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Winner of the 2013 Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition, Tom Green is a trombonist, composer and arranger described as "a new rising star in the British jazz scene" by Nigel Williams (Jazz FM). In 2014 he was mentioned 3 times as Jazzwise "One to Watch", and was the recipient of a Help Musicians UK Emerging Excellence award. He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music jazz course, and has performed at venues including Ronnie Scott's, the Vortex and 606 Club, as well as the Montreux, Toronto and Montreal Jazz Festivals. His current main project is the Tom Green Septet, who released their debut album "Skyline" in February 2015 to unanimous critical acclaim. Tom has directed his own groups and big bands on national tours, including an 18-date Septet album launch tour across the UK, from Inverness in Scotland to St Ives in Cornwall. He has performed internationally at the Casa del Jazz in Rome, La Mortella on the island of Ischia in Italy, the Budapest Jazz Club, and Langnau Jazz Nights festival in Switzerland. In 2014 his quintet was invited to Tunisia by the Jazz Club of Tunis to teach for a week-long programme alongside musicians from the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra in New York, culminating in a performance for International Jazz Day 2014.

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Swedish musical sensation Gunhild Carling is an internationally acclaimed superstar whose show is a can’t-miss event! Whether she’s singing favorite swinging jazz standards, playing one of many 11 instruments (trumpet, trombone, harmonica, oboe, harp, flute, recorder, or jazz bagpipe!) or juggling and tap dancing, Gunhild’s sublime showmanship shines. And just wait for the finale – spoiler alert – she plays three trumpets at once! Was also on Sweden’s Dancing with The Stars. Gunhild performed for Sweden’s Got Talent in 2017 and on America’s Got Talent season 2019. She performed with her 'Carling Big Band' at the Royal Palace in Stockholm in the celebration for King Carl XVI Gustaf's Ruby Jubilee. Performing such great memorable vintage songs such as "Minnie the Moocher," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "All of Me," "It Had to Be You," and an endless repertoire of songs, Gunhild masterfully takes you back to another era like a time machine. Between Touring with her own band, she performs in several configurations from solo to orchestra to symphony and as a featured singer and multi-instrumentalist in several of Postmodern Jukebox's songs, including a 1920s jazz swing version of "Material Girl", and a 1920s hot jazz cover of ABBA's "Dancing Queen”. Gunhild Carling keeps serenading audiences in the US and all around the world today. She has over 3 million views from social media earning her a silver award from You Tube.

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Adrian Hicks is a Musical Director, Trumpet Player and Educator who operates extensively in the field of Music Education and is a big advocate of Community Jazz Big Bands in Western Australia. Graduating from WAAPA he has experience in playing professionally in a variety of styles and has directed many ensembles including; The Oz Big Band, WAYJO NC (inaugural MD and program coordinator), The Metro Big Band (inaugural MD), The Chameleon Brass Band and Wyvern Jazz Band. Besides Big Band Directing and Conducting he has played with; The Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Randa and the Soul Kingdom, Special Brew, The Isolites, The Funkalleros, Shangara Jive, Libby Hammer Big Band and the Straight Ahead Big Band. His experience with live performance (over 300 big band gigs),and as a qualified music teacher means he is often sort after for adjudicating festivals and marking solo jazz performances. Adrian has also spent 20 years teaching Brass to many students young and old and specialises in solving embouchure problems. He enjoys playing and sharing his love of Big Band Music with students and community musicians alike.

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Incredibly busy and in demand, Andrew has a varied schedule balancing performing, composing, teaching and theatre work whilst running his own ensembles, The Andrew Linham Jazz Orchestra and the Andrew Linham Quartet. His ensembles have performed to packed audiences across London, Essex and the South East and continue to impress with his original compositions and arrangements, presentational style and the passion that he shows in all areas of his career for music. He has performed alongside some of the greatest UK based up and coming musicians in London which has seen him whilst working as an endorsee with SAXRAX Saxophone Stands and Yamaha Saxophones perform internationally at the NAMM 2012 in LA, USAAand Musikmesse 2013, 2014 and 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany. His big band the Andrew Linham Jazz Orchestra has premiered two new suites of music, the latest of which was presented at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2015 and in October 2017 launched their new album ‘Weapons of Mass Distraction’. Andrew has recently written and premiered his second full length musical 'Never Never' in 2022, following his first, an adaption of the Wind In The Willows at Queens Theatre Hornchurch, in July 2017. It was sold out for all performances with standing ovations every night! In 2012 he released his first album as a leader of the Andrew Linham Quartet entitled ‘Abandoned Silence’ which received critical acclaim.

