Results for "Swing"

Mike Bruzzese

Born: October 31, 1996

An active figure in Montreal’s vibrant music scene, Mike performs regularly both as a bandleader and a sideman. He has also appeared at prominent jazz venues across Canada. His performance and recording credits include collaborations with acclaimed artists such as Louis Hayes, Lenny White, Ben Solomon, Davis Whitfield, Miki Yamanaka, Emilio Modeste, Adam Arruda, Terry Clarke, André White, Kevin Dean, Ira Coleman, Caity Gyorgy, and Laura Anglade, among many others.

Mike assembled a talented quartet for his debut album, Even When I’m Dreaming. It features Gentiane MG, Ira Coleman on bass, Michel Lambert on drums, and special guest vocalist Caity Gyorgy. Through this project, Mike continues to find new ways to bring his music to life.

Chiara Izzi

Born: May 22

Based in New York City since 2014, Chiara Izzi is an award-winning jazz singer and composer from Italy who has captivated audiences worldwide. Her breakthrough came when she won first prize at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition, a victory personally awarded by the legendary Quincy Jones, who chaired the jury. The following year, Chiara returned to the festival to perform and open for the iconic Paco de Lucía. She has since earned numerous accolades, including an Independent Music Award for Best Jazz Song with Vocals for her composition "Circles of the Mind," as well as national honors such as Lucca Jazz Donna, third place in the Chicco Bettinardi soloist category, and recognition in the Barga Jazz group category.

Alex Robinson

Born: April 15

Alex Robinson is a vocalist, pianist, composer, and arranger based in Southern California. A versatile musician, she has performed in a variety of settings from solo and duo work to big bands and orchestras. Her warm, smooth timbre, sharp lyricism, and playful improvisational style captivate audiences from her first note. She brings a refreshing modern twist to jazz standards and performs a broad range of styles with jazz-influenced musicality.

Her debut album I Really Oughta Tell You balances elegance, wit, and emotional depth while showcasing her gift for storytelling through song

Oscar Laven

Born: May 30, 1991

Oscar Lavën is an acclaimed saxophonist/bassoonist/clarinettist/multi-

instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the beautiful city of

Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. A busy performer across many

genres presenting an impressive array of performances, Oscar Lavën

has played on stages around the world with many famous artists such as

Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl, John Beasley's Grammy-winning MONKestra,

James Carter, Dennis Chambers, Gregg Bissonette, Lalah Hathaway,

Robben Ford, Chris Cain, The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra,

STROMA, Hollie Smith, Rhombus, The Rodger Fox Big Band and many

Orvel Ray Wilson

Born: December 20, 1953

Drummer and bandleader with The Flatirons Jazz Orchestra.

Edwin Corne

Born: July 8, 1999

Edwin Corne is an Australian-Chinese jazz guitarist based in New York City. Born in 1999 and raised in Shanghai, he moved to New York to pursue a Bachelor of Music at The New School of Jazz, where he earned a spot in Hal Galper’s Rhythm Section Workshop. In 2025, he received his Master of Music in Jazz Studies from The Juilliard School. His playing draws influence from Charlie Parker, Ahmad Jamal, Erroll Garner, Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall, Django Reinhardt, and more. 

Edwin's debut album, Spruce and Maple, was released in November, 2025. It features some of his favorite melodies, including seldom-heard gems like Jubilation by Junior Mance, The Mooche by Duke Ellington, and Lotus Blossom by Billy Strayhorn

Sant Andreu Jazz Band

Active since: 2006

The Sant Andreu Jazz Band is a Barcelona-based orchestra founded in 2006, made up of young musicians between the ages of 6 and 21. Every year, two or three members leave and new ones join. More than 90 young musicians have been part of the SAJB. Most of them are now professional musicians, and some have international careers, such as Andrea Motis, Rita Payés, Èlia Bastida, Alba Armengou, Joan Mar Saqué, among others.

The organization was founded and is led by Joan Chamorro. We are a non-profit project where the members of the youth orchestra pay nothing for rehearsals, individual lessons, or the albums we record. We receive no official funding and are able to do what we do thanks to concerts and support from individuals who love our project.

Charlie Spivak

Born: February 17, 1907

Charlie Spivak was a popular American bandleader and trumpeter, most prominent during the swing era (roughly 1933 - 1947). Born on February 17, 1907, Spivak's early career was spent performing with some of the period's top bands, including the orchestras of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey and Glenn Miller as well as Bob Crosby's small Dixieland combo the Bob Cats. As a bandleader himself, Spivak became known as "The Man Who Plays the Sweetest Trumpet in the World" and drew favourable comparisons to Harry James, America's number one trumpet idol of the 1940s. Though he never achieved the same level of fame or critical aclaim as some of his contemporaries, such as Miller, James, the Dorseys or Benny Goodman, his records were consistently popular, especially during World War II

Russ Morgan

Born: April 29, 1904

Russell Morgan (born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on April 29, 1904) was an American swing-era big band leader, arranger, composer and trombonist best known for his radio show Music in the Morgan Manner and his composition "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", which he co-wrote with Larry Stock and James Cavanaugh in 1944. Morgan's musical career began in the 1920s, when his skills as an arranger brought him work with some of the era's top bands, including those of Fletcher Henderson and Paul Whiteman, then known as the "King of Jazz". He went on to lead a succesful "sweet" band himself and become a popular figure on radio in the 1930s and 1940s

SwingStreet Big Band

Swingstreet Band operates as a 17-piece swing ensemble, an 8-piece dance and event band and a 5-piece jazz combo.

We are located in Durham Region, east of Toronto and perform to a wide variety of venues and audiences.

Private parties, corporate events, holiday events, weddings, festivals, public indoor/outdoor events.

Members of SwingStreet are accomplished, pro-level musicians, each with decades of performance experience in the GTA and Durham Region.