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Edoardo Marraffa - Tonino Miano

Edoardo Marraffa Degree in Musicology from the University of Bologna (1995). Discography (among others): “Solo, Edoardo Marraffa”, Bassesfere c 005, 2000. “Porcyville”, Una Barca , Vakki Plakkula, ida 012, 1998. Specchio Ensemble, ida 017, 2003. “La terra di giubba”, Mrafi, raitrade 2006. “Graffi”, Giovanni Maier-Edoardo Marraffa, Palomarecords 2006. Old Red City, Live at Crash, Setola di maiale 2008. Some performance venues: Angelica Music Festival, Controindicazioni, Ai confini tra Sardegna e jazz, European Trytone Festival, Clusone Jazz, Artacts, Konfrontationen, Vision Festival. Collaborations: Tristan Honsinger, Eugenio Sanna, Mike Cooper, Edoardo Ricci, Giovanni Maier, Han Bennink, Tim Berne, Joe Williamson, Alessandro Bosetti, Clayton Thomas, Edoardo Ricci, Luca Venitucci, Filippo Monico Fabrizio Spera, Amiri Baraka, Alberto Braida, Alan Wilkinson, Aleksander Kolkowski, John Edwards, William Parker, Hamid Drake. Lives and teaches in Bologna (ITA). Tonino Miano Graduated with maximum honors from the Conservatorio V

Frantz Loriot and Tonino Miano

Frantz Loriot Begins his music studies on the violin with teachers such as M. Yasuda- Raclot, the brothers A. & C. Pons, N. Dupin, I. Gitlis, Y. Tate, and P. Robault. He studies improvisation with R. Huby, Joelle Leandre, Barre Phillips, David S. Ware and Marc Ducret, and later approaches the viola. Studies Musicology at the University of Paris 8/Saint-Denis, ENM of Creteil (Ecole Nationale de Musique), and Analysis and Theory at the Conservatoire Georges Bizet (Paris). Discography (among others): “Frohn”, EPM 2008 (FRA); “Alexei Borisov & HEC/Live in Paris”, Sickcore 2008 (Russia); “Collectif Insit-U improvise! Aux Voûtes” 2006 (FRA); “ Ouroboros chante Mansour ”, EPM 2003 (FRA)

Lama

Lama is Nils Martin Larsen. Nils Martin Larsen is Lama. A band that has evolved into its present form over the last 2 years. That is two years of intense song-writing and studiowork to figure out what the thoughts in Larsen's head sound like. And here it is! More powerful than ever, more pure than ever and music with roots all over the place! The last 7 months have gone towards perfecting the live-portion of Larsen's beautiful Lama-land.

Live , Lama is an explosion. Six people on stage, and enough instruments to make the most eager musician blush. Lama is six people playing their hands, throats and feet till they swell up.

Nils Martin Larsen is a unique talent that up to now primarily has been famous for playing the keys in electronica jazz collective Jaga Jazzist, into which he was inducted at the age of eighteen

SMF-Sacramento Improvisers

Born: August 19, 1977

SMF is a reference to the jazz and creative music scene in and around Sacramento, CA. SMF is normally the airport code of Sacramento. Musically, it’s simply a simple acronym for the area’s improvising musicians. Here you will find information on upcoming performances, recordings, musicians and links to the players in the region.

David Gonzalez

David Gonzalez With speech, sound, mime, dance and above all, inspired imagination, nationally acclaimed master storyteller/performer David Gonzalez is keeping the ancient art of storytelling alive. From London’s Royal National Theater to Broadway to hundreds of schools across North America, Gonzalez has performed to more than 5,000 audiences worldwide. A winner of the Helen Hayes Performing Artist of the Year Award, Gonzalez is applauded for his vocal, physical and narrative talents and gift for mimicry, comic timing, and wordplay. Relying on the majesty and variety of language, the limitless landscape of imagination, the pulse of music and the beauty of art, he creates and performs multimedia productions that capture audiences of all ages and cultures. Described as “a New York Puerto Rican version of Bill Cosby,” Gonzalez tells ages-old world myths and stories, tales from his Puerto Rican and Cuban culture, and from his childhood experiences in the Bronx

Helen Petts

Visual artist and film-maker, working extensively in the field of free improvised and experimental music and live art both in still photography and video. Currently working on "Adventures in the House of Memory" - large collaborative film with visual artist Anne Bean and many musicians, live artists, pyrotechnicians who worked with Paul Burwell, percussionist, founder member of the London Musician's Collective and member of the Bow Gamelan Ensemble, who died in 2007 - for exhibition at Matts Gallery April 2009. See work in progress on www.vimeo.com/helenpetts More personal art practice involves extremely solitary abstract/landscape based work mainly in video and sound. Co-promoter (with guitarist John Russell) of Mopomoso free improvised music night at the Vortex Jazz Club

Ljova and the Kontraband

Born: June 16

Ljova, viola and famiola Inna Barmash, vocal Patrick Farrell, accordion Mike Savino, accordion Mathias Kunzli, percussion LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND (formerly Ljova & the Vjola Contraband) -- is chamber-jam music for the "remix generation". As if by alchemy, Eastern-European and Gypsy melodies, Latin rhythms, Jazz-inspired improvisations, and deeply rooted Classical forms are given new meanings in original compositions that fearlessly forge a new direction, with a nostalgic gaze towards the past. Since making its debut at the Om Factory Yoga Studio in June 2006, the ensemble has performed at venues such as the New York's Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where it was the opening musical guest of the Sundance@BAM Film Festival

The Karl Walters Jr Trio

Matthew Ferry is a percussionist, composer and vocalist in Brooklyn, NY. Matthew graduated from Hofstra University in 2007, studying composition with Herbert Deutsch and music for dance with Arthur Solari. An active composer and accompanist for dance, he has performed with many choreographers including Charles O Anderson, Paul Matteson, Martha Clarke, Stormy Brandenberger, Maxine Steinman, Robin Becker, Dyane Harvey-Salaam and Errol Grimes. As a vocalist, he has sung with the National Men and Boys Choir, The Milleridge Singers, Harrisburg Opera Theater. While in college, Matthew co-founded the GWM Singers in Roslyn, NY

Trachy/Lacy Collective

Born: May 23, 1982

Seth Trachy Saxophonist/composer Seth Trachy was raised on a farm in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains and spent his childhood exploring the Appalachian wilderness and absorbing the soulful sounds of his father's record collection, including artists such as Ray Charles and Percy Sledge. Attending high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Trachy helped form the group Quantum, which received recognition in the Downbeat student music awards, and performed at festivals such as Arts Ignite Festival (Winston-Salem). At the Banff International Jazz Workshop, Quantum performed with guest artist Dave Douglas and recorded with Kenny Werner. Trachy relocated to New Jersey in 2000 to study on full scholarship at William Patterson University for two years before completing his studies at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City

Dr. Trevorkian

Born: August 28, 1985

I started getting serious about making music after living with James Darley of Minos Conway in 03 and 04. Ever since I've been getting better and aquiring new instruments, making better quality recordings and sounding better live.