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Born 1960 in Helsinki, drummer, pianist, composer and jazz professor Jukkis Uotila lived in NYC 1979-84, has released nine CDs under his own name and performed and/or recorded with Toots Thielemans, Randy Brecker, Joe Henderson, John Scofield, McCoy Tyner, Dave Liebman, Chet Baker, Joe Lovano, Jerry Bergonzi and Mike Stern among others. Jukkis was appointed the head of the Jazz department of Sibelius-Academy in 1986 and in 1994 became the first Professor of Jazz music in Scandinavia. He "single-handedly raised the academy into one of the best institutes of jazz education in Europe” (Finnish Jazz, 2002). Was awarded Finland’s prestigeous State Music Prize in 2011 with mention “Internationally the most respected Finnish jazz musician ever”. In recent years played drums with Tim Hagans, Joey Calderazzo, the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, and piano with Billy Cobham, Randy Brecker and Ignacio Berroa among others. - BIG BANDS: the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra (1992-2020), the UMO jazz orchestra (Finland 1986-93), Tapiola big band (Finland 1977-1980). Visits with other orchestras such as the NDR big band, WDR big band, Norrbotten big band, Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin big band, the SWR big band, the Bohuslän big band and the Swedish Radio jazz group. Big band writing: Jukkis Uotila & The Stockholm Jazz Orchestra – "The Music of Jukkis Uotila " (CD/KSJazz). Charts also on "SJO Plays SJO" (CD/Dragon) and "SJO plays John Coltrane Live" (CD/DoMusic).

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Wattenwyl wuchs in einer musikalischen Familie auf. Ab seinem achten Lebensjahr erhielt er zehn Jahre lang klassischen Klavierunterricht am Konservatorium Bern. Neben seinem Studium der Geschichtswissenschaften an der Universität Bern spielte er in Jazz-, Funk- und Latinbands, erhielt rudimentär Unterricht bei Silvano Bazan und Joe Haider, um 1998 am der Swiss Jazz School mit dem Diplom zu absolvieren. 1990 gründete er sein Trio, das er teilweise mit Bläsern erweiterte. Wattenwyl veröffentlichte bis 2015 zwölf Alben unter eigenem Namen; mit Eric Alexander leitet er das Generations Quartet (mit Reggie Johnson und Kevin Chesham). Als Pianist und Organist ist er auch ist auch auf Alben mit dem Martin Streule Jazz Orchestra, mit Rolf Häsler, mit Sandro Schneebeli und mit Larry Alexander zu hören. Wattenwyl arbeitete ferner mit Musikern der Schweizer Jazzszene wie Umberto Arlati, Peter Schmidlin, Walter Schmocker, Pius Baschnagel, Daniel Schenker, Mats Spillman, Christian Münchinger oder Daniel Aebi, aber auch mit Art Farmer, Clark Terry, Alvin Queen, Bobby Shew, Bob Mintzer, Johnny Griffin, Ryan Kisor, Eric Alexander, Sandy Patton, Rhonda Dorsey, Sharon Harris und Bert Joris.

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Sam Merrick is a British singer of ever-growing repute. Having had the privilege of sharing the stage & performing with some of the top names in Jazz, he now performs internationally, pleasing audiences far and wide with the likes of The Nick Ross Orchestra, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra & other projects on the UK & European Circuits. In 2020, Sam featured on a number of tracks for The Nick Ross Orchestra's latest album, 'Sounds of the Glenn Miller Era' recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, London with whom he has been touring with for the past 10 years. Released in November 2020, it has since been featured on UK regional, National and International Radio including BBC Radio 2 (Elaine Paige), Jazz FM UK (Clare Teal), JAZZ.FM91(The Big Band Show) in Canada and RTHK Radio 3 in Hong Kong. More recently, a wonderful and unexpected connection was made through Instagram during the lockdowns 2020/2021 with Belgian Pianist, Jef Neve. In 2022, Sam was invited to feature on Jef's 2023 record alongside other artists including; Madeleine Peyroux, Johnny Manuel & Robin McKelle. Jef Neve's 'That Old Feeling' was released April 2023 and Sam is currently touring with the band to promote the release, performing at theatres, concert halls, festivals and live sessions for TV and radio alike! Also in 2023, Sam recorded with Dutch Jazz Trumpeter, Teus Nobel for a single, 'In My Solitude' that was a bonus track following the release of his latest album, 'After Hours in November.

