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Terry Burrus
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Terry Burrus, Pianist a native New Yorker started touring with sultry jazz soul singer, Jean Carne at the age of sixteen.At eighteen he was already playing and recording with Jazz fusion violinist, Michael Urbaniak, Jazz Fusion drummer pioneer, Lenny White, Tom Browne, Stanley Turrentine, Melba Moore, Phyllis Hyman, Lena Horne, Noel Pointer,Bobbi Humphrey, George Benson, Bill Withers, Gato Barbieri,... |
| Artist Biography by David Coke |
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John Butcher
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John Butcher was born in Brighton, England and has lived in London since the late 1970s.
His playing ranges through free improvisation, various structurings, his own compositions, multitracked saxophone pieces and work with live electronics, amplification and feedback. He has toured and broadcast throughout Europe, Japan and North America, and was featured, playing solo, in the BBC TV programme Date with... |
| Artist Biography by John Butcher |
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Kerry Campbell
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KERRY CAMPBELL: Performed recorded and wrote for the popular soul group "THE DRAMATICS", from 1975 to 1983. Later Kerry joined and toured with the famed band WAR, for over 5 years, and recorded several CD's the latest being "PEACE SIGN". Kerry received his jazz training from such noted jazz giants as Yuseff Latiff, Sonny Stitt, Eddie Harris, Marcus... |
| Artist Biography by Kerry Campbell |
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Judi Marie Canterino
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Judi Marie brings to the stage a unique jazz style that is steeped in a rich musical history. Beginning her musical training at the age of seven with the classical piano (she performed at the Julliard School of Music through her thirteenth year), she then turned her studies to voice, training classically through high school.
At the age of 19,... |
| Artist Biography by Judi Marie Canterino |
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Oskar Cartaya
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Oskar Cartaya, during the course of a full career playing bass, composing, arranging and acting as musical director for an amazing array of Artists has soaked up the influences of his homes in Puerto Rico, New York and Los Angeles. Now with his debut solo release on OYE Records My Music, My Friends, My Time Oskar brings it all... |
| Artist Biography by Kevin Rock |
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James Carter
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The first time I heard James Carter, he was performing at Yoshi's for the Eddie Moore festival in August, 1995 with the New York Organ ensemble. The group included Lester Bowie on trumpet, Amina Claudine Myers on organ, Frank Lacy on trombone, Kelvyn Bell on guitar, Don Moye on drums and Carter on all saxophones.
Carter's performance was high... |
| Artist Biography by Beatrice Richardson |
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Changamire
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Washington -- Let me begin with those rave reviews:
It's difficult to nail down just what makes her voice so darn compelling. Maybe it's the comfort and familiarity, maybe the confiding honesty. Whatever the case, it works exceptionally well.
-- Todd S. Jenkins, AllAboutJazz.com
A jazzy chanteuse with the pop sensibilities in the vein of Cassandra Wilson and Anita Baker, Changamiré has... |
| Artist Biography by K. R. Fletcher |
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Corey Christiansen
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Cutting edge, jazz guitarist Corey Christiansen is still in his early thirties but musically he has been a long time in the making. Growing up in a home filled with music, Corey began to play at the early age of five receiving excellent instruction and inspiration from his father, Mike Christiansen, Chairman of Guitar Studies and professor at... |
| Artist Biography by Bryan Leonard |
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Freddy Cole
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Lionel Frederick Cole was born October 15, 1931, the youngest of Edward and Paulina Nancy Cole’s five children. His three elder brothers, Eddie, Ike, and Nat (12 years Freddy’s senior), were all musicians. “I started playing music at five or six,” Freddy remembers. “Music was all around me.” In the Chicago home of his youth, visitors... |
| Artist Biography by Kimberley Cullins |
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Colin Colin D'Cruz
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A little under two hundred years ago, a bunch of American musicians discovered the joy of improvising and called it jazz. Meanwhile over two thousand years ago, Indian classical musicians were busy setting the rules for those American musician's joy. If jazz is improvised music, Indian classical music is jazz! Now that we've discovered who really discovered jazz, it's...
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| Artist Biography by Jazz Goa |
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Composers
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The purpose of Composers is to share information concerning those composers who have influenced American and international music, whose musical creations continue to have an influence on jazz as well as other modes of music. Composers is designed as a biographical reference work and each entry will relate pertinent information about the composer. It is the hope... |
| Artist Biography by Lee Prosser |
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Michael Cooke
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The multi-instrumentalist Michael Cooke is a composer of Jazz and Classical music. This two time Emmy and Louis Armstrong Jazz Award winner plays a variety of instruments, you will hear him play soprano, alto & tenor sax, flute, soprano & bass clarinet, bassoon and percussion. Michael started playing jazz in High school where he played for homeless shelters in... |
| Artist Biography by Black Hat Records |
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Chick Corea
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Thanks to the proliferation of jazz programs in high schools and Universities, the number of jazz pianists continues to grow at unprecedented rates. This growing population has a vast reservoir of musical devices from which to draw, and the ability to execute ideas with technique to spare. The one factor which seems to be much more difficult to acquire... |
| Artist Biography by Lee Prosser |
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Eric Darius
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There is a new sound of jazz being heard around Florida that is quickly blossoming. That sound emanates from 16 year old Eric Darius. It’s hard to believe such silky sounds come from an artist too young to vote.
