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Campbell

A dual national of the United States and Canada, Peter relocated to Toronto in 2012 from his native New York City. Growing up in a family of classical musicians and entertainment professionals, Peter began performing at an early age. From cabaret appearances with fellow young performers from the worlds of theater, film and television, he went on to work in commercial advertising jingles and to performances in cabaret and concert venues from New York City to New England and the Midwest. His previous recording work includes collaborations with pianist Lee Musiker (Tony Bennett, Barbara Cook) and nylon string guitar virtuoso Gene Bertoncini (Nancy Wilson, Lena Horne)

Gregg Arthur

Born: June 12, 1974

Gregg Arthur was always a singer, even as a child. Listening intently to his father’s albums , he would perform songs on his grandmothers piano, and even reinterpret the tunes. Encouraged to perform and study by his parents from that early age, Gregg is now singer and songwriter with 8 albums to his name, and a career of live performances that has spanned the planet. “I love the way you sing. You have a fan in the way you phrase…it’s perfect” -Tony Bennett Originally from Sydney Australia he now calls the United States his home, living in Los Angeles, California and traveling all over the world to perform the music he loves. Gregg’s training and education are firmly based in the tradition of jazz vocals and the great American Songbook, and uses his considerable abilities to interpret what he calls the “new standards”, pop and smooth jazz classics from brilliant writers and performers like Sting, Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell

JD Souther

Born: November 19, 1945

If you ask John David where he's from, he may say without hesitation, "I'm from Amarillo." But depending on who's asking, he may shrug and say, "I'm from everywhere, I guess." He would be mostly right either way. He was born in Detroit when his father, John Souther, was crooning in front of the big bands of his day, under a stage name, Johnny Warren. His mother hated the fact that "Johnny Warren" wasn't home, and so the singing father stepped halfway out of road life by going to work for MCA as an agent—fascinating for a curious five-year-old John David, who met The Three Sounds, The Mills Brothers, other jazz greats, and the legendary Victor Borge, who once acted as babysitter for the lucky son. Eventually, the family relocated first to Wellington, Dallas, and then to Amarillo, Texas. John David would stay until he left Amarillo College and headed west to Los Angeles.

Alan Bergman

Two of the world's most distinguished lyricists, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, have been contributing to the Great American Songbook for more than five decades. During their distinguished career, their songs have been nominated for sixteen Academy Awards, for which they have won three: "The Windmills of Your Mind" in 1968, "The Way We Were" in 1973, and the score for "Yentl" in 1984. "Windmills" and "The Way We Were" also earned Golden Globe Awards, and "The Way We Were" earned two Grammys. They were the first songwriters to be nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Song out of the five nominated songs, 1983 brought them nominations for "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from "Best Friends;" "It Might Be You" from "Tootsie;" and "If We Were In Love" from "Yes, Giorgio." In 1984, they again received three nominations: for the score for "Yentl" (for which they were awarded the Oscar) and two for the songs, "The Way He Makes Me Feel" and "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" In 1995, they wrote the Golden Globe, Academy Award and Grammy nominated song "Moonlight" performed by Sting in the Sydney Pollack film, "Sabrina." Among their principal collaborators are Michel Legrand, Marvin Hamlisch, Dave Grusin, Cy Coleman, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mandel, John Williams, Quincy Jones, and James Newton Howard. Dr

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FRIDOLijN

Born: August 10, 1984

An original and self taught singer and songwriter originally hailing from Amsterdam, Fridolijn grew up as daughter of two former hippies; her dad a psychotherapist, her mother a world renowned contemporary dancer. Little Fridolijn spent many an afternoon sleeping underneath the grand piano during her mother’s teaching at the Rotterdam Dance Academy. Behind the piano during those lessons was Henk Nichting, a modern classical pianist and composer, heavily influenced by the likes of Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Rachmaninov. It was Henk who gave Fridolijn her first piano books and lessons at the age of six

Dennis DeMille

Born: June 14, 1966

Dennis grew up in Cardiff and developed a love for song, dance and drama at an early age. His first stage appearance at 8 years old was a self choreographed rendition of “I’m a Yankee Doodle dandy’’ in the heart of Tiger bay in Bute town Community Centre, just a few streets away from the birthplace of Shirley Bassey. It was here that he also first experience photography as a child and attended classes in Tap and Jazz dance. At 17 years old he saw an ad in the regional newspaper for a DJ competition. It was for Young Welsh DJ of the year. After practicing what to say between songs and no experience he nervously took to the decks for the very first time on that day and beat experienced contenders to win third place

Bossas Boleros & Blues

Born: January 5, 1970

Sexy bossa novas, breezy jazz and soulful blues - Bossas Boleros & Blues is a versatile jazz trio including a female singer in English, Spanish and Portuguese accompanied by guitar, saxophone and vibraphone.

Ceyda Özbaşarel Gülşen

Born: March 30, 1974

Chelsea Reed

In October 2012, vocalist Chelsea Reed brought five of her friends together to play some tunes in a South Philly dining room. Secretly, her plan was to form a band that played for swing dancers, so she could finally have the chance to sing her favorite songs for an audience that loved early jazz as much as she did. Since that fateful afternoon, those unsuspecting handsome men have comprised the Fair Weather Five: Noah Hocker on trumpet, Chris Oatts on saxophone, Jake Kelberman on guitar, Joe Plowman on bass, and Austin Wagner behind the drums. Now, over a year later, Chelsea Reed and the Fair Weather Five are at home at swing dances, jazz clubs and concert halls alike