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Bert Damsma started playing the Eb-tuba when he was 9 years old. Later he was asked to play the trombone (like his father) and ended up playing the basstrombone (the best combination of the two mentioned above!) when he was introduced to bigband music. During his career he started writing for the bands he played in and did some conducting and arranging. Started the Dutch Aerophonic orchestra where he is still the Musical Director. He went to school to do a course in Jazzharmonisation and Arranging at the Shumann Academy (at that time the Music Theoretical Institute for State Exams) He picked up the Double Bass for fun and is still playing this in his own jazzcombo "Three&One". He played (and still plays) in hornsections, bigbands, jazzcombo's, Symphony Orchestra's, Showbands, Musical Orchestra's, etc. During his extended career he worked with several artists and companies as there are: Tom "Bones" Malone, David Taylor, Massimo LaRosa, Candy Dulfer, Edsilia Rombley, Denise Jannah, Simone Kleinsma, Rene van Kooten, Charli Green, T.S. Galloway, Arthur Moore, Shirma Rousse, Ben van Dijk, Southside Temptations, Sandy Kendau, Nicky vd Kuyp, Ivo van Leeuwen, Jan van Maanen, Lucas Vis, Dutch Academy of Performing Arts, Convocation Bigband, and many others. He is the orchestral manager of the Dutch Academy of Performing Arts and produces many shows in theaters and Galavenues. He is the Key Accountmanager for Conn-Selmer instruments distributed by GEWA in the BeNeLux.

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JB studied in Bern at swiss jazz school (SJS) and finished in 1984. Andy Scherrer was his teacher. He played in many projects and formations. So today with MONTHUNO (latin jazz), TrioArt+, JAB (jazz à bientôt), Saxonisti, MBB (Morillon Bigband). When ever you need a sideman, JB will read and improvise in all styles from jazz to pop. yes I'm addicted to my tenorsax, but for now I love to play the altoflute...

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Lasse Lindgren works as a jazz musician, Soloist, Recording Artist, lead trumpet player, composer, rehearsal leader, bandleader and lecturer.

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Roger Harrison is an accomplished pianist, singer and composer. He's been performing as a pianist since getting started on the instrument as a child. Today his band performs as a jazz band for weddings and other events in Clearwater, Tampa and throughout Southern Florida. He also is a wedding singer and wedding pianist and has performed at hotels, restaurants, and private parties as a "one man band", creating the full sound of a band with one instrument.

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Over 25 years of experience of playing professionally. Have worked in New York, Madrid, London, and Berlin. Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Country, Latin.

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Ximo Tébar is “Marca España” [Spanish Brand], a tasty fusion influenced by the classics, art of methodical virtuosity and daring jazzistic innovation. More than three decades ago, jazz guitarist, composer and producer Ximo Tebar began to promote his own projects fusing jazz with Mediterranean music. The result of his extraordinary research work on the fusion of Mediterranean music with jazz has led him to be recognized as creator of “Son Mediterráneo”, a jazzy sound with Flamenco-Mediterranean flavor and fragrance. “Jazz with a sea flavor”. Ximo is a connoisseur of jazz tradition and way of playing the guitar and has been endorsed publicly by prominent jazz masters as Benny Golson and George Benson. He has never stopped playing with jazz giants (Johnny Griffin, Benny Golson, Lou Donaldson, Joey DeFrancesco, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Joe Lovano, Arturo O’Farrill, Tom Harrel, Dave Schnitter, Idris Muhammad…). His extensive discography (17 albums as a leader), the numerous awards he has received (4 times national award by Ministry of Culture 1989-90. Two “Dexter Gordon’s Award” by RTVE “Jazz Entre Amigos” 1991. IAJE New York Education Academy JAZZ AWARD 2007, etc. .), the excellent reviews it has received, and especially the modernity and eclecticism of his music has led him to occupy a special place in the world of contemporary jazz.

