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Raymond Court was born on December 2, 1932 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He began playing trumpet in his late teens, but by age 20 was playing in Raymond Droz’s band from 1952 to 1956.
Later in the 1950s he played with Flavio Ambrosetti and Kurt Weil, and the early 1960s saw him with Daniel Humair, Martial Solal, and Rene Urtreger.
Starting in the mid-Sixties, he began concentrating on a new career in woodworking and cabinetry, but returned to music after about a decade. He recorded as a leader in the 1980s and with Weil again and Charly Antolini in the 1990s.
Trumpeter Raymond Court died March 03, 2012.
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Adam Nussbaum was born in New York City on November 29, 1955 and grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut. He first played the drums at the age of four, however, it wasn’t until after five years of piano study that he got his first drum set when he was around twelve. He went on to study music at the City College of New York, during which time he also played in local clubs.
1978 saw Adam joining Dave Liebman’s quintet and did his first European tour with John Scofield. He played with saxophonist Stan Getz for a year in 1982. The following year he became a member of the Gil Evans Orchestra, and toured Europe and Japan two years later.
Joining the Eliane Elias/Randy Brecker Quartet, Gary Burton, and Toots Thielemans, by 1987 he began touring with Michael Brecker’s band. He was a member of Brecker’s Grammy award-winning album. Don’t Try This At Home. In 1991 John Abercrombie hired Nussbaum to complete his organ trio and during 1992 Nussbaum was part of the Carla Bley Big Band.
He has kept active in a wide variety of groups and as a freelancer. His quartet recording debut as leader in 2018 was The Lead Belly Project, released on Sunnyside Records.
Drummer Adam Nussbaum continues to perform and record.
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Jon De Lucia was born on November 26, 1980 in Quincy, Massachusetts. He is predominantly a student of jazz, but also has a deep interest in the folkloric music and instruments of Cuba, Japan, Ireland and Italy. He has performed on a variety of ethnic flutes, drums and stringed instruments.
Having led his groups and played as a sideman in Boston, Massachusetts, New York City and all over Japan, he has worked with Tommy Crane, David Tronzo, Bob Moses, Bob Gullotti, John Lockwood and Thomas Morgan among others.
He leads the Jon De Lucia Group, and the baroque improvising Luce Trio. Saxophonist and composer Jon De Lucia, now based in Brooklyn, New York, continues to compose, perform and teach full time at BMCC in Tribeca, New York.
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Adam Cordero was born on November 18, 1999 and grew up in Roslyn Heights, New York. He became captivated by the sounds of nature which he has incorporated in his compositions. Attending the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts
Adam holds a BFA degree with high honors from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He is also an adjunct professor at the New School and teaches privately.
Cordero teaches his own studio of students privately and is an adjunct faculty member at The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music. He has played the established jazz venues in New York City, and has toured internationally to Switzerland and South Korea.
His quintet, Arcadia, strives to unite people in the common cause of protecting the environment. Cordero is a leading founder of the music venue Julian’s NYC and the music label, Tidebloom Records.
Saxophonist, composer, educator, and multi-instrumentalist Adam Cordero, who also plays clarinet, bass clarinet, and flute, continues to perform, tour and record.
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Wayne Andre was born on November 17, 1931 in Manchester, Connecticut. His father was a saxophonist, and he took private music lessons from age 15. In the early 1950s he played with Charlie Spivak before spending some time in the U.S. Air Force. 1955 saw him joining the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, and the next year played with Woody Herman.
From 1956 to 1958 Wayne played with Kai Winding and enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music. He composed his Nutcracker and arranged The Preacher for the Kai Winding Septet while performing with the septet. In the 1960s, he performed with Gerry Mulligan’s first Concert Jazz Band, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, and Clark Terry’s Big Band.
He joined the Mission to Russia with Benny Goodman in 1962. He also played with Urbie Green, Art Farmer, Roy Ayres, and Carl Fontana. After settling in New York City, Andre became a sought-after studio sideman and soloist. He has recorded with Liza Minnelli, Bruce Springsteen, and Alice Cooper.
During the Eighties he played with Lynn Welshman’s Tentet, The Mingus Big Band, The Epitaph Band, Jaco Pastorius and many others. He performed with his own quintet, which included Marvin Stamm, Pat Rebillot, Ronnie Zito, Jay Leonhart; and his septet which included Matt Finders, Keith O’Quinn, and Jim Pugh. Andre performed with his own big band, the Illinois Jacquet Band and Mike Longo’s New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble.
Wayne Andre, who recorded one hundred and sixty-seven albums as a studio musician, continued to write music for symphony orchestras and big bands throughout his life, died on August 26, 2003..
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