Alan Broadbent Trio

Alan Broadbent was born in Auckland, New Zealand and in 1966, at the age of 19, received a Downbeat Magazine scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1969 he was asked to join Woody Herman's band as his pianist and arranger for 3 years. In 1972 he settled in Los Angeles, beginning a musical relationship with the legendary singer Irene Kral (no relation to Diana Krall). Soon he was also invited into the studio scene as a pianist for the great Nelson Riddle, David Rose and Johnny Mandel. In the early 90s he was asked to be a part of Natalie Cole's famous "Unforgettable" cd, at which time he toured as her pianist and, a little while later, as her conductor. At this time he wrote an orchestral arrangement for her second video with her dad, "When I Fall In Love", which won him his first Grammy for "best orchestral arrangement accompanying a vocal". Shortly after, he became a member of Charlie Haden's Quartet West, touring the festivals of Europe, UK and the USA. It was while with this group that he won his second Grammy, an orchestral accompaniment written for Shirley Horn of Leonard Bernstein's "Lonely Town". As a soloist and with his jazz trio, Broadbent has been nominated for Grammys twice for best instrumental performance, in the company of such artists as Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins and Keith Jarrett. In 2007 he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit, an honor he holds in high regard. The legendary Harvie S has performed and recorded with masters in music including Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Jim Hall, Michael Brecker, Gil Evans, Mike Stern, Arturo O'Farrill, Lee Konitz, James Moody, Houston Person, Pat Metheny, Art Farmer, Toots Thielemans, Tommy Flanagan, Roland Hanna, Dr. Billy Taylor, Joe Lovano, John Scofield, Chick Corea, Erik Friedlander, Yusef Lateef, Danilo Perez, Paquito D'Rivera, Grover Washington Jr. and Pat Martino. He can be heard on over several hundred CDs as a sideman, and another thirty as a leader or co-leader. The Sheila Jordan/Harvie S Duo set the standard for bass and voice performance. Over 200 Harvie S compositions have been recorded on CDs, records and videos. Harvie S CD's include Underneath It All, Urban Earth, Smart Moves, In a Different Light, Full Moon Dancer, It's About Time, Havana Manana (2001), New Beginning (2004), Texas Rumba (2005), Funky Cha (2006), Now Was The Time (2008) & Somewhere and Above (2009). The Harvie S Band tours worldwide and has performed at The Iridium, The Blue Note, The Kitano Jazz Club, Sweet Rhyth, The JVC Festival, The Syracuse Jazz Festival, The Lake George Festival Pori Jazz in Finland, IAJE Convention and Festival, The Jazz Improv Live Convention and Festival, The Hudson River Festival, Jazz Forum Arts Festival, Iona College Art at Noon Music and Dance,Philadelphia Museum After Dark Series, Manhattan School of Music Jazz Series, Willam Paterson College, The WBGO Festival, Austria Outreach Festival, Boston Bass Bash, Trumpets Jazz Club, Flushing Town Hall Jazz, Tarrytown Library Jazz, Ossinging Library Jazz, Deerhead Inn, Delaware Water Gap Jazz Festival, 606 Club London, England, Garforth University Jazz, the Zinc Bar, Ryles Jazz, SUNY Purchase Conservatory, Marblehead Jazz Festival, Birdland, Scullers Jazz Club, Hartford Conservatory, Monmouth County Jazz Series and Soundwaters Jazz. Harvie is a recipient major grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, ASCAP, Meet the Composer and the Fund for U.S. Artists. In addition to his performance career Harvie S teaches internationally and is a jazz bass professor at The Manhattan School of Music for both undergraduate and graduate divisions. Weblinks:www.harvies.com In an extraordinary career spanning nearly 40 years, drummer Billy Mintz has played with some of the biggest names in the jazz and pop worlds. Mr. Mintz was born in Queens, New York in 1947. By the age of 15 he was firmly entrenched in several of the show bands of the Catskill Mountain resorts, and as his musicianship developed he would eventually tour with jazz artists such as Lee Konitz, Eddie Daniels, Harold Danko, Mike Garson, Mose Allison, Mark Murphy, and the Kim Richmond Sextet. He also toured and recorded extensively with Bobby Shew.At the same time, his credentials grew in the pop arena, leading to tours with Juliette Prowse, James Darren, Gloria Gaynor, and a stint with the show band for the Merv Griffin Show.In 1986, Mr. Mintz toured Japan with the Los Angeles Symphonic Jazz Orchestra (having relocated to Los Angeles in 1981). In 1988 he toured Europe with saxophone great Charles Lloyd, and from 1989 to 1995 he performed with the Alan Broadbent TrioThroughout his life Mr. Mintz has taught privately and done clinics at schools around the world, including the Berklee School of Music, the Dick Grove School of Music, Bloomingdale House of Music, Long Island Drum and Percussion Club, Eagle Rock H.S., Arizona State University at Tempe, University of Arizona at Phoenix, and North Texas State University. He also taught extensively while on tour with various artists in Sydney, Australia, Tel Aviv, Israel and Wellington, New Zealand. Mr. Mintz has written two books: Different Drummers, originally published by Aamsco Music Publishing and Advanced Sticking and Sight-Reading (BM Publications). He has also had articles published in Not Just Jazz and Modern Drummer magazines. Mr. Mintz appears on records by the following artists, among others: Bill Perkins/James Clay Quintet; Vinny Golia; Fred Tompkins; The Cryers; Harold Danko; Eddie Daniels; Bobby Shew; Bob Magnusson; Mike Garson; Art Resnick; Walking Wounded; Kim Richmond; Clay Jenkins; Ken Filiano; John Woods; Joey Sellars; Bruce Fowler.In recent years, Mr. Mintz has taken on new roles as a bandleader and a composer, performing his own compositions with various ensembles. He also performs solo drumset concerts with increasing frequency. weblinks:www.billymintz.com