http://media.bluemusicgroup.com/ - 07/25/10 08:16:46 - 12/04/04 23:34:08
Johanna Grüssner
is from the Åland Islands in Finland. She studied in Sweden before moving to Boston. She is a Berklee and Manhattan School graduate. Grüssner made headlines in major U.S. television broadcasting companies in 2001 when she had trained her Bronx public school children to sing groovy gospel, and touring her native Finland. She made a particular impression on New York Times journalist Anemona Hartocollis, who wrote the book Seven Days of Possibilities, describing Grüssner's...
Judith Insell
is a New York native, who has been in the New York jazz scene since the mid nineties. Ms. Insell is on a personal mission: spreading the word that the Viola can play any style of music! She has performed with Lee Konitz, Greg Osby, Steve Coleman, Antonio Hart, and Miguel Zenón in concerts and on recordings. As a founding member of Sojourner, Ms. Insell has explored self expression through improvisation, and also ventured into composition with the title track of the group's new album...
Akiko Pavolka
is a Japanese-born vocalist, composer and educator based in New York. Her strikingly original music blends pop and jazz with the music and sensibilities of her native Japan. She has released four albums as a leader. Her band House of Illusion has toured in the United States, Europe and Japan. Akiko has also composed music for commissioned projects in Japan and was a founding member of the underground rock band Entropy in the late 90s. In addition to her own recordings she can be heard on...
Supported by ![]()
Norma Winstone
is a British jazz singer and lyricist. In a career spanning over forty years she is best known for her wordless improvisations. Winstone began singing in bands around Dagenham in the early 1960s, before joining Michael Garrick's band in 1968. Her first recording came the following year, with Joe Harriott. She recorded one album under her own name in 1972. Winstone has worked with most of her peers in British jazz including Garrick, Mike Westbrook and her former husband, the pianist John Taylor....
Guest User | LOG IN
Musicians
is a singer and songwriter from Austria who has also lived in the Netherlands. When Maria moved to New York in 2005, she hit the music scene like lightning. Since then she has been working as one of the most innovative musicians on the scene. Her compositions are as diverse as life's surprises, combining elements of Rock, Drum 'n' Bass and Modern Jazz as well as Indian and Western Classical music. Maria often tours the United States and Europe from her home base in Brooklyn. Maria's voice is...
Log in
VIOLETby Eeppi Ursin?
New York Jazz Capitalizes Compositions by Remarkable Trio
Conductor Bruno Walter in Prewar Mozart Recording
Uruguayan pianist Nando Michelin with Esperanza Spalding on Blue Music Group
Singing Sparrow Lisa Werlinder Sparkles Without Interferences
Will Steinway Grand Pianos Be Made in China?
Op-Ed: Health Insurance Reform Likely to increase Musicians Join the Union
Young Graduates Need to Integrate After College Years
Did you know...?
When you own just one album, you'll never see these ads again.
FOR SALEA legendarySTEINWAYStudio Recording Grand PianoONLY $ 17,000
TWO FOR THE ROAD
by Mika Pohjola & Jill Walsh?
Johanna Grüssner Running An Important Mission With Singing
Edwin Fischer cuts the modern temperament in Johann Sebastian Bach
Op-Ed: Billboard perpetuates a hysterical analysis of the music scene
Op-Ed: Der Spiegel Fails To Deliver On Jazz Education
Jazz Bassist Massimo Biolcati tours with Lionel Loueke Trio
Austrian New Yorker Maria Neckam Sings With Full Swing
Jazz Musician Drew Gress Sweeps Central Europe With His Bass
Get rid of the ads
Buy just one album, and the entire site will be ad free.