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Born in Chicago. B.Mus. in composition (University of Illinois). 1978 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. Six years as a featured soloist with that band and its successor, Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (now The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra). 1981 began his 4-year tenure with the Stan Getz Quartet. 1990 until 1995 pianist, Phil Woods Quintet. At the present time, he appears as soloist at concerts and festivals worldwide. In 1996 re-joined The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra as pianist and Composer-in Residence. He is former chief conductor, now composer-in-residence, with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band; former chief conductor with the Danish Radio Big Band; and guest conductor with the Metropole Orchestra, the Swiss Jazz Orchestra, and the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw. As composer/arranger and conductor he has earned 12 Grammy nominations. He won a Grammy for his work on the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra’s “Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard”. He has 20 albums under his own name. The latest is “Rituals”, with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band and Chris Potter (“…a fascinating listen, a dramatic homage of breathtaking breadth and sophistication that succeeds on every level. ✶✶✶✶✶”—Ed Enright, DownBeat). He is professor emeritus in jazz composition at Manhattan School of Music. He was also involved with the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop for 24 years, 16 as musical director. He has also done clinics and major residencies at dozens of institutions all over the world.

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fter attending Berklee College of Music, from where he graduated in 1996 with a B.A. in Professional Music (Magma Cum Laude), Strauss moved to New York City where he performed in various NYC-clubs and broadened his musical skills. Private lessons with: John Riley (Village Vanguard and Bob Mintzer Big Bands), Paul Wertico (Pat Metheny Group) and Tommy Campbell (Manhattan Transfer and Kevin Eubanks Band). Upon returning to Germany, Strauss founded the Berlin Big Band which plays regular concerts in Berlin. Besides that he is a freelance musician in studios, live and on tours (musicals "The Beauty and the Beast", "Anything Goes" & "My Fair Lady"; small and large Jazz-ensembles) and has occasional show-band engagements on cruise ships in the USA, Asia and Europe.

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Daniel Schenker received his first trumpet lessons at the age of ten. After studying computer sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), he was awarded his concert diploma by the Swiss Jazz School in Berne. Since the 1980s, Daniel Schenker has been a sought-after sideman in many Swiss bands and has played on more than 70 CDs and LPs. He has played in concert and on tour with Kenny Werner, Joe Haider, Bill Holman and many others. He has paid several visits to New York. Schenker performs regularly since 2001 with his own quartet and released the albums "Iridium" (2002), "soundlines" (2004, with the New York tenor saxophonist Chris Cheek as a guest) "Jardim Botânico" (2009) and "Times of Innocence (2020, with Chris Cheek). Since 2013, he is co-leading the Zurich Jazz Orchestra; concerts with guests Nelson Faria, Thomas Gansch, Jojo Mayer, Nils Wogram, Bill Holman and others. Together with his son Elia, he developed the ear training app "ET - Ear Trainer" (App Store & Google Play) in 2021.

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Klaus Wagenleiter, geboren 1956 in Heidenheim an der Brenz. Musikalische Grundlagen auf dem Akkordeon, dem Waldhorn, in Chören und auf dem Klavier. Von 1977 bis 1982 Studien an der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart und am Berklee College of Music in Boston / USA (mit GVL Stipendium). Abschluss in Arrangement und Komposition mit dem schulischen „Count Basie Award“. Seither als freier Pianist, Komponist und Arrangeur in Jazz, Pop, Rock, Show und Volksmusik tätig.Musikalischer Leiter der SWR Big Band in Stuttgart und bis 2021 Dozent an der Hochschule der Künste in Bern .

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Nach der Matura erhielt Sandro Häsler seine klassische Ausbildung am Konservatorium Bern und studierte bei Bert Joris an der Swiss Jazz School in Bern. An zahlreichen Workshops bei bekannten Trompetern wie Wynton Marsalis oder Arturo Sandoval habe er sich weitergebildet. Seit einigen Jahren pflegt er eine rege Konzerttätigkeit in verschiedenen Ensembles und unterschiedlichen Stilrichtungen. Da er sowohl im klassischen Trompetenspiel als auch im Jazz ausgebildet ist, hat er die Möglichkeit auf verschiedenen Hochzeiten zu tanzen. Dabei gilt der hohen Qualität in allen Stilbereichen oberste Priorität.

