Artist Biographies (225)
Read about the in-depth lives of your favorite jazz musician and what inspires their music.
The City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Music Week recently honored Chris Ho with an award signed by Mayor James Hahn that reads, "through your profound inspiration, creative expression, and extraordinary musical talent, you have helped to enhance the beauty of our culture and enrich the lives of those…
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Chuck Anderson started his concert jazz guitar career in 1973 when he formed the Chuck Anderson Trio with Al Stauffer on Bass and Ray Deeley on drums. Their first album, "Mirror within a Mirror", received critical acclaim and was the springboard for a busy concert schedule. The Trio's music featured…
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Born in Wimbledon in 1967 Claire Martin attended The Doris Holford Stage School until she was fifteen. Singing was her strongest passion with dance coming a close second. Claire studied singing with Verona Chard in London and Marilyn Johnson in New York before embarking on the QE2 and Cunard Princess…
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CLARA GIBSON MAXWELL27, rue Froidevaux 75014 Paris FRANCE TEL/FAX: 33-1-45-38-53-97355 Buckhannon Ave. Clarksburg, WV 26301 USA TEL: 1 (304)
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BIOGRAPHY: CLARA GIBSON MAXWELL Clara Gibson Maxwell is one of the most audacious and autonomous choreographers of her generation. Her choreography draws its inspiration from the deep roots of the…
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Bombastic, funky, sexy and loud, Chad Smith (drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers & Chickenfoot) has broken out on his own with guitar star Jeff Kollman, multi-faceted keyboardist Ed Roth, and Motor City bass ace Kevin Chown. Together, they comprise what is easily one of the most interesting and unpredictable…
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"Moving from lights-out jazz to Bossa Novas and burning hot Sambas, she twists melodies in the style of Joni Mitchell." CD Baby Online. Vocalist Carol Fuller may have had many wild experiences in her life, but nothing compares to the high she gets from performing as vocalist for jazz band…
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Jazz Vocalist in BeBop, HardBop, Latin, and Fusion with Standards and her own Original Music
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Like vocalist Rene Marie, this composer-vocalist-arranger and band manager, Carolanne Matteson gave up singing rock and swing; then, took a 17-year timeout to raise four children. During this time, she also obtained a BA in philosophy and an MA in the history of art and architecture, after which she published…
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Sensual songs for a stroking voice woven into spectacular orchestral, electronic, smooth jazz, Celti
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Catya Mar has been playing the violin all her life (first concert as a soloist with an orchestra at the early age of 10 years old, teachers a.o. Zakhar Bron), playing solo concerts as a classical violinist in the USA, Israel, Germany, Scandinavia, Italy, Spain. She received her master´s degree…
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A Yonkers, New York Native Latin Jazz flautist, composer, arranger, and producer. Jimenez started on trumpet at age four, then he switch to flute at age 10. Jimenez' first music teacher was Mr. Pablo Leon at the Francisco Zayas Santana’s High School in Villalba, Puerto Rico. After arriving to New…
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Although this is their first recording as a duo, Bruce Wethey and Lisa LaCross both have extensive musical careers, primarily in the classical music world. Bruce performed as a violinist in the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, the Florida Philharmonic and many others although he also has gigged with Natalie Cole, Ray…
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Born in New York, 1917, drummer Buddy Rich began in vaudeville at the age of 18 months, earning the nickname 'Baby Traps' by the time he was seven. He worked with the bands of Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey, developing into one of the best big-band drummers of…
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Julian Cannonball Adderley was born in 1928 in Florida, moving to New York and emphatically into the big league in 1955. Basically a Charlie Parker disciple, the altoist had plenty of bite and a rhythmic directness that became more pronounced in his later work. The meeting with Miles Davis Somethin'…
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Breggett Rideau was born in New Orleans, and is a Louisiana State University Alumnus. She has been delivering jazz ballads, R&B, rock-n-roll and country to national audiences for over a decade. Raised on Gospel, Rhythm and Blue, Jazz and Big Band music, she began to develop her own style and…
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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…
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Saxophonist/pianist Brian Hogans has one of the most dynamic, exhilarating, and fervent sounds of today’s young jazz artists. Described as "fluid, fiery, yet subtle", Hogans pushes the creative envelope when composing and playing, setting new artistic limits for fans and musicians alike. Hogans has just released his debut solo album…
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In addition to his world-wide reputation as an arranger and conductor, pianist Bob James has become a top figure in fusion with his own successful recordings. Born in Marshall, Missouri, on Christmas day, 1939, James learned piano from age 4. His early inspiration was classical- Hindemith, before discovering the delights…
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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,…
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Fluid and melodic--yet a hard swinger. This is but a partial description of the accomplished musicianship of Bill McBirnie, one of Canada’s finest flutists. At an early stage in his studies, Bill became restless with the piano and announced to his parents that he wanted to play the flute--without knowing…
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Billy Strayhorn was one of the finest impressionistic composers of the 20th Century. He was born at Dayton, Ohio on November 29, 1915. Strayhorn became associated with Duke Ellington during 1939 as a second pianist, collaborator, composer, and arranger. This collaboration and friendship with Duke Ellington lasted until Strayhorn's death…
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Despite his long-standing identification with Christmas, Bing Crosby was a jazz performer at his core. Brought into a high school jazz-dance band because he was a drummer, his vocal stylings quickly emerged as the best in the group. When the group disbanded, Crosby continued singing. His earliest experience was singing…
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