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3Times7 (guitar)
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United by the spirit of matakwane, the new trio plays transcending music, defining journeys to outer regions. International variety brings music beyond cultures to this group. Treating genres equally without mediocrity, but with compassion as well as intellect. The blues, Balkan... [ Continue ]
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4th Ward Afro Klezmer Orchestra (composer / conductor)
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The 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra is an original Atlanta musical entity; a nine piece jazz orchestra playing original compositions and arrangements that combine West African influenced rhythms with Eastern European Klezmer melodies. The 4th Ward A.K.O., led by trumpet... [ Continue ]
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9th + Lincoln Orchestra (band / ensemble / orchestra)
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The 9th and Lincoln Orchestra is a musical project aiming to marry Denver's finest jazz players with new streams in the world of big band composition; to combine the shapes and textures of the new generation's aesthetic with the standard jazz ensemble. Its repertoire bridges the... [ Continue ]
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Aaron Alexander (drums)
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Drummer and Composer Aaron Alexander is a New York City based klezmer and jazz drummer, composer, bandleader and educator. His original klezmer/jazz/world music band "Midrash Mish Mosh" has been acclaimed by critics, musicians and fans, and has appeared in respected... [ Continue ]
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Aaron Flores (guitar, electric)
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Aarón Flores nació en la Ciudad de México. Comenzó sus estudios de guitarra en el Ciclo de Iniciación Musical de la Escuela Nacional de Música, con el maestro Alejandro Salcedo, en donde continuó estudiando el Ciclo Propedeutico, participando en los conciertos realizados... [ Continue ]
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Aaron Levin (drums)
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Aaron Levin is a drummer, electronic musician, and writer based out of the Bay Area. Born in Berkeley, Aaron grew up in Los Angeles, CA. As a child he studied piano, clarinet, and saxophone until he decided to quit music forever and become a drummer. After drawing initial... [ Continue ]
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Aaron Neville (vocals)
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Abdul Moimême (guitar, electric)
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Abdul Moimême is a Lisbon based musician and active member of the cities free improvisation scene. His main instrument is the electric guitar. Moimême has also worked as a jazz writer, since 1999, writing in various Portuguese publications such as Flirt, All Jazz and Jazz.pt... [ Continue ]
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Accord Vibes (vibraphone)
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Musicians: Alexandru Anastasiu - vibraphone Fernando Mihalache - accordion Michael Acker - double bass All music by Richard Galliano [ Continue ]
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Achim Gaetjen/Les Rabiates (saxophone, alto)
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city-trash-jazz rock'n'roll & polka-beat Les Rabiates ist die neue Band des Saxofonisten und Komponisten Achim Gätjen. Aktuell ist ein gemeinsames Projekt mit dem deutsch-polnischen Dichter und Romanautor Artur Becker. Nach ersten Ansätzen im Frühjahr 2006 entwickelte sich... [ Continue ]
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Achiri Karl Haas (percussion)
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Achiri Karl Haas is a percussionist, ethnomusicologist, and teacher splitting his time between Boston, MA and his adopted home of Burlington, VT. His music is a continuous search for truth, peace, and communion, and each performance the reflection of an on-going spiritual quest... [ Continue ]
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Acker Bros (guitar)
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The Acker Bros are Boston based composers, musicians and producers with a knack for creating largely overlooked jazz based music designed to lull the listener into a state of confused euphoria. They have a large, loyal and extremely good looking underground following and hope... [ Continue ]
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Acuri (bass, electric)
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Created around 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, Acuri came to life with the intent to produce instrumental music that was essentially brazilian, but filtered by a creative vision free of stylistic frontiers, capable of compassing in a single musical concept our country’s folk music... [ Continue ]
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Adam Ahuja (keyboards)
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NYC-based Adam Ahuja is an x-genre live-looping artist, keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist, and entrepreneur. He has drawn international recognition touring independently as an artist and as a past member of acts such as Robert Randolph & Family Band and the Ana Popovic Band.... [ Continue ]
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Adam Coopersmith (drums)
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I play the drums. I make up songs. I mess around on piano. I dabble on guitar, bass, trumpet, harmonica, recorder. I fiddle around with electronic synthesizers and digital music, reason, beats and loops. I sing to myself. I freaking LOVE music. Mostly, I hope to make a loud... [ Continue ]
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Adam Levy (guitar)
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Adam Levy is best known for his steady gig as the featured guitarist in Norah Jones' Handsome Band. He played on her breakout 2002 disk Come Away with Me and her 2004 follow-up Feels Like Home. More recently, he played on Amos Lee's eponymous Blue Note debut. In addition... [ Continue ]
