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Willie Jones III was born on June 8, 1968 in Los Angeles, California. His initial exposure to music came from his father Willie Jones II, an accomplished jazz pianist. With his guidance and inspiration the young drummer began studying with acclaimed drummers and music instructors. By the time he was in his teens her was performing with numerous distinguished musicians. He completed his training at California Institute of the Arts under the tutelage of Albert “Tootie” Heath.
As a co-founder of the group Black Note, he took the West Coast bop movement and gave it a hard swing, propelling them into first place in the John Coltrane young Artist Competition in 1991. He would go on to become a semifinalist the following year at the Thelonious Monk Jazz Drum Competition, and eventually the group released four albums. He has played, toured, and/or recorded with Milt Jackson, Horace Silver, Arturo Sandoval, Roy Hargrove, Peter Zak, Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, Herbie Hancock, Eric Reed, Kurt Elling and Wynton Marsalis Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Jazz musicians appreciate his exceptional speed and control together with his use of a wide range of textures that characterize most of his playing. He is a master of many styles and moves quickly and easily between bebop, big band, avant-garde, Latin jazz grooves, hard bop and swing.
He has released several albums under his own name as a leader and on his indie label, WJ3 Records. His music has been sampled, however, he has filed a lawsuit in 2014 against California rapper Kendrick Lamar for allegedly sampling “The Thorn” illegally in Lamar’s song Rigamortis. Drummer Willie Jones III continues to perform, record and tour both as a leader and sideman.
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Emilie-Claire Barlow was born June 6, 1976 in Toronto, Canada to professional musician parents, so she grew up in recording studios. By age seven she had begun a career singing television and radio commercial
Encouraged by her parents to sing and study several instruments Emilie chose piano, cello, clarinet and violin. She went on to study voice at the Etobicoke School of Arts and music theory and arranging at Humber College. She lists Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder amongst her musical influences.
Barlow’s first album Sings was released in 1998. She has been named Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2008 National Jazz Awards, has been nominated five times for Canada’s Juno Awards and won Best Jazz Vocal Recording for her album Seule ce soir in 2013. The album also won Album of the Year – Jazz Interpretation at the 2013 ADISQ Awards. The same year she also picked up Best Jazz Vocalist of the Year from Sirius XM Independent Album of the Year.
Beyond music Emilie has also provided voices for many animated television series, including Sailor Venus and Sailor Mars in Sailor Moon, Bakugan Battle Brawlers and Courtney in Total Drama Island.
To date the jazz singer, arranger, record producer and voice actress has released 10 self produced jazz albums on her own label and has voiced dozens of characters for animated television series. She has performed and recorded with Melanie Doane, Peter Appleyard, Matt Dusk, Jay Oliver and Dave Weckl to name a few. Emilie-Claire Barlow continues to perform, record and tour.
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ESP-Disk is a New York-based record label, founded in 1964 by lawyer Bernard Stollman. From the beginning, the label’s goal has been to provide its recording artists with complete artistic freedom, unimpeded by any record company interference or commercial expectations—a philosophy summed-up by the ESP motto, printed on every release: “The artists alone decide what you will hear on their ESP-Disk”.
Though it originally existed to release Esperanto-based music, but beginning with its second release, Albert Ayler’s Spiritual Unity, ESP became the most important exponent of what is commonly referred to as free jazz. However ESP also ventured into releasing recordings by non-commercial underground rock acts including The Fugs, The Godz and Pearls Before Swine. Though it suspended releasing records in the 1970s, several new releases by iconic and cutting edge artists have been released by the label, that still exists with nearly its entire catalog available.
A select list of the artists who have recorded for this label include Ornette Coleman – “Town Hall Concert”, Pharaoh Sanders – who made his recording debut on ESP, Sun Ra, Ronnie Boykins, Marion Brown, Sonny Simmons, Paul Bley, Ran Blake, Don Cherry, Giuseppe Logan, Byron Allen, Bob James, Gato Barbieri, Lowell Davidson, Gary Peacock, Frank Wright, Henry Grimes, Noah Howard, Tuli Kupferberg, Karl Berger, MarzetteWatts and Perry Robinson.
Stollman has faced allegations of not paying royalties to the artists or that were signed to unfavorable contracts with low percentage rates from ESP-Disk brought by mostly the underground groups. It is claimed he has committedly stated royalties were his as well as all publishing rights.
The label’s catalog has been licensed frequently over the years, and founder Bernard Stollman has resumed direct responsibility for reissues and for emerging artists.
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Elisabetta Serio was born on June 1, 1972 in Italy. Inspired by the music of all genres she heard helped form her artistic personality. As a child, she trained in classical and modern studying at the Conservatorio Nicola Sala in Benevento, Italy. She graduated with a degree in jazz and pursued further studies with Maestro Valerio Silvestro and followed with seminars in Rome with Barry Harris and also the Italian musicians Rita Marctulli and bassist Pippo Matino.
Her musical journey in the strict sense is “the street” with the conventional forms of love and sacrifice make it a viable learning ground. This makes each performance unique and unrepeatable.
Modern jazz pianist Elisabetta Serio continues to collaborate with her countrymen musicians such as Pino Daniele, Rino Zurzolo – double bassist, Matino as well as James Senese, Tullio De Piscopo, Rino Zurrolo, Enzo Gragnianello. She has worked with international pop stars Noa, dipped into the funky blues with British singer Z Star and ventured into world music withSarah Jamne Morris.
She leads her own trio, drummer Leonardo De Lorenzo and bassist Marco de Tilla performing throughout Italy, at festivals around the world and in most jazz clubs. She often invites trumpeter Fulvio Siqurta for her quartet and Morris is a frequent guest. With all this she still finds time to participate on numerous recording and performing projects as a sideman/woman.
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Wycliffe Gordon was born May 29, 1967 in Waynesboro, Georgia and was heavily influenced musically by the church music his organist father played at several churches in Burke County as well as being a classical pianist and teacher.
It wasn’t until 1980 that Gordon became particularly inspired in jazz at age thirteen, listening to jazz recordings inherited from his great aunt. The collection included a five-LP jazz anthology produced by Sony-Columbia and was drawn in particular to Louis Armstrong and the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens.
Wycliffe attended, at that age, Sego High School in Augusta, Georgia and played in the band under direction from Don Milford. He graduated from Butler High in 1985, performed in New York City as part of the McDonald High School All-American Band, went on to study music at Florida A&M where he played in the marching band.
His early works as a professional were with Wynton Marsalis but in recent years he expanded beyond swing and experimented with new instruments, notably the indigenous Australian wind instrument, didgeridoo. In 1995, Gordon arranged and orchestrated the third version of the theme song for NPR’s All Things Considered, the widely recognized melody composed in 1971 by Donald Joseph Voegeli.
In 2006 he founded Blues Back Records, his was an independent jazz label and released his Rhythm On My Mind album, a collaboration with bassist Jay Leonhart. His desire for full artistic control was the impetus for creating Blues Back. Blues Back had produced other artists in Wycliffe’s universe who met Gordon’s criteria for originality, however, since 2011 has been inactive.
Jazz trombonist, arranger, composer, bandleader and music educator at the collegiate-conservatory level, Wycliffe Gordon also plays didgeridoo, trumpet, tuba, piano, and sings. To date he has a catalogue of 19 albums as a leader and another eight as a sideman performing with John Allred, Marcus Roberts, Randy Sandke, Maurice Hines, Ron Westray, and Chip White. He continues to perform, tour, record and educate.
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