Francesco Turrisi has been defined a “musical alchemist” and a
“musical polyglot” by the press. He left his native Italy in 1997 to
study jazz piano and early music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague,
where he obtained a Bachelor and a Master’s degree. Since 2004 he has
been collaborating with celebrated early music ensemble L’Arpeggiata.
With l’Arpeggiata he has performed at the major early music festivals in
Europe and around the world (Turkey, Russia, China) and has recorded
for Virgin, Naive and Alpha.Francesco is also the leader and founder of many successful Irish and
International groups that experiment pushing the boundaries of
contemporary jazz, world music and early music, such as Sarabanda,
Tarab, T.R.E., Zahr.He has released two piano trio albums, “Si dolce e’ il Tormento” (“an
arresting and consistently beautiful work”,All about Jazz), and
“Fotografia” (“lyricism of aching beauty lies embedded throughout
Fotografia”All about jazz).He is also the founder of Tarab (a band that experiments with Irish
traditional and mediterranean music). Tarab’s first cd was released in
2011 on Francesco’s label (Taquin records) and the Irish Times commented
“Not perhaps since Andy Irvine’s celebrated East Wind in 1992 has there
been such a convincing reorientation of the Irish tradition.”.His vast range of collaborations includes artists from jazz, world and early music such as:Bobby McFerrin, Dave Liebman, Gianluigi Trovesi, Nils Landgren,
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Gabriele Mirabassi, Savina Yannatou, Christine
Tobin, Maria Pia de Vito, Theodosii Spassov, The King’s Singers,
Veronique Gens, Philippe Jaroussky, Pepe el Habichuela, Lucilla
Galeazzi, Bijan Chemirani. FRANCESCO TURRISI
Joseph Derteano Quintet es una formación lidera por el Trompetista Venezolano quien junto a Prats, Zenni, Frieri y Marroquin
han editado 2 discos de onda
Hard Bop sin excluir otros géneros del Jazz. Su primer álbum (Bocetos -
2013) y posteriormente (CCS - 2014) auguran un largo camino a esta
agrupación cargada de vitalidad y musicalidad evidente en las
composiciones de Derteano
GB Roots is the powerful collaboration of guitarist/banjo player Dave Barber, and female bassist Kirby Green. Together these two musicians create an organic blend of rich duo vocals, heavy modern Blues Rock feels, with a hint of haunting banjo.Growing up in separate ends of Western Canada (BC and SK) Dave and Kirby began collaborating while studying music at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, AB. For the past few years they've been songwriting, recording and performing as GB Roots throughout Canada. Most recently they've finished recording their debut album "The Key" in Jan of 2014. Thanks to the backing of Rawlco Radio they were able to record at the legendary Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC owned by Bryan Adams. They also had the opportunity to work with an incredible engineer/co-producer Eric Mosher, and immensely talented musicians Jerry Adolphe and Tyson Naylor. The album is an organic blend of Kirby and Dave's musical backgrounds, drawing from Rock, Blues, Country, and Bluegrass roots. This blend of their sound is where the name GB Roots was derived from (Green/Barber roots)As well as being involved in GB Roots, Dave and Kirby come from years of honing their vocal and instrumental crafts backing other artists throughout Canada and the USA. Collectively they've had the honor of backing such artists as Michelle Wright, Bonnie Guitar, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Chad Brownlee, Dallas Smith, Sean Hogan, Jason McCoy, Small Town Pistols(Amanda and Tyler Wilkinson), The Higgins, Crystal Shawanda, Dean Brody, Samantha King, Lisa Hewitt, Brett Kissel, Jason Greeley, Karen Lee Batten, Tenille, Tera Lee, Tracey Miller, Chad Klinger, Rob Heath, Vissia Sisters, Command Sisters, Gord Matthews, Tiffany Dowhan, Erin Haley, Leah Durelle, Charlie Ryan (Hot Rod Lincoln), Eli Barsi and several other wonderful artists! They have also had the honour of performing on many of Canada's most wonderful stages for festivals, fairs, theatres and casinos. GB ROOTS
The mainly autobiographical texts deal with growth and progress, but
also with saying goodbye. With a backpack filled with experience Anne
Chris took the time to record ‘Play For Now’. She started her singing
career in 2003 with a performance at the North Sea Jazz festival. One
can hardly imagine a better debut! A year later Anne Chris released her
debut CD ‘Tomorrow Is Today’, followed by a.o. a second performance at
the North Sea Jazz Festival (2005). As the musical omnivore she is, in
that same year Anne Chris made a tour through Morocco with guitar player
Jan Wouter Oostenrijk. With her own band Anne Chris toured Dutch
theatres in the season 2007-2008, including the Concertgebouw. Other
highlights on her CV are several performances with Youp van ’t Hek,
including a series in the Theatre Carré. Playing the role of flower girl
Anne Chris dueled vocally with Van ’t Hek in ‘De Schreeuwstorm’. She
thinks back to this as a very instructive and unique experience! ANNE CHRIS
“Rusty’s
music brings to mind the best of Delbert McClinton, Vocals comparable
to BB King, but with a touch of old school Ray Charles”. Growing up as a
kid in Louisiana, Rusty had many music influences that were the Great
Soul and R&B Performer's both past and present. Rusty's Grandfather
was an Evangelist Preacher and Rusty spent many days singing in his
Grandfathers Church in Louisiana. Rusty's writing style will bring you
back to the old days of R&B and Soul. You can't help but get out of
your chair and feel the music, because Rusty and his band bring it every
time.Guitarist Clay Coleman’s musical talent was apparent from childhood, and at the age of 12 he played guitar in a band. Clay has been electrifying crowds every since. He was a founding member of "Kicks", a band that dominated the Louisiana music scene throughout the 1980s and ‘90s, and played throughout the country and abroad. Clay is also a member of "The Warbabies", a legendary Baton Rouge, La band from the 1960’s that reunited in the early 2000’s and continues to play special occasions. Clay has played with and recorded with luminaries "Duke Bardwell", "George Ratzlaff", and "Leon Medica" (Louisiana’s LeRoux). For Clay to be such a humble guy, he is not humble with the guitar.. he is just fun to watch.Max has played with acts such as "New World Funk", "After 8", "Phat Hat", and "Souled Out". With musical influences like, "Nathan Watts", "Larry Graham", "James Jamerson", "Jaco", "Louis Johnson", "Bootsy Collins", and "Rocco Prestia", Max has a Funk, Soul, R&B sound that makes you feel good all over when you hear him play. RUSTY YATES BAND
The Cookers core members each bring their own unique qualities to the
band’s sound. Saxophonist Ryan Oliver’s fat, full tenor tone might bring
to mind heavyweight Dexter Gordon, but it’s blended with sophistication
and subtlety. Oliver shares the front line with Tim Hamel, a trumpet
player that can bring a hot, uptempo number to a boil and then carry a
ballad with lyricism and beauty minutes later. The rock solid foundation
of all this is bassist Alex Coleman, who’s clearly grounded in the Ray
Brown/Paul Chambers school of keeping the bass steady and swinging.