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Adrian West (violin)
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The Adrian West Trio delivers a full, diverse sound that spans acoustic rock, classical, Celtic, Cajun, West African and jazz styles. Combining vocal harmonies, electric violin, guitar, bass, drums and live “looping”, the Trio keeps audiences on the edge of their seats with... [ Continue ]
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Adriano Clemente (author)
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Born in Lecce in 1958, he grew up in Naples, and although he did not have a formal musical training as a child, he started to play guitar and piano at an early age, and composed his first songs in the early seventies. In 1974 he began to set to music the William Blake’s... [ Continue ]
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Agus Hardiman (piano)
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Jazz lover from Indonesia & soon to be jazz musician :) [ Continue ]
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Ahmed Baghdadi (bass)
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Aqua blue [ Continue ]
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Aida Brandes-Hargrove (vocals)
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Singer Almut "Aida" Brandes-Hargrove writes, arranges and produces music. She also pays piano. Aida is self taught and draws from a diverse pool of music with its main roots in jazz, hip hop and rnb. Her original songs and productions have been finalists and winners in... [ Continue ]
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Akeem Wilson (percussion)
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I first discovered jazz while incarcerated in Cook County Jail in 1982. During my time there, I learned the intricate rhythms of Brazil, Africa and Pango Pango. After my release I hung out in Bronzeville listening to Bop and Big Band music, where I developed friendships with... [ Continue ]
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Al Bernard (tuba)
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"All forms of mayhem on tuba - jazz and classical." [ Continue ]
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Al Di Meola (guitar)
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Al Di Meola's ongoing fascination with complex rhythmic syncopation combined with provocative lyrical melodies and sophisticated harmony has been at the heart of his music throughout a celebrated career that has spanned four decades and earned him critical accolades, three... [ Continue ]
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Al Ferrante (drums)
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Al Ferrante, is known as Father Al", Leader of Father Al and The Jazz Congregation, a South West Florida Jazz Quartet. At age 10 Father Al Studied Drums and Percussion at the Gene Krupa, Cozy Cole Drum School, Manhattan, New York. His instructors were Cozy Cole and Billy... [ Continue ]
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Al Kooper (composer / conductor)
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Al Kooper has been quite the Renaissance Man of Rock. Somehow, in a career that spans 50 years, he has managed to turn up at key points in the last five decades. In 1958, Koop began his professional career as guitarist in The Royal Teens ("Short Shorts"). He transformed into a... [ Continue ]
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Al Ross and The Planets (band / ensemble / orchestra)
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The earth has travelled a few dozen rotations around the sun since Al Ross & The Planets first formed in 1983. Based in London, the group was originally a trio of musicians: Al Ross (real name Alan Ramirez) on lead vocals and bass guitar, Alex Mungo on keyboards and vocals, and... [ Continue ]
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Alain Mion (piano)
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Pianist, composer & singer. ...A fresh sound mixing churchy style and impressionist inspiration...". Performing with Cortex" and with The Alain Mion Trio" including Patrik Boman (bass) and Michael Kersting (drums). Alain is founder and the leader of the... [ Continue ]
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Alan Broadbent (piano)
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Alan Broadbent was born in Auckland, New Zealand and in 1966, at the age of 19, received a Downbeat Magazine scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1969 he was asked to join Woody Herman's band as his pianist and arranger for 3 years. In 1972 he settled in... [ Continue ]
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Alan Jones (drums)
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Born in Longview, Washington in 1962. Alan was raised in Portland, Oregon where at the age of 6 he began playing the drums and guitar. In the fertile artistic climate of 1970's Portland he spent his early years listening outside of jazz club windows to such musical greats as Jim... [ Continue ]
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Alaska Dreamers (band / ensemble / orchestra)
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Alaska Dreamers music is soft mixture between soul, blues, R&B, post-rock, jazz, folk. Band musical journey started in 2012 as a creative experiment between bass player, composer Reinis Ozolins and drummer Rudolfs Dankfelds. After a while they felt like adding more colours and... [ Continue ]
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Albey Balgochian (bass)
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Relentlessly pursuing his love for his instrument, NYC bassist Albey Balgochian captures the pure essence of soul in his playing. Synchronistically introspective and extrospective, he explores self-expression, uncovering sounds of profound beauty. He ventures out beyond musical... [ Continue ]
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Alejandro Aviles (saxophone, alto)
