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The Blind Boys of Alabama

Born: 1939

The Blind Boys of Alabama have the rare distinction of being recognized around the world as both living legends and modern-day innovators. They are not just gospel singers borrowing from old traditions; the group helped to define those traditions in 20th century and almost single-handedly created a new gospel sound for the 21st. Since the original members first sang together as kids at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in the late 1930s (including Jimmy Carter, who leads the group today), the band has persevered through seven decades to become one of the most recognized and decorated roots music groups in the world. Touring throughout the South during the Jim Crow era of the 1940s and 1950s, the Blind Boys flourished thanks to their unique sound, which blended the close harmonies of early jubilee gospel with the more fervent improvisations of hard gospel

Vesela Morova

Born: March 8, 1987

Growing up in my native Bulgaria, I was exposed to various musical influences due to the eclectic taste of my parents. Being the vocalist of a local jazz and pop band revealed to me the magic of stage performance, and it became my greatest passion. The teen years I spent singing both arias and jazz standards, being a soloist in choirs and performing with my jazz band at a festival in Langnau, Switzerland. I searched for new musical and cultural horizons and found myself doing a B.A. at Clark University in Worcester, MA. Academically I focused on Political Science, but always did music on the side, becoming the vocalist of the college two jazz ensembles, and studying jazz voice, piano, and improvisation with Kallin Johnson, James Allard, and Paul Buono

movi m

Born: September 4, 1986

Oupa Hlomane Mbokane popularly known as Movi M is a sensational Afro Jazz/soul artist, who has set the South African music scene on fire with his unusual catchy music. Mbokane who burst into the music scene with his self tittled debut album –his first single ‘’Mayine’ has turned him into a house hold name. He was nominated for 9th South African Traditional Music Awards (SATMAs) under the category Best African Jazz Album. Inspired by Afro Jazz/Soul greats Busi Mhlongo and many others. He is also recommended as one of the best new comer and best male vocalist in Afro Jazz/Soul Movi-M accredits his sound to the most indigenous and ethnic South African cultures, a fusion of sounds with elements of jazz, with one of its kind unique sound influenced by the diverse African Cutures.

Verena McBee

Born: February 27, 1973

Born and raised in Northern Germany Verena McBee has been always connected to the arts. At age 7 she took piano lessons in her hometown at the Conservatory of Osnabrueck, added the flute at age 14 and at the same time joined a local theatre group. In 1993 she studied classical music for teaching ( piano & flute ) & German language and literature at the "University Osnabrueck" and finished in 1997 

with her first State examination. While studying music in Osnabrueck, she auditioned for acting schools and was accepted in Hamburg at "Acting School Studio O33" in 1997. While studying drama she added vocal lessons (Belcanto) to her program outside the school program.In the years of 2000-2006 Verena appeared as actress and vocalist under her maiden name Verena Gemsa in Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Brussels, Prisdina and NYC.In 2004 she met her now husband, Cecil McBee and moved to NYC in 2007. Inspired by him and especially the music of Sarah Vaughan Verena started studying Jazz Vocals with different instructors, amongst them Brianna Thomas, Roberta Gambarini & Nicole Zuraitis

Jasmine Power

Jasmine was born in the early nineties to a Welsh father and an English mother in the mountains of the Lake District, England. As a child she recalls both her parents influencing her through music; her father listened to Irish and Welsh folk songs along with classics like Abba, The Beatles and Eva Cassidy and her mother loved unpredictable music. “One year I bought dad an Abba cassette tape and that was it, two years running he played it in the car on every journey we had, we would sing along together and laugh.” Her parents soon moved to a beautiful village in South West Wales where an inspirational upbringing began. Where better to exhaust her frustrated and creative energy than the wild and chilly ocean of the Welsh coast

Sylvia Mims

Sylvia Mims has a beautiful voice, a wide range, hits the center of every note and sounds like she is having the time of her life. She displays plenty of knowledge and sensitivity towards the lyrics that she interprets and her phrasing is irresistible, always swinging, even on the slowest ballads. Last year’s release of Sylvia’s recording debut, Where Lovers Live, was a major event. It was immediately obvious, listening to the first joyful notes of the opening title cut, that an important new talent was making her mark. Sylvia Mims was born in Pasadena, California. “From early in life, I always heard music” she remembers

DeMille

Born: February 9, 1995

Carter Calvert

Carter Calvert has been touring the globe performing to sold-out audiences, garnering critical acclaim for her extraordinary talent. She has performed as a headliner internationally in South Africa, Greece, Bermuda, Croatia and Italy. Her debut recording Carter Calvert and the Roger Cohen Trio enjoyed Top 15 placement on the American jazz charts, peaking at #13 overall, right above Paul McCartney. An ever-evolving artist, Calvert’s latest project is a collaboration with two household names in jazz: Grammy® award-winning Ulysses Owens, Jr. (Producer/Drums) and Grammy® award-winning Laurence Hobgood (Arranger/Piano), renowned for their imagination and artistry

Laura Angyal

Hungarian born-New York based vocalist, composer and lyricist Laura Angyal brings a smoky, buttery timbre while incorporating a fearless approach to melodic improvisation.

Her compositions and improvisations are imbued with visual and evocative quality that creates images, textures and impressions with words and music.

She has performed in such major venues as The Carnegie Hall, Smalls Jazz Club, Smoke, Minton’s, Cornelia Street Café, The Bar Next Door, Bitter End, Cleopatra’s Needle, Garage Jazz Club, Jules Bistro, Shapeshifter Lab, Joe’s Pub, Zinc Bar, Chris’Jazz Cafe among others and in Hungary in the “Valley of Arts”, Budapest Jazz Club, EST Café.

Stefania Dipierro