Results for "piano"

Alex Koo

Born: February 11, 1990

Despite his young age, Belgian-Japanese pianist & composer Alex Koo has already been hailed as a daring innovator and a rising star in the world of jazz & piano. His album Appleblueseagreen, with American icons Ralph Alessi and Mark Turner, was praised by Downbeat Jazz Magazine and included in their list of ‘Best Albums of 2019‘, with the mention “Stunningly original”. Domestically too, one blazing review upon another: “Belgium is too small for pianist Alex Koo” or “We are stunned”, published in De Tijd and Le Soir.

Yakir Arbib

Born: March 6, 1989

Yakir Arbib was born in Jerusalem on March 6th 1989, and started playing the piano when he was 4 years old. At 7 years old he enrolled at Tel Aviv’s “Stricker Conservatory Of Music” where he studied between the years 1996 and 2007 taking baroque recorder, trumpet and ensemble playing in addition to classical piano repertoire. During those early years Yakir performed in many concerts/recitals in the conservatory and has received a number of scholarships. At the age of 14 his career took on a completely different turn when he attracted the attention of the only jazz teacher at the conservatory at the time who started then giving Yakir jazz lessons, and in 2004 he was admitted to the prestigious “Thelma-Yellin Highschool of the Arts” in Tel Aviv where he continued his studys in jazz with some of israel’s most influential artists such as Amos Hoffman, Eli Degibri, and the Cohen brothers

Judy Night

Born: December 26

I've been playing the piano since 2nd grade. Music is part of me, but I veered from music and became a physician—a pediatrician, to be exact. It took a brush with cancer and a deep focus on meditation to return to the path that my inner self truly leads—the path of music. Now I've been on the Chicago music scene since 2015, and since 2015 have had a monthly at Serbian Village Restaurant in Chicago, and since the beginning of 2016 have had a monthly at 210 Restaurant & Live Music Lounge in Highwood. My group plays originals, standards and new standards, bringing to jazz some of the great songs of our youth.

Isaiah J. Thompson

Isaiah J. Thompson is the winner of the 2023 American Pianists Awards and the Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz of the American Pianists Association. Originally from West Orange, New Jersey, the pianist and composer began studying at The Calderone School of Music from an early age, and soon after with Jazz House Kids and NJPAC Jazz For Teens. Isaiah was later admitted to The Juilliard School where he graduated with both his Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music degrees.

Isaiah has performed with major artists, including Ron Carter, John Pizzarelli, Christian McBride, Catherine Russell, Steve Turre and Buster Williams. His recording debut was featured on Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Handful of Keys album with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and he has since released multiple recordings as a leader.

Catherine Menezes

Born: May 29, 1959

Cathy Menezes –Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, was raised in a family of Asia's most famous musicians. She commenced playing piano at the age of 4. Her first public performance in Sri Lanka was at the age of 12, as a vocalist with her late father (Tom Menezes), setting her challenges to the world of jazz and contemporary music. She has toured extensively since, performing in Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, and USA. Her musicianship found her taking part in artistic activities from Jazz to pop including performances with American Jazz Bass player - Christian McBride. Her compositions were recorded in the USA, supported by some of the world's famous musicians such as 2014 Grammy Award winner Hussain Jiffry, Russell Ferrante (Yellow Jackets), Mike Shapiro, Oscar Seaton, Allen Hinds, Kleber Jorge, Gregory Manning, Mike Miller and many more great musicians

Carlos Schvartzman

Born: November 4

Carlos Schvartzman (November 4, 1947) is a Paraguayan pianist, guitarist, composer, arranger and orchestrator of jazz and contemporary music. He was born and raised in Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. He has also been involved in pop music, writing orchestral arrangements for soloists, vocal groups, music for TV, advertising jingles, and occasionally a classic style music with modern harmony of the 20th century. He participated as a conductor, arranger and composer for international song festivals (such as Viña del Mar, during the 70s). He is regarded as one of the most notable musicians in the country. Schvartzman was born in Asunción, into a family of Ukrainian-Jewish background. References

Erica Corbo

Born: February 24, 1987

Erica Corbo is a professional musician and performance artist native to the Philadelphia area. Implementing her talents mainly on the piano, she also performs as a flutist, vocalist, and dancer. Her work spans the disciplines of jazz, free improv, and original music. Believing in music as a universal language, Erica approaches her playing from a strong melodic standpoint, while leaving room for experimentation with dissonance and atonality. Extensive knowledge of the Alexander Technique empowers her playing with a physical balance and grace. Believing in music as a universal language, Erica Corbo approaches her playing from a strong melodic standpoint, while leaving room to experiment with dissonance and atonality. Erica works as a jazz musician, playing solo piano and small ensemble-jazz in Philadelphia area restaurants, venues, and for weddings and events

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Alexander Dubovoy

Born: February 17, 1994

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Alexander Dubovoy is a Berlin-based pianist, singer, and composer. He graduated from Yale University in May 2016, where he wrote an award-winning thesis on the history of jazz in the Soviet Union. Since graduating, he has performed at storied international venues, including the Cornelia Street Cafe in NYC, Donau115 in Berlin, Rakuya Label in Tokyo, etc. His solo album Portraits Drawn Without You has garnered over 8 million streams on Spotify. He currently works for Groupmuse, a cooperative arts organization with a social mission to ensure fair pay for musicians

Mark Etheredge

Born: June 8, 1962

Happily “Connected”: Contemporary jazz keyboardist Mark Etheredge’s album resonates with listeners. Although it took years for keyboardist Mark Etheredge to work through the feelings of isolation and identity issues that inspired the ten songs he wrote on his third album, “Connected,” it took radio programmers no time at all to add the title cut to playlists, swiftly propelling it into the No. 1 spot on RadioWave chart and No. 6 on the Billboard singles tally. The collection was produced by two-time GRAMMY® winner Paul Brown. The first radio single "Connected" ranked No. 31 on Billboard's Smooth Jazz 2016 Year End Chart and ranked No