2012

Born in Edinburgh 1967, Tommy Smith, a keen nurturer of young talent he formed Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra in 2002 and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra in 1995. Smith first came to prominence when he joined Gary Burton’s group aged 18, touring worldwide. Tommy Smith is a major creative force in contemporary music. The saxophonist, composer and bandleader performs in settings ranging from solo saxophone to big bands and symphony orchestras. He has recorded over 24 albums as a leader, featuring world-renowned musicians like Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, Kenny Barron, Eddie Gomez, Kenny Wheeler, Jon Christensen and Arild Andersen among others. He has also performed with Al Cohn, Benny Golson, Bill Evans and Randy Brecker to name a few. His albums include over 250 of his own original compositions.


You've heard her voice!! The iconic voice behind Michael Jackson on Don't Stop Til You Get Enough!!! Michael's biggest hit!! On Aretha Franklin's number one hit "Jump To It"! Billy Idol's number one hit "Mony Mony"!! Luther Vandross's "Stop To Love", "Superstar", "Wait For Love", and her contagious laugh and vocals on "Bad Boy/Having A Party"!! And so many others... She also toured and sang live with Luther Vandross and sang all of the Tammi Terrell duets with Marvin Gaye on his last tour.

Changton Kunjara was born in Bangkok, Thailand in 1976. He has begun to play guitar before he’s got Bachelor degree in Economic from Chulalongkorn University and Master degree in Cultural Studies from Mahidol University. In his early musical life, he has mastered all Thai classical instruments and has won many prizes in Thailand. Few years later after he started to play guitar, he got interest in jazz music. In 1999, He received a "world scholarship" from Berklee College of Music and came to the U.S. in 2000. At Berklee, He was focusing on performing and writing in jazz music. Changton studied with many famous artists such as Ted Pease, Bret Willmott, Jim Kelly, Jon Damian, David Feuzynski.
Changton is now a Head of Jazz Studies Department of Conservatory of Music Rangsit University (http://www.rsu.ac.th/music/) ,teaching jazz guitar, jazz ensemble, jazz theory and improvisation.

With JazzNL artists:

Marialy Pacheco | Australia
Ferit Odman | Turkey
Lica Cecato | Brazil
Luca Aquino | Italy
Maxim Pustovit | Russia
Nikolai Ivanov | Bulgaria
Simone Zanchini | Italy

Israeli born vocalist Adina Even-Zohar grew up in New York City. After her BA degree in 1977, she took a year break to live and work in Israel before going on to graduate studies in the U.S. Adina has been performing successfully for several years at various venues. With the release of her CD "For the First Time (in a Long Time)”, she intends to perform internationally.


You've heard her voice!! The iconic voice behind Michael Jackson on Don't Stop Til You Get Enough!!! Michael's biggest hit!! On Aretha Franklin's number one hit "Jump To It"! Billy Idol's number one hit "Mony Mony"!! Luther Vandross's "Stop To Love", "Superstar", "Wait For Love", and her contagious laugh and vocals on "Bad Boy/Having A Party"!! And so many others... She also toured and sang live with Luther Vandross and sang all of the Tammi Terrell duets with Marvin Gaye on his last tour.

JazzNL Artists:

Luca Aquino | Italy
Simone Zanchini | Italy
Tommy Smith | United Kingdom
Nikolai Ivanov | Bulgaria
Nikolas Anadolis | Greece