Results for "Swing"

Marcello Carelli

Born: October 2, 1999

Marcello Carelli, 22 years old, is one of the most versatile musicians on the music scene today. Originally from Bedford Hills, New York, Carelli is a currently getting his master's degree in Jazz Studies at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music. He received his undergraduate degree in Studio Music and Jazz at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music. Marcello is a former Stamps Distinguished Ensemble Scholar, having been chosen out of many applicants to play in a high profile jazz quintet for four years. Along with this group, Carelli has also played in the award-winning Frost Concert Jazz Band and the Brian Lynch Artist Ensemble. He has also gained a variety of skills in performance, arranging, and composition over these four years. Marcello has already played with many esteemed artists including Russell Ferrante, Brian Lynch, Dave Liebman, Ira Sullivan, John Daversa, Andy Fusco, Walt Weiskopf, and Troy Roberts.

Six Bands That Swing Hard

April 20, 2022

Once upon a time in America, big bands could swing their tails off. Count Basie was the gold standard, but there were many lesser-known bands in the 1950s that could rock the house. In some cases, they were studio bands assembled just to record one album. In other cases, they were touring working bands making a ...

Kim Peralta

Kim Peralta is founder of the Jazzwomen, a collective of women jazz artists in the NY Metro area. She studied in Cuba with drummer Alejandro Aguiar Rodriguez at Havana Music School from 2018 - 2021. 

In 2021 she joined SUNY Jazz Ensemble under music director/pianist/composer Chris Parker. She left the ensemble in 2024 to nurture her own projects - the Jazzwomen and Blue Hearts Jazz Group. 

Leonid Alekseyevich Morozov

Born: April 4, 2000

Leonid Morozov is a 5th generation musician from Kursk, Russia. He started out by playing harmonica on the streets of Moscow at the age of 9 to earn lunch money. Later Leonid picked up the guitar after hearing blues masters like Mississippi Fred McDowell, B.B. King and others. and fell in love with with jazz after hearing Lester Young. First portion of Leonid’s career was spent in Russia where he often played with his first mentor and biggest influence - his grandad pianist Leonid Vintskevich. Before coming to the US Leonid successfully established himself on the Russian jazz scene: participated multiple times in the “Jazz Province” Festival (years 2014,2015,2016 and 2017), “Lundstrem-fest-100”

David Bernot

Born: April 18, 1994

David Bernot is a jazz saxophonist living in Denver, Colorado. Originally from Gilbert, Arizona David moved to the mile high city in 2012 to study jazz saxophone at the University of Denver and recently he received his Masters degree from the University of Colorado Boulder. He performs as a band leader and a freelance musician in a variety of musical styles from Jazz to Funk and EDM (Electronic Dance Music), and he teaches music as a private instructor as well as with the youth jazz organization Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts. David is also an award winning jazz composer, most notably selected two times to be a recipient of the Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer award.

Ulli Juenemann

Born: June 7, 1967

played and toured with Ack van Rooyen, Christian Kappe, John Marshall, Silvia Droste, Martijn Sohier, Jens Loh, Thorsten Grau, Hugo Read, Frank Timpe, Wolfgang Schmidtke, Jens Düppe, Keith Copeland, Jasper van’t Hof, Bobby Shew, Hugh Fraser, Slide Hampton, Mike Herriott, Adam Nussbaum, Ingrid Jensen, Ugonna Okegwo, Jon Wikan, Ian McDougal, Gerald Wilson, Arnie Chekovsky, Gene Jackson, Jay Anderson, Joris Teepe a.m.m. festivals/clubs/awards Bühl, Emsdetten, North Sea Jazz Festival, Leverkusen, Esslingen, Getxo, a.m.m. most clubs in germany, clubs in austria, switzerland, denmark and canada teaching: Conservatory Mainz, Heppenheim, main teacher jazz-saxophone, Musikhochschule Franz Liszt Weimar (2009/10), Musicschool Niedernhausen

Courtney Freed

Born: August 2

Strong, passionate, vivacious and daring, Courtney Freed is a dynamic vocalist in a class all her own. She is a Portland based singer, songwriter, creatrix and educator. She has been called a "whirlwind of excitement" as well as "effervescent" and "breathtaking." Whether she is belting out a Queen classic or a sultry standard, she is sure to captivate many a listener. She has performed in many prestigious venues in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles as well as Portland, where she resides. Her sparkling and smooth tribute through the Great American Songbook is not to be missed live

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