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Swedish musical sensation Gunhild Carling is an internationally acclaimed superstar whose show is a can’t-miss event! Whether she’s singing favorite swinging jazz standards, playing one of many 11 instruments (trumpet, trombone, harmonica, oboe, harp, flute, recorder, or jazz bagpipe!) or juggling and tap dancing, Gunhild’s sublime showmanship shines. And just wait for the finale – spoiler alert – she plays three trumpets at once! Was also on Sweden’s Dancing with The Stars. Gunhild performed for Sweden’s Got Talent in 2017 and on America’s Got Talent season 2019. She performed with her 'Carling Big Band' at the Royal Palace in Stockholm in the celebration for King Carl XVI Gustaf's Ruby Jubilee. Performing such great memorable vintage songs such as "Minnie the Moocher," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "All of Me," "It Had to Be You," and an endless repertoire of songs, Gunhild masterfully takes you back to another era like a time machine. Between Touring with her own band, she performs in several configurations from solo to orchestra to symphony and as a featured singer and multi-instrumentalist in several of Postmodern Jukebox's songs, including a 1920s jazz swing version of "Material Girl", and a 1920s hot jazz cover of ABBA's "Dancing Queen”. Gunhild Carling keeps serenading audiences in the US and all around the world today. She has over 3 million views from social media earning her a silver award from You Tube.

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Roger Harrison is an accomplished pianist, singer and composer. He's been performing as a pianist since getting started on the instrument as a child. Today his band performs as a jazz band for weddings and other events in Clearwater, Tampa and throughout Southern Florida. He also is a wedding singer and wedding pianist and has performed at hotels, restaurants, and private parties as a "one man band", creating the full sound of a band with one instrument.

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Born in Chicago. B.Mus. in composition (University of Illinois). 1978 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. Six years as a featured soloist with that band and its successor, Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (now The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra). 1981 began his 4-year tenure with the Stan Getz Quartet. 1990 until 1995 pianist, Phil Woods Quintet. At the present time, he appears as soloist at concerts and festivals worldwide. In 1996 re-joined The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra as pianist and Composer-in Residence. He is former chief conductor, now composer-in-residence, with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band; former chief conductor with the Danish Radio Big Band; and guest conductor with the Metropole Orchestra, the Swiss Jazz Orchestra, and the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw. As composer/arranger and conductor he has earned 12 Grammy nominations. He won a Grammy for his work on the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra’s “Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard”. He has 20 albums under his own name. The latest is “Rituals”, with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band and Chris Potter (“…a fascinating listen, a dramatic homage of breathtaking breadth and sophistication that succeeds on every level. ✶✶✶✶✶”—Ed Enright, DownBeat). He is professor emeritus in jazz composition at Manhattan School of Music. He was also involved with the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop for 24 years, 16 as musical director. He has also done clinics and major residencies at dozens of institutions all over the world.

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Pianist, composer, arranger and educator Michael Weiss has forged a formidable career working in the bands of jazz legends Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Slide Hampton, Frank Wess, the Heath Brothers, Charles McPherson, Lou Donaldson, George Coleman and the Junior Cook/Bill Hardman Quintet. Weiss' fifteen year association with Griffin yielded four recordings and annual tours around the world. He has also performed with Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Clark Terry, Clifford Jordan, Phil Woods, Pepper Adams, David Newman, Nancy Wilson, Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, and other high profile jazz recording artists. Weiss also has substantial big band experience: With the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Weiss logged nearly 700 engagements and two recordings over 25 years. He has also toured with the Mingus Epitaph Orchestra and Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. As a band leader, Weiss has headlined at the Village Vanguard, Detroit Jazz Festival, Smithsonian Institution, and major New York venues such as the Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Birdland, Bradley’s, Iridium and Sweet Basil. Radio and television appearances include CBS-TV’s Nightwatch, PBS’ Live From Lincoln Center, PianoJazz with Marion McPartland, Making the Music with Wynton Marsalis, Jazzset, and the Jazz Piano Christmas Special. Weiss was a 1989 prizewinner in the Thelonious Monk Institute's Piano Competition and won grand prize of the 2000 BMI/Monk Institute's Composition Competition presented to him by Wayne Shorter.

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Grammy®-winning arranger and band leader Brent Fischer credits his legendary father, Dr Clare Fischer, for creating a rich harmonic and orchestration palette that has become the Fischer brand. Brent directs the Fischer ensembles (quintet, big band, Latin Jazz Group, Orchestra) and has produced over ten albums to include: Grammy®-winning ¡Ritmo! (2012), "Pensiamento" from Music for Strings, Percussion and the Rest (2013). ¡Intenso! (2016), featured the CF Latin Jazz Big Band with guests Sheila E, and Roberta Gambarini. PICTURES is the latest vibrant Big Band album arranged, directed, and produced by Fischer featuring Larry Koonse, on guitar, Jamie Tate on drums, Quinn Johnson on keyboard. Woodwind and brass colors are played by Carl Saunders, Ron Stout, Michael Steever, Andy Martin, Scott Whitfield, Francisco Torres, Rob Hardt, Alex Budman and Kristen Edkins. Brent's credits appear on over 30 million albums to include: Usher, Michael Jackson, Prince, Elvis Costello & The Roots. Brent arranged the 2016 Grammy® win for R&B Song and Record of The Year for D'Angelo, "Really Love" from his album "Black Messiah". In 2019 Mr Fischer collaborated with Root’s drummer, Questlove on concert series presented in US and Europe by Live Nation Urban: 4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince. Music and Recordings available at https://clarefischer.com/ https://www.brentfischer.com/ http://www.studioexpresso.com/profi… contact: claris@westcoastjazznow.com

