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Matt Robbins

Born: December 22, 1981

Matt Robbins is an accomplished jazz pianist and vocalist who has studied piano with Garry Dial, Jason Moran and John Stetch, and voice with Felicity Graham and Theo Bleckmann. Matt graduated from Manhattan School of Music with a master's degree in jazz piano performance in 2010. Over the years since, he has been active in the NYC area, playing, singing, arranging, and otherwise collaborating with local artists of widely varying styles. Matt is also a songwriter. His song "Shadow of Love" was recorded by Brazillian vocalist Patricia Talem on her album "Olhos", along with an all-star band of Russell Ferrante, Christian McBride, Marco da Costa, and Bob Mintzer. His debut recording "Love in the Active Voice" of his own jazz-inflected art songs was released in 2016.

Stu Harrison

Stu Harrison is a Toronto-based jazz pianist with an extensive background in classical, music theatre, music direction, and corporate entertainment. He's been performing extensively since 2000, and maintains a busy schedule in and out of Toronto. He released his debut CD in 2016 with Terry Clarke and Neil Swainson titled “Volume 1”, and is currently working on Volume II and III. He is frequently called on as a vocal accompanist, solo pianist, as well as a side- man, band leader, and studio session player.

David Swanson

Born: July 28, 1951

Born in San Bernardino, California, and studied at Cal State San Bernardino, George Fox University (Newberg Ore.) and also American Conservatory of Music (Chicago, Ill.). In his early years his career took off with Gary Wright opening for Peter Frampton and several years later, David broke out on his own working in select jazz club venues throughout Japan as a featured solo Keyboardist/Vocalist. He traveled internationally between Europe and Asia as he acquired a vast international repertoire and fan base and later he began to establish himself as a songwriter and was introduced to jazz and pop legend producer Quincy Jones who signed David as a staff writer with Quest Records.  It was during this time that David wrote songs recorded by the “Pointer Sisters”, one of which was later used as a commercial jingle for the Coca Cola corp

Jan Geijtenbeek

Born: September 19, 1988

JAN GEIJTENBEEK | PIANIST | COMPOSER Jan Geijtenbeek (1988) is a pianist & composer based in Ermelo, the Netherlands. With his bachelor graduation from the conservatory he has won the 1st prize of the ‘Artez Vrienden Publieksprijs’ on account of “his highly personal approach and original compositions” He has finished his master studies in 2015, his main teacher was Jeroen van Vliet. In this year he also was a finalist at the Keep an Eye awards with his group ‘goatmusic’. He has released four studio albums featuring his own compositions: ‘Common Ground’ (2013), ‘Today’s Story’ (2014), ‘Silver is Gold’ (2015) and ‘Piece of Mind’ (2016). On ‘Today’s Story’ he collaborated with among others: Esther van Hees (Esther von Haze), Anton Goudsmit (New Cool Collective, Ploctones), Vadim Neef (The Cool Quest) and Rolf Delfos (Artvark, Houdinis) On his lastest release ‘Piece of Mind’ Jan has collaborated with his former teacher and winner of the Boy Edgar Prize 2014, Jeroen van Vliet

Toma Dimitriu

Born: August 19, 1993

Toma Dimitriu is a jazz pianist, born in Bucharest in 1993. He graduated from the George Enescu Music High School and is currently a student of the Prins Claus Conservatory in Gröningen, The Netherlands. He played in Romania and abroad, working with musicians such as saxophonist Nicolas Simion, pianist Mircea Tiberian, drummer Gene Jackson, and trumpet player Eamon Dilworth.

Mircea Tiberian and Toma Dimitriu

Mircea Tiberian and Toma Dimitriu are two Romanian pianists who recorded an album called The Pale Dot.

Rok Zalokar

Rok Zalokar is a pianist and composer from Slovenia, currently living and studying in Rotterdam. He's leading his trio that combines influences from jazz, rock and classical music, it blends everything from powerful rock grooves to slow lyrical soundscapes. Group plays original compositions with strong emphasis on mood and it's development, spiced up with improvisation. Since it's beginning in fall of 2010, trio has been developing personal sound and compositions with frequent live shows. In the spring of 2013 part of this wide repertoire got documented. Debut record album "Vol. 1" was released in June 2013 on label ZARŠ

Evi Esteves

Born: May 20, 1971

Denver-based pianist, Evi Esteves delights audiences with her eclectic array of jazz repertoire flavored with Latin, funk and r&b. The unique artistry of Evi's music gives insight to her open-hearted melodic soul and bares the influence of a diverse group of musical icons including Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Dave Grusin, Monty Alexander, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Eliane Elias and Michel Camilo. Aaron Dupont of Jazz Review Magazine writes "Evi Esteves is an intuitive and creative musical soul...". Danny Ulibarri of KUHS Internet/Radio describes Evi as a "supreme talent". A first generation American of Peruvian descent, Evi Esteves began to demonstrate extraordinary improvisational skills at the age of four

Jay Frigoletto