Results for "piano"

Monty Q Pollard

Born: August 3

Q Pollard is a keyboardist who experienced his early life in a musical environment. His late father, Monti was a gifted Master Percussionist who provided the foundation for Q to explore later on in developing the ear to continue playing and learning mostly on his own, various styles of music. Q, who originates from Washington, DC, has strong Afro-Cuban, Latin and Brazilian flavor in his music as well as a feel for Contemporary Jazz and Gospel. Q has played with with several bands beginning with High School and into the military where he helped formed a band with several soldiers from all over the country

Andrés Vial

Born: January 25, 1979

Andrés Vial (pronounced Vee-al) is a pianist, multi-instrumentalist and composer from Montréal. 

He has performed with Joe Chambers, Peter Bernstein, Ingrid Jensen, Malika Tirolien (Bokanté), Ivan Neville, Michael Blake, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba, André White, Kevin Dean, Greg Cohen, Al McLean, Kalmunity, Gamelan Giri Kedaton and many others.

Active as a leader and sideman, he has performed at over 50 festivals around the world, most recently appearing at the 2019 Vancouver International Jazz Festival and 2019 OFF Festival in Montreal.

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Ross Redmond

When you see Ross Redmond perform, you’re just as likely to hear him sing an 80s rock tune by The Cars as you are to hear the latest Justin Timberlake single. You’ll probably hear some Herbie Hancock or a samba remix of an old doo- wop song if he’s really having fun. Ross is a pianist, vocalist, writer, and producer who has been working professionally in the Dallas/Fort Worth music scene since 2005. He comes from a musical family and studied both classical and jazz piano at the University of North Texas, as well as percussion and drum set. These days he splits his time between several musical jobs including writing and producing at Forsbach Productions, fronting his wedding band High Definition, performing solo at various Dallas venues, playing keyboard for various DFW churches, and performing with Dallas rock band Jackopierce

Harry Mitchell

Born: May 3, 1994

Based in Perth, Western Australia, Harry and is a pianist, composer and educator. He has performed and recorded with many artists across Australia and overseas, including Charlie Watts, Veronica Swift, Vincent Gardner, Kate Ceberano, George Garzone, Vince Jones, Troy Roberts, Jerome Jennings, Katy Steele, and many more. His releases as a leader are: Harry Mitchell (self titled) (2017) Don’t Stop Here (2018), In My Dreams (2018), Trio Trio (2018), Trio Trio 2 (2019), Mara (2019), Trio Trio 3 (2020), Symmetry (2021), Trio Trio Live (2021), Quiet Country (2021), Quiet Country Live (2021), As a co-leader Helium: One (2019), I Am Like The Rain feat

Ólafur Arnalds

Born: November 3, 1986

Lou Walinsky

Lou Walinsky is a pianist whose primary focus has been creating and performing solo piano arrangements based on a wide variety of songs.  His background includes extensive study of both classical and jazz piano - with extraordinary teachers that included Roland Hanna, Jimmy Giuffre, and Hank Jones.  Lou has worked in jazz, pop, and klezmer ensembles for over 40 years.  He has given solo performances throughout his career, as he worked on his concepts of arranging and improvising with songs, that have develped in his Piano Works concerts.  He loves creating these arrangements and is excited to share them with live in-person audiences.  He has produced two solo albums:  Lou Walinsky Piano Arrangements: Original Interpretations of Standards (2018) and Music From Many Places (1996). Lou has also taught piano privately, taught music in Philadelphia Public Schools, and performed music programs for both children and for senior citizens.

Emma Grace Stephenson

Born: June 5, 1991

Emma Grace Stephenson is an Australian pianist and songwriter who has shared the stage with prolific musicians and bands such as Ingrid and Christine Jensen (Canada/US), Gian Slater, the Sirens Big Band, Sandy Evans, Greg Gould (Australia’s Got Talent 2013), and Brittanie Shipway (The Voice 2014). Her music combines rhythmic, harmonic, and improvisatory elements of modern jazz with folk-pop songwriting influences.

After performing her own compositions at the Sydney Opera House with Hieronymus Trio and the acclaimed Australian vocalist Kristin Berardi, Emma won the 2017 Freedman Jazz Fellowship for Australian jazz musicians under the age of 35. Emma was also the 2016 recipient of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award for young women in the Australian jazz scene, which facilitated a collaboration with the award winning Australian vocalist, Gian Slater, culminating in performances for the Melbourne and Sydney Women’s Jazz Festivals, and a recording at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) studios in late 2016. This work was released in an album titled 'Where the Rest of the World Begins' in April 2017.

Jinjoo Yoo

Born: April 15, 1989

"I LOVE her playing and compositions!!! I hear Thelonious, Bud, John Lewis from her. Jinjoo does not show off. She tells a lot of big story with fewer notes, than most young artists of her age!" -Jimmy Wormworth "A truly wonderful pianist. Jinjoo brings a uniquely fresh, honest and personal approach to both her playing and her compositions. She really swings and tells a story!" -Neal Miner Jazz Pianist/Composer/Arranger Jinjoo Yoo is a charismatic performer with a unique voice. Hailing from Seoul, South Korea, Jinjoo currently resides in New York and collaborates with different projects and leads her own group as well

Rafa Selase

Born: January 1

Rafa Selase is an American soul and jazz pianist, musician, artist and songwriter most notably known for his work as a spoken-word performer and jazz pianist. His initial release, Meditation Music By Rafa Selase, reached #8 on the Billboard New Age Relaxation charts. He then followed that with a series of singles, and the "Red Blooded American" Album, which released on 9/11/2017. Rafa Selase has two terms for himself: one being "jazz activist" and the other being "student." He is a true artist that defies categorization as he fuses jazz, blues, folk, soul, hip hop and even elements of rock, as in songs like Mama You Never Told Me Pt