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Aaron Dugan (guitar)

Aaron Dugan (me) is/am a human animal organism guitarist composer looker at things eater of foods frowner of bad weather sometimes enjoyer of nice weather most times. I grew up in Northeast Philadelphia, later moving to Willow Grove, PA. I...

Abe Laboriel (bass, electric)

Abraham Laboriel is a world renowned bassist and the founder of the band KOINONIA. He was born and raised in Mexico City where he received his earliest musical training from his father, a gifted guitarist and composer. His first recording...

Abstract Truth (bass, electric)

Abstract Truth lives on the edge of classification, weaving jazz with soul, R&B, African and Latin rhythms, rock, gospel, blues, and funk. The musical foundation is the subtle, masterful interplay of the drums (Sultan Akbar), percussion...

Adam Berenson (piano)

Classically-influenced jazz pianist/composer Adam Berenson has been described by author and Juilliard professor David Dubal as: "what is needed in our over specialized society-- a true polyartist-- Pianist, Playwright, Composer,...

Adam Bishop (saxophone)

Born in England in 1974, Adam was raised in Canberra, Australia. He studied Jazz Performance at the Canberra School of Music receiving a Bachelor of Music there in 1995. His studies have also included time in New York with Ralph Alessi,...

Adam Diller (sax, tenor)

Influenced by Sri Aurobindo as much as J Dilla, Thomas Pynchon as much as Edgar Varese, Charles Bronson as much as Sun Ra, Adam Diiler occupies an enigmatic position in the realm between jazz, hip-hop, and electronic music.

Alan Blake (keyboard)

Alan & Lita Blake, are an exciting live vocal and keyboard duo easily manipulating their hi-tech instruments. They produce an authentic big band or a small combo sound with background vocals with a technique called sequencing! They have...

Alan Lechusza (reeds)

Alan Lechusza is quickly gaining ground as one of the new woodwind players/improvisers to watch. His versatility on all the woodwind instruments (western and non-western aero phones) both as an improviser and as a studio musician has led...

Albert Marcoeur (multi-instrumentalist)

Born on the 12th of December 1947, in Dijon (Cote-d'Or)

1958 to 1966: Studied clarinet at the National Music and Drama School of Dijon (teacher: Roger Desoomer)

“I'm glad I did it. I must have learnt a thing or...

Albert Rivera (sax, tenor)

Contemporary, smooth, and eclectic--three words that just begin to describe Albert Rivera, "a modern Jazz Messenger" with one of the most exciting and sought-after saxophone sounds in today's jazz scene. His first album, Re-Introduction...

Alex Coke (reeds)

Alex Coke, born in Dallas, Texas, an original member of the Creative Opportunity Orchestra, has performed with Tina Marsh in various formations for 22 years. For ten years he played and recorded with the internationally renowned...

Alex Navarro (keyboard)

Alex Navarro has a lot of sneakers in his closet, and you can blame none other than soulful singer Queen Latifah. “She always had the coolest shoes every day,” said Navarro, who toured with Latifah on her Trav’lin’ Light tour from...

Alicyn Yaffee (multi-instrumentalist)

Graduate of Kelseyville High School.Student at California State University Sacramento. Double Jazz Studies Major. Guitar and Voice.

Ambrose Pottie (drums)

Ambrose Pottie, originally from Spryfield, Nova Scotia is a Torontobased musician and graphic designer. He studied design and photography at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Primarily a self taught musician, he has recorded...

Amy Denio (multi-instrumentalist)

Denio (rhymes with ‘Ohio’ or ‘gennaio’) is a multi- instrumentalist composer and singer based in Seattle, WA. Home-taper since the Dark Ages of Analogue, she started her label Spoot Music in 1986, with the release of her...

Amy Lee (saxophone)

Jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger Amy Lee has been on the national/ international music scene since 1990. Her newly released solo CD titled USE ME marks her 2nd solo album and is currently being sold exclusively at her website...

Andre Dale (guitar, electric)

Andre' Dale is a gifted guitarist/vocalist/writer who has been an integral part of the Detroit music scene since the late 80's playing and touring with reggae/rock group Onxyz. Andre' is a Cass Tech alumnus where he played in the jazz band...

Andreas Andersson (sax, baritone)

Born in 1975 in Kalix. Educated at the Skurups Folkhögskola and at the Music Conservatory in Malmö, Sweden. Resident in Malmö. Andreas has with his powerful sound and lyrical playing marked himself as one of Sweden's most personal...

Andrew Hadro (sax, baritone)

Andrew Hadro was not born into an especially musically inclined family. Nor does he remember why or when he decided to pursue music. He has however, dedicated his life to music and spent thousands of hours honing his abilities, working to...

Andrew Yeadon (guitar)

Andrew Yeadon is a musician, singer, songwriter from Co Durham currently running the highly popular TCR music project in Barnard Castle which serves to provide people from Teesdale with tuition, rehearsal and recording facilities and help...

Angela Furr (piano)

With a variety of styles from fabulous jazz standards, pop, rock and classical to modern, along with her dynamic passionate performances... Angela has had the opportunity to perform at an amazing variety of venues, concerts and musical...

Angie Contini (vocal)

Angie Contini is a performer and songwriter living in Sydney, with a diverse background in music, dance, theatre, and cabaret. While working as a jazz and blues singer, she has gradually developed a repertoire that reflects on the forms of...

Anita Ferrer (guitar)

Anita Ferrer is a musical visionary and crusader who champions the underdog! Transcending a painful childhood and an abusive, failed marriage, she approaches life with passion, staunch determination and candor. Formerly passive and...

Annie Friedland (piano)

Annie has played keyboards since she was one-and-a-half years old. Coming from a family of musicians and artists helped. By the time she was four, she had been thrown out of classical lessons for hearing intricate pieces (she has perfect...

Anthony Cerabino (drums)

Anthony Cerabino was first recognized for his talents by performing in the New York State All-State Jazz Ensemble in 1979 and further recognition by performing in the world renowned One O'clock Jazz Band at North Texas State University...

Anthony Michelli (drums)

Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and currently based in Toronto, Anthony has been involved in music since a very young age. Having played the accordion, and then alto and tenor saxophones but being driven by the ever present urge to want...

Ari Joshua Zucker (guitar)

Artistic Resume Ari Joshua Zucker, Guitarist Born Cape Town, South Africa Performance Highlights and Experiences: -Montreux Jazz festival in Switzerland -North Sea Jazz festival in the Netherlands -Lional Hampton Jazz festival in...

Ariel (piano)

Ariel was born in 1997 in Jerusalem, Israel. He began formal piano lessons just before his 5th birthday with Lea Agmon. Since then he has performed repeatedly at concerts at the Jerusalem Conservatory of Music and at various youth...

Art Bailey (piano)

Pianist, accordionist, producer, composer and arranger Art Bailey is a busy guy, maintaining a packed calendar with dates playing improvised music, Latin jazz and traditional Cuban music, and new classical music. His current projects...

Ashia (cello)

Coming from a family with a musical and theatrical background, her father a blues singer and mother a former actor, Ashia knew she was meant to lead a life in an artistic field. She was born in Poland, but her family came to the United...

Asphalt Orchestra (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Asphalt Orchestra is a radical new street band that brings ambitious processional music to the mobile masses. Created by the founders of the “relentlessly inventive” new music presenter Bang on a Can (Justin Davidson, NY Magazine),...

Astrakan

Michael Garcia started the Astrakan Collective in 2004 to play original material that combined improvised and structured elements in new and exciting ways. The group have played at various London venues, including the Vortex, Pangea, Moose...

Astral Project (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Astral Project - band/ensemble Over the past 30 years, the New Orleans band Astral Project has evolved from a jazz group that played four or five nights a week on Bourbon Street or at Tyler’s Beer Garden where bassist James...

Avi Granite (guitar)

Avi Granite is a Canadian-born guitarist and composer living in New York. Granite began life in Toronto, Ontario, studying classical guitar and piano at a young age. Though Granite abandoned these traditions by age 10, the music...

Ayanda (vocal)

Whether you’re laid back relaxing to her mellow grooves or shakin’ to her diva funk, Ayanda’s distinctive style of music commands your attention and doesn’t let go. Her original blend of Jazz, R&B, Funk, with a twist of attitude,...

Bandsman (guitar)

Bandsman is the artist name of Fernando Zaplana, an eclectic songwriter, guitarist and composer with creative musical ideas and pop arrangements to service both TV & Films. Born in Cartagena, Spain, Fernando is primarily a songwriter,...

Barrett Martin (drums)

Barrett Martin is an American drummer and composer who played with several prominent rock and jazz groups during the alternative music explosion of the 1990's, including Skin Yard, The Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Tuatara and REM. He was...

Basic Food Group (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Basic Food Group employs rock trio instrumentation to investigate new combinations of musical genres. Compositions are scored in detail with sections allowed for improvisation. Over time the work is "pureed," that is , reworked and...

Bela Fleck (banjo)

Just in case you aren't familiar with Béla Fleck, there are some who say he's the premiere banjo player in the world. Others claim that Béla has virtually reinvented the image and the sound of the banjo through a remarkable...

Ben Holmes (trumpet)

Trumpet player Ben Holmes is based Brooklyn, New York. He performs regularly as a sideman with ensembles including Slavic Soul Party!, Justin Mullen's Delphian Jazz Orchestra, Cynthia Hopkins, the Stagger Back Brass Band, Romashka, and One...

Ben Opie (saxophone)

Ben Opie: reeds, electronics, composition Based in Pittsburgh, PA Previously leader of Water Shed 5tet (four CDs), currently leading or co-leading: Thoth Trio (intense acoustic jazz); OPEK (Sun-Ra inspired reduced-sized big band);...

Bernie Holland (guitar)

Question: Who has Bernie Holland played with ? Answer: Billy Connolly, Gerry Rafferty, Meic Stevens, Stomu Yamashta, Joan Armatrading, Max Middleton, Bob Tench, Clive Chaman, Conrad Isidore, Godfrey McLean, Linda Lewis, Marc Bolan, Danny...

Bethany & Rufus (cello)

Having recently returned from the Festival Daoula in Bamako, Mali; Bethany & Rufus have expanded their group formation to include Yacouba Moumouni (Niger) and Haitian Percussionist 'Bonga' Jean-Baptiste. The expanded group came into being...

Bill Carbone (drums)

Buru Style is a half-Connecticut/half-Boston based Live Dub group that meditates on ultra-ethereal riddims from the catalogues of Jamaican Nyabingi artists such as Count Ossie and Cedric Brooks, mixes in newer tracks from the likes of Jah...

Bill Elgart (drums)

Bill Elgart, often credited as Billy Elgart is one of many American jazz musicians who have settled in Europe. Quite often based out of Munich, Elgart's credits include appearances on some choice {{m: Paul Bley = 5083}}...

Billy McBride (piano)

Shalom! Hi, my name is Billy McBride, some call me also William. I make synthesizer and piano solo instrumental music for the fan who really enjoys to meditate upon what they hear of an improvization's structure, composition, meaning,...

Billy Sokol (bass, electric)

Born in Huntington, New York, Sokol's early exposure to Henry Mancini, Herb Albert, and Burt Bacharach, and 20th Century Classical composers via his dad's Living Room Hi-Fi during the 1960s and 1970s, created a a foundation for a life as a...

Bing Crosby (vocal)

Bing Crosby was the fourth of seven children of Tacoma, Washington, brewery bookkeeper Harry Lowe Crosby and Kate Harrigan Crosby. He studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing...

Bob Burnett (guitar)

As a popular sideman, seven string guitarist Bob Burnett has supported among others, Doobie Brothers bassist Tiran Porter, Jazz Steel Pan player Andy Narell, World Beat stars Pele Juju, Nigerian Afro-Beat All-Star Danjuma Adamu, Kenny...

Bobby Troup (piano)

For versatile Bobby Troup -- musician, composer, jazz authority, recording artist, actor, Emmy Award winner -- there's hardly a "first" left in show business to claim and conquer. His demanding role in "Emergency!", Jack Webb's hour-long...

