REGGIE has played and /or recorded with the following artists :

ROY HARGROVE, BRANFORD MARSALIS, STEVE COLEMAN, MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO, CHICO HAMILTON, CASSANDRA WILSON, THE HEADHUNTERS, ARCHIE SHEPP, WALLACE RONEY, LIZ MC COMB, CASSANDRA WILSON, DON BYRON, ROKIA TRAORÉ, OLIVER LAKE, RONNIE CUBER, JEF LEE JOHNSON, STEPS AHEAD, LESTER BOWIE, FRANK MC COMB, WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET, WILL SMITH, UTE LEMPER, URI CAINE, MALCOLM BRAFF, JEAN-PAUL BOURELLY, RANDY BRECKER, LISA SIMONE, CHEICK TIDIANE SECK, JACQUES SCHWARZ-BART, D'ANGELO, ROBIN MC KELLE, HERVE SAMB, FABRICE ALLEMAN, ANNE DUCROS, ALEX TASSEL, STANLEY JORDAN, SAM VLOEMANS, MOIANO, GENE LAKE, DAVID GILMORE, RAVI COLTRANE, NATHALIE LORIERS, TOOTS THIELEMANS, DAVID LINX, MEDERIC COLLIGNON, GIL SCOTT HERON NEW MIDNIGHT BAND, FRANZ HACKL, STEPHANIE MC KAY, CRAIG HARRIS, DANA LEONG, JASON LINDNER, RENEE NEUFVILLE, … 

Reggie's music represents the cutting edge of jazz today. It's a healthy musical mix paying hommage to the forefathers & exploring this craft by journeying down new roads to help pave the way for the future. 
He is a purist at heart; hungry with new & fresh ideas. For Reggie; the music must evolve! He is among the select group of musicians/artists/stylists capable & dedicated to keeping jazz music alive & strong!! 

Keep the Bottom! 

Malcolm Hunter is a New York City based singer/songwriter/keyboardist.  


Improvisation is not just a technique for Grammy nominated artist Cyrille Aimée, it’s a way of life. The acclaimed vocalist ventured from singing on street corners in Europe to dazzling audiences at the world’s most prestigious jazz festivals; from sneaking out to sing in gypsy encampments in her native France to acting on Broadway; from braving the notoriously tough audiences at New York’s Apollo Theatre to being called a “rising star in the galaxy of jazz singers” by The New York Times. 

Among countless accolades, Aimée won the Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition and the Sarah Vaughn International Jazz Vocal Competition. As an actress, Aimée co-starred with Bernadette Peters in a Stephen Sondheim tribute at New York’s City Center which inspired her to dig deeper into Sondheim's repertoire, resulting in her fourth and most recent album, Move On: A Sondheim Adventure. She’s shared her story via master classes, a TEDx talk, and a few addresses at the Conference on World Affairs.

JORDAN YOUNG
PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY



	Born in Detroit, MI in 1978 music was always a continuous presence in Jordan's upbringing. His earliest musical influences came from his mother's vast record collection, which included classical, jazz and classic rock. He began to play drums at age ten, immediately falling in love with the instrument. As soon as he was good enough, he started playing in local rock, punk and heavy metal bands. His first experience playing jazz was in high school jazz band, where he was first chair all four years. His exposure to a variety styles at an early age helped him to become the versatile and creative musician he is today.
	Eventually, Jordan attended the Jazz Studies Program at The University of Michigan, where he refined his drumming and compositional skills. In Ann Arbor, he was consistently sought out to perform with local groups with styles ranging from jazz to pop to avant-garde. Simultaneously, he was hanging at more jam sessions in the Metro-Detroit Area, which led to gigs with Detroit jazz legends Donald Walden, Marcus Belgrave, Teddy Harris, Jr., James Carter, and Rodney Whitaker. Meanwhile, at the University of Michigan, Jordan was taken under the wing of world-renowned drummer and composer, Gerald W. Cleaver. Studying with Gerald, Jordan really began to dig deep into world of jazz drumming, absorbing himself in the music of master drummers like Art Blakey, Jimmy Cobb, and "Philly" Joe Jones. During the five years Jordan spent at Michigan he dedicated himself to this music: practicing, playing and gigging as much as humanly possible.
	Upon encouragement from his mentors, Jordan moved to New York City to become an active part of the NYC jazz scene. As soon as he arrived, he began studying with world class educator John Riley, earning his masters from Manhattan School of Music.  Other teachers and mentors such as Carl Allen and Kenny Washington have helped to shape Jordan's playing as well. Jordan leads a jazz organ group based in New York City, The Jordan Young Group.  The group has been a working unit in various capacities since 2009.  The individuals in the group, while rooted in the jazz tradition, come together to form and create a modern organ group sound. Their range of influences creates a deep and diverse musical palette.  Naturally, the JYG is inspired by classic 60's organists such as Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Larry Young and Melvin Rhyne, too name a few. Influence from non "jazz" artists such as Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Webb, and Burt Bacharach contribute to the creation of a sound that is well-rounded and appealing to many diverse audiences.  They can create colorful musical ambiances from slow and mysterious to bright and upbeat.  These variations of musical textures are bound to leave the listeners inspired.  The group's aim is to engage the audience with their fresh sound, taking them on a musical journey where past and present combine. 
	 Their first self - titled recording, "The Jordan Young Group" was a successful collaboration and clear example of four unique voices merging together to create a unified and cohesive sound.  Jordan's sophomore recording "Cymbal Melodies" was released by Posi - Tone records on September 11, 2012.  It has received rave reviews.  The group continues to perform at renowned New York City jazz clubs and venues such as Smoke, Smalls, Cleopatra's Needle, Arturo's, Fat Cat, Silver Lining, Little Branch, to name a few and performs weekly as the house band at TriBeCa jazz lounge B Flat. 
	Currently, Jordan resides in Brooklyn, NY.  He is on faculty at The Music School of Westchester and maintains an active private teaching studio.

Barry Finnerty is an internationally known guitarist, having played with such jazz luminaries as Miles Davis (The Man With The Horn), the Crusaders (Street Life) and the Brecker Bros. (Heavy Metal Bebop). He is also the author of two acclaimed "Serious Jazz" educational books. He now lives in Oakland, California with his wife Clarita and several dogs. "START" is his first literary work.
Synopsis:
In New York City in the mid-1990's, internationally known guitar player Barry Finnerty found himself in a very bad place. His glory days of the 70's and 80's, when he was recording with Miles Davis, flying first class around the world with the Crusaders, making legendary records such as "Heavy Metal Bebop" with the Brecker Bros, banging beautiful groupies and partying non-stop - all of that is a distant memory.
As he reminisces about the past and laments what might have been, he has no choice but to make a living as the rock singer in a high society tuxedo band, a job with no artistic satisfaction whatsoever, which he finds highly depressing to say the least. Self-medication with booze and cocaine is continuous, and he becomes so unhinged at one point that he actually believes he can escape his predicament by getting into a relationship with Yuvana Crump (the ex-wife of the notorious New York real estate tycoon Ronald Crump) because she smiles at him while he is onstage at a tuxedo gig at the Waldorf. When that brilliant idea doesn't work out so well, he starts thinking that maybe becoming a stand-up comedian might be his way out.
The often hilarious narrative, told in the first person (from Barry's own perspective) and in the present tense (except when recalling past memories), blurs the barriers between memoir and fiction. "There's a lot of reality in it," says Barry. "although many of the names have been changed to protect the guilty. And a lot of it sounds like it really could have happened... although most of it didn't. But some of it did!"

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