Jacob Hurlock

Born: September 25, 2002

Kathy Sanborn

Born: January 16

Kathy Sanborn is an American award-winning jazz vocalist, composer, and recording artist. Known for her velvet voice, Sanborn takes jazz music into the modern era with her sultry, contemporary sound. Her unique contralto voice interprets her original compositions in an emotional way that captivates the listener. Sanborn's latest album, Romance Language, releases July 11, 2025. 

Alec Orea

Born: August 17, 1981

Formerly known as Alex Corrêa, Alec Orea was born in august 17th, 1981. As the son of a classical pianist, was at the age of five his first contact with the piano, but was at thirteen when he decided to follow the music path.  At seventeen, Alex began his undergraduate studies at Universidade Estadual de Londrina - Brazil, which brought him into a significant contact with many sound environments, anthropological and philosophical studies, and skills aimed at teaching music.

By the age of 25, Alec moved to São Paulo in Brazil and focused on studying the development of a contemporary language in the context of instrumental music, and as a result he recorded his first album in 2010, entitled “Sintoma” in partnership with Adauto Dias, Nenê and Arismar do Espírito Santo. Besides being a performer he also worked as a teacher compounding the faculty of the Conservatory Souza Lima in São Paulo, Brazil.

Dave Solazzo

Born: December 21, 1972

Dave Solazzo has been a mainstay of Central New York's music scene for over two decades. Much in demand as a soloist and sideman, Dave has worked with artists from a wide mix of genres - jazz, fusion, R&B and beyond. He has performed and recorded with major jazz figures like Chuck Mangione, Larry Coryell, Joel Frahm, Dick Oatts, Jerry Weldon and Joe Magnarelli at venues like The Flatiron Room (NYC), Troy Music Hall, the Savannah Jazz Festival and the Syracuse Jazz Fest.

In addition to his work as a sideman, Dave leads his own trio, playing modern interpretations of jazz standards and original compositions in the spirit of Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau.

Dave was educated at Berklee College of Music and SUNY Purchase College

Casey Golden

Born: January 18, 1988

Casey Golden is a forward-thinking musician based in Sydney. Described as ‘a brilliant improviser with a highly developed melodic sensibility’ (The Australian) and ‘a pianist of sheer class’ (Jazzwise), he’s been involved in a wide range of original music ranging from jazz/improvised projects to electronic, pop and film music.

Born in Sydney into a family of musicians, Golden is the grandson of internationally renowned jazz trumpeter Bob Barnard. He studied classical piano from a young age and was exposed to a wide variety of music through his mother’s vast record collection

Riyoko Takagi

Born: September 20, 1984

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Roc��o Gim��nez L��pez

Born: December 4, 1983

ROCÍO GIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ (Argentina, 1983) is a pianist, composer and improviser, graduated from the Provincial School of Music of the city of Rosario. Later he focused on interpretation and improvisation within the language of jazz by attending piano lessons with Ernesto Jodos, Leo Genovese, Craig Taborn and Marilyn Crispell. He has also attended workshops and workshops given by Frank Calberg, John Stowell, Mark Helias, George Garzone, Benoit Delbecq and Kris Davis, among others. In 2015 he won a scholarship granted by the National Endowment for the Arts to participate in the III Third National Meeting of Composition and Improvisation, in Bariloche. In 2016 he founded the collective and festival of composers/improvisers CRUCES SONOROS, which brings together representatives of different musical genres promoting the development of activities related to original music and its meeting point with individual and collective improvisation. In 2017, she won a training scholarship, which gave her the opportunity to study with pianist Marilyn Crispell in Woodstock, USA. She was also invited to open Ravi Coltrane's concert in Rosario. In 2018 she was chosen as Revelation Musician for her album “Deseos Múltiples” in the national survey of journalists carried out by the Jazz magazine El Intruso. In 2019 he participates with his group of original compositions presenting the album at the Rosario Jazz Festival, at the Haroldo Conti Jazz Festival (BsAs) and at the Buenos Aires Jazz (Parque Centenario). He also toured Spain and France. In 2020 she is invited again to participate in Buenos Aires Jazz in a trio format (virtual concert at Usina del Arte). In 2021 he releases REUNION EN LA GRANJA (ICM records), an album that revisits the music of Ornette Coleman and Paul Motian, chosen by Dave Sumner as one of the twelve best albums of the year released on the BANDCAMP platform. The same year the FNA grants him a Creation scholarship that allows him to continue working on a composition project based on abstract photographs used as graphic scores (project in development). He currently works as a pianist and leader, in different musical projects within the cities of Rosario and Buenos Aires.

Marcin Wasilewski Trio

https://www.marcinwasilewskitrio.com/en/about

The trio is one of the brightest stars of the Polish jazz scene, recognised for their unique talent in blending tradition with contemporary sound.

Marcin Wasilewski Trio is: Marcin Wasilewski, piano, (born 1975), S?awomir Kurkiewicz, double- bass, (born 1975) and Micha? Mi?kiewicz (born 1977) playing drums.

The band combines the grand tradition of the challenging piano trio tenet and creates their own distinct sound in doing so. It is also one of the most consistently developing bands of the Polish music scene, and one that is very open to inspiration from the surrounding environment. The Marcin Wasilewski Trio is considered one of the most acclaimed and unique jazz formations of its generation, and it has garnered recognition in its native Poland as well as abroad.

Transparent Sky

By Lisa Hilton

Label: Ruby Slippers Productions
Released: 2021
Track listing: Santa Monica Samba; Random Journey; Nightingales & Fairy Tales; Living in Limbo; God Bless the Child; Chromatic Chronicles; Fall Upon a Miracle; Infinite Tango; Extraordinary Everyday Things; Transparent Sky.

Amanda Suwondo

Originally from Yogyakarta, Indonesia, pianist Amanda Suwondo started learning keyboard at the age of five. She started learning classical music during high school, doing grades, and playing at church. She then took her career as a musician to the next level in 2010 when she moved to Sydney, Australia and got inspired by Judy Bailey who later became her mentor.

Amanda finished her bachelor degree in Jazz Performance at Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2016, learning under some Australia’s well-known jazz players such as, Judy Bailey, Matt McMahon, Steve Brien, Mike Rivett, Simon Barker, David Theak, Kevin Hunt and Mike Nock.

Amanda has been playing in a lot of different venues around Sydney and New South Wales, such as The Vanguard, Metro Theatre, Foundry 616, Johnston Street Jazz and Mary’s Underground playing her original music with her band