: Alex Wilson took a fateful decision in 1993 and his passion for music and jazz into a professional career and by 1996 he had become one of the most in-demand keyboard players on both the London jazz and Latin music scenes. His debut solo Album, Afro-Saxon, was released in 1997. By 2000 he was called to play in Courtney Pine?s band this collaboration lasted for a year after which Alex wanted to focus on his own projects and establishing his own band. He also began recording the album that was to become R&B Latino. In 2001 Alex picked up the BBC Rising Star Jazz Award.

Alain Mion

Born: January 14, 1947

Pianist, composer & singer. "...A fresh sound mixing churchy style and impressionist inspiration...". Performing with "Cortex" and with "The Alain Mion Trio" including Patrik Boman (bass) and Michael Kersting (drums). Alain is founder and the leader of the legendary French group, Cortex, real cult band for the jazz funk addicts all around the world with the album Troupeau Bleu. www.alainmion.com

Marta Sánchez

Born and raised in Madrid, Spain, pianist and composer Marta Sánchez is actively working in the contemporary creative music scene in New York City and around the globe. Charting a significant path through her innovative and original music, she has reached an international audience, gaining significant global recognition.

After finishing her classical training at the Conservatory, she began her academic training in jazz and contemporary music at School of Music Populart, earning a grant from A.I.E. (Spanish Association of Musicians.) The first band she created, Zafari Project, was selected by the Spanish agency for youth (INJUVE) as one of the most promising on the Spanish scene, giving them the opportunity to tour Spain playing in different jazz festivals. This band also won first prize at the international jazz contest Debajazz, which is not the only jazz contest Ms. Sánchez won. She also was awarded the first prize at the Jazzargia International Jazz Contest with the Javier Moreno Trio and the first prize at San Martin de la Vega Jazz contest with Natalia Calderon Quartet. She is the only musician in Spain who has been selected on three occasions by AECID (government agency for international development cooperation) to represent Spain at jazz festivals in different countries around South America, Central America and Europe; with her own band on two occasions (2009, 2012) and with the Natalia Calderon Quartet (2009). In 2010, she received the “A.I.E en Ruta” Touring Grant from the Spanish Association of Musicians. In 2011, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, which allowed her to continue her studies at New York University (M.M.). During her time there, she went on an international tour in Costa Rica, where her group represented NYU at the famed Costa Rica Jazz Festival.

Fini Bearman

Fini Bearman is a London based singer, multi-instrumentalist & composer, who has a ‘rare sense of melody running through her eclectic compositions, full of catchy twists and turns’. Her music melds diverse influences from jazz, folk and contemporary music into an 'arresting and uniquely personal' sound. Sometimes dealing with settings of poetry and other times original lyrics, ‘her voice, effortlessly moves between a light precision and warm soulfulness is unmistakably her own’.  Fini released her latest album 'Burn the Boat' in October 2016 and it has already received much glowing reviews from peers and critics including ****'s from Jazzwise, allaboutjazz, the Guardian and the arts desk. '.