Rounding out the group is pianist Richard Whiteman, a veteran of the
Toronto music scene, and Vancouver native Morgan Childs on drums. Born out of a weekly residency where the group cut their teeth on the
classic, hard swinging music of Horace Silver, Art Blakey, and Hank
Mobley, it didn’t take long before they were writing tunes of their own.
“We wanted to have tunes that would be swinging, straight ahead, and
arranged for a quintet. Essentially, fun tunes with great rhythms and
memorable melodies that even non-jazz lovers would be attracted to,”
says Coleman. THE COOKERS QUINTET
Pianist and composer, Peter Edwards, graduated with a Masters in Jazz
from Trinity College of Music in 2009. An alumnus of the Tomorrowʼs
Warriors young artist development programme, he has already established a
growing reputation as a bandleader, musical director, composer and
arranger.He is accompanist for singer Nicola Emmanuelle, directs The Nu
Civilisation Orchestra and plays with a variety of bands including
‘Rhythmica’ and the Zara McFarlane band. Peter also collaborates with
artists from other disciplines. Most recently he composed 6 pieces for
jazz dectet to accompany poetry written and performed by Lemn Sissay MBE
at Purcell Room, Southbank Centre. The final movement ‘Whaf if?’ was
filmed and broadcast on Channel 4’s ‘3 minute wonder’ series. The film
was later featured at the Royal Academy of Arts in January 2010 as part
of ‘Earth: Art of a changing world’ exhibition. PETER EDWARDS
Joni NehRita’s music is a breath of fresh air for those who still like their music served with, well...Soul. An accomplished singer/songwriter/musician, she manages to blend the time-honoured qualities of classic soul with a modern sensibility that flirts heavily with jazz and pop. It is this effortless and seamless fusion that gives Joni her distinct sound and makes her feel familiar yet fresh and new. In mid-January she released a new 3 song EP called "Beginnings"; aptly named, as it is the first recording she has made with the quintet she's been playing with for the past few years. On it Joni flexes her songwriting chops offering up three very different, yet distinctly Joni NehRita tunes. One is a playful, feel- good medium swing, another a gorgeous waltz that makes the listener feel as though they've been transported back to the days of classic back & white movies, and lastly we a sexy soul-jazz tune that features spoken word artist Hajile Kalaike on its funky outro.Joni's two previously releases were well supported by the CBC, Canada AM, The Toronto Sun, Now Toronto, KW Record, former Wave 94.7. She has performed lived on Canada AM twice, had the lead role in The Grand Theatre's production of Hair and has been funded by the Ontario Arts Council. JONI NEHRITA QUINTET
Jan Kiesewetter is a young man with ambitious goals, which he also
achieves. The saxophonist is not only a gifted instrumentalist, but also
a composer who is attracting attention. He had a stack of pieces that
he composed and for which he was looking for a band that fit to them. He
finally found the band members in 2011 and then immediately won the
"Augsburg Art Promotion Prize" with them. The jury stated that he was
awarded the prize because his band was distinguished by "a high degree
of instrument mastery, musical presence, maturity and a commanding
nature." The band name GammaRama has a hidden meaning: the music should
penetrate everything in its path like gamma rays. However, the
compositions are also penetrated by blues and jazz history, where
Thelonious Monk repeatedly turns up, by multifaceted rhythms all the way
to Cha Cha Cha, and by dreamy ballads to swinging uptempo numbers.Jan Kiesewetter studied at Richard Strauss Conservatory and at HMT in
Munich. He recently earned his Master's degree under Florian Trübsbach
and is now a teacher too. Courses and workshops held by Michael
Riessler, Joe Gallardo and Ingrid Jensen, among others, have left their
traces, and the courses held by Gregor Hübner especially helped
Kiesewetter in developing his own composition style. However – and this
has advanced his work significantly – he also is involved in other
fields from new music all the way to musicals in his concerts. A
fortunate coincidence: mature, rich sound on an instrument and a gift
for composition come together in one person.The guitarist Bernd Huber is also involved in such wide-ranging
projects. Although he graduated from the premier school of jazz guitar
(under Peter O´Mara and Geoff Goodman, among others), he also studied
classical guitar parallel (under Susanne Schoeppe). However, you can
also frequently hear him as accompaniment for jazz singers or in bands
that play R&B, fado or free improvisations – a real
jack-of-all-trades! KIESEWETTERS GAMMARAMA
