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Biography missing, add it now.Alejandro Santos is steadily working with Al Di Meolas World Symphony since 2001 and recorded in his latest album "Flesh on Flesh" .
He is widely-recognized, both in his home country of Argentina and internationally, as an extraordinary...
Ali Ryerson has emerged as one of the most exciting and versatile flutists on the scene today. She has
performed with such diverse talents as Dr. Billy Taylor, Kenny Barron, Stephane Grappelli, Frank Wess,
Red Rodney, Laurindo Almeida, Art...
I am an internationally exhibiting conceptual/sound artist and musician best known as the inventor of a textile woven from recorded audiocassette tape.
Andrea Bartelucci-jazz flutist and composer. Author of a number of compositions and leader of several musical projects. A deep knowledge of jazz tradition and a serious classical formation developed into creative research in new...
Flutist Andrea Brachfeld, is a graduate of The High School of Music and Art and Manhattan School of Music. Over these past 20 years she has recorded more than a dozen CD's with many artists including, Africando, Noel Pointer, and...
Bill McBirnie is a jazz and Latin flute specialist based in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has studied with renowned
American flutist, Samuel Baron, distinguished Canadian flutist
and composer, Robert Aitken, as well as Cuban...
Bobb Fantauzzo headlines JazZen, the Minneapolis based trio that embraces the essence of jazz with highly unusual instrumentation and inspired soloing. The organic timbre of Fantauzzo's wooden flutes, weaving through the swirling...
She has been named “First Lady of the Flute” by the critics and listeners alike and, from the accomplishments in her musical career, deservedly so. For three decades now, Bobbi Humphrey has been playing her special brand of music to...
Bradley Leighton brings a unique and powerful sound to flute. His style of swing evolved from listening to the big, hi-octane bands of Kenton, Herman and Ferguson in the 60's-70's. His funkiness derives from years of listening to Tower of...
Yonkers, New York native Carlos Jimenez is the next generation of extraordinary flute players. He follows in the footsteps of greats such as Dave Valentin and Nestor Torres.
Carlos’ musical passion began at the age of four, when under...
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The 2008 WORLD FLUTE FEST CONCERT www.worldflutefest.com
will benefit In Defense of Animals www.idausa.org and will take place at the beautiful Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Saturday, September 27th at...
Place of Birth: Kentucky Bluegrass
Calling: Composing, Arranging, Recording & Performing
Life Ambition: Create great music
Discography: "Beginnings" cassette release...
CHERYL PYLE - MUSICIAN -JAZZ FLUTE BIO
The versatile flutist Cheryl Pyle received her BA in music from the University of California at Berkeley in 1976, having received her Associates Degree from Mesa College in 1974. Her teachers...
With incredible talent and perseverance, Chip Shelton has earned an undisputed reputation as one of the most renowned flutists in the world of jazz.
The flute, with its high-pitched tone, didn’t start out as a swinging jazz instrument...
Chris Hinze was born in Hilversum, in the Netherlands. He began his musical studies on the piano at
the age of 12. After working as a pianist all over Europe for several years, he returned to Holland and
entered the Royal Conservatory in...
)downbeat jazz mag scholarship winner as teenager while in high school
)left music scene for for 30 yrs
)started re-learning to play music approx 10 years
)starting giging approx 2 years ago
)had first note worthy gig last year at Catalina...
Imagine the musical styles of KennyG., David Sanborn, and Maceo Parker being encompassed in the body of a flutist. His is a sound so captivating that he completely mesmerizes listeners. Bands and vocalists of all kinds call upon his...
Renown Latin jazz flutist, Dave Valentin, was born of Puerto Rican parents in 1952 in New York City. His love for music started quite early; playing bongos and congas before he was 10 and even working Latin clubs in New York by 12. His...
Relocating to NYC from his native Trinidad & Tobago in 2009, flautist David Bertrand is a graduate of the jazz program of Queens College, studying under Antonio Hart, David Berkman and Michael Mossman. Playing flute, alto flute and...
I am a professional Flautist, Saxophonist, Clarinetist & Pianist. I also run my own band called Luminar (from Solo to Big Band).
Have played for about 30 years. Studied with Jaki Byard, Frank Wess and other great musicians. Played or performed with Sam Jones, Jaki Byard, Kenny Barron, Henry Butler, Stanley Cowell, Jimmy Heath, Charles Eubanks, Charles Persip,...
