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Gordon Au

Born: October 19, 1980

Since graduating from the Monk Institute, widely renowned as the highest-level jazz education program in the world, Gordon has been making waves in both traditional and modern jazz circles, all from his home base in New York City. His unique creative voice blends influences that span a full century: from the traditional/early jazz of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke to the modern jazz of the new millenium. BACKGROUND As an undergraduate, Gordon studied jazz composition and performance at Berklee College of Music, where he recorded with Danilo Perez, co-arranged and recorded with Tiger Okoshi, and performed with Max Weinberg, Jimmy Heath, Makoto Ozone, Bob Mintzer, George Garzone, and Ralph Peterson

Manuel D. Rodriguez

A New Jazz to Awaken the Soul. www.solidfrontmusic.com

Barrie Lee Hall Jr.

Born: June 30, 1949

Rarely does the phone ring at 3 a.m. with good news. But nearly 37 years ago, when Barrie Lee Hall Jr.’s mother-in-law woke him because there was “some ‘Duke’ on the phone,” the early-morning call launched a career. The “Duke” on the phone was Duke Ellington. Hall was an aspiring trumpet player at Texas Southern University. Hours before, he had met Ellington at the Shamrock Hilton show in Houston, where a friend had even bragged about Hall’s musical accomplishments. “Duke says, ‘Oh, yeah? How come he’s not playing in my band?’ and he takes my number down,’ ” Hall said, remembering a conversation from 1972 with the band leader and pianist. “I thought he was patronizing me,” Hall said. The 3 a.m

Marquis Hill

Born: April 15, 1987

From his beginnings as one of Chicago’s most thrilling young trumpeters, to his current status as an internationally renowned musician, composer and bandleader, Marquis Hill has worked tirelessly to break down the barriers that divide musical genres. Contemporary and classic jazz, hip-hop, R&B, Chicago house, neo-soul—to Hill, they’re all essential elements of the profound African-American creative heritage he’s a part of. “It all comes from the same tree,” he says. “They simply blossomed from different branches.” That mission to bring styles together, complemented by Hill’s absolute mastery of his instrument, is a through line connecting his many achievements

Nick Etwell

Born: May 30, 1974

After graduating from the Royal College of Music, London, in 1996, Nick was awarded the Archer Jazz Scholarship (Postgraduate) to attend Trinity College of Music, London, 1999-2000. Over the 20+ years since he has performed and recorded with a huge variety of well known artists from around the World, touring extensively in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australia. He has performed on the World’s most famous stages, including the Royal Albert Hall, the Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club (London), Palais des Congres, L’Olympia (Paris), Konzerthaus (Berlin), Rod Laver Arena (Melbourne), the Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles), Red Rocks (Denver), Chicago Theatre (Chicago), The Ryman Auditorium (Nashville) and Madison Square Garden (New York).

Mark Whitty

Born: January 4, 1938

Fifty two years playing, recording jazz in Australia. 1956 - 1960 jazz vocals. 1960-1970 trumpet-vocals in Melbourne. 1970-1980 jazz organist in Narooma NSW. 1980-1988 Doctor Jazz and Sons. 1982 record cassette tape of "Jazz BBQ At Narooma". Richard (trom) ten years old, Patrick (clar) eleven years old. Many gigs on Aussie Pacific coast. 1988 two years solo. 1990 Solo-duo gig, (Bruce Hyland bass) on the "Banquet Express" train Canberra to Melbourne, taking 220 passengers to "The Phantom of the Opera". Commence writing "Fine Tunes" book. 2000 record "Under The Influence" at Atlantis Studios Hawthorn Victoria

Joseph Moffett

Joe Moffett is a trumpeter/improviser based in Brooklyn. He has been playing the Northeast circuit for years, leading his own groups and also performing with musicians such as Joe Morris, Kenny Wollesen, Tony Malaby, Ras Moshe, Luther Gray, Forbes Graham and Jim Hobbs. He is a founding member of Bird Fly Yellow (bird-fly.com) and leads a newly-formed quintet, Ad Faunum.

Graeme Flowers

Wayne Tucker

Henry "Red" Allen

Born: January 7, 1906

Trumpet player, Henry "Red" Allen Jr. was the son of Henry Allen who was the leader of the Allen Brass Band of Algiers, Louisiana. Algiers is directly across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. As a teenager he played in his father's band, with George Lewis, the Excelsior Band and with the Sam Morgan Band. In 1926 he left New Orleans to play with Sidney Desvigne's Southern Syncopaters on the riverboat Island Queen which ran between St. Louis and Cincinnati. In 1927 he joined King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators while they were on tour in St. Louis. The tour didn't go well for Oliver, and the band kind of fell to pieces in New York, but Red made his first recordings while there with Clarence Williams. Allen returned to New Orleans and played with Fats Pichon and then joined Fate Marable on the Strekfus riverboat Capitol where he would remain until 1928