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Dena DeRose:
Singer-pianist's website features sound bites, itinerary, projects, biography, reviews.
Singer-pianist's website features sound bites, itinerary, projects, biography, reviews.
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James Weidman's website features reviews, sound bites, recordings, newletter,
biography.
New York-based pianist James Weidman is indisputably one of the world's top sidemen. Over the years he has played and recorded with musicians as diverse as Max Roach, Woody Herman, Archie Shepp, James Moody, Greg Osby, and Marty Ehrlich.
He has also been the accompanist of choice for some of the world's most celebrated singers, including legendary jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln and Cassandra Wilson. Clearly, Weidman -- described by New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff as playing "smoothly and decorously" behind Lincoln at a recent reunion concert -- is one those rare accompanists to whom singers feel it is safe to give free rein ...
biography.
New York-based pianist James Weidman is indisputably one of the world's top sidemen. Over the years he has played and recorded with musicians as diverse as Max Roach, Woody Herman, Archie Shepp, James Moody, Greg Osby, and Marty Ehrlich.
He has also been the accompanist of choice for some of the world's most celebrated singers, including legendary jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln and Cassandra Wilson. Clearly, Weidman -- described by New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff as playing "smoothly and decorously" behind Lincoln at a recent reunion concert -- is one those rare accompanists to whom singers feel it is safe to give free rein ...
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Pianist Rob Schneiderman's website features biography, discography, sound bites, transcriptions, itinerary, reviews, etc.
Rob Schneiderman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in California. His Jazz career began in San Diego during the late seventies and early eighties playing piano for visiting soloists such as Eddie Harris, Sonny Stitt, Harold Land and Charles McPherson. A move to New York in 1982 led to performing and touring experience with the likes of J.J. Johnson, Chet Baker, James Moody, Art Farmer and Clifford Jordan including trips to Europe and Japan. A performance fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts featured Rob with George Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Claudio Roditi, and Slide Hampton. The collaboration with Slide resulted in the CD New Outlook, the first of Rob's nine recordings as a leader for the Reservoir Music label. These CD's contain over twenty Schneiderman originals as well as arrangements of many standards. The most recent release is Back In Town, which features Rob in a trio setting with Boris Kozlov on bass and Johnathan Blake on drums. Among the sidemen featured on the other dates are Billy Higgins, Rufus Reid, Brian Lynch, Ralph Moore, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash, Akira Tana, Billy Hart, Gary Smulyan and Ben Riley. Rob's Reservoir CD Keepin' in the Groove received 4 ˝ stars (out of five) from Down Beat magazine. Rob's recordings as a sideman include sessions with Eddie Harris, J.J. Johnson, and TanaReid ...
Rob Schneiderman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in California. His Jazz career began in San Diego during the late seventies and early eighties playing piano for visiting soloists such as Eddie Harris, Sonny Stitt, Harold Land and Charles McPherson. A move to New York in 1982 led to performing and touring experience with the likes of J.J. Johnson, Chet Baker, James Moody, Art Farmer and Clifford Jordan including trips to Europe and Japan. A performance fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts featured Rob with George Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Claudio Roditi, and Slide Hampton. The collaboration with Slide resulted in the CD New Outlook, the first of Rob's nine recordings as a leader for the Reservoir Music label. These CD's contain over twenty Schneiderman originals as well as arrangements of many standards. The most recent release is Back In Town, which features Rob in a trio setting with Boris Kozlov on bass and Johnathan Blake on drums. Among the sidemen featured on the other dates are Billy Higgins, Rufus Reid, Brian Lynch, Ralph Moore, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash, Akira Tana, Billy Hart, Gary Smulyan and Ben Riley. Rob's Reservoir CD Keepin' in the Groove received 4 ˝ stars (out of five) from Down Beat magazine. Rob's recordings as a sideman include sessions with Eddie Harris, J.J. Johnson, and TanaReid ...
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3. eli yamin
Pianist and jazz educator Eli Yamin's website features sound bites, reviews, activities, bio, etc ...
Eli Yamin started playing piano as soon as he could reach the keyboard. His enthusiasm for music, creativity and community through song permeates his work as a performer, composer, educator and broadcaster. In the often times hackneyed field of jazz keyboard Eli Yamin brings a freshness and a riotous joy. Through his energy and intellectual curiosity, he makes you feel you’ve never heard jazz piano before. He has toured internationally, recorded, and performed with the Illinois Jacquet Big Band, the Walter Perkins Trio, Perry Robinson, Solar and the Claire Daly Quartet. He was musical director and pianist of the tenth anniversary tour of “Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies,” blending his love of theatre with his love of jazz. Shortly after, he met playwright Clifford Carlson at the Louis Armstrong Middle School in Queens, NY and together, they founded the Jazz Drama Program.
Now in it's sixth year, the JDP's mission is to develop and produce new musicals for young people that draw on the vast heritage of America's classical music-jazz-to tell stories that are immediate, expressive and useful to children. The Jazz Drama Program is at the forefront of arts education in the 21st century and has premiered five original jazz musicals in seven productions. JazzTimes calls it "the hippest move in jazz education, ever " ...
Eli Yamin started playing piano as soon as he could reach the keyboard. His enthusiasm for music, creativity and community through song permeates his work as a performer, composer, educator and broadcaster. In the often times hackneyed field of jazz keyboard Eli Yamin brings a freshness and a riotous joy. Through his energy and intellectual curiosity, he makes you feel you’ve never heard jazz piano before. He has toured internationally, recorded, and performed with the Illinois Jacquet Big Band, the Walter Perkins Trio, Perry Robinson, Solar and the Claire Daly Quartet. He was musical director and pianist of the tenth anniversary tour of “Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies,” blending his love of theatre with his love of jazz. Shortly after, he met playwright Clifford Carlson at the Louis Armstrong Middle School in Queens, NY and together, they founded the Jazz Drama Program.
