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Paulinho Garcia
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Born in Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Paulinho began his musical career at the age of nine as a singer in a Sunday program for kids in his city's principal radio station, Rádio Inconfidência. In his teens, he performed as a house musician in all musical programs of the Rádio Guarany--TV Itacolomy network. He led his own... |
| Artist Biography by Paulinho Garcia |
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Aysegül Yesilnil Quintet
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The artist has graduated from Painting and Textile Designing Branch of the Fine Arts Faculty of 9 Eylül University in Izmir. During her university years, she was trained by Halil Akdeniz. After her graduation, she participated in nude model drawing studies of the 'Devrim Erbil Studio' in I.D.G.S.A. (The Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul). She has been the... |
| Artist Biography by Aysegül Yesilnil |
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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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Paul Hemmings
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Paul Hemmings was born in Huntington Beach, California, to English immigrant parents. He began his musical training with piano lessons at age twelve and soon began learning finger-style blues guitar from his father, an accomplished guitarist in his own right. After spending his high school years playing in various rock and blues bands, Hemmings relocated to the San Francisco... |
| Artist Biography by Paul Hemmings |
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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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Nanette Natal
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A delicious New York sound that is marinated in Jazz. A socially conscious singer, always with a message in her music, be it touring around college campuses in the 70s or talking about small personal and social revolutions of today's time, Nanette's music has always defied categories. In 1980 while singing Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady" during a pop recording... |
| Artist Biography by Ameet Kamath |
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Nancy Kelly
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Nancy Kelly's circuitous journey to jazz excellence began in Rochester, N.Y.
Music was a pervasive presence in her upbringing. Nancy's mother was an accomplished pianist and her father's love of music provided the impetus for what was to become her trademark; the epitome of style, swing and intonation. Eventually a mixture of intimacy and a take no prisoner scatting... |
| Artist Biography by John Gilbert |
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Ron Jackson
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To say Ron Jackson is well traveled would be an understatement. He has performed and recorded in over 20 countries as a bandleader and ensemble performer, and is well established in the international jazz scene. Ron’s style of guitar playing and compositions is a blend of jazz, and other american styles such as soul, rhythm and blues, pop that... |
| Artist Biography by Ron Jackson |
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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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Lloyd Gregory
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When you think of that certain style of classic jazz guitar that is smooth, soulful, melodic, flowing and immediately likeable, you think of names like Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessel, George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Earl Klugh and Larry Carlton. Now Lloyd Gregory has taken his place on that list of illustrious jazz guitarists. On his fourth album, Free... |
| Artist Biography by Jo Ferrell |
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Chester A. Thomas
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My name is Chester Allen Thomas born 10-28-1957 in Wichita, Kansas. Parents are Helen & Ulysses Thomas. I am the fifth child of nine, Two sisters and Six Brothers. while growing up my mother would sing just about every song that came on the radio. My mother had a chance to sing but she was just to shy. In... |
| Artist Biography by Chester A Thomas |
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Manfred Hausleitner
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Manfred Hausleitner has performed all over Europe with many Jazz greats.
Born in May 1957 in Tulln, Austria to Josef and Erna Hausleitner, Manfred began studying drums at an early age of 6 with his father. He began learning about jazz when he signed up for the jazz institute at the Konservatiorium and Highschool in Vienna, where he studied with... |
| Artist Biography by Hausleitner Manfred |
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Emmett North Jr.
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I started writing songs when I was in the 5th grade. I wrote a song for my teacher Mrs. Lukens' and performed it the last day of school, this was before I could play guitar. I was first introduced to playing guitar at age 9 and was shown a few licks of a blues song called 'Honky Tonk'. I... |
| Artist Biography by Emmett North Jr. |
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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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Franc O'Shea
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Bass Guitarist/Composer/Producer
Generally regarded as one of the most talented bass guitarists of his generation, FRANC O'SHEA has secured a reputation that has spread worldwide. But it is not only his bass playing that has gained him this respect internationally but also his incisive compositional skills.
