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Pat Bianchi
Pat Bianchi is an American jazz organist from New York, known for playing the Hammond B-3 organ. Career Originally from Rochester, New York, Bianchi started playing after being given an organ at the age of 7. Deluke, R. J. (2019)Pat Bianchi: B3 Master, December 27, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2020 His father and grandfathers had been professional musicians before him. At high school he also started playing piano, and went on to enroll in Eastman School of Music's preparatory program for piano and music theory. Bianchi graduated from the Berklee College of Music, where he met and worked with Joey DeFrancesco, in the late 1990s.Solomon, Jon (2015)Jazz Organist Pat Bianchi Reaches for a Higher Standard, westword.com, July 16, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2020 He relocated to Denver, where he played organ and piano at local clubs, including the house band of the El Chapultepec club, Chapultergeist, before moving to New York City in 2008. He joined Lou Donaldson's quartet, and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester, New York
Rochester () is a City (New York), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, the county seat, seat of Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, and Yonkers, New York, Yonkers, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 United States census. Located in Western New York, the city of Rochester forms the core of a larger Rochester metropolitan area, New York, metropolitan area with a population of 1 million people, across six counties. The city was one of the United States' first boomtowns, initially due to the fertile Genesee River Valley, which gave rise to numerous flour mills, and then as a manufacturing center, which spurred further rapid population growth. Rochester rose to prominence as the birthplace and home of some of America's most iconic companies, in particular Eastman Kodak, Xerox, and Bausch & Lomb (along with Wegmans, Gannett, Paychex, Western Union, French's, Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savant Records
HighNote Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Joe Fields with his son, Barney Fields, in 1997. Joe Fields worked for Prestige Records in the 1960s, and in the 1970s founded Muse Records. After he sold Muse, he started the Highnote and Savant labels with his son, Barney. Many of the artists on Highnote previously recorded for Muse. The catalogue includes Cindy Blackman, Larry Coryell, Joey DeFrancesco, Charles Earland, Russell Gunn, Etta Jones, Sheila Jordan, Houston Person, and Jimmy Ponder. Discography accessed February 21, 2019 HighNote Records Savant Records Sister label *Fedora Records
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21st-century American Keyboardists
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius ( AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastman School Of Music Alumni
Eastman may refer to: People * Eastman (surname) * Eastman Nixon Jacobs (1902–1987), American aerodynamicist * John Eastman (b 1960), American lawyer and founding director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence * Jonathan Eastman Johnson (1824–1906), American painter * George Eastman (1854-1932), American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company * Lester Fuess Eastman (1928-2013), American physicist, engineer and educator. Places Canada * Eastman Region, Manitoba * Eastman, Quebec, a municipality United States * Eastman, Georgia, a city * Eastman, Wisconsin, a village * Eastman (town), Wisconsin * Eastman Pond, New Hampshire Elsewhere * Eastman (crater), on Mercury Other * Eastman School of Music **Eastman Theatre **Eastman Wind Ensemble * Eastman Color Negative * Eastman Chemical Company * Eastman Dental Hospital **UCL Eastman Dental Institute * Eastman Gang, last of New York's street gangs which dominated the city's underworld during the late 1890s unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berklee College Of Music Alumni
Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including rock, hip hop, reggae, salsa, heavy metal and bluegrass. Berklee alumni have won 310 Grammy Awards, more than any other college, and 108 Latin Grammy Awards. Other notable accolades for its alumni include 34 Emmy Awards, 7 Tony Awards, 8 Academy Awards, and 3 Saturn Awards. Since 2012, Berklee College of Music has also operated a campus in Valencia, Spain. In December 2015, Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory agreed to a merger. The combined institution is known as Berklee, with the conservatory becoming The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. History Schillinger House (1945–1954) In 1945, pianist, composer, arranger and MIT graduate Lawrence Berk found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Births