Brad Hammonds (guitar)

Eclectic guitarist Brad Hammonds has played hundreds of shows across the country including NYC venues such as The Blue Note, The Symphony Space, The Living Room, Joes' Pub, The Whitney Museum, Rockwood Music Hall, BAM Café, SXSW Eclectic...

Brad Keller (guitar)

Brad Keller has been a professional musician and educator for seventeen years. His multi-dimensional musical influences range through Jazz and Blues to Bluegrass and Country and continue through Folk, Rock, Classical and many varieties of...

Brainkiller (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Brainkiller has captivated audiences across the USA, Canada and Mexico with "hypnotic landscapes that gallivant through freewheeling jazz, avant-classical and art-rock territories" (Phoenix New Times) since their inception in 2000. The...

Brandee Younger (harp)

A versatile musician who has been proven to defy genres and labels, this young harpist has created a unique niche in both traditional and non-traditional harp arenas. Performing mainly on a concert grand classical harp, Ms. Younger is...

Brandon Essex (bass)

Brandon got hooked on music at an early age. He began playing loud rock music in bars and clubs at the tender age of 15. Still in his teens, Brandon flipped for the double bass and jass music, joined a quartet and landed his first steady...

Brant Lyon (keyboard)

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Brent Bowman (sax, alto)

Dr. Brent A. Bowman has had a distinquished career as a music educator for 33 years and as performing jazz artist for 45 years. Notable teachers he studied with: (Berklee College of Music) Joe Viola, woodwind chair John LaPorta,...

Brett Sroka (trombone)

Brett Sroka is a native of Lexington, Massachusetts and began playing the trombone at age ten. He received his B.A. from the Manhattan School of Music in 1997, studying with trombonists Britt Woodman and Steve Turre, and undertaking his...

Brian Scherman (sax, alto)

Please visit www.brianscherman.com to learn more.

Brian Walsh (clarinet)

- Brian Walsh is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts(MFA,BFA) and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. He has studied clarinet with William Powell, Gary Bovyer, Debra Kanter, and Val Grayson. He has studied...

Brian Wingrove (keyboard)

Brian Wingrove has 30 years of experience as multi-instrument musician who has played piano,organ,guitar,saxaphone, and various other electronic keyboards with a wide variety of bands in the Eastern and Midwest regions of the US. His...

Brittni Paiva (ukulele)

At 23 years of age, Brittni Paiva (pi --"VAH) is the preeminent female `ukulele player from Hawaii. Affectionately referred to as the `ukulele darling, Brittni is a native of Hilo, on the Big Island. She is a multi-award winning,...

Bruce Hornsby (piano)

"When I play music, I guess I'm what you'd call an ecstatic," says Bruce Hornsby. "I'm always pursuing those joyful, exuberant, transcendent moments that happen when everything is working. That's why I called this album Levitate, because...

Bruce Menefield (sax, tenor)

"...Groove is in his heart and horn" Kathy Y. Wilson, Cincinnati City Beat Saxophonist Bruce Menefield is an outstandingly creative musician. He has developed a unique style of playing a variety of musical genres: jazz, gospel, blues,...

California Guitar Trio (guitar)

The California Guitar Trio (CGT) celebrates its twentieth anniversary with the release of Andromeda in October 2010 on Innerknot Records. As a special commemoration, the new CGT album will also be released on vinyl through Karate...

Carlos Bernardo (various)

Carlos Bernardo was born in Cardiff, Wales, in December 1971, son of Brazilian parents. He arrives in Rio de Janeiro only a few months later, and when he was 9 years old he moves with his family to Vit�ria, a city-island in Brazil. In...

Casey Colby (guitar)

Casey Colby studied Jazz guitar at UNT and was a member of the L5 guitar ensemble in 2007. He has had various recording projects and bands including: DISCO:HATE and Hizballah.

Casia (author)

Casia is a lyricist from Canada who collaborates with 100+ solo artists and bands from Russia to Australia. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ��" March 28, 2011 USA ��" “Three Dreamers And A Horse” has just released their debut album on...

Cat Shell (vocal)

Cat Shell, a seductive songstress hailing from Boca Raton, FL, is here to bring her unique mix of jazz, blues, and acoustic soul to the listening ears of the world. Cat Shell’s music brings with it an aura of familiarity and...

Catherine Jauniaux (vocal)

CATHERINE JAUNIAUX is a unique French born vocalist and composer who's contributed to numerous R.I.O. projects and has stood at the forefront of vocal improvisation of the downtown NYC scene for many years. Her vocals exhibit a vast...

Charles Burnham (violin)

The passion and fire of Charlie Burnham's violin has graced the work of many: Cassandra Wilson, James Blood Ulmer, Steven Bernstein, Susie Ibbara, Peter Apfelbaum, Henry Threadgrill, String Trio of New York, Ted Daniel,Medeski, Martin &...

Chelsea Palermo (vocal)

Many nine-year-old girls have musical idols. However, very few are also gifted with perfect pitch, and possess a burning desire to follow in the footsteps of their idols. Chelsea Palermo is anything but ordinary. As a little girl, gifted...

Chester A Thomas (sax, alto)

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Chie Imaizumi (composer/conductor/leader)

This CD is representative of the best of current large ensemble recordings. - Ed Trefzger - JazzWeek

After listening to one night of her vital, creative and engaging music..... Imaizumi was on my short list of new...

Chris Cawthray (drums)

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Chris Chalfant (piano)

CHRIS CHALFANT - PRODUCER, DIRECTOR COMPOSER, ALTO (VOICE), PIANO In 2001 I Founded the Lifetime Visions Orchestra which I co-direct with Joseph Jarman. The LVO recently returned from performing at the Nancy (France) Pulsations Jazz...

Chris Lacinak (drums)

New Orleans Drummer , composer

Chris Weigers (bass)

Chris is a veteran of many music environments having played with such artists as: Lothlorien, Ken Makanda McIntyre, Jaki Byard, John Abercrombie, Paula Atherton, Don Celenza, The Zen Trickster's, The Jim Pin Band, Satya, Willie Steel, New...

Chris Welcome (guitar, cello)

Sounds, Silences...

Chuck Berghofer (bass)

Chuck Berghofer was a part of the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra around 1967 when Frank Zappa recorded the orchestral parts for Lumpy Gravy. Berghofer provided bass, also in 1972 with Van Dyke Parks Discover...

Clay Jenkins (trumpet)

Clay Jenkins' career as a jazz artist has covered a wide range of musical experiences and responsibilities, bringing him to the forefront of the jazz performing and teaching arenas. Clay's experience as a performer began at an early age...

Cody McKinney (bass)

Resume Projects: 1992-1999 Bandleader/ Bassist/vocalist for Sarcastic Jack 1 album released-Vacationaire Highlights included numerous tours and sharing the stage with the likes of Steppenwolf, the Gap band, the Big Wu, and The Guess Who...

Colin Dean (bass)

Colin Dean, " bassist, bandleader, composer and arranger, has performed with such notables as Candido Camero, Bobby Sanabria, Rene Marie, Junior Mance and David Amram, at venues such as Avery Fischer Hall, Dizzys Club at Lincoln Center,...

Coolooloosh (band/ensemble/orchestra)

In 2003, five extremely talented musicians from Jerusalem, Israel, and around the world, found each other and came together to form one of the most unique and dynamic forces in the music world as we know it today. Suitability named...

Cordelia (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Scandinavian nonet ready with colourful album.

This summer, the orchestra Cordelia releases their second album, entitled «At the Pink Pony». Just as the self-entitled debut from 2004, the album is filled with narrative and...

Craig Bryan Jr (drums)

Musician since 4th grade. Craig has been teaching lessons for nearly 20 years. B.A. in music education and a diverse list of performance experience. Currently teaching band at the high school and middle school level. Performing with...

Curtis Andrews (drums)

Curtis Andrews is a Canadian musician with global persuasions.

He creates music that is informed by his many years of experience with West African, South Indian and traditions yet transcends any neat box to fit into. In Decemeber...

Damon Smith (bass, acoustic)

Double bass, Improviser. Born Damon Jesse Smith on oct. 17th, 1972 in Spokane, WA. Did "freestyle bmx" bicycle riding from age 13 to 23. Started music in 1991, under the influence of Mike Watt (fIREHOSE & the minutemen) on fender bass....

Dan Nettles (guitar)

Dan Nettles :: Guitar & Composition My name is Dan Nettles and I am the bandleader, composer, and guitarist for Kenosha Kid. Forgive me for writing this in the first person, but when a convention interferes with getting the point across,...

Dan Ostermann (composer/conductor/leader)

COMPOSITION EXPERIENCE PREMIERES OF ORIGINAL WORKS • New work commissioned by the Academy of Creative Education, Oakwood School, May 2005. “Sleepy Island” premiered August 11, 2005 by the Oakwood School Large Ensemble. • Chamber...

Daniel Zelonky (keyboard)

Resisting narrow stylistic or genre conventions since he first appeared as Low Res in 1994, Daniel Zelonky has emerged as a keeper of the flame of ambitious and adventurous, yet rambunctiously entertaining American music. He has woven any...

Darren Frate (bass, electric)

Velvet Voyage is a jazz based group fluent in many styles. After forming in 2009, Vincent Veith (piano), Ivan George (drums) and Darren Frate (bass) released their self titled cd ”Velvet Voyage”. That cd featured all original tracks...

Das Vibenbass (band/ensemble/orchestra)

From Seattle to New York to Berlin, audiences have been fascinated by the musical sound of Das Vibenbass. The group has independently released four full-length records, all of which have garnered tremendous support from the indie jazz...

Dave Christianson (drums)

Here's some biographic information about singer-songwriter, producer-arranger, drummer and piano player Dave Christianson. Dave has played, sung, and recorded jazz, blues, and soul music styles with many outstanding musical artists, and...

Dave Halverson (guitar)

Dave Halverson is a guitarist/composer based in Oakland, CA. He is also a founding member of the jazz/art rock band Trance Lucid. To date, he has released eight CDs of instrumental music -- four as a solo artist, and...

Dave Mohn (drums)

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Dave Putson (bass, electric)

Dave is a Bassist and has been playing and teaching in South East London for 20 years. In 1989, Musicians Academy in Wapping provided an enrichment and visionary setting for Dave and his Electric Bass. This gave Dave the desire, impetus...

Dave Trenkel (keyboard)

Dave Trenkel is a keyboardist, bassist, composer and recording engineer living in Corvallis, OR. He is currently a member of the avant-jazz/prog/hip-hop collective Xenat-Ra, the free-fusion quartet Different Feeder, the 12-piece Bob Marley...

David Bromberg (guitar)

After several years of inactivity on the touring front, David Bromberg is beginning to reappear on the live concert scene. Bromberg has reunited the “big band” several times over the last few years and 2003 will see the band come...

David Esmond (guitar, electric)

what IS squirt? squirt is the solo guitar playing of dave esmond. the idea behind squirt is creation. creating moments in time. creating music. creating songs and sounds on the spot. there are no real squirt songs. each track is of it's...

David Manson (trombone)

David's musical experiences range from opera to soukous to avant garde to jazz to brass quintet to orchestra to Zappa (Bogus Pomp) and so on. He has been soloist and/or composer with the BONK New Music Festival, Subtropics New Music...

David Strother (violin)

David Strother is an improvising electric violinist and composer in Southern California. His latest CDs, "soundings.live" and "the desert is singing," are available at cdbaby.com and Itunes and other outlets. His recording credits also...

Dawson Dowdy (piano)

Dawson is a nine-year-old piano prodigy who composes his own blues and jazz music. His talents are extraordinary. People who hear his music can't believe how young he actually is. He has his first album, 'October Ace', coming out in just...

de Ness (vocal)

Original Latin and Nu Jazz, acoustic groove and blues chilled out lounge and a splash of Kabaret! Fellow composers Jen de Ness and Bill Atkinson, have been composing, recording and playing everything from folk and blues to pop, chill out...

