Ran Blake

Ran Blake

male, 74 years old
Third Stream pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Modern Creative pianist, Post-bop pianist, Third Stream, Bard College alumni…newenglandconservatoryofmusic
Ran Blake (born April 20, 1935) is an American pianist composer. He is a faculty member at the New England Conservatory of Music. He was an...
Jerry Bergonzi

Jerry Bergonzi

male
composer, jazz, tenor saxophone, newenglandconservatoryofmusic, gig, concert
Jerry Bergonzi is a jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and educator. He first gained recognition as the featured horn in the Dave Brubeck quartet...
Bob Brookmeyer

Bob Brookmeyer

male, 79 years old
Post-bop trombonist, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, Mainstream jazz pianist, West Coast jazz pianist, Cool jazz pianist, Post-bop pianist…music arranger, newenglandconservatoryofmusic, New Art Orchestra, Spirit Music
Robert Brookmeyer (born December 19, 1929) is an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, and arranger. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer...
Fred Hersch

Fred Hersch

male, 54 years old
Karin Oberlin, Nancy King, Village Vanguard, HIV-positive, AIDS, homosexual…New School University, newenglandconservatoryofmusic, manhattan school of music, music group
Fred Hersch (born October 21, 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a contemporary American jazz pianist who has become a consistent and highly demanded...

Christopher O'Riley

male
Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, John Coolidge Adams, debussy, public radio, From The Top, European classical music…classical music, alternative music, newenglandconservatoryofmusic
Christopher O'Riley is an American classical pianist and public radio show host, who is also known for his piano arrangements of songs by...
Chris Speed

Chris Speed

male, 42 years old
Folk-jazz saxophonist, Free improvisation saxophonist, Modern Creative saxophonist, Free jazz saxophonist, Avant-garde saxophonist, American jazz saxophonist…newenglandconservatoryofmusic
Chris Speed (b. Seattle, Washington, 1967) is an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He studied classical piano from the age of five,...
Marilyn Crispell

Marilyn Crispell

female, 62 years old
from Philadelphia, Avant-garde jazz musician, Women in jazz, Pennsylvania musician, Guggenheim Fellowship, composer…Creative Music Studio, New York City Opera, newenglandconservatoryofmusic
Marilyn Crispell (born March 30, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Crispell studied classical piano and...
Cuong Vu

Cuong Vu

male, 40 years old
Jazz fusion musician, Avant-garde jazz musician, South Vietnam, Jazz trumpeter, saigon, avant-garde jazz…Music of Vietnam, Vietnamese music, newenglandconservatoryofmusic
Cuong Vu (surname Vu; b. Saigon, South Vietnam, September 19, 1969) is a jazz trumpeter and vocalist. Born in Saigon, he left Vietnam with his...
Donald Martino

Donald Martino

male, deceased (2005)
Parisonatina al’Dodecafonia, American, composer, pulitzer prize, Classical composer, Brandeis University…newenglandconservatoryofmusic, Pulitzer Prize for Music winner
Donald Martino was a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Martino studied composition with Ernst Bacon, Roger...
Michael Moore

Michael Moore

male, 54 years old
Free improvisation saxophonist, American jazz saxophonist, Avant-garde saxophonist, American jazz clarinetist, Free improvisation clarinetist, Avant-garde clarinetist…newenglandconservatoryofmusic
Michael Moore (born December 4, 1954) is an American-born jazz musician (clarinet, saxophone) and composer who has resided in the Netherlands since...