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Evan Sherman, a native of New Jersey, has played with the world's greatest musicians, including James Moody, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, and he was recently hired by Jimmy Heath and Ron Carter to play drums in their bands. He continues to tour with pianist Cyrus Chestnut and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars, with whom he performed at Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow in 2011. In the past year, Evan has also travelled to Doha, Qatar and Shanghai, China as a Jazz at Lincoln Center performer, teacher, and ambassador of music. Evan has performed at famed international venues such as The Kennedy Center and Blues Alley (Washington D.C.), the LA Convention Center and GRAMMY Museum (Los Angeles), Jazz at the Bistro (St. Louis), and Jazz Showcase (Chicago). He has played with headliners on the Jazz Cruise, as well as at festivals including the Rochester Jazz Festival, Litchfield Jazz Festival, DC Jazz Festival, Twin Cities Jazz Festival, Bellevue Jazz Festival, TriBeca Film Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival and others. When not touring the world, Evan is based in New York City, where he has performed at The Blue Note, Symphony Space, Jazz Standard, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Small's Jazz Club, Smoke Jazz Club, Flushing Town Hall, Le Poisson Rouge, among other notable venues. Leader of the {Evan Sherman Big Band}.

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Gattuso is Israeli DJ/producer, Reem Taoz, currently based in New York City. Long a lover of electronic music, Gattuso also known as GATTÜSO has rapidly made a name for himself on the house music scene. DJ Gattuso first came out with his song, ”Who We Are” featuring Myah, which has been featured on Spotify’s leading playlists such as Mint and Dance Rising, hit Apple Music’s “Top 50 Global Hit Songs” within a few weeks of it’s release. Since then he has collaborated with Liquid Todd for his hit song ‘Easy Boy’ which has had over 1 million streams on Spotify so far.

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In 90`s Igor Butman performed at almost every major jazz festival, such as JVC Jazz Festival in New York, Boston Globe Jazz Festival in Boston, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Idaho, Festival Internationale de Jazz de Montreal in Canada. That year Igor Butman moved to Russia and during the following years he became " a jazz bridge between Moscow and New York", bringing to Russia and playing with Eddie Gomez, Lenny White, John Abercrombie, Joe Lock and many other musicians. Especially pleasing to Igor's admirers was his new solo album Nostalgie which was recorded at RPM Studio in New York and released on Soyuz label in Russia in 1997 with Ira Gitler commenting that "Butman showed the fire and depth of his world-class improvisational talent". The Igor Butman's videoclip Nostalgie has reached the second position on Canadian TV channel Bravo!Canada. Butman`s marvelous coalescence of soul, sound and technique drew praise from American President Bill Clinton, one time tenor man, at a state dinner hosted by Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Kremlin. Clinton stated, that Igor Butman is "may be the greatest living jazz saxophone player, who happens to be a Russian."

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A keyboardist and woodwind player, Goodwin has built a larger-than-life reputation throughout the music industry for his composing, arranging and playing skills. Ray Charles, Christina Aguilera, Johnny Mathis, Toni Braxton, John Williams, Natalie Cole, David Foster, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, Brian McKnight and Quincy Jones are just a few of the artists with whom he has worked. Goodwin has also conducted world-renowned symphony orchestras in Atlanta, Dallas, Utah, Seattle, Toronto and London. Goodwin’s cinematic scoring and orchestration craft can be heard on such films as The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Escape to Witch Mountain, Get Smart, Glory Road, National Treasure, The Incredibles, Remember The Titans, Armageddon, The Majestic, Con Air, Gone In 60 Seconds, Enemy of the State, Star Trek Nemesis and even the classic cult film Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes. Goodwin’s soundtrack to Looney Tunes’ Bah HumDuck! – a wacky Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck riff on the classic A Christmas Carol – also features the {Big Phat Band}’s patented sound.

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Schneider’s music blurs the lines between genres, making her long list of commissioners quite varied, stretching from Jazz at Lincoln Center, to The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, to collaborating with David Bowie. She is among a small few to have received GRAMMYS in multiple genres, have received the award in both jazz and classical categories, as well as for her work with David Bowie. Schneider and her orchestra have a distinguished recording career with twelve GRAMMY nominations and five GRAMMY awards. Unique funding of projects has become a hallmark for Schneider through the trend-setting company, ArtistShare. Her album, Concert in the Garden (2004) became historic as the first recording to win a GRAMMY with Internet-only sales, even more significantly, it blazed the "crowd-funding" trail as ArtistShare’s first release. She’s been awarded many honors by the Jazz Journalists Association and DOWNBEAT and JAZZTIMES Critics and Readers Polls. In 2012, her alma mater, the University of Minnesota, presented Schneider with an honorary doctorate, and in 2014, ASCAP awarded her their esteemed Concert Music Award.