Flutist, singer and songwriter Delandria Mills is carving a place in the music
industry with her unique combination of jazz, classical, and gospel. A native of
Houston, Texas, Delandria holds music degrees from Prairie View A&M
University...
Dvir Katz is a graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, where he studied flute with Mr. Roman Kunsman and composition with Mr. Vyacheslav Ganelin. He is the founder of "Chameleon Trio", which performs his original compositions,...
Ms. Elleni Maureas is a living legacy of a family of
musicians. Both her parents, Mike and Vera, are
accomplished professional musicians in Southern
California. She was raised in an environment of
constant musical stimulation and support....
Born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden, Elsa Nilsson started her love-affair with improvised music at an early age by playing swedish traditionals. Nilsson has delighted her Seattle audience with her inventive blend of jazz and Swedish folk...
Eric Person is setting a new standard in sound. For over twenty years, Eric has been committed to composing, recording and performing contemporary American music. He plays the alto and soprano saxophones and flute and is featured as a...
François Richard was born October 9, 1956. His father is a photographer and his mother a musician. François Richard inherited of a sound musical education. At the age of 10, he had the privilege to be tutored by the great master of...
Born in Cordoba, Argentina, Gabriel Juncos he is one of but the
great Argentine flute players.
At the moment it accompanies to the guitarist Luis Salinas
Actually, leading your band, as called "La Banda del Corto"
Gareth Lockrane started playing at the age of 10 and after raiding his dad's
record collection discovered jazz at 14. Early influences included Cannonball
Adderley, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans and Stan Getz...
Günter Wehinger, born in Austria where he earned a conservatory degree in 1982, subsequently moved to the USA in 1987 to study with the great James Newton in Los Angeles. After a two year period in San Francisco, he returned to Europe. He...
Geni Skendo is a contemporary flute & shakuhachi player
fluent in jazz, classical, and Japanese traditional music
idioms. Originally from Albania, Geni came to the United
States in 2002 to further his musical studies. Prior to...
Gerald, born in Beaumont, Texas, started playing alto saxophone at the age of 11. As a freshman at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas he switched to playing the flute. During his years as an undergraduate at UNT he played with...
Hadar Noiberg, flutist, composer and arranger, was born and raised in Israel and is currently living in New York City.
She attended the music department of Kiriat Sharet high school in Holon, Israel and is about to earn her Bachelor of...
Henry Cook is a multi-reed player, whose instruments include alto and baritone saxophones, flute, alto and bass flutes, and a variety of folk woodwinds. His passion for many styles of music, including blues, funk, latin as well as African...
The world according to flutist and composer Herbie Mann was a utopian musical paradise where jazz is made up of of Afro-Cuban, Middle-Eastern, R&B, and nearly every other kind of music. In the 1960s, he discovered Brazil's bossa-nova; in...
Born near Cleveland, Ohio, Holly began playing jazz standards with her father, a jazz guitarist. Her formal education included studying with Maurice Sharp, principal flutist of the Cleveland Orchestra and earning B.M. from Cleveland...
Internationally renowned flutist Hubert Laws is one of the
few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and
rhythm-and-blues genres; moving effortlessly from one
repertory to another. He has appeared as a soloist with the
New...
I play jazz on the flute and alto flute...standards, latin, straight ahead. I most
commonly
work as a duet with guitar or piano, but can easily add bass and drums for a
trio or
quartet. As a rule I don’t use larger groups, but any size...
Jamie Baum, though originally from Connecticut, is a NYC-based jazz flutist/composer; recording artist/clinician has toured extensively in the US, and in over 17 countries in Europe, South America Asia, and South Asia performing at...
A born-and-raised New Yorker, Jan Leder decided to pursue her love for improvisation after twelve years of studying classical music. She studied for three years with the late pianist Lennie Tristano and then continued her jazz studies with...
Biography missing, add it now.Jayna Nelson was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and began to study piano as soon
as she could reach the keyboard. At age 9 she began to study the flute as well
and by age 17 had won both the Baldwin Junior Keyboard award and the
l Music...
www.jefkearns.com
A new voice has entered the urban music scene:the flute. Jef Kearns, soul flautist, is transforming the reputation of the instrument from band geek to urban chic through his signature flute sounds and urban sense of...
In his entire career as an improvisational flutist Steig has
challenged the boundaries of conventional categories in
music. In his
first album
Flute Fever (Columbia Records 1963)
Steig established himself as one of the most...
Jazz flutist/guitarist/vocalist based in Norfolk, Virginia, with four CDs so far. Leads the Jim Newsom Quartet and also performs in a duo setting with trumpeter Ron Hallman.