Franc was born of Irish, English and Spanish blood in Swaziland, Africa. He... |
| Artist Biography by Maria |
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Ida Landsberg
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Takes piano lessons from 1983 till 1995 with Erich Kellner and classical
singing lessons with Renate Dasch (1995 - 1998).
Studies music at the Berlin Arts University (Hochschule der Kuenste Berlin)
from 1998 to 2000, attending the instrumental courses of Prof. Jutta
Schlegel (voice), Dr. Marek Bobéth (piano) and Martin Ripper (flute).
She also follows Jolyon Brettingham-Smith's music theory lessons, choir
conducting courses... |
| Artist Biography by Ida Landsberg |
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Solar Wind featuring Sean Mason
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Solar Wind is a high-energy contemporary jazz band out of Los Angeles. With a perfect blend of smooth jazz, funk, new age and fusion, Solar Wind's sound transcends today's contemporary jazz.
The debut CD, "Grand Tour Alignment” 1999, received national and international airplay, and garnered rave reviews in several national publications including Jazziz, Jazz Times, Music Connection, Bassics, and Bass... |
| Artist Biography by Sean Mason |
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Kari Gaffney
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Satin Doll, was released on January 14, 2003 and has already reached #3 on the Jazz Charts and #8 on the Top 200 Radio Releases on CMJ (All Genre's). Upon return from Gaffney's latest U.S. Tour she joined forces with Erik Hargrove (Current Drummer for James Brown), Hal Melia (Director of Jazz Studies for KCMU University) her long... |
| Artist Biography by Tyler Burton, Artist Relations |
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Mike Melvoin
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Over a period of 40 years, Mike Melvoin has firmly established himself as one of the most versatile and accomplished pianists and composers in Los Angeles. As a studio musician alone, he has been frequently heard on major recordings, and has composed and conducted many television and motion picture soundtracks. He has arranged for Lou Rawls, Bill Henderson, Peggy... |
| Artist Biography by Mike Melvoin |
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Theo Saunders
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In California since 1985 this native New Yorker has captivated audiences on four continents and more than twenty countries. He has graced the stages of the world's most prestigious Jazz festivals, Night Clubs, and Concert Halls. From the Montreaux Jazz Festival to Carnegie Hall with the Village Vanguard in New York and the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles included... |
| Artist Biography by John Gilbert |
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Elis Regina
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Temperamental and moody, capable of fits of extreme generosity that could quickly turn into moments of rage-filled paranoia, Elis Regina was one of the most ferociously talented singers to emerge from Brazil. A perfectionist who was frequently dissatisfied, Regina drove herself and members of her band relentlessly, leading to her being dubbed "hurricane" and "little pepper" by musicians and... |
| Artist Biography by Thea English |
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QB3
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On any given Friday night, a tucked away bar in Manhattan's Lower East Side blares with an eclectic mix of singer/songwriter, deep house DJ and funk, all in the course of an evening. Within this particular hour, the packed house moves to danceable grooves and drum 'n bass, nods to sophisticated jazz and sways to funk and soul flavored... |
| Artist Biography by Fred 'Starr' Gerantab |
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Larry Kimpel
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For the last twelve years Larry Kimpel has been one of the most
in demand bassists and vocalists in Los Angeles. The spirit and energy in his playing has helped propel many of the world’s top artists to gold and platinum sales in all genres of music from rock to country and everything in between.
Now Larry steps out front... |
| Artist Biography by Edwina J. Swain |
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Simone Guiducci
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Simone Guiducci,Italian guitarist and composer,was encouraged by trumpeter ENRICO RAVA (they met in 1993),to realize his first record as the leader of a quintet, in which there were, besides RAVA ,FURIO DI CASTRI at the double-bass :in the record of his debut, called "NEW FLAMENCO SKETCHES", the guitarist used both the acoustic and the electric ... |
| Artist Biography by Simone Guiducci |
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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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