Debbie Cunningham (vocal)

"Soulful, romantic, elegant and sophisticated, an exquisite taste of jazz." These are just a few of the words that listeners have used to describe Debbie Cunningham's music. Vocalist Debbie Cunningham studied classical music at Temple...

Deborah Abrams (vocal)

"A sensual and confident Jazz singer, Deborah Abrams' voice enters your ears and targets your soul. Taking San Diego by storm, she stands out as a Jazz and Blues dynamo performing live at every opportunity. She can belt out a tune half...

Dennis Chambers (drums)

Dennis Chambers started playing drums at the age of 4 and by the age of 6 he was playing in nightclubs. Chambers had no former schooling in music. All his musical training came from playing in nightclubs. At the age of 18 he went from High...

Dick Dunlap (piano)

Dick Dunlap was born in Seattle, Washington and received an MFA in painting from the University of Washington in 1968. He taught Art at U.C.S.B. in the 70

Dick Metcalf (keyboard)

Rotcod Zzaj (aka Dick Metcalf) is the "King of Collab". His label catalog has over 65 releases, some 55 of which were with other artists, using the U.S. Postal Service (in other words, he's never met more than 2 or 3 of the people he's...

Dominic Lalli (saxophone)

Dominic Lalli grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. He began studying music in middle school and high school with great support from his musical family. After high school, Dominic decided to continue his music education at Northern Arizona...

Don Braden (sax, tenor)

Don Braden is a musician of the highest caliber. Having spent years as the saxophonist with greats like Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard and Roy Haynes, he has developed an extensive knowledge of every aspect of jazz...

Donald Fagen (keyboard)

Donald Fagen’s Morph The Cat is just your average soulful and sexy masterpiece about love, death and homeland defense. “There’s nothing sexier than the Apocalypse,” Fagen explains helpfully. “I suppose you could call...

Doug Millaway (keyboard)

Originally from St. Louis, MO., Doug Millaway moved to the upper midwest about 18 years ago. Since then, he has moved from the gigging artist to the studio. His current project is with fellow musician Rob Denton. Rob is originally from...

Dr. Trevorkian (various)

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.

Drew Engman (guitar)

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E. Shawn Qaissaunee (guitar)

E. Shawn Qaissaunee (kay-saw'-nee) was born on January 30, 1970 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Widely acknowledged as an outstanding guitarist and bassist in the United States and abroad, Shawn is a Berklee College of Music Alumnus and former...

earPlay Jazzquintet (piano)

Personnel (left to right): Michael Smolens piano / synthesizers / voice / balafon / alto flute Alex Murzyn soprano, alto, & tenor saxes / C & alto flutes / bass clarinet Fred Randolph acoustic & elec. basses & guitars / sop. sax / flute /...

Ed Santelices (piano)

Born in the highlands of northern Philippines, Ed's awareness in music could have been due to hearing a lot of his mother's classic piano-playing as well as his father's virtuoso guitar strumming all through his early childhood years. Soon...

Eddie Heywood (piano)

An extremely talented pianist, Eddie Heywood’s arrangement of Cole Porter's ''Begin the Beguine'' made his sextet one of the most popular jazz groups of the 1940’s. He also wrote the standard “Canadian Sunset,” in the 1950’s to...

Elad Muskatel (bass)

Some of past performances: *Bern Jazz Festival (Switzerland) *Red Sea Jazz Festival (Israel) *Blue Note opening act for Kenny Werner Quartet on a Thursday night at Kenny's personal request. *Tea Lounge *Smalls *Hudson Festival (NY) * High...

Electropolis (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Michael Ferrier
Electrosax

Michael Ferrier found his first fifteen minutes of fame after winning the 1974 Four Square (Playground Division) Championship. From there he descended into the shady world of vegetative alchemy,...

Elektra Kurtis (violin)

Elektra Kurtis is a violinist and composer of Greek origin, leader of Ensemble Elektra. Now a resident of New York City, she has also lived in Poland, Greece and Finland. Elektra has performed with such notable artists as Lester Bowie,...

Elvis Blackman (digital transfer)

Hi ! My name is elvis. Thank you! Evlis!

Eric Richards (bass, electric)

I was born in 1953 in Alnwick, a small market town in Northumberland, about thirty miles both from the Scottish border to the north and the city of Newcastle upon Tyne to the south. After leaving school I spent one year at the City of...

Eric Ross (guitar, electric)

ERIC ROSS - " has excited audiences with his fiery virtuosity and innovative work” (Washington Post) -performed concerts of original works at Lincoln Center, NYC; Kennedy Center, D.C.; Brussels Palais des Beaux Arts, at Jazz and...

Eric Soleil (bass, electric)

A unique blend of symphonic instruments with jazzy undertones, JasmPhonia is the nom de guerre of Eric Soleil, a gifted multi-instrumentalist/composer who utilizes acoustic symphonic voices and midi composition to create a rich mixture of...

Eric Watson - Guitarist (guitar)

A pupil of a pupil of the great George Benson, and native of Pittsburgh Pa., Eric’s brother, Kennard, taught him guitar basics at the age of 10. “George Benson was Ken’s first teacher….. they were childhood friends, along with...

Erik Rurik Satie (piano)

New Music by Composer/Piano/Brass Erik Satie, with vocals by Debbie Lease, now available. A contemporary collection of styles reminiscent of Louis Armstrong, Bix Biderbecke, Rafael Mendez, Miles Davis & other influences. Not played as...

Ernest L. Walker (piano)

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Everything's A Little Glorious (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Photos by Susan Wilson, www.susanwilsonphoto.com Drawing heavily from avant-pop and contemporary classical music, the Boston-based instrumental quartet declares their music "chamber rock for the new millennium." Focusing...

Fahir Atakoglu (piano)

A native of Turkey,born in Istanbul, Fahir Atakoğlu is an international award winning composer and pianist, in the fields of large symphonic works and film music. His works have also been performed in various music festivals in Europe and...

Famous Accordion Orchestra (accordion)

The Famous Accordion Orchestra is an accordion quartet (and sometimes a larger group). Led by composer/accordionist Bob Goldberg, the group bridges styles from traditional to modern, and is suited a wide range of performing venues. The...

Farmers Market (band/ensemble/orchestra)

The band Farmers Market was formed in Trondheim during the fall of 1991. All members where students of the Jazz Department at the Conservatory of Trondheim. At first Farmers Market started out as a free-jazz quintet, but soon found itself...

Felipe Gomez (guitar)

Colombian guitarist and composer Felipe Gómez has collaborated with choreographers, visual artists, and theater directors: "Imagenes Sobre el Tiempo", 2004 (music-dance piece), The Axolotl, 2005 (animation film based on a short...

Frances Nichole Damas (vocal)

Born in New York and raised in Miami Frances has...

Frank J. Valeriani (saxophone)

Frank J. Valeriani (pronounced Valeryani) was born in Newark (New Jersey). Started to study saxophone at age of 15. When his family moved to Italy he started his first band. The band was mediterranean blues oriented. In Italy he graduated...

Frank Valeriani (sax, alto)

Frank J. Valeriani (pronounced Valeryani) was born in Newark (New Jersey). Started to study saxophone at age of 15. When his family moved to Italy he started his first band. The band was mediterranean blues oriented. In Italy he graduated...

Frank Zappa (guitar, electric)

Frank Vincent Zappa was born on 21 December 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. His parents were second-generation Sicilian Greeks, the family had arabian and french origins too. His father played "strolling crooner" guitar. At the age of...

Frantic Turtle (vocal)

Frantic Turtle merges poetry, music, and performance into philosophically viral mixtures like existentialist dancehall, punk-prayer, and toasted jazz poetry. We're into strictly avant expression - the over-fed language of the urban...

Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello)

Chicago based cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm grew up in Wilmington Delaware where he began formal cello studies at the age of 10. Eager to move away, he did so immediately after High School relocating to New York. There he studied with a...

Fred Walker (saxophone)

Fred Walker, A native of St. Louis, Mo., has been threatening this CD for quite sometime. He's keeping his promise to his many fans whose been waiting for this new C D release which is something different. Enter, Michael Nicolls. Michael,...

Frederick D White (saxophone)

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Fredrik Lundin (reeds)

Since arriving on the Danish Jazz scene in 1981 this elegant and explosive musician has been searching relentlessly into the realms of experimental and contemporary music. A truly original and virtuoso voice, performing in bands such as...

Friends of Friends (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Friends of Friends, comprised of Joe Berkovitz, Scott Samenfeld and David Mann, features original compositions from Joe Berkovitz and Scott Samenfeld along with a few choice jazz standards. Joe Berkovitz is a Boston-based pianist and...

Gabi Kenderesi (vocal)

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Gary Lucas (guitar)

A world class guitar hero, a Grammy-nominated songwriter, an international recording artist with over a dozen acclaimed solo albums to date, and a soundtrack composer for film and television, Gary Lucas is on the move in 2006. Dubbed the...

Gary Short (bass)

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Gary W Norwell (drums)

born 1950, studied Sydney Australia, Early 70s, Recorded "Sun" 1972-on RCA records--"Free Time"1974 with Keith Shadwick released on Candid Records UK 2008

George Poe (piano)

Born in Houston, Texas, George has always been a lover of music. In grade school he learned to play the trumpet in the school band. By high school, he had joined a small jazz combo, which allowed him to refine his tonal vocabulary on...

Georges Dumesle (piano)

born : Port-au-Prince , Haiti Studies : Financial Management in Belgium Carreer closed as Human Resources Manager Nowadays : retired Amateur pianist

Gerald Bailey (trumpet)

Chicago trumpeter and composer Gerald Bailey draws from a wide range of musical styles to deliver a fresh new sound. He holds a Bachelors degree in trumpet from the University of Cincinnati and a Masters in composition from DePaul...

Gerald Brockie (guitar)

International guitarist and composer of note, Ged Brockie has built on a rising profile with the Scottish Guitar Quartet with this solo release. A prolific composer, this is a wonderful album which shows of his composing and guitar playing...

Glenn DeLaune (guitar)

Born on October 19th, 1961 and classically trained at the age of five years old, Glenn started on a musical journey that to this day is still taking him down many roads. He quickly learned to perform and by first grade he was up in front...

Glenn Weyant (percussion)

... New directions in taking it further... Seven Transharmonic Explorations In Multitonal Omnivibrationalism: Volume Six About this recording: Application of intuitive-now reactions and chance processes developed in...

Glenn White (saxophone)

Described as "a brilliant gem," Glenn’s modern jazz compositions and skilled, interactive playing have been called "a thoughtful, remarkable style," which "stems from a deeper understanding." A graduate of New England Conservatory, Glenn...

Gotham Wind Symphony (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Gotham Wind Symphony is a NYC-based 45-member wind band founded in 2002. The members have performing experience with: Maria Schneider, John Hollenbeck, Vanguard Orchestra, Westchester Jazz Orchestra, Anthony Braxton, Ray Charles, Frank...

Greg Pagel (piano)

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"A musician of the Highest Rank" - jazz legend Joe Maneri "Beautiful Composition" - WGBH Radio, Boston
Greg Pagel is a jazz pianist, accordionist, and composer from Wisconsin. He is a member of the Green...

Greg Waters (guitar, electric)

G(GregWaters) started playing guitar at the age of 13.Because of a health problem,his Dad brought home a guitar to fill his boredom,and well,you know the rest!His first song learned on guitar was "House Of The Rising Sun".He would sit on...

Gregory Snyder (guitar)

Originally from Allentown, Pa, Greg Snyder began studying classical guitar under the instruction of Ted Williams at age 11. While taking classical guitar lessons, Greg was learning his favorite radio tunes by ear, and, not too long...

Guru Jazzmatazz (vocal)

Born: July 17, 1966 | Died: April 19, 2010 Keith Elam (July 17, 1966[1] �” April 19, 2010) Better known by his stage name Guru, was an American emcee and member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in...

