Emmett Goods

Dr. Emmett C. Goods is a trombonist and Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Rhode Island. He has been performing for over 25 years. As a performer Emmett has shared the stage with a wide variety of artists crossing over multiple genres. In

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Anton Kot

Twenty-one-year-old Anton Kot was born in NYC and grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and along the Connecticut coast. He has recently headlined at the 2022 Litchfield Jazz Festival and 2023 Pittsfield City Jazz Festival as a drummer, pianist, and composer. His star-studded acts have included saxophonist Don Braden, Albert Rivera,

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Conway Campbell

Conway Campbell Jr. is an up-and-coming, New York City-based bassist, composer, arranger, and educator. Conway began playing the cello in the seventh grade and switched to the upright bass within less than a year. Raised in Worcester, MA, Conway began his study of the music with the Assumption College Jazz

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Ugonna Okegwo

is one of the most distinctive and sought-after jazz bassists in the world. Critics across the globe have praised him for his rich tone, supple sense of swing, stylistic range and inventiveness. These qualities have not only earned him a place on the bandstand with jazz legends as diverse as

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Peter Brainin

Peter Brainin is a Grammy and Latin Grammy winning saxophonist, composer and educator who has toured internationally with Mongo Santamaría, Valery Ponomorev, Hilton Ruiz, Bebo Valdez, Chico O’Farrill, Bobby Sanabria, Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Joris Teepe, Willie Colon & Legal Alien, Samuel Torres, the Mambo Legends

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Jimmy Greene

A native of Connecticut, Jimmy Greene is one of the most respected saxophonists of his generation. He tours internationally and appears at storied clubs and festivals with his own groups and as a member of the Ron Carter Quartet. He has also toured and/or recorded with Horace Silver, Tom Harrell,

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Steve Kortyka

Based out of Astoria, NY, Steve Kortyka is an accomplished mulit-instrumentalist, composer, educator and full time performer. He is a main member of the Brian Newman Quintet/Quartet, one of NYC’s modern working bands currently holding a residency at The Jazz Club at the Aman hotel. Since graduating from the Cincinnati

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Troy Roberts

Hailing from the remote location of Perth, West Australia, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Troy Roberts has received numerous accolades including three DownBeat SM Jazz Soloist Awards, two Grammy Nominations, and was semi-finalist in the 2008 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Graduating with a Bachelor of Music at the young age

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Matt Dwonszyk

Born in Hartford, CT, Dwonszyk started playing the electric bass at age eleven. His journey into the world of jazz began at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School where he began playing the upright bass. He also started attending the Artists Collective after school program playing in

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David DeJesus

David DeJesus is a multiple Grammy Award winning saxophonist and bandleader from Brooklyn, NY who has established himself as a key player in numerous bands in various genres. In Jazz, David has performed with the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars, and Jimmy

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