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Live from Emmet's Place is a weekly video-streaming broadcast and concert produced by Emmet Cohen consisting of Cohen and his trio along with invited guests. Guests on Live From Emmet’s Place represent a multigenerational cross section of jazz from the jazz masters such as Houston Person, Joe Lovano, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Eddie Henderson, Steve Davis, Sheila Jordan and Victor ...
Warren Hill (born April 15, 1966) is a smooth jazz alto saxophonist from Toronto, Canada. Hill was discovered in 1988 while performing at his graduation from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Record producer Russ Titelman , who was in the audience, invited him to record on an album by Chaka Khan .
Rich was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents Bess Skolnik and Robert Rich, both American vaudevillians. [5]: 6 At 18 months old he became part of his parents' vaudeville act dressed in a sailor suit playing an arrangement of The Stars and Stripes Forever behind a large bass and snare drum which concluded with him emerging from behind tap dancing to thunderous applause.
Matthew Whitaker (born April 3, 2001) is an American jazz pianist. Blind since birth, he has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and the Apollo Theater, where, at 10, he was the opening performer for Stevie Wonder's induction into the Apollo Theater's Hall of Fame.
Taylor Eigsti (born September 24, 1984) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Eigsti's trio features bassist Harish Raghavan and drummer Eric Harland.He is also a member of Eric Harland Voyager, Kendrick Scott Oracle, and Gretchen Parlato's group.
Pages in category "Lists of musicians by birthday" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 365 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Robert Glasper straddles two distinct worlds. He is an accomplished jazz pianist who was signed to Blue Note Records in his mid-twenties. Additionally, he works with many hip-hop and R&B artists, both in the studio and on the stage, including Q-Tip, Mos Def, and Maxwell.
Franklin was born in Berkeley, California in September, 1958. [1] In 1964, aged six, he took jazz piano lessons at the Washington Elementary School and was taught by Dr Herb Wong who was a jazz journalist, disc jockey and music teacher. In 1972 at the young age of 14 he led the funk-jazz band In One Piece (alt.