Gyle Waddy (vocal)

"Homme a tout Faire" That's the title that has been earned by this media man, GYLE WADDY PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: Gyle Waddy was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He participated in different singing projects connected with his high...

Haberdashery (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Haberdashery is a genre defying acoustic ensemble based in Los Angeles, CA, known for their energetic, evocative and witty performances. Led by composer/bassist Brandon Turner, Haberdashery synthesizes their diverse and eclectic influences...

Hank Levy (sax, tenor)

ABOUT HANK LEVY Hank came of age in the 1940s, when big bands crisscrossed the country playing one-nighters, and when people in Baltimore and other cities regularly went out dancing in nightclubs and ballrooms. There were many excellent...

Hank Levy Legacy Band (sax, baritone)

ABOUT HANK LEVY Hank came of age in the 1940s, when big bands crisscrossed the country playing one-nighters, and when people in Baltimore and other cities regularly went out dancing in nightclubs and ballrooms. There were many...

Haukur Grondal (saxophone)

Born in Reykjavik, Iceland. Started playing clarinet and saxophone at an early age. Plays various styles ranging from avant garde jazz to balkan folkmusic. Has released numerous CD's on his label Rodent.

Hepa Halme (reeds)

Hepa Halme is a composer and woodwind player, who has worked professionally for 30 years in the Helsinki area. His artistic range covers everything from punk rock to performance and beyond...

Herb Robertson (trumpet)

Herb Robertson is an avant-garde jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and music producer. He combines a thorough command of traditional and extended techniques with a prodigious imagination.

Born in New Jersey, he began to play trumpet in...

Ian Rutherford (keyboard)

Mu-Theory - About the Band Mu-Theory are about a sound we call "Mu". Jazz fans know it, Steely Dan named a chord for it, you'll hear it in Boz, Elton, Doobies and a range of others. We're not jazz, blues or rock but you'll hear all of...

Ian Wilson (composer/conductor/leader)

Ian Wilson was born in Belfast in 1964 and obtained the first DPhil in composition to be awarded by the University of Ulster which, in 1993, commissioned his orchestral work Rise in celebration of the tenth anniversary of its foundation....

Isaac Wiley (drums)

GRAMMY AWARD winner Ike Wiley is one of the co-founders of the DAZZ BAND, which he and his brother Michael (bass player) helped build from the ground up. The group recorded nine albums toured in the 70's& 80's and performed before millions...

Ivan Martirena (guitar)

Ivan has been interested in music since an early age.Originary from Buenos Aires, Argentina, his training began at age 12 in traditional south-American folk music and classical guitar, but not until his senioryears, where he turned toward...

J. A. Granelli (bass)

J. Anthony Granelli is a native of northern California. He began to study electric bass at the age of eight from San Francisco Bassist /instrument pioneer Fred Marshall. In his teens Granelli moved to Seattle Washington where he performed...

J. Michael McIver (piano)

Jazz/gospel/sacred musician for over 30 years. Music degree from North Carolina Central University. Studied arranging and improv with Jerry Copland. Study piano with the late Dr. Charles Gilchrist and Syn Programming with the late Dr....

Jack Leahy (guitar, electric)

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Jack West (guitar, 8-string)

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jack West’s band Curvature is an ensemble of virtuoso musicians engaged in the development of West’s ground breaking progressive acoustic jazz concept. While nothing explains it better than...

Jaga Jazzist (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Jaga Jazzist has become something of a musical phenomenon in Norway since they started 15 years ago. Not only is this 9 piece instrumental band regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative in Norway, the members are all involved in...

Jake Schepps (banjo)

Jake Schepps and Expedition plays engaging, dynamic material that reflects the Colorado aesthetic of roots music. The Expedition Quartet remains true to the artistic values of stringband, yet draws on certain jazz...

James Beaudreau (guitar)

"Picking like this is always welcome," says guitar great Eugene Chadbourne, writing about James Beaudreau for All Music Guide. Beaudreau's playing reveals, he says, "a mind that can be provoked by intervals and melodies seemingly...

James Corp (guitar, electric)

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James Shipp (various)

Born in Columbia, Maryland, James Shipp moved to New York to study music, and has resided there ever since. James’ career is full of musics that inhabit multiple worlds. His earliest work of note as a sideman was with Tito...

James Wallace (guitar)

I started playing guitar at 10 years of age when my grandfather gave me an old guitar. It was not playable as the strings were very high. I bought a Harmony guitar from a pawn shop for $5 and it wasn't really much better. I then bought a...

Jamie Leonhart (vocal)

With her debut album, The Truth About Suffering, the sharp-witted chanteuse Jamie Leonhart enters the world of a new kind of diva, dynamic in emotional range and diverse in genre-crossing ability. Jamie’s lithe and lyrical,...

Jamie Ruben (guitar)

Born into the lack of turbulence of the Toronto suburbs in 1980, Jamie’s life as an imaginative daydreamer, artist, creative voice and, eventually, an adventurous musician, composer and journeyman began. From the start, Jamie’s...

Jan Bang (live sampling)

The musical spheres Jan Bang works in revolve around such luminaries as Jon Hassell, David Sylvian, Brian Eno, Sidsel Endresen, Nils Petter Molvær and Arve Henriksen. From his work as successful pop producer in the 1990s, his creative...

Jan Randall (piano)

Jan weaves humor and stories into his set and connects with all kinds of audiences of any size-He is a master story teller, and an accomplished song writer and musical talent. Currently he is touring to promote his new CD "Good Fair World"...

Japhlet Bire Attias

Japhlet Bire Attias grew up in New York State, Central and Caribbean Mexico and Minnesota, surrounded by music from the very beginning. Fueling his desire to perform and create was everything from Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and King...

Jarrett Gilgore (sax, alto)

Jarrett was born in Philadelphia in 1992. He started playing saxophone when he was nine and started playing professionally at 16. He has since toured the east coast and played at festivals including the Undead Jazz Festival and West...

Jason Davis (bass)

Jason Davis is an accomplished jazz and classical bassist, with expertise in many styles including straight ahead, Brazilian/world music, orchestral, and chamber music. He is currently leading a project called Earthsound,a Boston-based...

Jason Justice (saxophone)

Jason Justice stepped onstage for the first time at the age of 8. After that there was no stopping him from his passion, his path, in a way. That pathway has always led to the stage. Jason's love of the theatre began in 1973 at Oral...

Jason Loughlin (guitar)

Jason Loughlin’s creative guitar playing has supported artists such as Amos Lee, Rachael Yamagata, James Burton, Lesley Gore, Nellie McKay, and Mike Viola. With the release of his debut album, Peach Crate, Loughlin steps out of the...

Jean-Paul Bourelly (guitar)

CHICAGO Jean-Paul Bourelly was born in Chicago Illinois on November 23, 1960. He took an early interest in music, starting piano lessons from the age of 4. At age 9, when his cousin Brain Jones, played him tracks from the Hendrix album...

Jef Lee Johnson (guitar)

[from 2002:] Jef Lee Johnson is a true American original and a true American gift to the musical world. Guys like Jef are the embodiment of every reason to use the phrase, "He's got more talent in his pinkie than so and so has in...

Jeff Crawford (guitar)

Hello! My name is Jeff Crawford, and I am a songwriter, producer, and recording artist. I have been in the music business for thirty-five years. I have a new jazz CD released called "Bad Attitude". Samples can be heard, and the CD can be...

Jeff Gauthier (violin)

Violinist, composer and producer Jeff Gauthier has worked with a wide range of musicians in a variety of creative contexts in a career that has spanned over 20 years. As an improvising violinist, he has performed and recorded with Yusef...

Jeff Kaiser (trumpet)

Jeff Kaiser has played professionally with many different groups and individuals on television, film, radio, and in concert halls throughout the United States. He is the recipient of numerous grants, honors and awards. He is a...

Jeff Reilly (drums)

History I was born in New Jersey and started playing trombone in the 7th grade, that didn’t last very long. I was very drawn to the drums and percussion. I have been a working professional since age 18. I spent a lot of time going into...

Jenny Scheinman (violin)

I grew up in the westernmost house in the continental United States. If you can find it on the map you still might not be able to find it in on the planet. It is at the ocean-end of a small river valley and is home to a rowdy mix of old...

Jeremy Paul Jones (drums)

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Jerry Leake (percussion)

Jerry Leake is co-founder of the acclaimed world-music ensemble Natraj, whose four recordings feature his diverse percussion talents. He also co-founded and performs with Club d'Elf, R.A.R.E, Moksha, BodyGrooves, Aardvark Jazz Orchestra,...

Jerry Wigens (guitar)

I was inspired to start playing in the early 70s by British progressive bands such as Soft Machine and avant American jazzers and jazz rockers like Coltrane, Miles Davis and Chicago. Guitar has always been my main instrument but I have...

Jesse Statman (guitar)

Jesse Statman is a young singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist from Brooklyn, NY. His music is an original blend of styles ranging from folk to rock to experimental/avant-garde music and jazz, and he plays many instruments including...

Jim Halsall (guitar)

I live in Clitheroe Lancashire where I was born.I have done most of my guitar playing in the south of England but have now had the good sense to leave the wicked south and return to the beautiful landscape and warm bosom of the...

Jimi Hendrix (guitar, electric)

Guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Born Johnny Allen Hendrix (later changed to James Marshall) on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington. Learning to play guitar as a teenager, Hendrix grew up to become a rock guitar legend. He began...

Joan Silver Pin (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Branched out in 2004 from the Moscow Acoustic Architecture Studio, JOAN SILVER PIN (aka J.S.P.) naturally summed up the results of long-time collaboration between the Russia most prominent electronic, rock and jazz artists. The core...

Joe Fiedler (trombone)

Trombonist/composer Joe Fiedler is known to critics as "among the most impressive trombonists to emerge in the past couple of decades" (Harvey Pekar, Signal to Noise) and "an MVP in configurations that range from salsa bands to the...

Joel Clemons (piano)

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Joel Newton (guitar)

"Newton's your man whether you prefer your jazz-guitar virtuosi rough or smooth. The tunes range from funk to totally %#$*!-up (in the best sense)." (VILLAGE VOICE) Joel Newton is a guitarist, composer, and bandleader, based in New York...

John Flanders (saxophone)

Woodwind player from Ohio, studied at Ohio State University, and UConn. Composer and arranger with music performed on NPR, and movies, Current group is "John Flanders & Double Helix". Discography: John Flanders: "A Prehenile Tale" John...

John J. DiMartino (drums)

1958: Attended St. Louis Institute of Music--St. Louis, MO 1960: Graduate of U. S. Naval School of Music--Washington D.C. 1983: Attended McKendree College. Major: Computer Science, Christian Education; Lebanon, IL 1993: Attended...

John Klepko (guitar)

recording engineer/ producer in Montreal guitar, piano, bass. CBC radio producer.

John Zorn (sax, alto)

John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in NYC, USA) is a Jewish American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist.

As a child, Zorn played piano, guitar and flute. He studied at Webster College (now Webster University) in St....

Johnny Alegre (guitar)

Guitarist-composer Johnny Alegre, jazz journeyman and recording artist from the Philippines. His pioneering projects progressively contribute towards bringing an emergent Southeast Asian milieu to the attention of...

Jon Gagan (bass)

Ottmar Liebert discovered Gagan playing in a Santa Fe club in 1988. Liebert was preparing to begin work on his now famous "Nouveau Flamenco" album and felt that Jon's fretless sound would fit his musical vision. Gagan entered the...

Jon Powers (drums)

Jon Powers is a Colorado-based drummer. He attended the University of Denver Lamont School of Music and went on to study with Art Lande. He has played or recorded with artists including Matt Morris, Shannon Wexelberg, Ron Miles, 3ology,...

