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Joe Lovano
Tenor Saxophone
Grammy®-winning saxophonist and composer
Joe Lovano stands alone at the vanguard of
large and small group jazz. From his recent
Grammy-nominated work with the WDR Big
Band & Rundfunk Orchestra, Symphonica, to
his role as Gary Burton Chair of Jazz Performance
at Berklee College of Music, the
Cleveland native fearlessly challenges and
pushes the conceptual and thematic choices
he makes in a quest for new modes of artistic
expression and fresh takes on what defines
the jazz idiom. He has released 20 celebrated
albums on the Blue Note label, with 2009 seeing
his 21st release—the highly anticipated
Folk Art from the new quintet Us Five.
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Miguel Zenón
Alto Saxophone & Flute
A Native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Zenón got
his start at the famed Escuela Libre de Musica
and later studied at Boston’s Berklee College
of Music and the Manhattan School of Music.
Since his move to New York he has worked
with Charlie Haden, David Sanchez, Guillermo
Klein, The Village Vanguard Orchestra and
Steve Coleman, among others. Zenón has released
four CDs as a leader: Looking Forward
(Fresh Sound New Talent) and three discs on
the Marsalis Music label, Ceremonial, Jíbaro
and Awake. In 2008, he was the recipient of
a Guggenheim Fellowship in composition
and was one of 25 individuals to receive the
prestigious MacArthur Grant.
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Dave Douglas
Trumpet
Two-time Grammy®-nominated trumpeter
Dave Douglas has earned national and
international acclaim, including trumpeter,
composer, and jazz “Artist of the Year” by
such organizations as the New York Jazz
Awards, DownBeat, JazzTimes, and Jazziz.
His solo recording career began in 1993 with
Parallel Worlds and he has since released
22 CDs. In 2005 he launched his own label,
Greenleaf Music. He was also honored with
a Guggenheim Fellowship that same year.
His latest release, Moonshine, showcases
his group Keystone taking a new step in
the synthesis of electronic music and jazz.
Recent large scale works include Blue
Latitudes for chamber orchestra and three
improvisers, and Letter From America for
big band with soloists.
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Robin Eubanks
Trombone
A five-time “Trombonist of the Year” in
the DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll, Robin
Eubanks is the premier jazz trombonist of his
generation. In addition to leading his own
groups, EB3 and Mental Images, Eubanks
has performed and composed on Grammy®,-
winning recordings with Dave Holland and
Michael Brecker. In addition, he has worked
with music legends Art Blakey, McCoy Tyner,
Elvin Jones and the Rolling Stones, to name a
few. The native Philadelphian, an acclaimed
composer, is the recipient of composition
grants from Chamber Music America and
ASCAP. Robin is a sought-after educator and
is now a tenured professor of trombone at
the renowned Oberlin Conservatory.
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Renee Rosnes
Piano
Renee Rosnes has emerged as one of the
premier jazz pianists and composers of her
generation. Having toured and recorded with
Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, JJ Johnson,
Bobby Hutcherson and James Moody among
others, her resumé reads like a who’s who of
jazz. As a leader, Rosnes has released twelve
CDs, which have garnered four Juno Awards.
Rosnes was also honored by SOCAN as Composer
of the Year in 2003. Her 2008 release,
Black Narcissus, is a trio album celebrating
the music of tenor master Joe Henderson.
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Matt Penman
Bass
Originally from New Zealand, Matt Penman
studied at Boston’s Berklee College of Music
before relocating to New York in 1995.
In addition to releasing his own critically
acclaimed CDs as a leader, Catch of the Day
(2007) and The Unquiet (2002), he has recorded
as a sideman on some 70 other discs
and has performed with the likes of Joshua
Redman, Nicholas Payton, Kurt Rosenwinkel,
Gary Bartz, Kenny Werner, Nnenna Freelon,
Madeleine Peyroux, Brian Blade, John
Scofield and Guillermo Klein.
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Eric Harland
Drums
A leading drummer on the national scene,
Texas-born Eric Harland has performed with
jazz legends like Betty Carter, Joe Henderson
and McCoy Tyner, and has played on more
than 70 recordings with such artists as Terence
Blanchard, Greg Osby, Charles Lloyd and Zakir
Hussain. In DownBeat’s 65th Annual Readers
Poll, he was included in the short list of top
drummers, in the company of masters like
Roy Haynes and the late Elvin Jones.
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