Now in it's sixth year, the JDP's mission is to develop and produce new musicals for young people that draw on the vast heritage of America's classical music-jazz-to tell stories that are immediate, expressive and useful to children. The Jazz Drama Program is at the forefront of arts education in the 21st century and has premiered five original jazz musicals in seven productions. JazzTimes calls it "the hippest move in jazz education, ever " ...
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4. ronny whyte
Pianist Ronny Whyte's website features sound bites, reviews, activities, bio, etc ...
Ronny Whyte has long been rated a premiere interpreter of the American Popular song, as well as an outstanding jazz pianist. He is an ASCAP Award-winning songwriter; his lyric "Forget the Woman" was recorded by Tony Bennett.
For the past two years Ronny appeared in New York City in the hit musical Our Sinatra for much of its run, as well as in the sixty city national big band tour of the show. He was also featured at New York's JVC Jazz Festival both 2001 and 2002. The Ronny Whyte Trio has performed in concert at Carnegie/Weill Hall, New York's Town Hall, Washington's Corcoran Gallery, and the Mellon Jazz Festival in Philadelphia. Ronny has had major engagements in New York at the Café Carlyle, Rainbow and Stars, the Oak Room at the Algonquin, and The Knickerbocker. Abroad, he has starred in Paris, Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Sao Paulo, Caracas, and Johannesburg.
Ronny often makes guest appearances with symphony orchestras playing his arrangement of "Porgy & Bess for Jazz Trio & Orchestra" and other Gershwin works. In the theatre, he has played such diverse roles as Bobby in Company, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Joey in Pal Joey, and Vernon in They're Playing Our Song. He has written and performed in Night's Work, two one-act plays with music, which marked his debut as a playwright ...
Ronny Whyte has long been rated a premiere interpreter of the American Popular song, as well as an outstanding jazz pianist. He is an ASCAP Award-winning songwriter; his lyric "Forget the Woman" was recorded by Tony Bennett.
For the past two years Ronny appeared in New York City in the hit musical Our Sinatra for much of its run, as well as in the sixty city national big band tour of the show. He was also featured at New York's JVC Jazz Festival both 2001 and 2002. The Ronny Whyte Trio has performed in concert at Carnegie/Weill Hall, New York's Town Hall, Washington's Corcoran Gallery, and the Mellon Jazz Festival in Philadelphia. Ronny has had major engagements in New York at the Café Carlyle, Rainbow and Stars, the Oak Room at the Algonquin, and The Knickerbocker. Abroad, he has starred in Paris, Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Sao Paulo, Caracas, and Johannesburg.
Ronny often makes guest appearances with symphony orchestras playing his arrangement of "Porgy & Bess for Jazz Trio & Orchestra" and other Gershwin works. In the theatre, he has played such diverse roles as Bobby in Company, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Joey in Pal Joey, and Vernon in They're Playing Our Song. He has written and performed in Night's Work, two one-act plays with music, which marked his debut as a playwright ...
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5. peggy stern
Pianist Peggy Stern's website features biography, activities, recordings sound bites, newsletter, etc.
Peggy Stern is as well-known as a composer as she is known for her fine piano playing. She arrived at jazz via classical music, R&B, and salsa. Her music has a particularly broad ethnic base -- in addition to European and American classical music, Peggy's music draws from Brazilian, African, Jewish, Irish, Cuban, and traditional jazz influences. Eclectic indeed!
Peggy has composed, played, recorded, and toured in a wide variety of situations: from solos to octets to jazz choruses. Her compositions range from highly original pieces to reharmonized jazz standards. "Everything she writes wants to dance, " says Ken Dais of Jazziz.
Peggy's background would account for her varied musical tastes. She began playing Classical piano at an early age, continuing her studies at the Eastman School of Music, and finishing a Masters Degree, still in Classical music, at the New England Conservatory. And then she began to improvise. While living in San Francisco, she played in salsa bands, notably Azteca and Supercombo with Benny Vallarde. She did a stint in an R&B band (called Cat's Cradle) with singer Linda Tillery, and was "instructed" by Paul Jackson (bass) and Mike Clark (drums) of Herbie Hancock's Headhunter band ...
Peggy Stern is as well-known as a composer as she is known for her fine piano playing. She arrived at jazz via classical music, R&B, and salsa. Her music has a particularly broad ethnic base -- in addition to European and American classical music, Peggy's music draws from Brazilian, African, Jewish, Irish, Cuban, and traditional jazz influences. Eclectic indeed!
Peggy has composed, played, recorded, and toured in a wide variety of situations: from solos to octets to jazz choruses. Her compositions range from highly original pieces to reharmonized jazz standards. "Everything she writes wants to dance, " says Ken Dais of Jazziz.
Peggy's background would account for her varied musical tastes. She began playing Classical piano at an early age, continuing her studies at the Eastman School of Music, and finishing a Masters Degree, still in Classical music, at the New England Conservatory. And then she began to improvise. While living in San Francisco, she played in salsa bands, notably Azteca and Supercombo with Benny Vallarde. She did a stint in an R&B band (called Cat's Cradle) with singer Linda Tillery, and was "instructed" by Paul Jackson (bass) and Mike Clark (drums) of Herbie Hancock's Headhunter band ...
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