Jonathan Fisher (bass, acoustic)

FM ACOUSTIC’s self titled album is the debut album by members Jonathan Fisher and Paul Metzger, long time veterans of the jazz scene in Dallas, TX. Both Jonathan and Paul are graduates of the prestigious University of North Texas Jazz...

Jorrit Dijkstra (sax, alto)

The music of saxophonist and composer Jorrit Dijkstra draws from the jazz tradition in spirit and sound, but has crossed stylistic and cultural borders in order to express a strong, evolving personal vision. He spent his formative years...

Josey Dejaneiro (vocal)

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Josh Glum (sax, tenor)

Josh plays and composes. Josh is played and composed. Josh is playing and composing. Josh is plaid and composted.

Joshua Manchester (percussion)

Josh believes in the power of music to express the inexpressible, and places great trust in a spirit of experimentalism and continual discovery to fulfill his vision of bettering the human mind. Joshua Manchester is an innovative...

Jouni Jarvela (saxophone)

Finnish saxophonist and composer Jouni Järvelä has released his second CD as a leader. Following the highly-acclaimed debut record Lento (1999), the new outstanding record by the Jouni Järvelä Group is called A Grand Day Out...

Judy Shire (vocal)

Judy has been making a big impression wherever she goes and she gets enquiries from around the World. She is a outstanding World Class Singer who has people spellbound with her unique vocals and smoky good looks. Judy is a classy act from...

Julien Kasper (guitar, electric)

Julien Kasper is a musician who moves seamlessly through rock, jazz, and blues with improvisational spirit, soul, and stunning virtuosity. Reviewing Julien’s 1993 demo Guitar Player Magazine raved: The eclectic [guitarist] suggests that...

Julien Labro (accordion)

Deemed “brilliant” by Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune, Julien Labro has established himself as one of the foremost accordion and bandoneon players in both the classical and jazz worlds. His artistry, virtuosity, and creativity as a...

Karen Segal (guitar)

Originally from Boston, Massachusetts and based in San Francisco, Karen played with Marilyn Mazur (Miles Davis) and Suzanne Fasteau (Bill Evans) in Copenhagen as a teenager. She co-founded the acid-jazz band “Red Clay” with David...

Karen Street (accordion)

Karen studied music at Bath University, Welsh College of Music and Drama and Guildhall School of Music. She became the British Virtuoso Champion in1981/2 and competed in the Coupe Mondiale (World Championship) in Hamburg and Folkstone. She...

Karl Denson (saxophone)

Karl Denson is a funk and jazz saxophonist, flutist and vocalist from San Diego, California. He was a member of Lenny Kravitz's band and has co-founded and led The Greyboy Allstars. Denson has recorded with artists including Jack...

Karl Sterling (drums)

Born in Ithaca, New York Karl has spent the majority of his life in the Syracuse, NY area. Having grown up in a musical household, it was a natural thing for Karl to take to music and drums, in particular. Both of Karl's parents attended...

Kat Gang (vocal)

Kat is an exciting, talented example of the current new generation of singer/ songwriters who presents her own brand of jazz-influenced, contemporary music to an ever-increasing and diverse audience. From her unique take on the...

Katica Illenyi (violin)

On her concerts she plays classical pieces on the violin, jazz standards, world famous movie soundtracks and evergreens.

She was born in Budapest, Hungary, and comes from a classical music family. Her first teacher was her father...

Katie Elevitch (vocal)

KATIE ELEVITCH is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and band leader who fearlessly forges a sound straight from the Source; Her songs and live shows lure you into a sonic devotional journey across sensual landscapes of...

Keith Andrew (guitar, electric)

Contemplation is the long awaited second release from San Francisco based guitarist and composer Keith Andrew. This beautifully produced CD not only features the masterful guitar work of Keith Andrew, it also showcases his...

Keith Flint (percussion)

Flint is a percussionist specializing in congas, djembe, and assorted hand percussion (guiro, cabasa, shakere, maracas, claves, bells, hooves, hubcaps, rebar, etcetera). He also plays harmonica, and he'll occasionally bring out his...

Keith Wesby (bass, electric)

Keith has performed in countless venues since 1983. He has toured the country with many different acts. As a player, he has recorded on many sessions for Pop, Gospel, and Jazz artists. As a solo artist, he has a wide array of technical...

Kelvin Sholar (piano)

"When I perform," says pianist/composer Kelvin Sholar, "I want to eradicate the separation between the bandstand and the floor. I don't want to play to tables and chairs; I want the audience to be involved, like when a church choir...

Ken Field (sax, alto)

Ken Field is a saxophonist, flautist, percussionist, and composer. Since 1988 he has been a member of the internationally acclaimed electrified modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, with whom he has recorded...

Kenneth Clarke (organ, Hammond B3)

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Kenny G (sax, soprano)

Kenneth Gorelick began his career as a musician when he acquired his first ever professional job as saxophone soloist for Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra in 1976 at the age of 20, when White was impressed by his mastery of the...

Kevin Brow (drums)

Kevin holds a Bachelors degree in Jazz Performance from the University of Toronto where he studied with drum teachers Barry Elms and Bob McClaren and with composition and theory teachers Phil Nimmons and Paul Reed. He received the Avedis...

killer BOB (arranger)

The formation of killer BOB was an accident. When a friend (visual artist Gavin Gamboa) of drummer Max Jaffe came to New York City to play a show, he asked Jaffe if he had a group that wanted to play. Jaffe said yes, although no such group...

Koby Israelite (drums)

I was born in Tel Aviv Israel November the 23rd 1966. I studied piano at the conservatoire of music from the age of 9. By the time I was 14 years old I begged my parents for a drum-kit. Within 2 years I settled for a makeshift drum-set. ...

Kris Gruda (guitar)

existent since 1976. began playing guitar circa 1984. enjoys playing many styles (jazz, blues, funk, punk, noise, progressive rock). often gravitates to abstrakt/intensely expressive/weird and or space musick. currently central FL of...

Lalo (vibraphone)

Vibist-composer Lalo’s self-titled debut from 2003 featured a compelling trio consisting of bassist Kermit Driscoll and drummer Todd Isler. Favorable reviews abounded: “Lalo has injected some rock vitality into the vibraphone,”...

Larry Stabbins (saxophone)

Larry Stabbins was born in Bristol where he started playing saxophone at the age of eleven. He started a long association with pianist Keith Tippett when he was sixteen, at the same time serving his musical apprenticeship in countless soul...

Laura Cacheiro (vocal)

Nacio el 5 de marzo de 1972,en Buenos Aires.Empezo a cantar en actos escolares en la escuela primaria.A los 14 años formo su primera banda de rockabilly con amigos.Ingreso al coro del secundario Normal Nº10,en el barrio de Belgrano.En...

Laurent Rochelle (sax, soprano)

Trained as a classical saxophone at the age of 11 years and then turns to jazz and improvised music following the teaching of saxophonist Thierry Maucci in Marseille (France). Interressed very early in the composition immersing himself...

Lee Barbour (guitar)

Lee grew up in Summerville, SC and picked up his dad’s guitar in the ninth grade. He learned to play by ear, wearing out several tapes and the rewind button on his boombox. By college, he finally owned a cd player and dove into the...

Leo LaBarge (drums)

Leo started playing drums when he was 7, building a set of “found objects” in the basement of a tenement in Union City, N.J. Since then he has worked with many different projects. Leo attended Ramapo College of N.J. where he connected...

Leviathan Brothers (various)

Two piece, electric jazz duo plays songs you've heard. Loudly.

Lexijovic "Joby" Tijerina (trumpet)

Born in San Antonio, Tx, spent most of childhood surrounded by family and friends. Around the age of 9, started attending a local southern-gospel church and was exposed to great musicians in the church band, and that was the beginning of...

Lifetime Visions Orchestra

THE LIFETIME VISIONS ORCHESTRA is a project to create and promote music and healing through the unique and positive music written and improvised by its extraordinary members. Shaku Joseph Jarman and Chris Chalfant lead the group. The Lvo's...

Lili Anel (vocal)

On her fifth release, Every Second In Between (Wall-I Records), LILI ANEL wanted to continue depicting her love of songwriting, singing and interpretation, but at a whole new level. “I knew when I began putting the songs together for...

Little Worlds (arranger)

Little Worlds is dedicated to innovative reinterpretations of the Mikrokosmos collection. Written by 20th century Hungarian composer Bela Bartok, Mikrokosmos, or Little Worlds, was originally intended as a progressive study of piano...

Lola Batiste (vocal)

Lola had her acting and singing debut in the Marsha Moses Production of "From Dixie to Broadway" in which she portrayed Diana Ross of the "Supremes". She made several TV appearances on the cable show "Around The Town" that was hosted by...

Loose Wig Jazz Quartet (saxophone)

Loose Wig was formed by Ben Fajen in 2004 and operates as a musical collaborative. All the original music on our latest recordings was written by the band members (exception Blues by Leonard Thompson). The majority was written by Sam...

Louis Tillett (piano)

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s LOUIS TILLETT provided a commanding and distinctive presence on the Australian alternative music scene. He was a softly spoken individual, yet it was his rich baritone singing voice (once described as...

Louis Van Taylor (saxophone)

saxphone and flute specialist....performed with Ray Charles, Marc Antoine, Jimmy Smith, Jimmie Witherspoon, Kool and the Gang, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Michael Bolton, Carl Thomas, Eric Benet, The Gap Band, Teena Marie, Poncho...

Lucas Lasagna (vocal)

NEW cd sold and found on the following web site> www.cdbaby.com/lucaslasagna2 www.LucasLasagna.com (Website is under new look/construction, please view new cd for most recent vocals) Contact: (610)390-2843 THE TASTIEST VOICE SINCE FRANK...

Lumbinigroove (sax, alto)

Lumbinigroove is a mix of Afro, Nepali and Jazz project started by Pravin Chhetri.There are so many similarities between the genres and its amazing how Nepali language fits into African rhythms and jazz harmonies.All instruments played by...

Lunar Ensemble (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Called "legendary" by Bruce Gallanter of Downtown Music Gallery, LUNAR ENSEMBLE, the backing band of former Machine Gun soundscape artist and poet JOHN "LUNAR" RICHEY, is back on the New York scene with their latest CD on the MuWorks label...

Lunch With Beardo (samples/effects)

"Without Lunch, Life Would be a Mistake" Not much is known about the bizarre fringe group known as Lunch With Beardo or the small quasi-religious cult following closely associated with their numerous public appearances, also known as...

Mandy Lagan (vocal)

BIO-MANDY LAGAN Mandy was born in England and raised in Ridgetown, a small town in southwestern Ontario. She studied piano and sang in various choirs under the tutelage of her mother who was a piano teacher, organist and choir director....

Marc Mommaas (sax, tenor)

Marc Mommaas, tenor saxophonist and composer was born in Tegelen, Netherlands on Sept. 12th, 1969. He grew up in Amsterdam and since 1997 made NYC his home. His father Henk Mommaas, was a well-known painter/artist in the Netherlands and...

Marco Santilli (clarinet)

Marco was born in Locarno and grew up in the Italian speaking region of Switzerland. After attending the commercial school Marco decided to go ahead with studying the clarinet at the Zurich Music Academy under Hansjuerg Leuthold and...

Marduk Sayad (guitar)

Playing since age 14, studied with Bill Connors of RTF, Davis Ramey, and Robert Conti. Began performing with UC Berkeley Jazz Ensembles during undergraduate studies 1973-1977 and the Wednesday Jazz Big Band. Assembled the five member...

Maria Harp (vocal)

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Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. (vocal)

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., former lead singers of the internationally renowned, six-time Grammy-winning super group, The 5th Dimension, and later a Grammy winning duo, are exploring their jazz and blues roots at jazz venues around...

Mark Center (guitar)

Been playing since 1974.

Mark Dresser (bass, acoustic)

Mark Dresser (b. 1952) has been composing and performing solo contrabass and ensemble music professionally since 1972 throughout North America, Europe and the Far East. Emerging from the L.A. "free" jazz scene of the early 70's,...