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Pianist, composer, arranger and educator Michael Weiss has forged a formidable career working in the bands of jazz legends Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Slide Hampton, Frank Wess, the Heath Brothers, Charles McPherson, Lou Donaldson, George Coleman and the Junior Cook/Bill Hardman Quintet. Weiss' fifteen year association with Griffin yielded four recordings and annual tours around the world. He has also performed with Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Clark Terry, Clifford Jordan, Phil Woods, Pepper Adams, David Newman, Nancy Wilson, Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, and other high profile jazz recording artists. Weiss also has substantial big band experience: With the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Weiss logged nearly 700 engagements and two recordings over 25 years. He has also toured with the Mingus Epitaph Orchestra and Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. As a band leader, Weiss has headlined at the Village Vanguard, Detroit Jazz Festival, Smithsonian Institution, and major New York venues such as the Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Birdland, Bradley’s, Iridium and Sweet Basil. Radio and television appearances include CBS-TV’s Nightwatch, PBS’ Live From Lincoln Center, PianoJazz with Marion McPartland, Making the Music with Wynton Marsalis, Jazzset, and the Jazz Piano Christmas Special. Weiss was a 1989 prizewinner in the Thelonious Monk Institute's Piano Competition and won grand prize of the 2000 BMI/Monk Institute's Composition Competition presented to him by Wayne Shorter.

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Tommy Smith has been a presence on the international jazz scene since his teenage years, when he toured with vibes virtuoso Gary Burton, and went on to record with the definitive jazz label, Blue Note and work with many jazz greats including Chick Corea, John Scofield, and Jack DeJohnette. His compositions and work as a soloist extend to the symphonic arena, with albums including Modern Jacobite with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He is also the founding director of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, which he has built into a world-class, award-winning big band whose collaborations include tributes to Weather Report, with drummer Peter Erskine, and Frank Sinatra, with Kurt Elling, new works for jazz orchestra and Japanese taiko drummers and most recently collaboration involving live artwork with Russian artist Maria Rud in Edinburgh's 12th century St Giles' Cathedral. As well as touring and recording with his groups, Smith toured for 15-years with the world with Norwegian double bass master Arild Anderson's trio, which recorded 3 prestigious ECM albums. In 2019 Smith was awarded the OBE, adding to myriad awards including three honorary doctorates and a professorship from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he founded the jazz course.

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Grammy®-winning arranger and band leader Brent Fischer credits his legendary father, Dr Clare Fischer, for creating a rich harmonic and orchestration palette that has become the Fischer brand. Brent directs the Fischer ensembles (quintet, big band, Latin Jazz Group, Orchestra) and has produced over ten albums to include: Grammy®-winning ¡Ritmo! (2012), "Pensiamento" from Music for Strings, Percussion and the Rest (2013). ¡Intenso! (2016), featured the CF Latin Jazz Big Band with guests Sheila E, and Roberta Gambarini. PICTURES is the latest vibrant Big Band album arranged, directed, and produced by Fischer featuring Larry Koonse, on guitar, Jamie Tate on drums, Quinn Johnson on keyboard. Woodwind and brass colors are played by Carl Saunders, Ron Stout, Michael Steever, Andy Martin, Scott Whitfield, Francisco Torres, Rob Hardt, Alex Budman and Kristen Edkins. Brent's credits appear on over 30 million albums to include: Usher, Michael Jackson, Prince, Elvis Costello & The Roots. Brent arranged the 2016 Grammy® win for R&B Song and Record of The Year for D'Angelo, "Really Love" from his album "Black Messiah". In 2019 Mr Fischer collaborated with Root’s drummer, Questlove on concert series presented in US and Europe by Live Nation Urban: 4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince. Music and Recordings available at https://clarefischer.com/ https://www.brentfischer.com/ http://www.studioexpresso.com/profi… contact: claris@westcoastjazznow.com

