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Dixonia: A Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon (Discographies) by Benjamin I. Young, 1998-07-17
Alec Wilder: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music) by David Demsey, Ronald Prather, 1993-01-30
Dis Here: A Bio-Discography of Julian Cannonball Adderley (Discographies: Association for Recorded Sound Collections Discographic Reference) by Chris Sheridan, 2000-05-30
Jazz: The Essential Companion to Artists and Albums (Rough Guides) by Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, et all 1995-11-01
Jean 'Django' Reinhardt: A Contextual Bio-Discography 1910-1953 by Paul Vernon, 2003-08
George Gershwin: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music) by Norbert Carnovale, 2000-02
Bobby Hackett: A Bio-Discography (Discographies) by Harold Jones, 1999-01-30
William Thomas McKinley: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music) by Jeffrey S. Sposato, 1995-05-30
They Also Wrote by William E. Studwell, 2000-10-18
Twentieth-Century Brass Soloists by Michael Meckna, 1994-02-28
American Women Songwriters: A Biographical Dictionary by Virginia L. Grattan, 1993-04-30

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The WILLIE AUGUST PROJECT - Photos & Bios
Radio s statewide broadcast, The jazz Image, and on jazz radio stations receivedthree composing/performing commissions from the American composers Forum and
http://willieaugust.tripod.com/bios.html

Extractions: Born in Minneapolis in 1967, Ben Siems began studying piano when he was seven years old, switching to cello at age nine. He first tried his hand at composing only a few years later, writing arrangements of traditional songs for violin, cello and piano. Siems began teaching himself guitar during his senior year of high school, learning from the records of B.B. King and Robert Johnson. After attending Brown University, he made a name for himself on the East Coast folk scene as a solo acoustic guitarist and singer, combining classic blues playing techniques with his lyrical sense of melody. His solo recording, Sun's Gonna Shine , was aired on a number of New Jersey radio stations as he toured that state, playing to full houses at such legendary venues as the Mine Street Coffeehouse.
Music Links
kidfriendly bios about jazz greats. http//www.pbs.org/jazz/kids/nowthen/index.html.Dr. Estrella s Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of composers Very little
http://users.rcn.com/muffitt/music_links.htm
Orquesta La Moderna Tradición - Bios
in 1985, she has been a member of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Women s Philharmonic,the Hieroglyphics Ensemble, Bay Area jazz composers Orchestra, Charanga
http://www.danzon.com/eng/bios/bios.htm

Extractions: Tregar Otton (Violin, Musical Director/Manager, Composer, Arranger), born in the Marshall Islands and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. Otton began his classical music training at the age of four. At 16 he was the youngest member to join the Berkeley Symphony under Maestro Kent Nagano. At the age of 15 he composed a Symphonic Suite performed by the Oakland Youth Symphony, with Kent Nagano conducting. top Carlos Caro (Pailas (Timbales)). Carlos M. Caro was born in Havana, Cuba in 1967. In 1983 he entered the Alejandro Garcia Caturla Conservatory in Havana. Later, he attended ENIA ( National School of Art Instructors). Upon graduation from ENIA, he began his professional musical career with the group
Bios
bios. is a member of Traces, a duo currently working with seven composers to premiere groupjust finished their West Coast tour, performing in jazz and creative
http://www.sopercussion.com/bios.html

Extractions: Douglas Perkins is an exciting young artist who has performed throughout the United States and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. In addition to his work with So, Douglas' chamber music endeavors have included touring as a founding member of the Kamellion Flute/Marimba Duo, Rrrr...Percussion Theater, and the Tierkreis Percussion Trio. With these ensembles, he has appeared as a featured artist at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the New York International Fringe Festival, and the World Expo in Lisbon, Portugal. Douglas has performed as a concertino soloist with the Northern Kentucky Symphony and the Yale Philharmonic. His commitment to new music has also resulted in commissions from the Minimum Security Composers Collective as well as composer Stuart Saunders Smith. Douglas has recently completed the Artist Diploma program at Yale University. Prior to this, he received a masters degree from Yale and his undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati. Doug's email Adam Sliwinski is active throughout the United States as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. His solo marimba playing has been described by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as "beautifully delineated." Adam was the alternate winner of the 2000 Sorantin International Young Artist Competition in San Angelo, Texas. He has been a featured soloist at the June in Buffalo festival, the Cleveland Museum of Art's Aki Contemporary Music Festival, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and the Oberlin Percussion Institute. Adam also performs as part of a percussion duo. Adam received his B.M. from the Oberlin Conservatory where he studied with Michael Rosen, and is currently in the Masters of Musical Arts program as a student of Robert van Sice at the Yale School of Music.
Seattle School - Bios
SEATTLE SCHOOL bios COMPOSER/PERFORMERS. Ben Houge (b accordionist, and contrabassistwith various jazz ensembles in member of the Washington composers Forum, a
http://home.earthlink.net/~korbys/SSbio.html