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Living People
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Criss Cross Records
Criss Cross Jazz is a Dutch record company and label specializing in jazz. Criss Cross was established in 1980 by Gerry Teekens, a drummer and German professor. All About Jazz, March 13, 2003. Teekens founded the label after organizing tours for jazz musicians such as and . Early issues included Raney and Marsh, Chet Baker, , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motéma Music
Motéma Music is a jazz and world music record label in the United States. It was founded in 2003 in San Francisco Bay Area. This record label’s catalog spans genres, cultures, and generations and has received Grammy recognition for over twenty-five albums in jazz, Latin-jazz, reggae, and R&B. Founded by label president and recording artist Jana Herzen, Motéma was the first to bring soul/jazz musician Gregory Porter to international attention with his Grammy-nominated first albums, ''Water and Be Good'' and his hit song "1960 What?" The label launched international careers for jazz piano star Joey Alexander, modern soul singer Deva Mahal, and Cuban musician Pedrito Martinez, among others. Also in the label’s catalog are recordings by established performers such as Randy Weston, Geri Allen, David Murray, Monty Alexander, and Charnett Moffett, alongside releases by younger players including Donny McCaslin, Mark Guiliana, Jihye Lee, and NEA Jazzmaster Terri Lyne Carrington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JC Stylles
JC Stylles is the performing name of jazz guitarist Jason Campbell (he took the name to avoid confusion with Jason Campbell of the NFL), an Australian based in New York City since 2005 (as well as from 1992 to the mid–1990s). He studied with John Abercrombie, Tal Farlow, Johnny Griffin, Barry Harris, Rodney Jones, Pat Martino, John Scofield, Woody Shaw, and Miroslav Vitous. He plays in the organ trio format with musicians such as Pat Bianchi, Joey DeFrancesco, Jimmy McGriff, Tony Monaco, Lonnie Smith, and Akiko Tsuruga. He has performed at the American Legion Post, The Apollo Theater, Bar Next Door, Cachaca Jazz Club, Carnegie Club, Charlie O's, Creole's, The Essex House, Fat Cat, Minton's Playhouse, Perks, Rue 57, Showmans, Smalls Jazz Club, Smoke, Swing 46, Lenox Lounge, La Martinique, Zinc Bar, and Trumpets Jazz Club/ Discography * ''Chillin' at Home'' (2007) * ''Live & Unveiled'' (2009) * ''Exhilaration and Other States'' ( Motéma, 2011) * ''Blakey Grease'' (American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Peterson, Jr
Ralph Peterson Jr. (May 20, 1962 – March 1, 2021) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Early life Four of Peterson's uncles and his grandfather were drummers. Peterson himself began on percussion at age three. He was raised in Pleasantville, where he played trumpet at Pleasantville High School and worked locally in funk groups. He applied to Livingston College and Rutgers to study drums, but he failed the percussion entrance exam and enrolled as a trumpeter instead, graduating in 1984. Later life and career In 1983, he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers as the group's second drummer for several years. He worked with Terence Blanchard and Donald Harrison in 1984, and with Walter Davis (1985, 1989), Tom Harrell (1985), Out of the Blue (1985–1988), Branford Marsalis (1986), David Murray, Craig Harris (1987), James Spaulding (1988), Roy Hargrove (1989), Jon Faddis (1989), Dewey Redman, Mark Helias (1989), and Wynton Marsalis (with the Count Basie ghost band). Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formidable (Pat Martino Album)
''Formidable'' is an album by jazz guitarist Pat Martino. Formidable is the last full length album released by Martino before his death in 2021. It was recorded in April 2017 at Jankland Recording in Wall Township, New Jersey, and was released by HighNote Records later that year. On the album, Martino is joined by saxophonist Adam Niewood, trumpeter Alex Norris, organist Pat Bianchi, and drummer Carmen Intorre Jr. Reception In a review for ''DownBeat'', Bobby Reed wrote: "Among the aspects that make this album a keeper are a sturdy commitment to swing, and the generosity of a leader who lets his gifted accompanists stretch out with solos. A couple of ballads... are performed in a trio setting, showcasing Martino's mastery of tempo and illustrating that a smoldering flame can be just as hot as a raging inferno." Writing for ''The Guardian'', John Fordham remarked: "Pat Martino has the... reputation of being a guitarists' guitarist, on account of his speed, accuracy and creamy-smoot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