Jazz journalist who writes primarily for
John began performing Afro-Latin and jazz music as a teenager in San Francisco's Mission district, a
spawning ground for many top West Coast performers of Latin music, such as Karl Perrazo, Rebeca
Mauleon and John Santos. Originally a...
Is a co-owner of Made Ya Look Inc., a video, and audio post production facility where he is a staff musician/composer and audio engineer.
John has been playing in groups for over 30 years, and has toured extensively throughout the U.S....
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Julee Avallone began playing flute at age 7, guided and
encouraged by an artistic family, and soon dreamed of playing
in orchestras. She learned other instruments while
specializing to earn her Bachelors in Flute Performance at
Arizona...
Julia Price is a young emerging jazz artist from Greensboro NC. She began her studies at age 15 with Tadeu Coehlo as a classical flute player at North Carolina School of the Arts. While studying classical music, she was featured as...
Flautist/composer Enrique (Kalani) Trinidad was born in
Dallas Texas, November 27, 1987. At an early age, he
moved to Puerto Rico with his family. He started his musical
journey at the age of 9 when one day he came home with a
recorder...
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Grammy-nominated, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning, flutist and
composer, Kat Epple, has performed music at the Guggenheim Museums,
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The United Nations, and in concerts around the
world. Kat has released 26...
Ethnomusicologist, performer, teacher. Doctorate in music from The Graduate Center of The City University of New York (Ph.D., 1998). Associate professor, Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, Texas.
Born in New York City, I have been a...
Flutist, Vocalist, Composer and Band Leader Kelly Watson has performed in the United States, Mexico, Sweden, Denmark and in the United Kingdom. Twice invited to perform at the prestigious National Flute Association Convention, Watson was...
Ken Sherman has been an active studio, big band and jazz musician for over 50 years. Studied under Sammy Musiker of the original Tonight Show and the Gene Krupa Orchestra. He is an accomplished flutist and saxaphone player, actively...
Education
Self-taught pianist, at twelve he starts making his first experiments in electronic music and computer music, which will lead him to form several ensembles of modern music (i.e. DrinkwaterBand) with such points of reference as...
KRZYSZTOF POPEK is a leading Polish jazz flute player
topping the jazz rankings of the Jazz Forum monthly (The
European Jazz Magazine) for many years and also owner of a
well-known label Power Bros.
He started off as a jazz musician at...
LEA FREIRE's "Cartas Brasileiras" (Brazilian Letters - 2007) is receiving the enthusiastic applause of
either public and critic, in many languages. Its music is the confluence of the three main musical forces
that coexist in Brazil today :...
Leslie Savoy Burrs has captivated audiences across the United States and Europe with his exciting, distinctive sound -- an inspired combination of classical virtuosity and dazzling improvisation. He has appeared as guest soloist and...
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Brooklyn native Lori Bell is a flutist and composer of admirable depth and broad musical sympathies. A resident of San Diego, she has contributed to the development of higher standards of performance while earning acclaim from both peers...
Louisa West was born in Thomasville, Georgia in 1979 and began playing
flute at the age of ten. Louisa holds a Bachelor of Music Performance from
the University of Georgia. While studying there, she performed in numerous
ensembles,...
Jazz Standards ....Lv....
Magnus Pires is a Brazilian flutist, born in July 8th, 1948 in Manaus, Amazon, but living in Rio de Janeiro since 1950. His mother was a professional crooner in the fifties and his aunt played guitar and sung in an all woman trio. Magnus...
Flutist Marc Adler has devoted most of his time and energy to developing his musical skills in the area of jazz improvisation and composition. He has received Jazz Performance Fellowships from the PA Council on the Arts and the National...
Flutist, Improvisor, Composer
Mark Lotz is more than just a big voice in the European jazz scene. He is at the forefront of jazz, classical and World Music and is obviously enjoying every minute of it! (Tomas Pena, Jazz.com & Latin Jazz...
Flutist, composer and arranger, Mark Weinstein began his study of music at age six with piano lessons from the neighborhood teacher in Fort Green Projects in Brooklyn where he was raised. Between then and age 14 when he started to play...
Mary Rose moved to New York City in 1975 and became
immersed in the creative and dynamic Jazz Loft Scene where
exploration in jazz improvisation was continued from the
legacy of free jazz started in the 1960s.
In the 1970s, as many...
