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Solo Piano

By Alexis Marcelo

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Boogieminish Bop; Break Bread; Have Mercy; A Saca Camote; 1010 Wins; Chroma; Dance Around the Sun; Drifting; Amargado; Eronel.

Alexis Marcelo: Solo Piano

by Carl Medsker
September 5, 2026

"Boogieminish Bop" effusively kicks off Alexis Marcelo's first release under his own name, organically combining stride, boogie-woogie and bop into a contemporary melange. For over two decades, Marcelo has honed his chops and developed his personal language, drawing on the full history of jazz piano, his Hispanic roots, early classical training and experiences with hip hop, ...

Dave Asher

Dave Asher – Chicago Pianist. Live improvised piano for gatherings, events, and performances, responding in real time to the people in the room.

Patrick Perone

Patrick Perone is a French musician, primarily known as a pianist, keyboardist, composer and film composer.

Patrick started playing jazz when he was young. At 18, he was already playing the Hammond B3 in many Parisian Jazz Clubs, also performing now and plays Piano, Fender Rhodes el. piano & Synths.

Denny Zeitlin

Born: April 10, 1938

Denny Zeitlin has recorded over forty critically acclaimed albums; twice won first place in the Down Beat International Jazz Critics Poll; written original music for Sesame Street; and appeared on network TV, including repeats on the Tonight Show, and CBS Sunday Morning. Zeitlin's lecture-demonstration "Unlocking the Creative Impulse: The Psychology of Improvisation" has been presented across the U.S. and in Europe.

He has concertized throughout the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Europe, at colleges, jazz clubs, and major festivals; appearing with jazz greats such as Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Tony Williams, Bobby Hutcherson, John Patitucci, John Abercrombie, Marian McPartland, Charlie Haden, David Grisman, Kronos Quartet, Paul Winter, David Friesen, Matt Wilson, Buster Williams, George Marsh, and many others.

Kristaps Vanadzinsh

Born: October 24, 1986

Kristaps Vanadziņš is one of Latvia's leading contemporary jazz pianists and composers. His music blends jazz improvisation, classical refinement, and cinematic storytelling, creating an intimate and deeply expressive sound.

As both a solo artist and bandleader, he has released several critically acclaimed albums. His trio album The Love Garden Has Overgrown received the Latvian Music Recording Award Zelta Mikrofons, while Latviskā Elegance was selected among Jazzwise magazine's Top 10 European jazz albums of the year

Simon Côté-Lapointe

Born: 1980

Simon Côté-Lapointe is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, improviser, videographer, and Ph.D. in information science with a specialization in archival science.

His professional career as a keyboardist and composer began with the contemporary music group Rouge Ciel around 1998. Between 2000 and 2003, during his studies in mixed composition at the Université de Montréal, he played and composed for several other projects such as Malarafe, the Virâj ensemble, and the Mouvement de Musique Présente, while also exploring electroacoustic music.

Between 2003 and 2009, Simon collaborated with a plethora of musicians, either as a composer, arranger, or performer. Notable collaborations include L’agence du swing by Claude Vendette, drummer Namori Cissé, and the rock band Madcaps. Between 2005 and 2010, he composed and produced four albums: “Conjuration” (electronic music), “Suite extatique” (contemporary music), “Artsuohtaraz” (for jazz quintet), and an eponymous double album (contemporary jazz and mixed music). From 2019 onwards, Simon has played and composed for several projects: Trio Lapointe-Hébert-Gagné (jazz), Taxon Lazare (organ trio), Chanteuse (jazz-post-funk), and Horizons (sax/piano duo, with Erik Hove). In 2020, he released three solo piano albums. A fourth improvisation album was released in 2023. In 2024, he completed Topochronies, a fresco of progressive music exploring Quebec’s collective subconscious through sound archives, created in collaboration with drummer Magella Cormier. In May 2025, during a four-week creative residency at the Centre d’expérimentation musicale (CEM) in Chicoutimi, he composed and realized Préhensions des strates de sédimentation historique saguenéennes, a mixed music performance for eight musicians and sequences with archives exploring Chicoutimi’s history through oral and historical archives. In January 2026, he launched an ambitious six-album solo piano cycle: three double albums titled Hapax (volumes 1 and 2), Ataraxie (volumes 1 and 2), and Animus/Anima (volumes 1 and 2), totaling nearly six hours of music ranging from medieval music to jazz, including baroque, classical, contemporary, and current repertoires.

Dr Fred Cole

A classically trained pianist with a flair for blending genres, Dr Fred Cole crafts immersive soundscapes that journey through acoustic piano, ambient textures, experimental beats, jazz grooves, funk rhythms, and electronic vibes.  With years of experience both studying and performing, Fred’s music is a unique fusion that soundtracks life’s moments, whether introspective or energetic. Expect bold creativity, emotive melodies, and a fresh approach that defies categorisation.
 

Anton Mikhailov

Born: November 7, 1999

Anton Mikhailov is a composer, pianist, and arranger based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Born in Horlivka, Ukraine, he trained in classical and jazz piano before developing a versatile voice in contemporary instrumental music, spanning modern jazz and improvisation, film and television scoring, and music for video games.

Rooted in classical tradition and driven by a strong improvisational instinct, his music blends rhythmic energy, cinematic harmony, and experimental textures. His influences extend from hip-hop, indie rock, and electronic music to twentieth-century orchestral writing and avant-garde improvisation.

Jacob Hurlock

Born: September 25, 2002