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Chuck Owen

The recipient of five individual GRAMMY nominations as well as a prestigious 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship, Chuck Owen’s compositions have been performed throughout the world; by the Netherlands’ Metropole Orch., WDR Big Band, Brussels Jazz Orch., Aarhus Big Band, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orch., Tonight Show Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, and numerous others.  

However, since 1995, Owen’s primary creative outlet has been his own 19-piece Jazz Surge.  Serving as conductor as well as primary composer/arranger, he has produced each of the Surge’s 7 highly feted CDs.  Whispers On the Wind, released in 2017, was recognized with 4 GRAMMY Nominations (including for best composition) while also named #1 Big Band Album in the annual Jazz Station Awards.  River Runs (2013), a stunning 5-movement genre-bending orchestral/big band hybrid and The Comet’s Tail (2009) also received GRAMMY nominations.   

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Mário Franco

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Mário Franco 
Born in 1965, he started music lessons at the age of 4 in Centro de 
Estudos Gregorianos. 
He studied music theory with Maria José Godinho and after moved to 
Academia de Amadores de Música where he continued his studies in 
music theory with Cristina Brito da Cruz, started to study double bass 
and chamber music with Fernando Flores and composition with Pedro 
Rocha.
In 1986-87 attended double-bass courses given by Ludwig Streicher in 
Estoril and in 1988 won 1st prize in the Prémio Jovens Músicos (Young 
Musicians Competition); later became a member of Orquestra Sinfónica 
Juvenil where he worked on classical repertory with conductor 
Christopher Bochmann. 
Also worked with conductors Silva Pereira, Miguel Graça Moura, Roberto 
Perez, Michel Swierczewski and Cesário Costa.
He subsequently became interested in Jazz. After having bass guitar 
lessons with António Ferro he began taking Double bass lessons at Hot 
Club Jazz School with David Gausden and playing in jam sessions; also 
took part in workshops with Rufus Reid, Niels Henning, Orsted 
Pederson, Eberhard Weber, Dave Holland, Gary Burton, Roland Hanna, 
David Liebman among others…
In 1990 presented his first project based on original compositions and 
was awarded 1st prize for his group and 2nd prize for composition in 
the competition “A Juventude e a Música“ (Young People and Music).
His eclectic musical education has enabled him, since the 90’s, to work 
in many different projects, within diverse musical contexts, with artists 
such as: 
Pedro Caldeira Cabral, Miguel Amaral, Ricardo Rocha, António Chaínho, 
José Peixoto, Early and Contemporary Music Consort “Sete Lágrimas”, 
Vera Morais and Francisco Sassetti, Miguel Azguime, Carminho, Maro,
Camané, Sérgio Godinho, Vitorino, Uxia, Lura, José Manuel Barreto, 
Sofia Vitória, Maria Ana Bobone, Filipa Pais, Bernardo Sassetti, Mário 
Laginha, Luis Figueiredo, Luis Barrigas, João Paulo Esteves da Silva, 
Dan Hewson, António Pinho Vargas, Jarmo Savolainen, Júlio Resende, 
Carlo Morena, Carlos Martins, Tomás Pimentel, Maria João, Tommy 
Halferty, John Wadham, Luigi Waites, Sérgio Pelágio, André Sousa 
Machado, André Fernandes, António Pinto, Desidério Lázaro, Andy 
Sheppard, Daniel Erdmann, Zlatko Kaućić, Samuel Rohrer, Ralph Peterson Jr., 
Markku Ounaskari, Myra Melford, Jon Irabagon, Peter Epstein, David Binney, 
Paolo Fresu, Ralph Towner, Joel Harrison, Graham Haynes…
Has performed outside Portugal in some of the most important music 
festivals in China, Japan, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, 
Czech Republic, Greece, Norway, Russia, Brazil… 
In 2006 Tone of a Pitch Records edited his first CD as a leader, “This 
Life”, with Jesse Chandler (piano, hammond organ and melodica), 
André Fernandes (guitar), João Lencastre (drums), João 
Gomes (rhodes, sinthetizer, laptop) and includes NY based David Binney 
(alto saxophone). This recording was well received by the Portuguese 
public and critics, and was considered by the American magazine All 
About Jazz, to be the second best CDs of 2006. 
“Our Door” is Mário Franco’s new album for TOAP Records as a leader 
realized in 2013 and includes Sérgio Pelágio (guitar) and André Sousa 
Machado (drums). 
In 2017 "Rush" is his new album as a leader for Nischo Records, with 
Sérgio Pelágio (guitar), Óscar Graça (piano and electronics), Luís 
Figueiredo (rhodes, hammond organ, philicorda, other keyboards) and 
Alexandre Frazão (drums, percussion).
As a co-leader he recorded in 2013 "Cine Qua Non" for TOAP Records with 
Paula Sousa (piano), Afonso Pais (guitar) and João Paulo Esteves da Silva 
(accordion).
"Brightbird" in 2017 for Arjuna Records with João Paulo Esteves da Silva 
(piano) and Samuel Rohrer (drums). 
In 2019 Mario Franco together with Rita Maria (voice) and Luís Figueiredo 
(piano) decided to form "Roda Music - Independent Music Label" and in the 
same year launched their first album "Círculo" which was also the first album 
released with this label.

