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Drummer Raf Vertessen earned a Masters of Music and Composition from the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
In his career he has performed a wide variety of music with an emphasis on improvisation whether playing jazz, rock, punk, or electronic music.
He has also been a teacher of drums, percussion, harmony, theory and composition in Belgium, the Netherlands and New York.
On his LiveStream from June 23, 2020, Vertessen creates an intriguing 20-minute drum solo that pays close attention to dynamics, contrasting sound with space, and constructing a spontaneous composition with its own logic.
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An up-and-coming jazz pianist, Yuko Mabuchi was born in Fukui, Japan, started playing classical piano when she was four, and switched to jazz while in high school.
She moved to Los Angeles in 2010, was back in Japan during 2013-16, and since 2016 has been active in the local jazz scene, leading her own trio and recording five CDs as a leader.
On her LiveStream from June 22, 2020, Yuko Mabuch performs solo piano versions of “Softly As In A Morning Sunrise, “Prelude To A Kiss,” “I Got Rhythm (which she sings) and a few of her originals, displaying impressive technique and a fertile imagination.
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Keyboardist-composer Dawn Clement has performed with such notable artists as Jane Ira Bloom (with whom she toured the U.S.), Pharaoh Sanders, Nancy King, Ingrid Jensen, Hadley Caliman, John Clayton, Mercer Ellington, Bobby Previte, and Herbie Hancock.
Clement, who has led five CDs of her own, gained a strong reputation while living in the Pacific Northwest before moving to Denver to teach at the Metropolitan State University.
Her LiveStream of June 19, 2020 is an intriguing improvisation on electric piano that travels through several moods, different grooves and inventive melodic ideas.
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Daniela Soledade was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, the granddaughter of a top Brazilian composer and the daughter of a busy guitarist.
Ms. Soledade recorded as a studio singer starting when she was a child, settled in the U.S. in 2003, and has continued to grow as an interpreter of Brazilian jazz, displaying a beautiful voice and very appealing phrasing.
While Nate Najar was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, he is a brilliant acoustic guitarist whose playing (inspired by Charlie Byrd) perfectly fits into Brazilian music; among those who he has worked with are Ken Peplowski, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Chuck Redd.
The combination of Daniela Soledade and Nate Najar performing Brazilian songs is a delight as can be seen and heard throughout their LiveStream from Feb. 19, 2021.