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Michelle Wiley

Born: December 7

Whether you prefer a Pop or Jazz sound, the upbeat sophistication of Cole Porter, the Great American Songbook or the torch songs of Billy Holiday you’re sure to enjoy the piano and vocal styling of Michelle Wiley. She handles them all with her own special flavor and sensitivity. Michelle has performed throughout Europe where she enthralled audiences in Paris and Berlin, headlining at Berlin’s largest cabaret theater, La Vie En Rose. Her unique voice, combined with a repertoire of hundreds of songs in English and French, make her a broadly appealing artist. She also performed for 2 years in the Helmsley Palace Hotel’s historical “Harry’s Bar” in New York City. Michelle also wrote the title theme to the Academy Award winning movie “An Unmarried Woman” with Bill Conti

Avishai Darash

Avishai Darash, an Amsterdam-based pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, and musical director, has seamlessly blended musical styles, drawing inspiration from North African traditional music, Western classical music, American jazz, and Israeli folk.

His musical journey began with the mentorship of his cousin, Tribal Tul, a psychedelic trance producer. At the age of 11, Avishai spent a weekend in Tul's studio learning about the production and creative process of electronic music. He delved into producing psychedelic trance until the age of 16, gaining insights into structure, influences, and arrangements that later influenced his musical direction.

Al Grant

Born: May 6, 1945

Playing keys for 40+ years—playing good music—including standards- brazilan - smooth- pop versions

Izumi Kimura

Pianist Izumi Kimura explores between abstract and concrete, improvising and composing. She has performed extensively throughout Ireland and abroad since moving from Japan in 1995, and worked with some of the leading performers and ensembles from both disciplines of classical, jazz and improvised music, including RTE Symphony Orchestra, RTE Concert Orchestra, Crash Ensemble, Michael d’Arcy, Mia Cooper, Ken Edge, Benjamin Dwyer, Gerald Barry, John Buckley, Kevin O’Connell, Ian Wilson, Fergus Johnston from the world of classical music, and with jazz and improvising musicians including Barry Guy, Gerry Hemingway, Tommy Halferty, Ronan Guilfoyle, Michael Buckley, Joe O’Callaghan, Oki Itaru, Dominique Pifarély, Benoît Delbecq, Stéphane Payen, Marco Colonna, Sarah Buechi, Lina Andonovska, Mathew Jacobson, Nick Roth, Colm O’Hara, Cora Venus Lunny. She has appeared in the festivals including RTE Living Music Festival, Boyle Arts Festival, Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin Fringe Festival, Bray Jazz Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ghent Street Festival of New Music, Music 21’s ‘Brazil Now’, ‘Artes Da Irlanda’ in Sao Paolo, Creative Connexions in Sitges, Ad Libitum Festival in Warsaw, and many more.

Vasil Hadzimanov

Born: June 23, 1973

Vasil’s concept of mixing Balkan traditional, folk rhythms and melodies with modern musical styles (most originating from the west, including: jazz; funk; avant garde; electronica; rock; trance; and more) has been the impetus for creating his own unique "musical hybrid," of sorts. This sophisticated sonic stew is completely original, authentic and embraces a bold new approach to musical expression within the context of the fusion and jazz genres.

It was this vision that inspired him to form The Vasil Hadzimanov Band, back in 1995 — when they made their first recordings and began performing live.

Frank Strazzeri

Born: April 24, 1930

Frank Strazzeri was an American jazz pianist. He was born in Rochester, New York. Strazzeri began on tenor saxophone and clarinet at age 12, then switched to piano soon after. He attended the Eastman School of Music, then took a job as a house pianist in a nightclub in Rochester in 1952. While there he accompanied visiting musicians such as Roy Eldridge and Billie Holiday. He relocated to New Orleans in 1954, playing with Sharkey Bonano and Al Hirt in a Dixieland jazz setting, but his main focus since has been bebop. He played with Charlie Ventura in 1957-58 and Woody Herman in 1959 before moving to Los Angeles in 1960

Yusuke Seki

Born: January 15, 1985

Yusuke was born on Jan15,1985 and grew up in Mishima,Japan.When he was six years old,he started learning classical Piano and had been learning classical piano until he turned 18years old from Mariko Masuda who was his piano tutor. After graduating from high school,he moved to Tokyo to enter Nihon University and studied Civil Engineering. After graduating from the University,he began to work as a systems integration engineer in Tokyo,but he could not give up being a musician so he started performing at venues in the Tokyo area at the same time. In September 2011,finally he decided to leave his position and come to New York City to be professional musician. In 2012,he became a member of the Asterplace by an audition, and then he began to perform at many venues in U.S.A. In 2013,he quit the Asterplace, and then he formed his own Jazz Quartet named,the Yusuke Seki Quartet,as well as a Poku Poku Boys,which is a New York mash-up of Japanese traditions with Jazz,funk and other music from around the globe.

Enrico Orlando

Born: April 24, 1962

George Hazelrigg

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Jonas Hakansson

Born: October 18, 1977