After having been exposed to jazz, Tumi Mogorosi decided to record his first album, Project Elo. His idea was to integrate jazz and choral classic music. A jazz sextet is composed of 4 chorally-trained vocalists. The album contains 7 original songs that are true expressions of Tumi Mogorosi. Because of the interplay between the instruments, … Read more
Billy Mohler is a Grammy Nominated writer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Mohler is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA. He studied Jazz Performance. Mohler was one of five people selected to join the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. He studied and performed with jazz legends Herbie Hancock and Clark Terry, as … Read more
Louis Tebugo Moholo, a South African jazz drummer, was born 10 March 1940 in Cape Town. He founded The Blue Notes along with Johnny Dyani and Chris McGregor. They emigrated to Europe in 1964 with them. He eventually settled in London where he was part of an exile South African community that contributed significantly to … Read more
The seductive musical textures and dynamics of these three jazz and world music masters have earned them worldwide acclaim. Glen Moore is the bassist of the well-known group Oregon. Glen Velez, a master frame drummer with several albums on the CMP label, and Larry Karush, pianist for ECM has made his name with a fine … Read more
Bundance Mutori was only 14 years old when he started playing with other Mokoomba members. It was 2002 when they were both at Mosi Oa-Tunya High, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. He recalls that their greatest problem was getting instruments. He says that they didn’t own any instruments, and that even though there was a music class … Read more
Jacky Molard is one artist who has made a significant contribution to the history of Breton music in the last 30 years. He was a violinist, arranger and producer. He also participated in many musical adventures (Gwerz. Archetype. Pennou Skoulm. Jacques Pellen Celtic Procession. Tryptique. Bal Tribal. Erik Marchand. The Balkaniks.) and toured the world … Read more
Jessica Molaskey, born January 9, 1962 in Wolcott (Connecticut), is an American professional actor. She is also a singer of show tunes and torch songs. A dozen Broadway shows have featured her, including Sunday in the Park, Tommy (as Mrs. Walker), Crazy For You and Chess, Oklahoma! She has appeared in Cats, City of Angels, … Read more
For over two decades, composer/saxophonist/theorist Hafez Modirzadeh has developed his pioneering chromodal concept, a cross-cultural musical approach developed from his own American jazz and Iranian dastgah heritages. While he has published extensively on this topic, he also developed alternative performance techniques to adapt his saxophone for the Persian tuning system. Dr. Modirzadeh was a keen … Read more
Nearly eight years ago, Mark Aanderud, a Mexican-born pianist and composer, joined forces with Hernan Hecht (an Argentinian drummer). Their chemistry was instantaneous and natural. Aanderud says that the first things they did were related to free music. We have an incredible amount of magic in the way we can record music and play concerts … Read more
Vito Di Modugno, an Italian organist, has established a solid reputation with several Red Records releases. These include Organ Trio Plus Guests (2008), Organ Grooves (2008) and Organ Trio Volume 2 (2009). The delightfully swinging East Side is his latest release. Di Modugno is the first of a new generation of B3 specialists, who charge … Read more