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Evan Sherman, a native of New Jersey, has played with the world's greatest musicians, including James Moody, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, and he was recently hired by Jimmy Heath and Ron Carter to play drums in their bands. He continues to tour with pianist Cyrus Chestnut and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars, with whom he performed at Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow in 2011. In the past year, Evan has also travelled to Doha, Qatar and Shanghai, China as a Jazz at Lincoln Center performer, teacher, and ambassador of music. Evan has performed at famed international venues such as The Kennedy Center and Blues Alley (Washington D.C.), the LA Convention Center and GRAMMY Museum (Los Angeles), Jazz at the Bistro (St. Louis), and Jazz Showcase (Chicago). He has played with headliners on the Jazz Cruise, as well as at festivals including the Rochester Jazz Festival, Litchfield Jazz Festival, DC Jazz Festival, Twin Cities Jazz Festival, Bellevue Jazz Festival, TriBeca Film Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival and others. When not touring the world, Evan is based in New York City, where he has performed at The Blue Note, Symphony Space, Jazz Standard, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Small's Jazz Club, Smoke Jazz Club, Flushing Town Hall, Le Poisson Rouge, among other notable venues. Leader of the {Evan Sherman Big Band}.

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Gattuso is Israeli DJ/producer, Reem Taoz, currently based in New York City. Long a lover of electronic music, Gattuso also known as GATTÜSO has rapidly made a name for himself on the house music scene. DJ Gattuso first came out with his song, ”Who We Are” featuring Myah, which has been featured on Spotify’s leading playlists such as Mint and Dance Rising, hit Apple Music’s “Top 50 Global Hit Songs” within a few weeks of it’s release. Since then he has collaborated with Liquid Todd for his hit song ‘Easy Boy’ which has had over 1 million streams on Spotify so far.

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Max Treutner (born 1998) is one of the upcoming saxophonist/ composer of the German jazz scene. He started playing saxophone and piano at the age of 9. In 2013 he entered the pre-college program at the Institute for Jazz & Pop in Stuttgart, where he studied with Alexander 'Sandi' Kuhn. After he graduated from school, he moved to Bern (Switzerland) to pursue a Bachelor degree at the Music Department of the Bern University of the Arts. He studied with a lot of great musicians such as Lutz Häfner, Bert Joris, Django Bates, Dejan Terzic, Mark Turner, Philip Henzi who helped him to further develop as an artist. At the moment he is completing his Master Performance studies at the Jazz school of Bern. Besides his own projects, Max Treutner works as a composer and sideman in several other bands such as Uptown Bigband, Swiss Jazz Orchestra, Felix Wolf Oktett and Threeamisu. In 2010 and 2012 Max Treutner received the German Jazz award "Jugend Jazzt u16 in Baden-Württemberg".

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Geboren in Bern, vollzieht Philip Henzi mit dem Abschluss der Swiss Jazz School einen fliegenden Wechsel vom Studierenden zum Dozierenden: 2003 erhält er sein Diplom in Komposition und wird gleichzeitig als Klavierlehrer angestellt. Philip Henzi ist ein absolutes Ausnahmetalent, er ist durch und durch Musiker. Als Solist wird er von der Schweizer Jazzwelt hoch geachtet, seine Arrangements zeugen von ausgeprägter Geschmackssicherheit, zunehmend etabliert er sich als begnadeter Komponist. Als beliebter Sideman wirkt er unter anderem in Kaspar Ewald‘s Exorbitantem Kabinett, im Reto Suhner Quartett und in Till Grünewalds Phonosource.

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In 90`s Igor Butman performed at almost every major jazz festival, such as JVC Jazz Festival in New York, Boston Globe Jazz Festival in Boston, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Idaho, Festival Internationale de Jazz de Montreal in Canada. That year Igor Butman moved to Russia and during the following years he became " a jazz bridge between Moscow and New York", bringing to Russia and playing with Eddie Gomez, Lenny White, John Abercrombie, Joe Lock and many other musicians. Especially pleasing to Igor's admirers was his new solo album Nostalgie which was recorded at RPM Studio in New York and released on Soyuz label in Russia in 1997 with Ira Gitler commenting that "Butman showed the fire and depth of his world-class improvisational talent". The Igor Butman's videoclip Nostalgie has reached the second position on Canadian TV channel Bravo!Canada. Butman`s marvelous coalescence of soul, sound and technique drew praise from American President Bill Clinton, one time tenor man, at a state dinner hosted by Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Kremlin. Clinton stated, that Igor Butman is "may be the greatest living jazz saxophone player, who happens to be a Russian."

