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...

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...

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...

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...

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 International” defined it as avant garde), and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It was a celebration of the history...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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,...

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