Extractions: Ben Houge (b. 1974) has been composing music in the Seattle area since 1996. He is a member of the Washington Composers Forum and serves the Seattle Composers Alliance as vice president. He has composed extensively for chorus, and served as composer-in-residence of the Cantorei Choir of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church from 1997-2003. In 1998 the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America commissioned him to compose settings of Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer , excerpts of which have been published by Augsburg Fortress. From 1996-2003, Ben was a staff composer and sound designer for Sierra Entertainment, contributing audio to such interactive titles as Arcanum, King's Quest: Mask of Eternity , and Half-Life: Opposing Force ; he now works as a freelance composer and sound designer whose clients include Microsoft Game Studios and ArenaNet. Ben obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Music Theory and Composition from St. Olaf College in 1996, studying with Peter Hamlin, and is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in Composition at the University of Washington with Juan Pampin.
Jazz Composers Collective Concert Series
jazz composers Collective, a support network for likeminded jazz musicians. At thedoor is a student recruit handing out programs with band member bios and a
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=1760
Jazz | All About Jazz | The Web's Ultimate Guide To Jazz
ensembles and mentor young musicians as performers, improvisers, and composers. bestin jazz and blues artwork, discographies, musician bios, a jazz blues
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/jazzarch.htm

Extractions: AAJ Spotlight Sites of the Week PREVIOUS SPOTLIGHT SITES June 20, 1999 Oscar Peterson: Swing Magic Official Web Site of Oscar Peterson's "Swing Magic" tour. Come laugh, dance and swing with Oscar on his LAST major North American tour. The site contains information on venues and dates of the tour and biographies of the many performers. June 13, 1999 Dead Musician Directory A site about dead musicians and how they got that way; each musician has a full page dedicated to him / her with obituaries, biographies, photo and related links. Contains obits on Mel Torme, Red Norvo, Al Hirt, Joe Williams, Jaki Byard, Horace Tapscott and Michel Petrucciani. June 6, 1999
Membership Of New York Women Composers
Honors/awards Charles Ives Prize; Pennsylvania Government School of the Arts;Southeastern composers League (1st); National Composer (jazz and classical).
http://www.ibiblio.org/nywc/bios.html

Extractions: BETH ANDERSON University of California, Mills College (MFA,MA). Taught: NYU, College of New Rochelle. Grants: NEA, NPR, MTC. OPUS ONE, 1750 Arch labels, Newport Classics. In the early 1970s Anderson had composed graphic scores (Music for Charlemagne Palestine), text-sound pieces (Torero Piece) and tape works (Tulip Clause). In the late 1970s, partly influenced by dance and in keeping with a widespread trend, her music became more regular in rhythm, more popular in orientation, and overtly romantic. DOROTHEA AUSTIN Professor at Queensborough Community College; Degrees: Performance, Teaching, Royal College, Royal Academy of Music, London; M.A. Composition, Queens College, NYC; Studied with Leo Kraft, George Perle; Style: 20th Century Lyricism, Cell Manipulation, Motivic Interplay; Performed: Carnegie, Merkin Hall, University Concert Series, television. ELIZABETH AUSTIN Goucher College(BA), Fontainebleau Conservatoire Americaine (1958:Boulanger), Hartt School (M.M.), University of Connecticut (Ph.D.); Publishers: Arsis Press, Peter Tonger Verlag; Recordings: Capstone; recent grants: Connecticut Commission on the Arts; recent awards: Nashville Music Awards nominee; ties to Mannheim (Germany) Musikhochschule, Brandenburg (Germany) Colloquium for New Music. LYDIA AYERS layers@cs.ust.hk
Music Guide For Piano And Guitar Chords Jazz Pianists Chronology Free Music Less
is a variety of Music chords, piano and guitar chords with 3, 4, more note chords,a multitude of musicians bios, classical composers, jazz pianists, singers
http://tastiamo.interfree.it/G4eAb.html

