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  • BOB BALDWIN

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    BOB BALDWIN BIOGRAPHY NEW YORK - Mount Vernon, NY native Bob Baldwin is unquestionably an unsung hero when it comes to the Contemporary/Smooth Jazz genre. Why, you say? Every year brings excitement to the Baldwin Musical house, and this year is...

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  • Dennis Bell

    Category: Jazz, Music, Music-Pop, Voice,

    Dennis Bell is a gold and platinum award-winning pianist, producer, arranger, songwriter/composer, conductor and music educator. Dennis Bell was ArtsWestchester's 2012 Musical Artist Award Recipient.

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  • Alisdair MacRae Birch

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    Alisdair MacRae-Birch is a professional musician. Originally from the UK now based in NY, USA, he has performed worldwide from big-band Jazz, through to quartets, trios, duos, and solo in music ranging from Jazz, to African Highlife, Jazz-Funk,...

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  • Ray Blue

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    Saxophonist Ray Blue has a unique sound and style that are energetic, inspiring and sensitive. Ray has been performing for many years touring the U.S.A., Europe, China and Africa. Along with this he conducts workshops and clinics.

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  • Kaya Nicole

    Category: Jazz, Music, Music-Pop, Voice,

    Vocalist, activist and poet, Kaya Nicole, is a protest artist from Westchester County, New York.  Influenced by her proximity to Latin Jazz and Hip Hop in the city that never sleeps, Kaya is a lover of a groove with a rhythmic vocal style and a...

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  • Stephanie Chou

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    Stephanie Chou is a saxophonist, singer, and composer based in New York City.  Her music combines classical and Chinese influences with jazz and pop harmonies and rhythms. Raised in Irvington, NY, Chou studied mathematics and music at Columbia...

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  • Alexis Cole

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    Called "one of the great voices of today," by Jonathan Schwartz, Alexis Cole has been compared to classic jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan and Anita O'Day. She's performed with the Boston Pops and New York Philharmonic on stage at venues from...

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  • Jesters of Jive

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    The magic of the Jive era comes alive, when Zoot Suits were the rage and Swing was King! Zoot Suit Boogie is a horn driven celebration of 1940's Jump-Jive and revival swing with hot vocals, killer horns, dancers, toe tappin' grooves & a smokin' 7...

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  • Rocco Dapice

    Category: Jazz, Music, Music-Pop,

    Rocco Dapice is a pianist, teacher, writer, and recent graduate of the Manhattan School of Music (M.M., Jazz Arts). He is on the faculty of the Manhattan School’s summer program (MSM Summer), is a teaching artist for MSM’s Distance Learning...

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  • Addie Diaz

    Category: Actor, Dance, Dance-Jazz, Jazz, Music, Music-Pop,

    Teaching kids and adults Latin, Hip-Hop and Party dances has been an enjoyable and rewarding experience.  Steps are broken down to provide good basic dance skills.  I do like to emphasize the fun in dancing.  While students are taught dance...

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  • Larry Edoff

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    Larry Edoff is an introspective and dynamic musician whose dedication to music has brought him originality and success as an accomplished bandleader, singer/songwriter, composer, and pianist. Larry has performed with great artists such as Tony...

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  • Doug Ferony

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    Doug Ferony is from the same school of singers that produced the talents from whom he took his performing lead: Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Bobby Darin. He is comfortable with a repertoire of tried and true standards & traditional pop,...

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  • Steve Frieder

    Category: Jazz, Music, Music-Pop,

    An all-around talent with a compelling voice in almost any genre, saxophonist and multi-wind player Steve Frieder captivates audiences in jazz, pop, funk, rock, club, avant-garde, and free improvisation. Steve has established himself as a...

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  • Robert Jackson

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    ASACP award winning CD charting rock act. Some describe sound as a cross between Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Smithereens, Warren Zevon, Sprinsteen meets The Cult ,Van Halen, Alice Cooper, go to www.robertjackson.net for sound clips.

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  • Jan Leder

    Category: Actor, Jazz, Music, Music-Pop,

    Jan Leder is a flutist, composer and lyricist who studied with Lennie Tristano while simultaneously compiling Women in Jazz: A Discography of Instrumentalists 1913-1968 (Greenwood Press 1985) as her undergraduate thesis at SUNY Purchase.  Her...

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  • Nora McCarthy

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    NORA MCCARTHY has performed at the top jazz venues in New York and has been a steady fixture on the New York jazz music scene since her arrival in 1996.  A multi-faceted artist, she works in many capacities and formats.  The following are...

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  • Iris Ornig

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    Iris Ornig is a gifted instrumentalist, a talented composer and a charismatic performer. Her compositions are swinging, stormy, melodic, sensitive, playful, angular and straight-ahead with plenty of twists and surprises. Iris is originally from...

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  • Alchemy

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    Alchemy is a Hudson Valley based Dance band comprised of some of the areas best and most versatile musicians. The band covers Pop, Top 40, R&B, Smooth Jazz, Funk, Soul, Rock, Country all in a dance format, featuring both classic and current...

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  • Zachariah Polk

    Category: Actor, Film, Jazz, Music, Visual, Visual-Illustration, Voice,

    Born in Yonkers, New York - Zachariah "ZAKAR F.I.X." Polk picked up a pen and paper, unmasking a writing talent that was beyond his time. He penned lyrical songs that reflected his intuitive vibe to change the world of music. At an early age,...

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  • Amy Reich

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    I am a composer, pianist and teacher

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  • Chip Shelton

    Category: Jazz, Music,

    Chip Shelton is a multi-instrumentalist who performs CELEBRATORY, FEEL-GOOD JAZZ on flutes, reeds, vocals, percussion, and more. He attended the Manhattan School of Music as a jazz flute major while studying classically with Julius Baker (aka...

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  • Julia Simpson

    Category: Actor, Jazz, Music, Voice,

    JULIA BREANETTA SIMPSON  is a professional actress/singer who has performed throughout the nation at Regional, Dinner and Stock Theatres in such productions as Death Of A Salesman, Ain't Misbehavin', Dreamgirls, For Colored Girls . . ., One Mo'...

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  • Pamela Sklar

    Category: Jazz, Music, Music-Pop,

    Described as "engaging...stimulating...piquant...delightful" by the New York TimesPamela Sklar has performed internationally and played with and for many well-known artists live and on recordings. In Westchester and elsewhere, she...

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  • Tor Snyder

    Category: Folk/Traditional, Jazz, Music, Music-Pop, Voice,

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