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Tony Marino Music

Composer • Pianist • Bandleader • Recording Engineer

Multi-Genre Composer & Recording Artist | Active 1975–Present

ARTIST OVERVIEW

Tony Marino is a pianist, composer, and recording engineer whose music bridges jazz tradition with global influences including Latin jazz, tango, world music, funk, rock, and reggae. Described by a reviewer as “the quintessential Latin jazz keyboardist,” Marino has released 24 albums of original compositions across more than four decades.

His work is known for technical sophistication, strong melodic identity, and cinematic storytelling—balancing improvisational depth with accessible, groove-driven writing.

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Alessandro Simonetto

Born: November 21, 1974

Musician (pianist and harpsichordist), sound engineer and producer. Recordings of Erik Satie (AEVEA, AE16019 Early & Esoteric Works), LeRoy Shield (AEVEA, AE16024 Laurel & Hardy: The Original Piano Music). Owner and CEO of the label OnClassical (onclassical.com).

Rupert Leighton

Pianist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist & composer of music ranging from funk 'n' groove to jazz, blues, boogie-woogie & atmospheric chill-out. "I've had a love of music stretching back as far as I can remember. Began composing music in my mid-teens and have since released 10 albums. Early influence was predominantly jazz & blues piano players such as Oscar Peterson, Jools Holland & Monty Alexander but soon started to get into funk and add other styles into the mix. Released my first album ‘Beyond Reflection’ way back in 2005 but it was my second album ‘Take the Sidewalk’ when I really found my 'sound'

James LaReaux

Born: December 30, 1999

Born and raised in Kailua, Hawaii, James LaReaux discovered his passion for jazz piano at age 14. While traditional music teachers encouraged him to learn the classical approach to fundamental lessons, he gravitated to jazz rhythm and developed his own learning methods. By age 16, he had taught himself music theory and started developing its application for his own signature style of jazz piano.

Martin Giesenow

Born: August 11, 1947

Pianist, composer. Born in Buenos Aires, in 1947. Initially studied classical piano. Moved to jazz at about eighteen. Studied with Angel Sucheras, Guillermo Romero, Mono Fontana, Juan Raffo, and graduated as professional musician at Escuela de Musica Contemporanea. Became a friend of late Clare Fischer. Admires Michel Petrucciani, Herbie Hancock, Brad Mehldau, among others, and Claus Ogerman as arranger. Since 2016, member of BGL Jazz Quartet, with Nicolas Alvarez on tenor sax, Luciano Bonasera on bass and Matias Lococo on drums.

William Meek

Born: March 17, 1946

Attended Wilmington College, Philadelphia Music Academy and Temple University majoring in composition and orchestration with a minor in piano. I've performed and recorded with 'Philly' Joe Jones and toured with Grover Washington Jr as his first keyboardist. I've also performed with Max Roach, Donald Byrd, Rufus Harley, Archie Shepp, Stanley Clarke, Odean Pope and I've performed and recorded with renowned bassist Tyrone Brown. I've also worked with numerous local Jazz and R&B musicians. I taught Jazz piano at Settlement Music School for 17 years and was the in-house pianist at the Union League of Philadelphia for 13 years

Sarah Lancman

Born: January 20, 1989

« She is truly a great new voice for Jazz » : this is what Quincy Jones said about Sarah Lancman when she received the 1st Prize of the International Competition of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2012. A multi-talented musician, Sarah Lancman is a pianist and a composer. She is one of the finest singers to discover. She starts the piano at the age of 7 and began with a classical training then a jazz one at the Paris conservatory. She becomes passionate about musical arrangement and composition and is graduated from the Haute Ecole de Musique – Departement Jazz de Lausanne in piano Jazz and singing. Since then, she took part in several famous Jazz Festivals and jazz scenes such as in Paris at the Sunset Jazz Club, Petit Journal Montparnasse, at the Jazz Festival in Monaco, in Switzerland: Chorus Jazz Club in Lausanne, Villars sur Ollon, Montreux, Verbier, Ascona , Burghausen, Luzern, in Bavaria in Burghausen, and also in Turkey at the Jazz Club les Ambassadeurs in Istanbul… In January 2015, she released her first album « Dark », produced by Blew Records Music Label and is well welcomed by critics, including that of Antoine Garance from Citizen Jazz Magazine: « Sarah Lancman is excellent in this intimate jazz atmosphere that envelops us like a sudden fog drilled by a sunbeam

Rein Godefroy

Born: April 22, 1982

Rein Godefroy (Breda, 1982) was raised in a family filled with classical musicians. It was no surprise that he started to play the piano when he was four. After four years of playing and studying classical piano, Rein got more interested in the jazz genre. After two years of intensive jazz piano lessons with pianist John Reyna, he was accepted at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. There he studied with pianists Rob van Bavel and Juraj Stanik. In 2006 he received his masters degree and graduated with distinction. Since his graduation Rein played with numerous exiting but very diffent groups like Fullduplexx and the Paul van Kemenade Quintet and he recorded several albums which al got fantastic reviews. Inspirited by those groups and recordings Rein decided to form his own trio in 2016

Rich Rudin

Rich Rudin received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in theory and composition from Temple University. His other major area of study was piano - focusing on classical music. Rich has performed regularly throughout the Delaware Valley, playing in a wide variety of styles: classical, jazz, pop, folk, rock, etc. and has composed hundreds of works in many different musical styles including music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo piano and scores for several local films. His CD “Compositions” features 13 original jazz compositions showing his many musical influences. Karl Stark of the Philadelphia Inquirer, in his 3 and a half star review, calls “Compositions” a “luminous recording”, “full of bravura moments”, showing “a masterly use of color”

Baatsen

Born: January, 1960

Graduated in 1988 at the Rotterdam Conservatory Played in a lot of bands. Made 5 cd's and a dvd with Special Delivery, a dutch modern jazz quartet. Still be seen on djazztv in Holland. Started his own trio "Kenturah's Kitchen" in 2011. Made two cd's with this group: Klick(2011) and Oeroeboeroe(2016). Got very good press reviews in Holland: "Kenturah's Kitchen gives pianotrio a new form" Ed wrote all the music for this trio. www.kenturahskitchen.com