CHUBBY JACKSON
Born on Long Island (New York) in 1918, bassist Chubby Jackson, played during the forties with the band of Charlie Barnet (1941-1943) and Woody Herman (1943-1946) and later with Charlie septet Ventura (1947).
Chubby Jackson, played with a five-string bass designed by it, and envisioned as a talent scout for some record companies have entered the jazz scene in New York the pianist Lennie Tristano. He returned with Woody Herman in 1948 and with the combo of Bill Harris in 1951. Read the rest of this entry »
Originally from Wisconsin (1973), in 1991 he moved to New York and began studies with Fred Hersch and Sophia Rosoff. Recorded her first album in 1993: School Work, where he played with the tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman. Since then, Ethan Iverson has worked extensively with bassist Reid Anderson (his constant collaborator) and saxophonists Mark Turner, Bill McHenry and Patrick Zimmerli, among others. He has also served as music director of the Mark Morris Dance Group and as such, has been with Mikhail Baryshnikov and others. Ethan Iverson is part of this explosion of great pianists has been developing contemporary composition and performance capabilities, influenced by classical music whose flag is the master Brad Mehldau. Recognizing influences as disparate as Stravinsky and Ornette Coleman, Iverson showed very early a great potential as a pianist. 
Founded by trumpeter Pino Minafra, the Italian Instabile Orchestra, was born with the aim of overcoming the frustrating 
Pedro Iturralde (Fakes, Spain), is one of the pioneers of jazz musicians in Spain. She studied saxophone at the Conservatory of Music in Madrid, with eighteen years, arranging the studies of clarinet, piano, violin and armonía.Tras eight years touring Europe, returns to Madrid to act for several years in the “Whiskey Jazz Club”, with figures such as Donald Byrd, Lee Konitz, Hampton Hawes, Gerry Mulligan, and Tete Montoliu. In 1967, Joachim E. Berendt, requires you to perform with his sextet (Paco de Lucía on guitar) at the Berlin Jazz Festival with the premiere of his most ambitious musical project “Jazz Flamenco.” Works in Lugano and many other festivals and the European Union Radio with “Start All Big-Band” in the “Playhouse Theater in London and the” Palau “in Barcelona. 
T Grupo Irakere was composed by Armando Cuervo (Percussion), Oscar Valdes (Vocals and Percussion), Jorge “El Niño” Alfonso (congas), Enrique Plá (drums), Carlos del Puerto (Bass), Jorge Varona (trumpet), Arturo Sandoval (trumpet), Carlos Averhoff (tenor saxophone), Paquito D’Rivera (alto sax), Carlos Emilio Morales (guitar). Their repertoire over the years have been a clearly defined combination of themes of jazz, experimental and dances, with elaborate arrangements that can appreciate the virtuosity of the soloists and the quality of the compositions. Every one is a mix that has made the presence of Irakere on stage a required stop on any jazz event in the world. 
Swiss drummer based in Spain, Gerhard Illi adopted as a child his love for percussion banging everything that fell into their hands. In those early days and discover the battery is part of “Les Canards”, a dance band that leaves too soon to experience other musical paths. The next few years immersed in the local jazz scene and Rock until 1970, won the silver medal at the International Jazz Festival Zurich, still regarded as the greatest drummer of Free Jazz. 
The pianist and composer, Horace Icasto, n ace in Juarez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, beginning her musical studies at age five at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in public and debuting at six. She continued her studies in Buenos Aires with Maestro Alberto Dina and the age of ten he was awarded the title of Senior Professor of Piano, when interpreting the 32 sonatas of Beethoven. Also with James Fischer studied harmony and composition and conducting with Theodore Fuchs . 
Convert to Islam, the South African pianist Adolphe Johannes Brand, (Cape Town, South Africa) adopted the Islamic name Abdullah Ibrahim, the late sixties. 
Pianist, composer and arranger, Adrian Iaies, has studied with some of the most important musicians of Argentina, among which worth mentioning his close relationship with Manolo Juarez, his teacher of composition and orchestration for several years. From the 85 ‘is dedicated to teaching music, both in particular as leading teacher training workshops or giving clinics and workshops. The combination of a prolific work and his unique approach to the tango and other forms of popular music from an aesthetic Argentina clearly jazz has earned him many compliments, both inside and outside Argentina. 
Dick Hyman, was born in New York, 8 March 1927. Multifaceted musician and composer, piano virtuoso, and able to play all styles of jazz from ragtime, to bebop and interpreting the music of Scott Joplin or Cecil Taylor. He studied at Columbia University and played with figures renowned jazz, including Teddy Wilson, Red Norvo (1949) and Benny Goodman (1950).