Extractions: classical composers, jazz pianists, singers, for all styles. Regtime, Blues-boogie, Swing, bebop, Cool, hard and post bop, Free jazz, Go MUSIC is pop-rock musicians, European form music, Opera, Symphony, Sonatas. It's education to acquire music language, FREE lessons, a series of free guitar and piano chords, with key's graphic example, fingering. It's history of classical and jazz music through musicians compilation biography. Classical and Jazz music, composers repertory, collection of complete musical catalog, chance for acquire competence in music sphere, how to play a song? free chords for melody accompaniment. Home
RN MUSIC
Dutch jazz 2002, Brief bios 1. MARTIN FONDSE OKTEMBLE EMI I INHALE/EXHALE MartinFondse is one of the most in demand composers of todays jazz world.
http://www.rnw.nl/cgi/?app=rnmusic&page=biographies_detail&id=17
Strings Attached Bio
As a solo jazz artist, he has released three international recordings Reel Life calledAmerican Roots, which exposes kids to various composers and musical
http://sheetmusiconline.net/public_html/bios.html

Extractions: Back WILL TAYLOR WITH STRINGS ATTACHED Download as TEXT or WORD Led by Will Taylor, STRINGS ATTACHED is a collection of stellar artists, each widely known in his area. The group includes Taylor on viola, violin and acoustic guitar, Steve Zirkel on fretless and fretted electric bass and trumpet,, Brad Evilsizer on drums and percussion, and Jason McKenzie on tablas, drums and percussion. Taylor formed the group in 2000, after rehearsing and presenting a number of eclectic and enthusiastically received shows with artists from the pop, rock and folk communities, including artists such as Sara Hickman and Barbara K . The group's self-titled cd , released in December of 2000, offers a small window into the eclectic group of singers, songwriters, and instrumental and stylistic approaches that have created such a buzz for Strings Attached, including recordings with artists such as Ian Moore , Sara Hickman, and Barbara K. It was obvious to Taylor and the artists involved that the scene was ready to see a formalized group continue these collaborative efforts, and Strings Attached was the result. Since that time, recent shows have featured Ray Wylie Hubbard,
Brubeck Widelock Duo
which were performed numerous times by the Bay Area jazz composers Orchestra. Home Listen bios Buy CDs Links Contact Copyright 2000 Beegum Records CD
http://www.beegumrecords.com/bios.htm

Extractions: A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area since 1969, David Widelock led his own trio for many years, as well as performing in the Lejimda trio. He also worked with Bamboo, which featured Mark Isham and bassist Bill Douglass. David has toured Europe numerous times. David's first album, Too Many Vitamins, was released in 1985. He was awarded a National Endowment For the Arts Music Fellowship in 1988. As a composer David is the author of over fifty jazz tunes for small ensembles, as well as three pieces for large ensembles, which were performed numerous times by the Bay Area Jazz Composers Orchestra. David is currently writing and arranging music for Bigfoot, a sextet project which combines elements of roots music and avant-garde, for Long Term Effects, his roots/pop project, and a solo acoustic guitar project.
Artist Bios And Contact For IAJE 2001/Richard Boukas
Duo artist bios curricular areas, he founded the school s Brazilian jazz Ensemblein to over 200 Brazilian works by contemporary composers including Hermeto
http://www.boukas.com/webpages/iajebios.html

Extractions: DUO RECORDINGS About the Artists The Duo collaboration of Richard Boukas and Jovino Santos Neto offers a uniquely contemporary and universal musical language that abandons all common artificial industry boundaries between Brazilian, Jazz, Classical and other evolving traditions. Their work is marked by an organic synergy of primary Brazilian genres and polyrhythms including samba, baio, maracatu, choro and frevo ; rich and daring Jazz harmonies and improvisations; extended compositional structures driven by Classical contrapuntal textures and motivic development. Such fertile crossroads allow Boukas and Santos Neto to explore a broad musical horizon while maintaining the stylistic integrity and clarity of a workÕs primary component influences.
Richard Boukas-Jovino Santos Neto Duo/Artist Bios/
In 1995 he founded the school s Brazilian jazz Ensemble , giving US premires toover 200 Brazilian works by contemporary composers including Hermeto Pascoal
http://www.boukas.com/webpages/duobio.html

