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Trumpeter/composer Avishai Cohen is a forward-thinking musician that has performed in a variety of ensembles blending avant-garde jazz, post-bop, klezmer, rock and roll, and globe music because the ’90s. Blessed in Israel, Cohen was thinking about music from a age group and by his teenagers was an associate of the …

When Dave Douglas first stepped away along with his own saving and performing projects in the first to mid-’90s, the Brooklyn-based trumpeter/composer/bandleader instantly demonstrated his mastery of Parallel Worlds in music. He created the Balkan-influenced Tiny Bell Trio with drummer Jim Dark and guitarist Brad Shepik (who utilized the surname …

Experimental instrumental ensemble Kneebody make jazz-, funk-, rock-, and electronic-influenced music. Featured in the music group are keyboardist Adam Benjamin, trumpeter Shane Endsley, bassist/guitarist Kaveh Rastegar, saxophonist Ben Wendel, and drummer Nate Timber. Although Benjamin, Endsley, Rastegar, and Wendel went to Eastman College of Music jointly in the ’90s, it …

This instigator from the Italian Instabile Orchestra was created in 1951 in Ruvo, a little town in Apulia where he still lives and teaches. Pino Minafra sang in the cathedral choir prior to starting over the trumpet in his hometown’s brass music group. He then proved helpful inside a traditional …

Trumpeter Jim Knodle continues to be using jazz outfits because the early ’80s (initially in the western world ensemble, before relocating to Ballard, Washington, where he today resides). Past groupings have included Round Cowboys, Inside Out, which Room (with vocalist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sue Ann Harkey), before releasing his own single profession in …

Virtuosic violinist Tag Feldman is classically trained, but probably most widely known for his shows with the very best improvisers and composers from the ’80s and ’90s in avant-garde jazz and songs. Having appeared in various John Zorn tasks, Feldman was also an associate of Arcado String Trio, with renowned …

WHAT WE SHOULD Live is a task comprising saxophonist Larry Ochs (of ROVA), bassist Lisle Ellis, and drummer Donald Robinson, most of whom played jointly in the Glenn Spearman Twice Trio. Produced in the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay region in the middle-’90s, the group improvises and performs compositions by …

A native of LA, bassist Greg Cohen continues to be playing in a variety of acclaimed music organizations because the ’60s. A good player without equivalent, Cohen has performed in countless jazz lineups with best musicians (who learn how to choose sidemen) including Expenses Frisell, John Zorn, and Dave Douglas, …

François Houle is definitely a creative and intensely energetic clarinetist, composer, and improviser of avant-garde jazz and contemporary traditional music. A Vancouver indigenous, Houle continues to be an active creator of modern Canadian music through the ’90s through his involvement in Standing Influx as well as the Vancouver SONGS Ensemble, …

Dave Douglas arguably became probably the most first trumpeter/composer of his generation. Douglas’ stylistic range can be broad however unaffected; his music isn’t a pastiche, but instead a personal visual that reflects a multitude of passions. He explicitly cites such different affects as Igor Stravinsky, Stevie Question, and John Coltrane. …