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Henry Hall

Born: May 2, 1898

Henry Hall (born 2 May, 1898 in London) was best known for conducting and directing the BBC Dance Orchestra from the 1930s to the 1960s. Hall's first job was at the head office of the Salvation Army, which he composed several marches for. In World War I he served with the Royal Field Artillery, and played trumpet and piano in the regimental band, but it wasn't until the British dance band era of the 1930s that he became a household name and broadcasting star. He died on October 28, 1989, at 91-years-old

Mina Choi

Mina Choi is a Korean-born, Los Angeles-based jazz pianist, composer, and conductor whose music uniquely blends jazz, classical, and the rich traditions of her Korean heritage. With years of experience as both a performer and educator in California, Mina’s work reflects her personal journey, characterized by beautiful melodies, intricate rhythms, and colorful harmonies. Each composition tells a story, inviting listeners to experience a deep emotional connection to her music.

Mina has performed at renowned venues across the United States, including Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Jazz Grill, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, The Queen Mary, Catalina Jazz Club, and The Blue Whale Jazz Club. She has studied under prominent jazz figures such as George Cables and Bill Cunliffe, whose guidance has shaped her unique musical voice.

Barbara Bruckmueller

Barbara Bruckmüller, a composer and jazz pianist born in Vienna, was influenced by the sounds of "Hollywood Jazz" from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s at a young age. Although she received piano lessons early on and studied intensively for seven years, it took some time for her to discover her true passion for jazz. She successfully completed her jazz piano studies with Paul Urbanek at the Gustav Mahler Conservatory in Vienna in 2004, marking the beginning of a remarkable musical journey.

Barbara's inspiration and role models lie not so much in individual pianists, but rather in great Big Band leaders and composers such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Oliver Nelson, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Gil Evans, Joe Henderson, and Maria Schneider.

Ingrid Gerstmann

Ingrid Gerstmann is a jazz vocalist and composer in New York City. She made her New York debut in the Spring of 2015 at Smalls with the New York Jazz Workshop, and later performed with them again at Smalls and Club Bonafide. She has performed at Symphony Space with the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program. Gerstmann played her first New York solo show at The West End on January 24, 2016.

Along with gigs around the city, she has returned regularly to the West End to curate her own shows. Gerstmann performs her own arrangements and original compositions, and sings a mixture of jazz standards and songs chosen from all musical genres, many overlooked or forgotten. Gerstmann has played with John Austria, Donald Nicks, Taru Alexander, Keith Jordan, Bruce Cox, Ben Rosenblum, Russell Carter II, Jesse Crawford, Andrea Venezianni, Andrew Schiller and Tony Mapp. Gerstmann is from San Francisco, where she studied classical voice and completed the American Conservatory Theatre’s Professional Actor Training Program.

Mario Layne Fabrizio

website: www.mario.international

MARIO LAYNE FABRIZIO is a visual artist, composer, drummer, percussionist, filmmaker and writer. has performed with notable musicians such as Cecil Mcbee, Claudio Roditi, Nilson Matta, Santi DeBriano, Roni Ben-Hur, Joe Morris, Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko, Jason Palmer and Volker Goetze. He premiered Arturo O'Farrill’s piece Little Tiny Walls, theater piece The Black Clown at the American Repertory Theatre and played for Jason Moran’s STAGED exhibition with Cecil McBee and also performed chamber works by Jacob Druckman, Anthony Coleman, Joe Morris to name a few. Mario has toured around the world and has been presented with various groups at the Salzburg Jazz Festival (Austria), Jazz at Lincoln Center (NYC & Shanghai, China), Panama Jazz Festival, Birdland (NYC), The Whitney Museum (NYC), Kunming’s International Drum Festival (China) and The Kennedy Center (DC). London Jazz News describes him accurately as "ferocious but subtle," and Steve Smith of On The Record says that he “plays with assurance, charisma and infectious enthusiasm.” You can find interviews about him in SEATTLEREFINED as the artist of the week and his poetry is published in Ben Mazer’s Art and Letters and was featured in Boston’s Intercollegiate Poetry Festival. Compositions of his have been acknowledged by the NYTIMES, ALLMUSIC, FRANCEMUSIQUE and commissioned by National Sawdust, is a finalist fellow for EBCP. He has won two YoungArts awards, and grants to support my works, a National Sawdust composition commission, and has been supported by MassMOCA, Assets for Artists, Jack Straw Cultural Center, Mass Cultural Council, and the Foundation for Contemporary art.

Don Sebesky

Born: December 10, 1937

Don Sebesky is best known as house arranger for many of producer Creed Taylor's Verve, A&M, and CTI productions; the man whose orchestral backgrounds helped make artists like Wes Montgomery, Paul Desmond, Freddie Hubbard, and George Benson acceptable to audiences outside of jazz. He has taken critical heat for this, but Sebesky's arrangements have usually been among the classiest in his field, reflecting a solid knowledge of the orchestra, drawing variously from big band jazz, rock, ethnic music, classical music of all eras, and even the avant-garde for ideas. He once cited Bartok as his favorite composer, but one also hears lots of Stravinsky in his work.

Lina Nyberg

Born: February 27, 1970

Lina Nyberg is one of Sweden’s most creative and innovative jazz singers and contemporary composers. For more than 20 years she has been attracting consistent and widespread attention, mainly in Scandinavia, but also in many other parts of the world.
Lina Nyberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1970 and raised in an artistic home, both parents being artists/illustrators. After gratuating from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 1993 she released her first CD Close (Prophone records). A duo recording with late jazz pianist Esbjörn Svensson. An instant success and Swedish jazz classic.

Roberto Bonati

Tobias Gebb

Born: August 26, 1968

Tobias Gebb is a drummer, composer and educator based in New York City. Over the years he has shared the stage or recording studio with a wide variety of artists. From Blue Note jazz guitarist Peter Burnstein to Donald Fegan of Steely Dan. From the famed west coast jazz pianist Smith Dobson to the famed rocker Lenny Kravits. He has a BA in composition from Berklee College of Music, an MA from Manhattan School of Music and a dual MSE in general and special education from The Bank Street School. His album Free At Last featuring Bobby Watson was in the Top 10 on American jazz radio charts in 2009 and through his licensing business his group Trio West has been heard on shows such as Dexter, Madam Secretary, Key and Peele, Pitch Perfect and others.

Eri Chichibu

Eri is an award-winning Japanese composer/arranger/pianist/keyboardist/bandleader. She graduated Berklee College of Music in Boston, dual majored in Jazz Composition and Film Scoring, and minored in Video Game Scoring. Before diving into music field, she has studied education and psychology at Tohoku University in Japan. Her unique sounding music may be created because of this unique background. After she started her path as a musician, her works have recognized by many organization such as ASCAP, ISJAC, JEN, and more. (e.g. 2020 ISJAC/USF Owen Prize, 2020 & 2019 ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award.) While she writes and performs her jazz compositions as a bandleader, she also makes music for media (TV, radio, video games, theater, and more)