Extractions: DUO RECORDINGS About the Artists The Duo collaboration of Richard Boukas and Jovino Santos Neto offers a uniquely contemporary and universal musical language that abandons all common artificial industry boundaries between Brazilian, Jazz, Classical and other evolving traditions. Their work is marked by an organic synergy of primary Brazilian genres and polyrhythms including samba, baio, maracatu, choro and frevo ; rich and daring Jazz harmonies and improvisations; extended compositional structures driven by Classical contrapuntal textures and motivic development. Such fertile crossroads allow Boukas and Santos Neto to explore a broad musical horizon while maintaining the stylistic integrity and clarity of a workÕs primary component influences. Performances feature their own award-winning compositions and those of legendary Brazilian master Hermeto Pascoal , with whom Jovino was pianist/co-producer from 1977-92. To date he remains PascoalÕs official musical archivist, editor and tireless advocate.
Jazz Musicians And Bands - EntsWeb Directory
UK s leading jazz Fusion keyboard player/composers hotjazz.co live recording, performanceschedule, images and band bios. Latinjazz-Salsa NW UK to 6 Pce Live
http://www.entsweb.co.uk/musicians/jazz/

Extractions: Area Served Greater London and home counties. Quite Simply the Best in the West. Roger Marks' Armada Jazz Band has risen steadily to become one of the top traditional bands in the country. The Armadajazz website includes Band history and musicians' backgrounds Many testimonials from national press and radio Details of recent CDs (with sound samples) Gig list for the next month or so.
BCLS - Music
CLASSICAL composers ARCHIVE composers searchable by nationality, timeline, yearof birth or alphabetically. jazz ONLINE - artist bios, reviews, music
http://www.baycountylibrary.org/TeenPage/music.htm
Biography
support several youth programs including Music Center on Tour and jazz After School Bobhas worked directly with composers as varied as John Cage, John Adams
http://www.rhapsodyintaps.com/bios.htm

Extractions: FRED STRICKLER a featured soloist with Rhapsody In Taps since 1992, has performed throughout the United States, in Europe and in Southeast Asia. He directs his own company, New Ideas on Tap, and performs often as a soloist with orchestras in his choreographic version of Morton Gould's "Tap Dance Concerto." An active choreographer, he has received numerous fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council. As a modern dancer he was a founder of Eyes Wide Open Dance Theatre and was a featured soloist in the Bella Lewitzky Dance Company. He was also a founding member of the Jazz Tap Ensemble. A Professor of Dance at the University of California Riverside where he has taught since 1967, Fred teaches master classes and workshops throughout the United States, including major tap festivals in Southern California, Boston, Portland, Boulder, Chicago and at Jacob's Pillow. PAULINE HAGINO is a founding member of Rhapsody In Taps. Her interest lies in developing musicality and broadening the format of rhythm tap to include other expressive qualities and elements of dance that are not associated with tap. Pauline has also studied modern dance with Louise Burns, Viola Farber, Larry Clarke and Jeff Slayton and Dancers. She has taught at San Antonio College and the Jones-Ludin Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii, CSU Long Beach and is currently on the faculty at Orange Coast College, Irvine Valley College and DeFore Dance Center.
Mount Miguel LIBRARY - Music LINKS
com (bios/Links) Rock and Roll - HALL of FAME - (bios) Harmony Central work lists,program notes, reviews, and photos of composers represented by G jazz Links.
http://mmhs.guhsd.net/library/music.html
Music Resources For K-12: Composers/Musicians
of Fame This site features artist bios and discographies site has biographies of over500 composers, from Michael Widely recognized as one of jazz music s most
http://www.nhptv.org/kn/vs/musla10.htm
ICE ARTIST BIOS PAGE 1
with the Laura Caviani Quintet, Bill Banfield s BMagic jazz Orchestra, and his Heenthusiastically works with composers exploring a wide variety of musical
http://www.icemusic.org/bios.htm

Extractions: ICE Artistic Director Duane Schulthess, according to the Duluth News Tribune, ''is to ensemble conducting what Evel Knievel was to motorcycles''. He is the founder of ICE, and was both its Artistic and Executive Director for over a decade, leading the group in performances at such venues as London's South Bank Centre, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art. Duane made his New York debut conducting ICE in a performance of Eight Songs for a Mad King at Columbia University's Miller Theatre. The New York Times said, ''the ensemble, conducted by Mr. Schulthess, was energetic and attentive to dramatic detail. . . a thrilling performance both vocally and dramatically''. Mr. Schulthess was a French horn student at London's Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in the studio of Michael Thompson. He was the winner of numerous performance competitions including the Sidney Langston Brass Prize, the Dennis Brain Prize, and the Leverhume Trust. As a member of the horn ensemble Cortet, he was featured as a soloist on Schumann's Concertpiece with the RAM Symphony Orchestra and the Hounslow Symphony. He was also a founding member of the Regent Wind Quintet and toured extensively with the group for several years.

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