Matt Samolis has been working in sonic and visual mediums
since 1987. He began studying flute, and later composition and
tenor banjo. He has worked with ensembles at New England
Conservatory, Brandeis University, Berklee, and Tufts, as...
I play piano, sax [alto, tenor, baritone and bass],
clarinet, flute, fiddle, viola, accordion, hammered dulcimer.
The styles I most play are Dixieland, swing, big band,
gospel, jazz, ragtime, classical, South American,
folk and children's...
Japanese-born New Zealander Miho Wada leads her pocket-sized jazz
orchestra on flute and saxophone, performing her unique style of music
described in the media as "Afro-Cuban flute meets J-Pop". Growing up in the
seaside town of...
Mike's day job with the world's favourite airline has allowed
him to meet some great musicians and play salsa in Caracas,
funk in Accra, bhangra in Bangladesh, soca in Tobago and
highlife in Harare.
Originally from the city of Bath...
COPUS is a world beat ensemble that presents conscious lyrics and beautiful melodies for the intelligent listener. Formed by poet Royal Kent and composer Wendy Loomis in 1999, the group has performed at clubs, theaters, and festivals in...
“McGowan’s music strives for an idiom in which various musics " American popular, European classical and avant-garde, Carnatic, a fascination with proportionally intricate rhythms, the use of microtones in the search for new...
Nestor Torres - flute, composer, recording artist, bandleader
Born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Latin jazz flutist Nestor Torres took an early interest in music, following the lead of his father, who played the piano and vibes. Torres...
"One of Chicago's more inspiring jazz visionaries, " (Chicago Tribune),
Nicole
Mitchell is a creative
instrumentalist, composer, bandleader and an educator. With her
ensembles,
and as a featured flutist,
she has been a highlight at...
Nika Rejto, acclaimed as one of the nation's finest jazz
flutists, has graced the stage and stunned audiences with
her "rich tone and technique that never descends into
gimmickry" for the last 30 years (Leonard Feather). As a
soloist,...
FLUTE / BANDONEON
After studying classical music and sound engineering in France, Ninon discovered
Afro jazz funk while playing with Rido Bayonne Big Band (inc. Paco Sery and Etienne
MBappe) and decided to change life to become a...
I've played and taught flute all my life, 40+ years! Have taught at the college level many a year ago at Northern Michigan University and at Arkansas State University. Attended many Jamey Aebersold jazz camps and now, together with my...
Nora Nausbaumis a jazz and classical flutist as well as a certified Alexander Technique teacher. Nora received her Masters of Music degree from New England Conservatory of Music, taught in colleges in the Midwest and South before coming to...
Oriente Lopez was born in a musical family in Havana, Cuba.
Oriente’s musical artistry interfaces various styles, classical, jazz, Brazilian, and Cuban folklore.
Oriente has been performing internationally as a pianist and...
Patricia Julien is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Vermont, where she teaches courses in music theory and jazz composition and arranging. Before arriving at UVM, she taught at Skidmore College, George Washington...
Composer, multi-instrumentist, improviser and teacher
Peter H. Bloom, flutes/saxophones, concertizes widely in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand and appears on 35 CDs from labels including Leo Records, 9Winds, SONY Classical, Dorian, and Newport Classic. His career...
Flutist, vocalist, and songwriter, Ragan Whiteside is taking the Contemporary Jazz world by storm. With her unique style and soulful vibe, this triple threat is bringing the flute back into mainstream focus.
Ragan began her musical...
Nació en la ciudad de Camagüey, Cuba, el 24 de mayo de 1962.
Inició sus estudios de flauta a la edad de 11 años en la Escuela
Nacional de Artes de Camagüey, graduándose en el año de
1982.
Trabajó como profesor de flauta en las...
Robert Windpony plays his spirit songs in traditional Native American style.
No electronically created "nature " sounds or artificial instrumentation. Robert
plays Woodlands, Plains, and Lakota style flutes in the keys of low A to high C....
Born in Argentina (1978). Rodriguez arrived to Spain in 1986, where he spent most of his childhood. At an early age, he began to study modern and classical music.
Between the years of 1993-1999, Rodrigo tutored at home enrolled...
Born into jazz royalty, Roger Glenn is the son of the late Tyree Glenn, who was one of 57 notable jazz musicians photographed in the 1958 portrait A Great Day in Harlem by Art Kane. Roger grew up in a jazz family around New York City with...
The innovative style of Ron Korb, flutist and composer, is garnering a buzz around the globe. Jazz with influences from a broad range of world music styles (Latin, Caribbean, Chinese and Japanese music), the different influences...