Mars Williams (saxophone)

Mars Williams is one of the finest saxophone players of his generation whose eclecticism has become a trademark. "In many ways he has succeeded in redefining what versatility means to the modern saxophone player," said John Zorn in 1983....

Marta Sebestyen (vocal)

Born in Budapest (1957), Marta grew up surrounded with music. Her mother, a music teacher studied with the great composer, scholar and ethnomusicologist �" Zoltan Kodaly. At 12 years age, she already knew that her life would be bound to...

Martin Leiton (bass, acoustic)

He started his career as a musician when he was only 17 years old in different groups with the well known canarian musician Kike Perdomo. In 1999 he was hired by La Barber�-a del Sur in order to participate in the tour “Una Noche en el...

Matt Adams (saxophone)

Matt Adams is very active in the Central Ohio area as a saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader. His first CD, Case in Point, drew comparisons to John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Charles Lloyd, Joe Henderson, and Sonny Rollins. A...

Matt Aiken (drums)

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Maureen Washington (vocal)

She slips easily from sassy to sexy within a single line of lyrics, at times echoing the haunting tones of Etta James and Carmen McRae, then faster than the mind and ear can make the transition, Maureen Washington exudes the impish...

Megaphone Man (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Megaphone Man Public Relations Information Megaphone Man Selected as Critics' Choice: "Best Jazz Band" Leaving behind a quantity of high caliber instrumental ensembles in the metro Atlanta area, Megaphone Man took top honors in the...

Meinrad Kneer (bass, acoustic)

Double bass player and composer Meinrad Kneer operates on the borders of jazz, improvised, ethnic and contemporary music. Born 1970 in Munderkingen/ Germany, after school years and civil service he studied Biology at the University of...

Melissa Axel (vocal)

At just eight years of age, Melissa Axel was writing songs about the bittersweet journey of life, love, struggle, and inspiration--and not much has changed since. The piano-driven storyteller studied at Boston's renowned Berklee College...

Mhdb (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Avantgarde Jazz & Absurd Rock Band. German Texts

Michael Dessen (trombone)

Michael Dessen is a composer-improviser who performs on the slide trombone and computer. Active in a variety of ensembles as leader or collaborator, he creates music for improvisers and engages new technologies of telepresence and digital...

Michael J McEvoy (composer/conductor/leader)

Michael is an award-winning screen composer, orchestrator and multi- instrumentalist (pianist, guitarist). Over the years, Michael has performed with Steve Winwood, Traffic, Soul II Soul and Sting among many others. Mike's new album...

Michael John Kerley (sax, alto)

I started playing clarinet at the age of 15 and then advanced on to play the alto/tennor/barritone sax's at the royal millitary school of music when I was in the army. I mostly played millitary music and some big jazz band stuff which I...

Michael McTaggart (guitar, electric)

Originally from Los Angeles, California, Michael is an active musician, composer, and arranger. He is currently studying at USC as a Studio/ Jazz Guitar major. Prior to this, he attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts...

Michael Shobe (trumpet)

Composer and trumpeter Michael Shobe is a dynamic musician who is comfortable in almost any setting. This is most evident when he is fronting the collective known as Wu Li (Woo Lee). Formed in 2005, Wu Li has been developing a style and...

Michel Delville (guitar, electric)

Michel Delville was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1969. He has been performing and composing alternative music since the mid-1980s. His most recent projects include the internationally acclaimed Nu-Rock-Jazz quintet The Wrong Object...

Mike Cassells (drums)

I currently have 4 releases on BandCamp; two are completely free and two are pay what you want. I am a drummer, recording engineer and educator currently living and working in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

MoHa!

MoHa! are boldly leading the way with a sound that encompasses the best of rock, free jazz and electronic music. Despite the enormity and broad spectrum of sounds that constitute their unique style, it is the work of just two musicians,...

Monika Heidemann (vocal)

“Possessed of a very fine voice and an original style, I consider Monika one of the most promising and talented young musicians that I know.” -Steve Lacy, jazz saxophone Called by jazz vocalist Dominique Eade “an unusual talent who...

Montalban Quintet (drums)

Who we are… The Montalban Quintet is a collective of musicians that have infused interests from various musical barrios including post- punk, minimalism, jazz, “new music”, 50′s schmaltz and field recordings. We reside in San...

Moto Fukushima (bass, electric)

Born in Kobe, Japan and NYC based six-string electric bass player, upright bass player, composer, mountain dulcimer and syamisen player. 

He has been playing music for as long as he can remember. He received the scholarship...

Mr. Gregory Page (guitar)

CHILDHOOD Growing up in London Gregory Page was surrounded by family members who performed and recorded swinging Jazz music. His Mother's group "The Beatchicks" opened two concerts for The Beatles in Spain, August 1965. Before one of the...

MRQ - Michael R�rby Quartet

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Nathan Dell-Vandenberg (trombone)

Creatively exploring the trombone As a trombonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader, Nathan Dell-Vandenberg has an insatiable thirst for exploration. Growing up in Toronto, Ontario with an artist for a mother and father who embraced new...

Nós Novo (various)

Nós Novo is a innovative quartet of jazz musicians who are exploring Celtic music with Afro-Brazilian grooves and open-ended improvisation. Led by vibist/percussionist James Shipp, the group seeks to open up the music of Ireland the same...

Nbtno (band/ensemble/orchestra)

NBTNO were formed while founder members Chris Miles (guitar) and Pat Shaw (alto sax) were still studying at Clarendon College Nottingham. Their debut album was recorded and produced as part of Chris’ final year at Derby University and...

Ned Boynton (guitar)

San Francisco Chronicle Music Critic Phil Elwood referred to Ned as "a wonderful guitarist". Ned is the Musical Director for Enrico's Sidewalk Cafe in North Beach. Ned is the Artist manager and Associate Director of Bruce Forman's...

Nels Cline (guitar, electric)

Nels Cline is one of the most versatile, imaginative and original guitarists active today. Combining breathtaking technique with an informed musical intelligence, Cline displays a mastery of guitar expression that encompasses...

NeWt (band/ensemble/orchestra)

The Music Of NeWt The music of NeWt is truly unique. Each member composes from his own perspective and draws from his own wealth of musical and personal influences. The common languages are those of jazz and improvisation, however,...

Nick Gianni (sax, baritone)

Nick began performing at the age of 16. His grandfather played Saxophone in local NYC big bands and made sure Nick had strong musical training. Nick eventually made his way to NYC's Downtown Jazz scene playing in Luther Thomas band,...

Nick Longo (sax, alto)

Nick has been playing professionally his whole life, holds a degree in Jazz Studies from Georgia State University, and works consistently playing all genres of music. Nick has worked with jazz greats such as Nick Brignola, Randy Brecker...

Nico Soffiato (guitar)

ABOUT THE QUARTET: With all the members of the Nico Soffiato Quartet residing in New York City, the group began playing and performing together in 2008. Incorporating influences from the variety of jazz scenes in the city, each member of...

Nina Causey (keyboard)

"Ready for Big Leagues…singer Nina Causey has stellar potential…she has been singing and playing the piano since the age of four…she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from, respectively, Roosevelt University in...

Noah Bernstein (saxophone)

NOAH BERNSTEIN is a saxophonist/composer active in the boundless expanses of the Portland, OR music scene. As a freelance musician, Bernstein finds himself in a plethora of musical backdrops. Current projects include his own sextet...

Noah Jarrett (bass, acoustic)

Knu Gmoon (‘New Moon’) Project is a Brooklyn-based sextet with a fresh and intuitive approach to modern jazz and improvisation. A fusion of simple, straightforward musical ideas (folk/indigenous), with more propellent and/or complex...

Noah Preminger (saxophone)

July 2008- Currently living in Brooklyn, NY, jazz saxophonist Noah Preminger has been making a name for himself in the music community. Noah's playing and his group's concepts are influenced by genres ranging from classic to contemporary...

Noel Lorica (guitar, acoustic)

Jazz guitarist, Noel Lorica exciting new songs stems from his & Treebo band's diverse cultural backgrounds to blend a subtle but wayward style of jazz which transports you from the jazz clubs of America to the sun drenched beaches of...

Norma Winstone (vocal)

Winstone has a lissome voice, agile and expressive, and she's a fine improviser, besides. That's not to say she's a vocal athlete, however; although she's known for her wordless improvisations, Winstone is a fine interpreter of lyrics and...

Offpiste Gurus

Neither singer and song writer Trinelise Væring nor saxophone player and composer Fredrik Lundin are known to choose the beaten path, to tread where others have been before. No, they've always gone offpiste, chosing their...

Ole Kühl (sax, tenor)

Saxophone player, bandleader, and composer. Ph.D. Kühl joined the Danish free-jazz movement in the late 1960s, where he played with John Tchicai, Pierre Dørge, and others. In the 70s, he became involved with the fusion between...

Origin Blue (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Drawing influences from nearly everything that crosses their path, ORIGIN BLUE creates music that is both easily recognizable and hard to categorize. The genre-bending trio combines all styles of music from funk to modern/contemporary jazz...

Panagiotis Iliou (guitar)

Started studying el. guitar at the age of 17 in my homecountry, Greece. Worked in series of musicals like, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Chicago, Saturday Night Fever etc. Played as a session musician with various famous Greek pop...

Patricia Dallio (keyboard)

PATRICIA DALLIO is a long term member of the avant/RIO chamber rock group ART ZOYD, having joined the group as pianist for ART ZOYD's 1976 debut. She has performed on fourteen ART ZOYD albums including the recent albums.

In 1979,...

Patrick Farrell (accordion)

Patrick Farrell is a Brooklyn, NY based accordionist, brass fanatic, composer and bandleader. Described as a “wizard” by Feast of Music and “supersonically fast” by Lucid Culture, he is among the foremost practitioners of his...

Patrick Godfrey (piano)

Born in Toronto, Patrick began playing piano for church dances in 1960 at age 12. Early influences were Fats Domino, Henry Mancini, Leonard Bernstein and JS Bach. He played and sang in a number of Toronto rock bands, including the Omegas,...

Paul Baylis (sax, alto)

PAUL BAYLIS Alto Saxophone............... Began playing in Manchester .He relocated to London and worked with Carmel,Mervyn Afrika,Phil Wachsmann,Dudu Pukwana,Nick Stephens Septet,John Stevens Trio and many others.He put out a tape back...

Paul Cohen (piano)

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Paul d'Ambrosio (saxophone)

Origins Italian Austrian raised in Liege Belgium While studying fine arts he realised that colors and music are different degrees of the same vibration, first the guitar came by, got plugged and started rockin'. He learned improvisation...

Paul Kissaun (piano)

Paul’s acting appearances include Wind In the Willows National Theatre Alice in Wonderland (RSC) and played Corin in As You Like It for Cheek By Jowl. Other theatres include Open Air Regents Park Simply Heavenly at the Young Vic and...

Paul Pellegrin (drums)

Paul Pellegrin is a “polyrhythmic force on drums and percussion” (Gapplegate) and a composer working in Los Angeles. His approach to music involves complex rhythmic and melodic counterpoint and modulation. He usually begins by...

Paul Santa Maria (guitar)

I have been performing / composing and singing as a professional musician since age 12…first gig was for the junior class at the State University of New York at Buffalo for the installation of the newly-elected class President. Since...

Paul Von Thadden (piano)

Von Thadden has been Producing ,Composing , Arranging and Performing for over 30 years. His experience and diversity are evident in his fluid yet precise playing style.His command of the instrument is direct , yet effortless. He has...

Paula Cole (vocal)

Paula Cole's fourth album, Courage, is about starting over. A more collaborative effort than any of her previous discs, the elegant Courage finds Cole working with a host of writers and players, and balances piano-based pop...

Pepe Vazquez (drums)

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Pete Lacey (flugelhorn)

Santa Cruz, California writer, musician and producer PETELACEY’S self titled album presents sophisticated and timeless melodies floating gracefully over cool rhythmic beats traversing between pop/rock and modern jazz. PETELACEY makes...

