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Frank Macchia

Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Frank Macchia started on the clarinet at the age of 10 years old. Soon afterwards he began taking lessons to play the bassoon, saxophone, and flute. By the age of 14, he took his playing a step further by studying composition, thereby enabling him to write jazz and classic pieces for his...

Artist Biography by Susan Frances
Maria Howell

She, like the child in Billie Holiday's "God Bless The Child", has got her own. ~ Kymyarda Croomes/Okinawa, Japan

Powerful. Riveting. Sultry. Mere words can only capture the refrain of her awesome talent. Maria Howell is much more. She is the ballad of beauty and elegance. The melodies flowing from the petite vocalist are truly amazing. While casting a spellbinding...

Artist Biography by Wanda
Taeko Fukao

In 1998, Taeko Fukao, born and raised on the outskirts of Kyoto, Japan, came to New York City with dreams of expanding her singing career and took a strong liking to Jazz. The intense jazz study, coupled with her naturally appealing voice and musical ideas, have earned her performances in some of New York City's best known Jazz...

Artist Biography by Taeko Fukao
Andrea Celeste

Andrea Celeste was born in Pontedera on the 31st of August 1986. When only 11 years old, she starts studying piano and classical singing with M. Vittorio Scali and debuts performing on stage. Her talent doesn't pass unnoticed and she's immediately asked to participate to many concerts, festivals and events with some of the most important international Gospel projects...

Artist Biography by Leonardo Morgia
Luca Luciano

We are pleased to introduce Luca Luciano, clarinetist and composer, who is a "classically trained Italian virtuoso resident in London” (“Jazz UK”). He is also Professor of both jazz and classical Clarinet at the Leeds College of Music and is very much appreciated in the UK and overseas for his unique style (“Jazz Journal Internationaldefined it as avant garde), and...

Artist Biography by Kailing Chang
Maria Johnston

Maria Johnston is poised to become one of the most impressive artists to arise during the 21st century; but a diversely talented individual in her own right. She's praised for her elastic ability to move easily from Jazz to Ambient genres of music while often composing her own material. She's complimented for her ability to place herself into the...

Artist Biography by William Jackson
DK Ibomeka

At six foot seven, DK Ibomeka (pronounced ee-bo-MECK-ah) has a towering stage presence and a voice to match. Musicians and industry insiders are calling DK Ibomeka one of the best new voices in years, with a three-octave range informed by the clarity and vibrancy of Ella Fitzgerald, the soulfulness of Ray Charles, and the deep, rich bass of Joe...

Artist Biography by E. Waisglass
Terry Burrus

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
Steve Weingart

Steve Weingart is an acclaimed jazz/funk keyboard player, and has toured internationally with Steve Lukather's “El Grupo”, the Dave Weckl Band, and Virgil Donati.

In September 2007, Weingart announced a new jazz/funk band. The STEVE WEINGART BAND features Steve Weingart, keyboards; Eric Valentine, drums; Jimmy Earl, bass; Kevin Levi, saxophone; Toshi Yanagi, guitar. Steve Weingart's new band will be...

Artist Biography by Will Minting
The Midnight Serenaders

New Orleans is often claimed to be jazz’s birthplace. While that point may be arguable to some, it was definitely, if not the birthplace, then the all important incubator. Being an active seaport and a multi cultural way station, it was the perfect place for an art form that would incorporate so many diverse elements.  Initial jazz bands were...

Artist Biography by Maxwell Chandler
Blake Aaron

Guitarist Blake Aaron Biography Blake Aaron has come a long way from the kid who played rock shows on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood and toured with R&B acts like The Drifters, The Coasters, Little Anthony, Mary Wells, and Bobby Womack. Aaron, who, even from the beginning and through it all, always loved, played and studied jazz, is a guitarist who...
Artist Biography by Cheryl Hughey
Colin Colin D'Cruz


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...

Artist Biography by Jazz Goa
Ken Ard

Ken Ard

Ken was cast in his first professional musical at the age of 16 in Berkeley California. ‘Look what a Wonder’ starring the legendary folk singer Odetta.

Less then one year later, he became the youngest cast member in a show called’ Evolution of the Blues’ written and occasionally performed by Mr. Jon Hendricks.

It was a celebration of the history...

