Drummer Francisco Mela is a favorite among jazz’s best performers including Chucho Valdés, Joe Lovano, Kenny Barron and McCoy Tyner. Born in 1968 in Bayamo, Cuba, Mela moved to Boston in 2000 to attend Berklee College of Music, where he...
Haneef Nelson holds a Bachelors of Music degree in African-American Music Studies from the Hartt School where he studied under Jackie McLean, he holds a Masters degree in Jazz Composition from UMass Amherst. Nelson has taught at The Artist Collective...
Anna Patton is a versatile clarinetist, singer, composer, and educator driven by musical curiosity. She is the co-founder of Zara Bode’s Little Big Band, in which she plays clarinet and arranges horn parts. She also works with the internationally touring...
David Picchi has been performing and teaching music in Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley since 2001. As an electric and double bass player, he has been called to play on many recording projects and is known for his ability to perform with...
As the daughter of Chinese immigrants raised in Houston, Texas, Helen Sung embodies two diverse cultures and has discovered a musical voice and identity that are true to both - and more importantly, true to herself. Initially a student of...
Eugene Uman is the director of the Vermont Jazz Center in Brattleboro Vermont where he has produced hundreds of concerts and educational programs since 1997. The VJC was offered a 2014 Chamber Music America Acclaim award acknowledging his programming and...
Michael Zsoldos has performed with Paquito D’Rivera, Sheila Jordan, Ernie Watts, Jim McNeely, Matt Wilson, Rebecca Parris, and Jerry Bergonzi and has opened for piano legend McCoy Tyner with his group The Other Three Tenors. His debut CD as a...