January 2018 – Page 7 – The Music Syndicate

Month: January 2018

John Kolivas

Artist Profile: John Kolivas John Kolivas Bassist and group leader, John Kolivas (born in 1961) founded the Honolulu Jazz Quartet in the summer of 2001. Over his 25+ years as a professional bassist, John has had the privilege of performing

Artist, Bass

John Pena

Artist Profile: John Pena John Peña began his musical journey in New York at the age of 6, playing guitar under the guidance of his father, John Peña, Sr. By the time he was 17, John Jr. was residing in

Artist, Guitar

John Pisano

Artist Profile: John Pisano “I was doing a lot of work around L.A. with people like Frank Rosolino. We had a trio with Frank on trombone, a bass player and myself on guitar. I did some stuff with Buddy Collette,

Artist, Piano

John Rangel

Artist Profile: John Rangel John Rangel studied composition with John Corigliano& Harold Blanchard. He also studied Jazz Piano with Phil Markowitz, Joanne Brackeen, Stanley Cowell, Richie Beirach, Kenny Werner. This extremely talented pianist/composer/instructor goes waaaaaay back with Michael Andrew and

Artist, Guitar

John Scofield

Artist Profile: John Scofield Hold on to your hat… Always innovative, John has employed some cool sound for his latest musical release überjam. Scofield continues: “Avi Bortnick is a rhythm guitar master. Between the two of us, we cover just

Artist, Bass

Johnny Griparic

Artist Profile: Johnny Griparic Johnny has played with many artists/bands such as Richie Kotzen, Stefan “Big Swede” Svensson and Stevie Rachelle. Johnny Griparic played bass in ex-Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash‘s blues cover band Slash’s Blues Ball. Johnny was then

Artist

Johnny Mandel

Artist Profile: Johnny Mandel The eventful career of Johnny Mandel is grounded a thorough background in music that has resulted in his being acclaimed in the pantheon of American composers, arrangers, record producers and songwriters. His is a career

Artist, Piano

Jon Mayer

Artist Profile: Jon Mayer For far too long, Jon Mayer – an emotive, playful and superbly inventive bebop-based pianist who always delivers ear-pleasing improvisations–was one of jazz’ better kept secrets. His story started in the mid-to-late ‘50s, after the Harlem-born

Artist, Sax

Jonny Viau

Artist Profile: Jonny Viau Get out that greasy chicken… Traditional blues and soul to jump, jazz and the New Orleans sound – that only starts to describe the real-deal blues sound of Jonny Viau and the Blues Allstars. Jonny Viau

Artist, Piano

Josh Nelson

Artist Profile: Josh Nelson A native of Southern California, Josh Nelson maintains an active schedule as a jazz pianist, composer, and recording artist. At age 28, he has already performed with some of the most respected names in jazz, including