Pete McCann (guitar)

Jazz guitarist Pete McCann has been an integral part of the New York City scene for 20 years. He currently leads an exciting new group of New York's finest jazz artists on his latest CD, Extra Mile, on Nineteen-Eight Records. McCann's...

Peter Van Siclen (saxophone)

Peter Van Siclen is a graduate of Hamilton College and earned his Masters of Music in jazz composition at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Although tenor saxophone is his main instrument he also plays flute and has been known...

Philip DiTullio (composer/conductor/leader)

Philip DiTullio is a composer, educator and researcher of the Schillinger System of Musical Composition. He teaches the Schillinger System online at the Practical Schillinger School. He is an alumnus of Northeastern University and Berklee...

Philip Yaeger (trombone)

Born in Northern Maine, Philip Yaeger learned to sing as soon as he could talk. Improvisation came naturally to him and by the age of fourteen he was playing engagements with a jazz trio - not an easy thing to accomplish in a town of ten...

Pino Russo (guitar)

Born in ’57, he is an eclectic and much talented guitarist graduated in Classical Guitar and with an academic degree in both Jazz and Biology. He has been nicknamed “A Six strings orchestra” for his unique ability in...

Pippin Barnett (drums)

 Born in White Plains, N.Y. and growing up in New Jersey and Japan. He currently resides in Richmond, Va.. He began his musical endeavors with trumpet at age 9 and then on to drums at 12.   He has been recorded on 40 or so LP's or CD's...

PLANS the band (various)

PLANS are a six piece original jazz inspired band that write 'quirky' and fun improvised music, with lots of energy. They originate from Melbourne Austrailia. The line up is as follows: Fiona Clarke - Vocals Phild Day -Trumpet Lucas Millar...

PremaSoul

Influenced by the mysticism of Indian music and the colorful soul of American music, PremaSoul (pronounced prae-ma, from the Sanskrit word for "universal love"), transcends boundaries with an intoxicating blend of rich, modern harmonies...

Quartet Offensive (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Like the city this Baltimore quintet calls home, Quartet Offensive is a band bursting with musical innovation, experimentation, and character, whose music exists between the cracks of jazz, rock, and the avant-garde. It is a band whose...

Ranger & the "Re-Arrangers" (violin)

In 2007, our first year as a working band, we played at over 40 festivals and special events in Washington state. Capable of virtuoso playing at a whisper or at a joyful roar, the band’s repertoire includes swing standards, Gypsy...

Ray Gale (harmonica)

Self taught singer/harmonica player Revue singer in the Big Apple Moved to Detroit Mi and played with the Hope Orchestra (formally Walk The Dogma)then was featured on The #1 Hit Purple Pills with Eminem and D12 (Devil's Night CdD)which led...

Ray Jozwiak (piano)

I have been playing music in some form or fashion ever since I could talk (maybe earlier), and remember rather well when the Beatles became popular in America. My first records being 45 and 78rpm wonders that would probably be worth a...

Reggie Washington (bass)

His musical track record should speak for itself with over 20+ years of performing, touring the world &/or recording experience with artists such as: Lester Bowie, Branford Marsalis, World Saxophone Quartet, Mor Chiam, Mike Mainieri...

Rhinoceri Trio (piano)

The Rhinoceri trio, named for the most ponderous and terrifying beast of the primeval forest, both ponders and terrifies. Firmly rooted in the jazz tradition, the group's repertoire spans and blends a tapestry of influences from...

Ricardo Lagomasino (drums)

Philadelphia-based drummer, Ricardo Lagomasino, has been playing music for most of his life. He has toured US, Canada, Europe and the UK with a number of groups and has appears on 11 released recordings. He is currently playing with Many...

Richard Casamento (piano)

Rich played piano from age 6 but dedicated himself to the study of Jazz later in life. In his late 20's he hooked up with NJ teaching legend Luciano Salvatore (Father of GRP recording artist and child prodigy Sergio Salvatore) and began a...

Richard Lamanna (saxophone)

Music, as I see it, is the artists vehicle for the expression of his innermost being. Jazz is extraordinary in the sense that the spontaneity afforded the artist through improvisation provides him an almost fluid connection to his...

Richie Robinson (guitar)

Born in Alice Springs, a small town in outback Australia, to violent and abusive parents, Richie's first years as a guitar student were far from simple. His parents were against him playing guitar at all, and labeled his efforts "a waste...

Rick Bottari (keyboard)

Rick has been playing music and piano since he was 5 years old, and comes from a very musical family. Early memories from the 1970's include Rick playing his older sister JoAnn's Fender Rhodes, Crumar Organ, and Moog keyboards...

Rick McLaughlin (bass)

Prolific bassist/composer Rick McLaughlin performs and records with a number of Boston�s all-star ensembles including the Grammy-nominated Either/Orchestra and the Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra. He has also performed in concert halls...

Rob Bethel. (cello)

Robert Bethel, cello Since receiving a Bachelor of Music in cello performance from Ohio State University in 1986, Robert Bethel has led an active and varied musical life, studying privately with William Conable, David Darling, Einar Holm,...

Rob Gourlay (bass)

Born in Seattle, Washington, Rob Gourlay spent most of his early years in the green mountains of Vermont. "My dad had a part-time vending business, and we often had a jukebox blasting music in the kitchen. I started playing guitar in 6th...

Rob McMaken (mandolin)

Rob McMaken has been writing and playing music with folk, jazz, and world music in Athens Georgia for the last 10 years. He co-founded the innovative instrumental duo Dromedary in 1998, and since has co-written and recorded 4 albums with...

Rob Price (guitar, electric)

Rob Price is from Massachusetts. He's been encouraged by his family to study music one way or another, formally or informally, his whole life. Before picking up the guitar in 1991 (one year after he moved to New York City), he played...

Robert Langenburg (keyboard)

northern NJ

Robert M Wagner (piano)

After spending a career in international business, you’d think Bob Wagner would want to sit back, relax and enjoy life at his home in St. Paul de Vence, France. Mais, non! Bob is just getting started. This time, it’s his work as a...

Rolando A Curtis (trumpet)

I am a intermediate student looking for a New Trumpet Teacher.

Rupert Vandervell (trumpet)

Musician and composer.

Sade (vocal)

When Sade first came on the recording scene in the '80s, her record company, Epic, made a point of printing "pronounced shar-day" after her name on the record labels of her releases. Soon enough the world would have no problem in correctly...

Sangeeta Michael Berardi (guitar)

Sangeeta Michael Berardi: Guitarist/Composer Sangeetab@earthlink.net (510) 528-7417 1960-1963: Connecticut: Gigs with own band in clubs, at Providence College, Univ. of Conn. Appearances with pianist Count Steadwell. 1963: Chicago: ...

Sanjay Mishra (guitar)

Guitarist-composer Sanjay Mishra has been described as a brilliant and innovative musician. Born In India, subsequently becoming a citizen of the United States, Sanjay plays with an eclecticism well suited to his multicultural background....

Scarlett Finney (vocal)

Scarlett has been singing ever since she can remember. She got her start singing in local clubs in her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri while still a teenager. Her first paying gig was at The Continental, one of the city's then upscale...

Scooter Pietsch (keyboard)

Composer on over 100 film and tv projects. Newest CD is retro jazz inspired by vintage Playboy cartoons. Group name is Sad Salamanders. This CD satisfies like a drunk divorcee perched on the last barstool at Musso & Frank's.

Scot Ray (trombone)

Multi-instrumentalist Scot Ray is an active and innovative musician/composer. Equally fluid on trombone, tuba, and dobro slide guitar, Ray has been featured on over five dozen recordings. Ray completed a degree in music from California...

Scrooge (various)

hi-energy grooves ::: xtatic solos ::: jazzy atmospheres these words describe the leipzig / germany-based band SCROOGE best. the band played / plays several concerts all over germany. they were also invited to play in paris and at the...

Sean Foran (piano)

Sean graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium with a Major in Jazz Piano. He also holds a graduate certificate in Arts Administration from Queensland University of Technology and a Masters of Arts in Jazz Performance from the Leeds...

Sergio Corbini (piano)

Pianist, keyboards' player and composer of Siena, he began his jazz studies under the guidance of Luca Flores. In the middle eighty he attends to the "Jazz Music Seminars" in Siena with the teacher Franco D'Andrea and then with Enrico...

Shawn Persinger is Prester John (guitar)

Shawn Persinger is among the most innovative and eclectic composers, guitarists, singer/songwriters performing today. He's been called a cross between The Violent Femmes and Leo Kottke; Stravinsky composed for AC/DC; a mix of Ani DiFranco...

Sid Peacock (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Sid is the son of a ship yard worker from Bangor, Northern Ireland. His music practice began in the mid 80’s in rockabilly and garage bands. Moving to London at 17 and working as a hospital porter he developed an interest in jazz and...

Slumgum (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Slumgum combines elements of jazz, free improvisation, world music, and contemporary classical music to shape a unique voice as a band. Their exhilarating live shows take the audience through a sonic journey that is both communicative and...

Somewhere off Jazz Street (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Slow tempos, melancholic moods and the sound of the saxophone, Somewhere off Jazz Street blends jazz, electronics and improvisation to create a soundtrack for the late hours of the night. The music is written and performed by Buz...

Sons Of Daughters (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Sons Of Daughters Patrick Breiner - tenor sax, clarinet, voice (Easton, CT) Aaron Darrell - bass, voice (Boston, MA) Devin Drobka - drums (New York, NY) Sons Of Daughters are on the hustle. Not even two years as a band and they’re...

Spencer Katzman (guitar)

You might think that Spencer Katzman’s resume, which includes accompanying singing, dancing buildings and sword-swallowers, selling out shows across the country with a ska band, exploring micro-tonal chamber music, playing marches,...

Spencer Russell (bass, acoustic)

After cutting his jazz teeth playing with students of the Oberlin Conservatory and studying double bass with Peter Dominguez while taking classes at the college, Spencer moved to New York's Columbia University to study electrical...

Stephanie Bruce (vocal)

Stephanie Bruce has been part of the San Francisco Bay area music scene for more than 25 years. Her musical explorations have taken her through a variety of styles, numerous associations with some of the Bay Area's finest musicians,...

Stephen Lockwood (piano)

Resume | Commissions Etc. Early Influences I am a classically trained improviser. I demonstrated an interest and talent in classical piano literature at a young age. From 1967 to 1969, I studied with Dr. Edwin LaBounty and Dr. Herbert...

Stephen Wood (composer/conductor/leader)

Stephen Wood is a composer and performer working out of Atlanta, Georgia and Columbus, Ohio. Stephen's main compositional vehicle is The Stephen Wood Ensemble, through which he just released its debut...

Steve Montgomery (guitar)

In about 1980, I started to try to think about how to expand what the guitar could do harmonically and with its range (the bar has been set pretty high by all those great piano players out there). The two trend setters at the time (if...

Steve Morton (bass, electric)

a semi-pro musician, composer and home-recordist of no fixed genre. "srm" is for my solo material. I've played punk, prog, jazz, psychedelia, country, electronic and have dents in my psyche to prove it. I have gone from R&R wannabe to...

Steve Raegele (guitar, electric)

Steve Raegele is a Montreal guitarist and composer. His debut CD as a leader is entitled "Last Century" on the Songlines label. It features drummer Thom Gossage and bassist Miles Perkin as they interpret 11 Raegele compositions...

Sun Ra (keyboard)

Eclectic, outrageous, sometimes mystifying but always imbued with a powerful jazz consciousness, the music of Sun Ra has withstood its skeptics and detractors for nearly three generations. And well it should, since Sun Ra has been both...

Susana Lang-Lenton (vocal)

Stressed? Long day at the office? Then sit back and relax to the multi-flavoured tones of Susana Lang " Lenton. Guitar playing, jazz singing, native of the Canary Islands, now making an impact on London stages. ‘Give It A Try’ is a...