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Alejandro Avilés is a first generation Cuban-American who comes from a long lineage of musicians. In fact, Mr. Avilés' family is being considered by the Guiness Book of World Records for having the longest, most continuous family run musical group in the world. The Orquesta... [ Continue ]
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Alejandro Lucas Benito (guitar, electric)
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Alejandro Trevino (bass, electric)
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Alex is an electric bass player from Fort Dodge, Iowa. He finished Berklee College of Music with a degree in performance, and in his time in Boston was a part of many recordings and live shows. The energy he plays with has allowed him to thrive in many different musical... [ Continue ]
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Alekos K. Vretos (oud)
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Greek oudist, pianist and composer Alekos Vretos has been merging jazz, Arabic, Greek and Latin music in a masterful blend of sounds from traditional instruments, such as the oud or the nay, vs. the modern ones. As a bandleader, Alekos has developed a unique atmosphere for his... [ Continue ]
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Aleksandra Denda (vocals)
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Aleksi Glick (guitar)
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Aleksi Glick is a virtuosic guitarist and composer and concert presenter and who draws inspiration from a wide variety musical genres. His distinct musical voice and presence provides for a captivating listening experience. In addition to leading the acclaimed funk and soul band... [ Continue ]
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Alessandro Bortolozzi (guitar, acoustic)
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Alex Domschot (guitar)
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Guitarist Alex Domschot’s sound, style, use of space, range of colors, technique, and overall craft has garnered praise from critics - and drawn comparisons with the likes of John Scofield, Allan Holdsworth and Bill Frisell. This “sonic shapeshifter” is a highly... [ Continue ]
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Alex Kontorovich (saxophone, alto)
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Twenty six year-old clarinetist and saxophonist Alex Kontorovich was born in Russia and currently resides in New York City. He has worked alongside musicians such as Frank London, Brad Shepik, Steven Bernstein, Mike Sarin, Theodore Bikel, Paul Shapiro, Paul Brody, Peter... [ Continue ]
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Alexander Raichenok (saxophone, alto)
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Saxophone and Keyboard player, originally from Latvia and currently based in Brazil. [ Continue ]
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Alexandra Samsonova (piano)
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Alexandra Samsonova, began her musical training at the age of six. Starting with classical she was accepted at the age of sixteen at the renowned Gnesinyh Russian Academy of Music. Wishing to develop growing interest in jazz, she was later admitted to the Berklee College of... [ Continue ]
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Alexandra Sherling (vocals)
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Alexandra Sherling. Talent, Charm & Jazz! Alexandra (Shura) Sherling was born to be famous. Her talented parents, Olesya Sherling (mother, vocalist, composer, jazz musician & improviser) and Yuri Sherling (father, Honored Worker of Art of RSFSR, Doctor of Arts, composer,... [ Continue ]
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Alexis Alonso (piano)
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The Story of pianist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Alexis Alonso is one of the most unusual in the landscape of contemporary music and jazz. He began his career in the field of rock (May Day, Siglo XXI) and jazz (Nine Seconds Quartet) then moving to develop his work as... [ Continue ]
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Alicia Hall Moran (vocals)
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Alicia Hall Moran is known primarily as a classically-trained singer (starring as “Bess” in Porgy & Bess on national tour and as an alternate in the role on Broadway) and performing artist with deep ties to Jazz and it's contemporary fans and practitioners. Moran was a named... [ Continue ]
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Alla Rakha (percussion)
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Alla Rakha popularised the art of tabla, playing across the globe, elevating the status and respect of this instrument. "Abbaji" (as he was affectionately known by his disciples) also bridged the gap between Carnatic music and Hindustani music by playing with both... [ Continue ]
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Almog Sharvit (bass, acoustic)
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After years of exploring and absorbing art in a wide variety of mediums, Bass player Almog Sharvit possesses his own personal and compelling style, both in performance and composition. Born and raised in Israel, Almog grow up playing the cello from the age of 7 and later on pick... [ Continue ]
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Alony (vocals)
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https://alony.de https://hollywood.alony.de Born in Haifa, Israel, as a daughter of Jewish Iraqi new comers, singer Efrat Alony studied composition, arranging, jazz singing and classical singing in Israel (Rimon) , Germany ( Hanns Eisler, Berlin) and the U.S. (Berklee, Boston)... [ Continue ]
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Álvaro Domene (guitar)
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“Domene has his own voice that is both in your face and laden with subtleties.” – Mike Borella (Avant Music News) Álvaro Domene is a Madrid-born, New York based guitarist and composer operating at the convergence of various styles of contemporary creative music. His sound... [ Continue ]