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Bill Sample

Born: May 7, 1950

Bill Sample is a composer, producer, arranger and pianist. Bill’s career has spanned four decades and his reputation is unsurpassed. Bill is a ‘first call’ musician and composer in Vancouver. As a jazz pianist, Bill opened for Oscar Peterson and Monty Alexander. He performed with Ray Charles, Mel Torme, Robben Ford, Art Pepper, Dee Daniels and Fraser MacPherson. As musical director for David Foster for 9 years, he performed with Celine Dion, Brian Adams, Peter Cetera, and Kenny Loggins, to name a few. He was music director for the Variety Club telethon from 1985 to 1995. In 2003, Bill was inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame

Alex Otey

Alex Otey’s career is a testament to a lifelong passion for music, shaped by early classical training and a love for jazz. As a multi-instrumentalist, his journey has led him to collaborate with some of the most renowned names in the industry and earn prestigious accolades.

An award-winning pianist, singer, trumpeter, and composer/arranger, Otey has performed with prominent jazz musicians and recorded alongside legends like Grover Washington Jr. and Richie Cole. He arranged, performed on, and produced a GRAMMY-nominated album and contributed to another nominated project, as well as a GRAMMY-winning collaboration. Performing throughout Philadelphia, Central NJ, and beyond, he has graced venues such as the River House at Odette’s, the King George Inn, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, World Café Live, and Harrah’s Casino. Highlights of his career include performing at the White House Egg Roll event with Miss Amy, appearances at Bethlehem Musikfest, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. In addition to his live performances, Otey hosts The Trenton Jazz Show aired though WWFM JazzOn2 89.1 HD2, and received a master's in Music Business from Berklee College of Music.

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Jeppe Zeeberg

Jeppe Zeeberg was born in 1988. His style is a personal, uncompromising blend of genres, based in jazz and free improvisation. His first album in his own name, It's The Most Basic Thing You Can Do On A Boat (2014) was called "A beautiful, convincing proposal for how modern jazz or contemporary music may sound" by All About Jazz. The Danish Arts Council honored the album with an award naming it one of the seven best Danish releases in 2014. In 2017 his third album, The Four Seasons, was released – also to positive reviews. Canadian Textura Magazine wrote: "It's impossible to know what the next piece will bring until it arrives, which is in itself something rare and worth celebrating

Yoonmi Choi

Yoonmi Choi started playing piano at the age of 3. In 2006 she graduated Seoul’s university to now belong to the classical pianists’ alumnae. As a classical pianist she won “Donga composite competition”’s’ 2nd prize, and “Jusung University Classic music competition”’s’ 3rd prize. She has enjoyed the experience of playing abroad with several pop-formations in; Japan, the Philippines and China. After all her new experiences, she returned to South Korea and was there admitted to a top Jazz college: “Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts College”. She also won “Calvin college Jazz competition”’s’ 1st prize (2009), “Hoseo University CCM competition”’s’ 2nd prize (2010) and got the opportunity to continue her studies at the “Prins Claus Conservatory” in the Netherlands

Paul Abrahams

Born: June 11, 1947

School At secondary school I pass all my exams except music! There’s a message here somewhere, as music has been my profession since 1967! ‘Proper’ job Still living at home after leaving school, my parents are not of the opinion that music is a career, so I join the Civil Service as a tax officer. By night I’m playing organ in R&B and soul bands. Starting out My first pro job is a month-long residency at the Star club in Hamburg. I then play in various backing bands for singers including Percy Sledge, P J Proby and Joe Brown. My own band In the early 70’s I form my own band called Listen

Gary Monheit

Ethan Mitchel Stern

Born: August 28, 1991

Ethan Stern was born and raised on the sounds of Klezmer, Latin Jazz, and RnB in sunny San Diego starting in 1991. After being introduced to the piano at a very early age, Ethan developed a natural talent for the instrument, growing as a classical and pop music pianist. At the age of 14, he acquired a deep love for jazz after learning from Jimmy Heath and Mulgrew Miller at the Stanford Jazz Workshop. Discovering that the music yielded endless potential for growth, he became very deeply involved in the collection and practice of Jazz. Only through being offered a scholarship through Tulane University did Ethan consider moving to New Orleans

Michal Wierba

Chris Lomheim

Born: August 27, 1964

Chris Lomheim began playing music at age seven, studying organ until his teens where he switched from organ to piano studying with legendary Minneapolis instructor Herb Wigley. In his later teens Chris studied with mentor Brazilian pianist / composer Manfredo Fest. At age seventeen Chris was selected by the Twin Cities Jazz Society as an up and coming artist and was awarded a citation from the National Association of Jazz Educators for exemplary achievements in jazz performance. As part of the selection Chris was interviewed by legendary jazz radio host Leigh Kamman on his radio show "The Jazz Image" on Minnesota Public Radio. In 1991 Chris won the West Bank School of Music composers forum which featured his quartet, playing all original compositions in a live performance at Augsburg College in Minneapolis

Marina Albero

Born: July 9, 1979

Marina Albero was born in Barcelona in 1979 and since her early childhood she has been involved in the world of music. She played traditional and early music with the family band Grallers de Banyoles-Estampida Medieval. At the age of eight she enrolled at the public School of Music where she studied theory and piano. Four years later, she studied jazz drums with César Martínez and jazz piano with Lluís Escuadra at Taller de Música de Banyoles and kept on working with the family project, which took them several times to Japan and the US. Marina studied music theory at the Conservatori Isaac Albéniz (Girona), symphonic percussion at the Conservatorio Municipal de Barcelona and took private piano lessons with C.Julià