Mike Allemana—guitar Matt Ferguson—bass Gerald Dowd—drums The Regulators’ music defies easy description. Are they a rock power trio? A jazz group? A funk band? An Andean pan-flute ensemble? They are most of these things and yet they are none of them. They are a free-funk-jazz exploration of non-western rhythmic modes. Whatever genre you […]
Hanka Nowicka Rożen, artist, fashion designer, costume designer, and jazz singer. She trained her voice in the opera direction. Over the next years, she mastered her voice towards jazz. Private lessons and trips to the International Jazz Workshops allowed her to sing in the final concerts. In 2002, she began singing in the […]
From left to right: Dani Rabin (guitar), Blake Jiracek (drums), Danny Markovitch (saxophone), Jon Nadel (bass), . Wow! The latest addition to our AllSoulsJazz Fest line-up of performers – the one and unique band: MARBIN MARBIN is a progressive jazz-rock band based in Chicago, IL, with a unique story that stands out in today’s music […]
KAEYRA (Caroline Baran) is a 21-year-old singer from Chicago, IL but her family is from Poland. For the first time Kaeyra at the age of fourteen performed at Jazz All Souls’ Day in 2015 as Caroline & The Priority. She then appeared again in 2016 and 2018. In 2016 she performed together with Bill Neal […]
Antykwariat Jazz Group… …was founded by Slawomir Bielawiec and Jan Zienko in 1776 and prospered in Poland until 1980. Originally a quartet, then quintet, sextet, and finally a septet, it specialized in music encompassing mainstream jazz. The early Antykwariat is most aptly described by music critic Jacek Grun: “No jazz group is capable of entering […]
Mateusz Smoczynski is a graduate of the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland. A student of Andrzej Gebski. Winner of the 2nd International Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition. Best jazz violinist of 2017 by Jazz Forum, European Magazine. Since 2017 he teaches jazz violin at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in […]
MARLENE ROSENBERG She has emerged as one of the most talented and multi-faceted bass players on the scene today. She has played professionally throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and Japan, performing with innumerable jazz luminaries, such as Kenny Barron, Frank Foster, Stan Getz, Albert “Tootie” Health, Joe Henderson, Marian McPartland, Cedar Walton, Wallace […]
Denise ranks with the all-time greats such as Ella, Sassy, Lady Day, Nancy, Dianne, Monica, and Carmen, to name a few. CLARK TERRY, LEGENDARY JAZZ TRUMPETER Denise Thimes sings with such tenderness and honesty, she has every audience in the palm of her hands. She is one of the best singers in St. Louis […]
Originating from Chicago, IL, Charles “Rick” Heath IV is a versatile and renowned musician from local to international levels. Playing anything from Jazz and Blues to Gospel and Latin music, his signature sound is prominent in the recording studios, concert settings, live Broadway theater platforms, and currently as the drummer for pianist and jazz legend […]
Vijay Tellis-Nayak Vijay Tellis-Nayak has received accolades for his prodigious musical talents since childhood and is currently sought after as one of the top musicians in Chicago as a keyboardist, producer, composer/arranger, and engineer. Vijay began studying classical piano at the age of 5 and by 11 had won numerous awards for […]