Darius, a resident of Lutz, Florida attends Blake performing Arts High School where he plays with the Marching Band, a... |
| Artist Biography by Beatrice Richardson |
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Miles Davis
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MILES DAVIS. When you hear his name, what do you think of first? Of course he was forefront in the jazz world, but what comes to mind? He did live in the fast lane, and he did make fantastic news for the media, and he was a ladies man, and he was controversial many times.......but again, what comes to... |
| Artist Biography by Lee Prosser |
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Adrian Davison
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World renowned Bass virtuoso Adrian Davison emerged into the spotlight in 1990 with the release of his debut CD, Bass Symphony. This talented musician displayed a technical and compositional ability that must be heard to be believed. The most stunning feature of his work, is that everything is recorded live without overdubs. To date, Davison has released a total... |
| Artist Biography by lyn best |
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Brian Derek
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Brian studied Arranging,Composition,Orchestration and Performance at Berklee College of Music. He has been a professional Bassist/Composer for many years and has worked with Mike Stern, Peter Erskine, Pat Metheny, Ali Ryerson, Joe Beck, Jay McShann,Stephen Stills,5th Dimension,Neil Sedaka etc and has performed on various records and CD`s as well as gigs on cruise ships, club dates, off-Broadway shows, concerts... |
| Artist Biography by Brian Derek |
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Donna Deussen
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Vocalist DONNA DEUSSEN is an exciting new artist on L.A.'s jazz scene. Donna is a California native, but spent much of her childhood on the east coast (New Hampshire and Virginia). She graduated magna cum laude in 1989 from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston with a B.A. in Songwriting, and moved to Los Angeles... |
| Artist Biography by Donna Deussen |
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Paulette Dozier
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Born in North Florida, Paulette Dozier began her exploration of the performing arts while living in Brooklyn, New York. Her first encounter with the theater was during high school where she appeared in the play "You Can't Take it With You". Other extracurricular activities for her at that time included music, and the alto sax was her... |
| Artist Biography by Michael Mattox |
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Dominic Duval
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b. USA. Active on the New York free jazz scene since the 60s, bass player Duval swiftly established a high reputation among his peers. In the late 90s, owing to several well-received albums, his name had become much better known to international audiences. He has worked notably with Cecil Taylor and Joe McPhee, as well as with musicians such... |
| Artist Biography by Dominic Duval |
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Taylor Eigsti
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Listening to the opening moments of Resonance, the Bop City debut of piano whirlwind Taylor Eigsti, is scary enough -- those incendiary octaves that ignite "Got a Match" into a postbop firestorm.
Imagine, though, what it was like to experience this intensity first-hand when this surreally gifted player, all of ten or eleven years old, blew me off the bandstand.
I... |
| Artist Biography by Katie Alvarez |
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Gene Ess
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Gene Ess brings his award-winning musicianship from a very diverse background. He grew up playing the classical piano, due to his mother being a classical pianist and a well-known piano instructor on the island of Okinawa; his early years were filled with the classical sounds of Beethoven and Chopin. Simultaneously, Gene was receiving a mix of influences: he was... |
| Artist Biography by Gene Ess |
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Bill Evans
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Mile Davis has described young saxophonist Bill Evans as "One of the greatest musicians I've ever come upon" - praise indeed from a master musician and a suitable endorsement for one of the music's most original, inventive and exciting new entrants.
Born in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, in 1958, Evans studied classical piano from age 5. By age 12,... |
| Artist Biography by Yasir Agha |
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Farzad
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American violinist Farzad strongly believes in “the oneness of humanity” and strives to communicate “the commonality of human emotions” through the music he composes and performs. On his latest album, Mirror of Emotions, he utilizes his violin to create music that reflects his emotions in the hope that listeners will discover similar feelings within themselves.
Classically-trained, Farzad makes music... |
| Artist Biography by Sandi Porter |
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Nelson Foltz
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Trombonist Nelson Foltz was raised in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where he attended Duquesne University and studied with legendary trombonist Matty Shiner. He came to New York to attend New York University and study with Jim Pugh who continues to be a great friend and inspiration. Nelson spent several years touring all over the world with Broadway shows including 'Oliver',... |
| Artist Biography by Syberdelix Records |
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