Artist Biography by erwin van der spek
Richard Hart

Born on November 12, 1955, Richard Hart began pursuing his destiny of becoming a contemporary fusion guitarist while growing up in the balmy ambiance of Southern California. Raised by his mother and grandmother, Hart’s upbringing was cultivated by their tutelage and encouragement which nourished his imagination and channeled his creative energies into making music. His mother was a soprano...

Artist Biography by Susan Frances
Jeff Golub

Jeff Golub was born on April 15, 1955 in Copley, Ohio just outside of Akron. It was growing up in Ohio where he first started listening to the blues rock artists of that time like Cream and Led Zeppelin and deeply affected by jazz improvisational players like Wes Montgomery. These musical influences would greatly impact his ideals and impressions...

Artist Biography by Susan Frances
Michael Cooke

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
Matteo Brancaleoni

Matteo Brancaleoni was born in 1981. Young artist with versatile and original personality: actor, singer, journalist, musician.

In 2006, he released his critic acclaimed debut album “Just Smile” with pianist Renato Sellani, featuring first rate Italian musicians guests like Gianni Basso, Franco Cerri, Fabrizio Bosso, Stefano Bagnoli, Massimo Moriconi.

By the time he was 16, he began singing and performing in jazz...
Artist Biography by John Boardman
Daniel Messina

Daniel Messina was born on April 9th, 1965 in José C. Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
At the age of six, he began to play drums and guitar. He learned to play drums on his own for almost ten years by playing along different records and using a book by Gene Krupa. His first teacher for about three years was Omar...

Artist Biography by Daniel Messina
Didier Verna

Born in 1970, Didier Verna gets quickly involved in music, since he enters conservatory at the age of 5 and studies music theory for 2 years. At the age of 7, he starts learning classical percussions while continuing his theoretical studies; an opportunity for him to discover group playing and enjoy his first on-stage experiences. From this first instrumental...
Artist Biography by Didier Verna
Barbara Morrison

Born in Ypsilanti, Michigan and raised in Romulus, Michigan, Barbara Morrison recorded her first appearance for radio in Detroit at the age of 10. Well known in the Los Angeles area for her duo and trio dates Ms. Morrison also tours extensively, blazing a trail as a Jazz and Blues legend in her own right across the Continental United...

Artist Biography by MarketPlan
Jamal Hurse

In a letter written to Jamal Hurse in April 2005, Peter “Preacher” Bordow, a fellow musician from Arizona, wrote: “I was born with very poor vision as a result of partial albinism.  But when I listen to your music, I am given an opportunity for the first time to “see” intricacies on Expressionist art that’s never been possible visually. ...
Artist Biography by M Carlsen
The Clovers

One of the most overlooked of the 1950's acts that helped shape the coming Rock ‘n’ Roll explosion is The CloversBill Lucas and friends--comprising of vocalists John “Buddy” Bailey, Matthew McQuater, Harold Winley, plus guitarist Bill Harris---would alter the entire R&B landscape. There were also delectable hints in their style of the Soul train that would eventually take flight.

Along with...

Artist Biography by Gary Tate
Rodrigo Rodriguez

Rodrigo Rodriguez is a world music composer, producer, instrumentalist, and recording artist based in, Tokyo (Japan).

He was born in 1978, Argentina. In 1988 he moved to Spain. From an early age, he started to study modern and classical guitar with different teachers in Majorca, such as Damiá Timoner (guitarist and composer).

In the middle of his professional musical path, he...

Artist Biography by Rodrigo Rodriguez
Bebop Cowboys Western Swing Orchestra

This 6-piece Western Swing posse, based in Toronto, is aptly summarized by these lyrics from the Roger Miller song: “They swing like a pendulum do.” Authentic to the core and thoroughly versed in the timeless tradiation, it would be very easy to figure the Bebop Cowboys originate from Tulsa, Austin, Santa Fe, or Bakersfield, rather than the Great White...

Artist Biography by Gary Tate
Janiva Magness

When something works well the first time, there’s no reason it shouldn’t work equally well next time. That’s the case with Janiva Magness on her latest release Do I Move You?--a reunion with producer Colin Linden who performed similar duties on last year’s Bury Him At The Crossroads.   Magness always delivers the goods with her passionate, high class delivery,...

Artist Biography by Gary Tate
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