Rowland Sutherland
'...improviser of real character'. John Fordham - THE GUARDIAN
Flautist, Rowland Sutherland enjoys an international career in many different fields of
music. He regularly performs in Jazz groups as well as with various...
MISTURA and their exhilarating blend of Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and Afro-funk rhythms
with modern jazz. "Latin Jazz Braziliance!" Tony Herrington-The Wire Led by the vibrant
and versatile flautist, composer and arranger Rowland Sutherland,...
Born in southern India, and started playing flute a bit late...Never put it down for more than 20 years...
I play an Indian bamboo flute (Bansuri), and preserves a very distinctive Indian Style.
For years, I have been searching for...
New York Based Turkish flutist,composer and a band leader Sarpay Özçağatay Graduated from Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory(2002) 94.70 GPA out of 100 also Berklee College of Music major in Jazz Performance(2012) 3.89 GPA...
Stefano Leonardi (flauto). Nato a Trento nel 1978, inizia lo studio del flauto traverso a otto anni in ambito classico frequentando la Scuola Musicale "Minipolifonici" e "Diapason". Flautista e ottavinista in vari complessi bandistici...
Stelios Romaliadis was born on 10th of April 1981 in Athens. He studied flute mainly with Sofia Mavrogenidou and he is very happy about it! He is a member of Yellow Elephant Ensemble.
His first solo album (Distress Signal Code) under the...
Svend Undseth is a flautist/saxophonist who has been part of the jazz-rock scene since its infancy. Undseth's muscial career has embraced many genre, but in his new album The Neon Jazz Collection, he is returning to his early inspiration....
TIM WEISBERG is back on the radar! In 2010 Tim decided to get out and start performing again. As usual Tim has surrounded his recent performances with world class musicians, such as Barnaby Finch, Lynn Keller, David Derge, David Hughes and...
A flute player first and foremost, Tom has dallied rather a lot in the saxophone of late. Also a bit of composing. His musical output is split between a 10-piece ska band, a 14-piece celtic/jazz band, a light hearted vocal-led...
Flutist, composer, film-scorer Tom Povse has played the flute for thirty years. He has performed at the Pacific Coast Jazz Festival, many clubs and private venues in the Bay Area, in jazz big bands, and combos. He performed in the top jazz...
A captivating performer, Tom’s strength’s are in his warm sound & driving melodic lines. Called "multi-lingual," his versatility knows no bounds. From composition to folk music, to jazz & blues, classical, even rock’n’roll, this...
Urban Hansson, born June 6, 1943. Saxophone and flute. He studied saxophone in the USA with Booker Ervin. Hansson was a member of the
Swedish group "The Gimmicks". Between 1969- 73 he travelled all over the world doing radio, television...
Jazz, Latin-American style music on flute, saxophone
Walter is currently carrying on the tradition of Herbie Mann,Hubert Laws,Yusef Lateef and Rhasaan. He is one of the top flutist in the country with 9 cds to his credit .Also ,Walter Bell is a pure Flutist and dosent "double on saxes",only...
Wayman Carver - flute (1905 - 1967)
Wayman Alexander Carver was born December 25, 1905 in Portsmouth, Virginia.
At an early age, Carver showed not only an interest in but talent for music. Both his father and uncle were accomplished...
WENDY LUCK, flutist, vocalist, composer/improviser, received an MA in Composition/ Performance/ Multimedia from NYU and a BFA with Honors in Flute Performance from the University of Wisconsin. Her earlier incarnation included orchestra and...
I am Beginning my third year as Piccoloist and assistant 1st chair flutist for the Lower Merion
Symphony
Orchestra in Lower Merion, Pa. I am also the Woodwind sideman for 15 years+ at Zion Baptist Church
in Phila., Pa.
I have been...
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN JAZZ, INC. (IWJ) is a [501(c)3] non-profit organization committed to supporting women jazz artists and fostering a greater awareness of the diverse contributions women make to jazz, worldwide . Through its programs,...
Innovative musicality. Mesmerizing tone.
Japanese born Flutist, Pianist, Composer YUKARI is an emerging artist based in New York City.
Her versatile Flute performing and recording career range from Jazz, modern Improvisation, World music,...
Jose Luis Oliveira a Rio de Janeiro born artist that goes by Ze Luis
is a multi instrumentalist, composer and producer that have credits
in more than 260 albums.
In his homeland during the eighties he was a member of the band of
Caetano...