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A keyboardist and woodwind player, Goodwin has built a larger-than-life reputation throughout the music industry for his composing, arranging and playing skills. Ray Charles, Christina Aguilera, Johnny Mathis, Toni Braxton, John Williams, Natalie Cole, David Foster, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, Brian McKnight and Quincy Jones are just a few of the artists with whom he has worked. Goodwin has also conducted world-renowned symphony orchestras in Atlanta, Dallas, Utah, Seattle, Toronto and London. Goodwin’s cinematic scoring and orchestration craft can be heard on such films as The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Escape to Witch Mountain, Get Smart, Glory Road, National Treasure, The Incredibles, Remember The Titans, Armageddon, The Majestic, Con Air, Gone In 60 Seconds, Enemy of the State, Star Trek Nemesis and even the classic cult film Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes. Goodwin’s soundtrack to Looney Tunes’ Bah HumDuck! – a wacky Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck riff on the classic A Christmas Carol – also features the {Big Phat Band}’s patented sound.

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Eduardo "Ed" Motta (born August 17, 1971) is a Brazilian MPB, rock, soul, funk and jazz musician. He is the nephew of late singer-songwriter Tim Maia. His musical career started as vocalist of the hard rock band Kabbalah. Though his first album was with the band Conexao Japeri in 1988. In 1990, Motta departed to begin his solo career, recording his debut Um Contrato Com Deus, where he played almost all the instruments by himself. Since then he has released several solo albums. In 1997 he supplied to the soundtrack to the film, Pequeno Dicionário Amoroso (The Book of Love).

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Pianiste,compositeur, arrangeur et chef d'orchestre, Claude Bolling est sans doute actuellement l'un des musiciens français les plus réputés dans le monde, dans les domaines allant du jazz à la variété et la musique de film. La palette du talent de Claude "Bollington", comme l'avait affectueusement surnommé Boris Vian, s'est en 1996 élargie à la musique de scène, avec sa participation à la création, en première mondiale sur la scène du Théâtre National de Chaillot, de A Drum is a Woman, la composition de Duke Ellington, son maître et ami, mise en scène par Jérôme Savary. Aujourd'hui, Claude Bolling occupe, par son rayonnement personnel, le rôle d'ambassadeur itinérant de la France dans le monde. Il œuvre à la reconnaissance du jazz et d'une école, comme l'ont fait les deux grands maîtres français, Django Reinhardt et StéphaneGrappelli.

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Landgren började spela trummor vid sex års ålder, men vid 13 års ålder övergick han till trombon. Mellan 1972 och 1978 studerade han klassisk trombon vid musikskolan i Karlstad och Musikhögskolan Ingesund i Arvika. Där mötte han folkjazz-pionjären Bengt-Arne Wallin och även trombonisten Eje Thelin, som övertalade honom att gå från strikt klassiska studier till improvisation och att börja utveckla sitt eget synsätt. Efter examen flyttade Landgren till Stockholm för att arbeta som professionell trombonist. Snart började han turnera med Björn Skifs band Blue Swede, som hamnade på första plats på de amerikanska poplistorna med "Hooked on a Feeling". År 1981 bjöd Thad Jones in Landgren att delta i hans nya storbandsprojekt "Ball of Fire" som ledande trombonist. Sedan dess har Landgren varit involverad i många olika sorters musikprojekt: jazz och rock, soul och hip hop, storbandsframträdanden, och för hans egen del, minst 500 album inklusive sådana med stora internationella stjärnor som ABBA, The Crusaders, Eddie Harris, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Wyclef Jean och Herbie Hancock. 1983 släppte Landgren sitt debutalbum Planet Rock. 1985 fick Landgren spela in sin version av låten "Macken", skriven av Claes Eriksson, till TV-serien med samma namn av Galenskaparna och After Shave. År 1992 skedde de första framträdanden och inspelningarna av Landgrens "Unit". Hans genombrott utanför Skandinavien skedde 1994 – på Jazz Baltica Festival i Salzau i Tyskland, då "Unit" istället blev "Funk Unit"