Tad McCully (drums)

About Tad McCully

Tad McCully was six years old when he discovered he had a natural talent for drumming. When he was eight, he began studying with a local Brooklyn teacher who played in the U.S. Navy band. At age 10, Tad received...

Taylor Barnett (trumpet)

Taylor Barnett is a Richmond, Virginia based trumpeter, teacher, and composer whose innovative work in jazz, classical, and commercial music places him on the forefront of the musical vanguard. In 2001 he was awarded First Place in the...

Teardropcity (drums)

Born in a bucket. Influenced by life. From beyond the beyond symphonic plane old force.

Tellef Ogrim (guitar, electric)

Tellef Ogrim (fretless guitar) In the 1980s he played and recorded with various rock and jazz groups and also composed music for theatre. The last years he has been concentrating on the fretless guitar. In 2004 he released a mini-CD...

Terrence McManus (guitar)

Please visit the discography page: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician_discography.php?id=3044 Born in Brooklyn, New York, guitarist Terrence McManus grew up in New Jersey and Connecticut. He has performed or recorded with John...

Terri New (vocal)

Terri has been a singer-songwriter-recording artist for 30 years. She has worked with arranger/producer Bob Esty, who has produced the likes of Barbara Streisand, Bette Middler, Donna Summer, Cher, Julio Iglesias to name a few. As a...

Terry Sanders (keyboard)

My name is Terry Sanders and Im 31 years of age. I am married to Valletta Sanders 6 years with 3 children Kamirah 11, Maya 10, Terry 4. I currently the Minister of Music at the church I am attending called Holy Temple Cathedral OF Praise....

The Alcohotlicks (band/ensemble/orchestra)

The Alcohotlicks are a Sydney based band formend in the later part of 2002 featuring 1st & 2nd place winners at the 07' Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, National Jazz Awards, Aaron Flower and Ben Hauptmann. The instrumentation of the band is...

The Bass Mint Bros (band/ensemble/orchestra)

What do you get if you take the solid, old-school jazzy-funky-soul musicianship of a jazz organ trio; and mix it with new-school style and production approaches? One result would be a modern concept album, Sketches of a Neighborhood by The...

The Beatles (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Nickname: The Fab Four The Beatles are the greatest popular group of all-time. Arguably the most successful entertainers of the 20th century, they contributed to music, film, literature, art, and fashion, made a continuous impact on...

The Chad Fisher Group (trombone)

Chances are, audiences have seen the seven young men who comprise The Chad Fisher Group without even realizing it. From Chad Fisher and Gary Wheat backing The Temptations at Radio City Music Hall, to guitarist Steve Lewis' recent...

The Folk Songs Trio (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Cinco Cidades in a cross-disciplinary project documenting the cultures and sounds of five cities across Portugal. The project culminates in a live tour across Portugal in May 2007 with musicians William Parker, Victor Gama, and Guillermo...

The Magic Beans

There's this singer called Zoe right? Legend has it that, as a newborn baby, her very first breath was a lament so powerful that it made the doctor collapse and the midwife wee. As she grew, a single note from her lips would condense the...

The Neighborhood Trio (band/ensemble/orchestra)

The Neighborhood Trio is... Steve Roehm on Vibraphone, Dan Schwartz on acoustic lap steel, Andrew Foreman on upright bass.

The Odd Trio

The word fusion was created for bands like the Odd Trio. Brian Smith, Marc Gilley and Todd Mueller are classically trained musicians who slip easily between a wide range of genres, subverting each genre’s stylistic cues and range...

The Oscillators (band/ensemble/orchestra)

The Oscillators is a unique and progressive group composed of some of DC's finest jazz musicians. The group seeks to break boundaries and forge a new sound in today’s ever-fragmented world of modern jazz. Their repertoire is almost...

The Point (guitar)

The POINT holds a degree from the University of Rhode Island and currently performs and teaches in the greater Philadelphia area. He started on trumpet at a young age and picked up guitar in high school. After graduation, POINT moved back...

The Staines/Tanzi Duo (vocal)

The Staines/Tanzi duo are a jazz duo featuring Oliver J. Staines (guitar) and Cris Tanzi (vocals). Having both worked as professional musicians for over ten years in a variety of settings and genres they have come together to blend their...

The Zen Hussies (band/ensemble/orchestra)

The inimitable Zen Hussies have been dutifully administering original goodtime 'swingska boogaloo' at pubs, clubs, weddings, wakes, boat-bailings, bah-mitzvahs, house clearances, festies & coffee mornings in Europe and beyond, since 2001,...

Thomas Nowotny (bass, acoustic)

" . . . Thomas 'numin' is a specialist in the art of sound - his critical ear and skill wrought of fastidiousness and passion over time, (a lifetime), with creativity necessitating keeping abreast of technological development. Following...

Todd Brunel (clarinet)

Todd Brunel is an innovative, critically acclaimed clarinetist and saxophonist, who performs extensively as a crossover classical and jazz musician. In the world premiere event 'From Requiem to Renewal' at Boston College, Eileen Pfeiffer...

Todd Nelson (guitar)

Todd Nelson has recorded or performed with Terry Adams (NRBQ), Gary Burke (Bob Dylan, Joe Jackson), Hayseed, Lonesome Val, Aimee Mann, Ed Mann (Frank Zappa), Pal Shazar, Jules Shear, Rumdummies, Malcolm Travis (Sugar), The Wheelers and...

Tom "T-Bone" Stinson (organ, Hammond B3)

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Tom Bancroft (drums)

Biography Tom Bancroft is a drummer, composer, bandleader and educator.
He trained as a medical doctor at Cambridge but now makes a living from playing, composing, teaching and creating music education resources. He has played with...

Tom Heasley (tuba)

B>Composer, Tuba, Didjeridu, Voice, Electronics, Loops, Throat Singing

The unique musical voice of Tom Heasley is heard internationally as composer, performer and recording artist. At live performances and in recordings,...

Tom Spiker (bass)

Mmm.. I was feeling jazzy for a second, but that feeling is gone.

Tomasz Kiebzak (flugelhorn)

Born in Detroit and raised in the Midwest heartland, Tom began as a jazz trumpet and flugelhorn musician nearly thirty years ago. Equipped with a B. S. in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse and Masters work in jazz...

Tommy Monaghan (drums)

Tommy Monaghan, Guitar, Drum set, graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music with a bachelor’s degree in Jazz Performance and a Concentration in Music in Education. He regularly performs throughout New England and New York...

Tony Guppy (drums, steel)

Tony Guppy Pannist(Steelpan player), Performer, Composer & instructor/Educator Born in Trinidad & Tobago, Guppy currently resides in Japan. He is actively performing and touring with a wide variety of musicians in various venues...

Trio d'en bas

LINEUP :
Samuel Bourille : Piano, Keyboard, Sax Soprano
Arnaud Rouanet : Tenor Sax, Bb Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
Yoann Scheidt : Drums, Vibraphone, Trombone

INTERNATIONAL REF. :
Roma Jazz Festival (ITALY) /...

Ts Tunes (lyricist)

It's "T" time.....

"T" is a Music Composer/Songwriter/Lyricist/Audio-Visual Engineer

"T" is the musical persona that has now arrived on the Sound Sphere to introduce music and a sound that revolutionizes the music industry once again....

Turn Around Norman

Turn Around Norman is an experimental jazz quartet founded in Baltimore and recently relocated to Brooklyn, NY. The quartet is made up of Cam Collins (saxophone), JJ Wright (piano, wurlitzer), Adam Hopkins (bass), and Nathan Ellman-Bell...

Turtle Island Quartet (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Its name derived from creation mythology found in Native American Folklore, the Turtle Island Quartet, since its inception in 1985, has been a singular force in the creation of bold, new trends in chamber music for strings. Cellist...

Tyson Rogers (piano)

Tyson Rogers: "a wayfaring keyboard wrangler" -Pitchfork Magazine.

From piano with Dutch anarchist Han Bennink to synth-bass with swamp blues legend Tony Joe White, Tyson covers a lot of ground in the music business.

Ulrik Ibsen Thorsrud (drums)

This Norwegian trio is one of those rare and lucky collaborations where there is a great sense of chemistry from the very beginning. Are L Kolbeinsen and Ulrik I Thorsrud met for an informal improv session and hit it off immediately,...

V. LeComer (guitar)

Noisemaking and traveling have been the two constants pinging on my career path so far. Being born into a family of musicians and surrounded by interesting music and noises led me to a life of creating and shaping sounds of my own. That my...

Valerie Thompson (cello)

Valerie Thompson is a native of Kansas City, MO.

She began classical cello studies at the age of ten, and is a graduate of Berklee College of Music with a B.M. in music performance.

She has performed in the Czech Republic as a...

Van Taylor (keyboard)

Van Taylor has entertained all over the world at various Resorts and Embassies for over 30 years. He is a songwriter, and owner of Van Taylor Production music publishing company, and TM International an Internet music distributor company....

Vessela Stoyanova (percussion)

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Victor Posch (sax, tenor)

Soulful Dutch saxophoneplayer (Amsterdam, 1961). Blues, jazz and rock 'n roll. Has his own jazzband: the Bad Mad Honkers.

Victor Wooten (bass)

Victor Wooten redefines the word musician. Regaled as the most influential bassist since Jaco Pastorius, Victor is known for his solo recordings and tours, and as a member of the Grammy-winning supergroup, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones. He...

Walter Ehresman (guitar)

Called "The quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed disc jockey Charlie Martin (host of KOOP's long-standing "Around the Town Sounds" program in Austin), Walter Ehresman has been a consistent, eccentric presence in the Austin, Texas...

Walter Spicy Bland (piano)

Walter Bland was born into a family of artists in Springfield, Massachusetts. Bland studied at Emerson College, Berklee College of Music and the Springfield Conservatory of Music in Massachusetts. While studying at Berklee College, Bland...

Whale Hawk (sax, baritone)

WhaleHawk is a collective that features the show-stopping ability of Jacob Sanders! Mr. Sanders has singlehandedly stopped several of not only his own shows, but other’s as well. WhaleHawk is of the mind that music should contain dope...

Wynn Yamami (percussion)

Wynn Yamami began his taiko studies with the San Jose Junior Taiko Group and later trained with Soh Daiko, Kiyonari Tosha of the Nihon Taiko Dojo, Takada Yosuke of the Tokyo Chindon Club, the Tachibana School of Nihon Buyou, and...

Xenat-Ra (band/ensemble/orchestra)

Monk Metz: words, fx, samples Matt Calkins: tenor sax, fx, percussion, wood flute Mark France: guitars Joel Hirsch: congas, dumbek, percussion Dave Trenkel: Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Minimoog, laptop,...

Yael Bat-Shimon. (violin)

Yael Bat-Shimon, described by The Boston Globe as an “adventurous contemporary violinist” whose improvisational work “draws on her classical training as well as non-Western musical traditions”, has performed for audiences from...

Yoham Ortiz Concept (guitar)

With the release of the self titled album Yoham Ortiz Concept, Yoham “Chiqui” Ortiz translates a life lived among many cultures into music. An accomplished producer/arranger/composer and multi-instrumentalist, Yoham’s work is...

Yuichi Hirakawa (drums)

Yuichi Hirakawa - Drummer / Percussionist Born in Tokyo, Japan. Started playing drumset in his high school days. Joined an wind ensemble, a jazz big band, several rock bands in Tokyo. Percussionist/composer/ in production of Othello, at...

Yve Evans (piano)

YVE EVANS - Singer - Pianist - Entertainer Songwriter - Actor - Producer ALL ABOUT YVE* At age three singing before a congregation of 1500 people on Easter Sunday, Yve Evans had no idea that performance was her destiny. However, the...

Zachary Lipton (sax, soprano)

Born in New Rochelle, New York, Zachary Lipton began playing the saxophone at eight. He was selected as a high school senior to the first NY Youth Symphony Jazz Orchestra, performing with Slide Hampton and Jimmy Heath. Seeking both a...