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Juancho Herrera

Juancho Herrera Hailing from Colombia and Venezuela, guitarist/vocalist/composer Juancho Herrera is one of the most interesting performers of today’s New York Latin American music scene. With an impressive career of more than 20 years as a frontman and sideman, Juancho has had the opportunity to perform at some of the most important venues in 34 countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas, such as The Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.), Shibuya Koukaido (Tokyo), Centro Cultural Corpbanca (Caracas), Carnegie Hall, Blue Note (New York), Teatro Municipal (Santiago de Chile), among others

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Chris Montgomery

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Chris Montgomery, a contemporary jazz guitarist has performed on some of the world’s most prestigious festival stages. Influenced by Pat Metheny, Larry Carlton, Lee  Ritenour, Pat Martino, George Benson, the genius of  Wes Montgomery, and Oscar Peterson, Chris fuses classic jazz with contemporary sensibilities. He is also heavily influenced by classical composers, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Bach, Debussy, Ravel, and Astor Piazzolla.

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Guitarist Chris Montgomery has performed internationally, including: the world famous Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, the DuMaurier Jazz Festival, Omni La Costa Resort, the Escondido Performing Arts Center, The California Center for the Arts, Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad. He has worked with such music luminaries as Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Phil Nimmons, Taj Mahal, Eric MarienthalWillie Murillo, Becky Martin, Wayne BergeronSammy Nestico and Rob McConnell. For many years Chris performed and directed the Coastal Cities Jazz Band and performed and directed the award winning Coastal Communities Concert Band.

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Bennett Paster

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Bennett Paster - Keyboardist, composer, and musician Paster is one of New York City’s most creative and versatile musicians. He has performed original music at clubs, concerts and festivals in the United States, the Caribbean, South and Central America, Central and South Asia and throughout Europe. He has performed with jazz and blues stars Wallace Roney, Keb Mo, Robben Ford, Kurt Elling, Curtis Stigers, Rufus Reid, Bill Stewart, Billy Hart, Peter Erskine, Albert “Tootie” Heath, Ndugu Chancler and Yosvany Terry among others. He has also performed with musical theater and cabaret stars Christine Ebersole, Ann Hampton Calloway and Michael Cerveris

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Molly Skuse

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Molly Skuse graduated from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music where she studied Vocal Jazz Performance and was recognized for her vocal prowess by Down Beat magazine's student music awards. At the New School, Molly drew inspiration from many Jazz luminaries; She has studied with Sheila Jordan, Reggie Workman, Kenny Werner, Cecil Bridgewater  and the late Junior Mance, Chico Hamilton, and Jon Hendricks, to name a few. 

While living in New York City, in the ‘90s, Molly paid her dues gigging 3-5 nights a week in downtown clubs including the Village Gate, The Knitting Factory, Small's, and Nuyorican Poets café. Molly has given concerts of her own compositions, throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, with grant support from Meet the Composer and Brooklyn Arts council.

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Drew Schultz

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At the age of 19, Drew entered the music industry as the touring drummer with Motown legends, the Four Tops. He has performed on stage with artists including Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Gladys Knight, The Miracles, Dramatics, Contours, Jerry Butler, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, and many more. Drew's "Back To Class" project is a series of his own original recordings with 50% of profits benefiting Detroit Public School music programs featuring artists including the Four Tops, members of The Funk Brothers, Melvin Davis, Spyder Turner, Pat Lewis, Carolyn Crawford, Dennis Coffey, Lenny Pickett of Tower of Power / SNL, Joe "Pep" Harris, Chairmen of the Board, Willie Jones, James Jamerson Jr., and Reginald Torian of The Impressions

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Sienna Dahlen

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JUNO award-winning jazz vocalist, Sienna Dahlen was born in the pristine Kootenay region of southern British Columbia and raised in the northern gusty dusty Peace River region of the same province. Her upbringing and influences whir like vintage jukebox singles spanning a diversity of styles from Joni Mitchell to Ella Fitzgerald to kd lang. Always paving her own path, Sienna is hard to pin down. Her music and sound scale the outskirts of folk, jazz and the spatial avant-garde and the effect is a showering of sonic love. Sienna's latest release, a duo album entitled "Balladextrous", was recorded with Bill Coon on guitar and released on Cellar Music Records in June of 2023.

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Peter Lutek

My name is Peter Lutek; I am a musician in Toronto, Canada. Most of my performing lately is as a reed instrumentalist specializing in improvised music. I frequently use electronics in performance, as a way to extend and modify acoustic sounds. You can find me playing with Tom Richards' Riverrun, the Avi Granite:6, and Shahab Bradaran's Circle Band. Besides performing, I'm active as a sound engineer. I was session engineer, editor, and mixer for all of the recordings of the 40 Fingers saxophone quartet. I've also made a number of recordings over the last 20 years with David Mott, Joseph Petric, and Tom Richards

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