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Schneider’s music blurs the lines between genres, making her long list of commissioners quite varied, stretching from Jazz at Lincoln Center, to The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, to collaborating with David Bowie. She is among a small few to have received GRAMMYS in multiple genres, have received the award in both jazz and classical categories, as well as for her work with David Bowie. Schneider and her orchestra have a distinguished recording career with twelve GRAMMY nominations and five GRAMMY awards. Unique funding of projects has become a hallmark for Schneider through the trend-setting company, ArtistShare. Her album, Concert in the Garden (2004) became historic as the first recording to win a GRAMMY with Internet-only sales, even more significantly, it blazed the "crowd-funding" trail as ArtistShare’s first release. She’s been awarded many honors by the Jazz Journalists Association and DOWNBEAT and JAZZTIMES Critics and Readers Polls. In 2012, her alma mater, the University of Minnesota, presented Schneider with an honorary doctorate, and in 2014, ASCAP awarded her their esteemed Concert Music Award.

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studierte von 1977-1982 an der Franz-Liszt-Hochschule in Weimar im Fach Klassik, es folgten 1980-1982 zahlreiche Jazz- und Ragtimekonzerte für den Musikverlag „Edition Peters“. Seit 1985 Klavierlehrer und Korrepetitor an der Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler“ Berlin. 1994 gründet Matthias Hessel sein Projekt „Hessels Ragtime Band“, mit dem Ensemble „Jazz im Frack“ gibt der Gewinner des 1. f6-Dixiepreises seit 1995 zahlreiche Jazzkonzerte in der Komischen Oper Berlin, 1996 kommt es zur über zehnjährigen Zusammenarbeit mit der international bekannten Sopranistin und Gospelsängerin Brenda Jackson (St. Louis, Missouri).

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Im September 2006 trat er in die Bundeswehr ein und war seitdem als stellvertretender Chef beim Luftwaffenmusikkorps 3 Münster eingesetzt. In der ersten Jahreshälfte 2007 war er in gleicher Funktion beim Stabsmusikkorps der Bundeswehr, wo er für die Durchführung der protokollarischen Ehrendienste im Bundeskanzleramt und Bundesministerium der Verteidigung verantwortlich war. Von Juni – Oktober 2010 führte er vertretungsweise als Chef das Heeresmusikkorps 300 Koblenz. Von 2012 - 2015 leitet er als Chefdirigent das Luftwaffenmusikkorps in Münster. Seit Januar 2015 hat Timor Oliver Chadik die BigBand der Bundeswehr übernommen. Er ist damit der 7. Bandleader dieser herausragenden Formation. Timor Oliver Chadik ist Preisträger beim Internationalen Dirigentenwettbewerb des WMC in Kerkrade und Stipendiat der Richard Wagner Stiftung. Von 2005 bis 2007 wurde er durch das Deutsche Dirigentenforum, einem Förderprogramm des Deutschen Musikrates, gefördert. Ihn verbindet eine enge Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutschen Bläserphilharmonie, der Bläserphilharmonie Süd-West und der Bläserphilharmonie Ostwestfalen-Lippe. Er ist regelmäßiger Gastdirigent beim Rundfunk Blasorchester Leipzig, musikalischer Leiter des renommierten Orchesterverein Hilgen und ständiger Dirigent der Jungen Bläserphilharmonie NRW.

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Studierte an der Swiss Jazz School in Bern bei Bert Joris, Matthieu Michel, Stephan Geiser und Andy Scherrer. Seit seinem Abschluss in Performance und Pädagogik ist er als Freelancer in der Schweizer Jazz- und Popszene tätig; Er spielt als festes Mitglied u.a bei der Pepe Lienhard Big Band, bei der Swiss Army Big Band, beim Lucerne Jazz Orchestra, beim Jazzorchester Vorarlberg, bei Fido plays Zappa, und beim Ballbreaker Ensemble, der Hausband der Berner Jazzwerkstatt. Stilistisch uneingeschränkt ist er als einer der besten Leadtrompeter und Solisten im Land auf Bühnen wie im Studio sehr gefragt und überall beliebt.