Debbie Mari (South Africa)
Vocalist and pianist. She is a Lecturer in the Jazz Studies programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Arts (Music). She is the Project Manager of the UKUSA Arts [...]
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Hiroki Sugita (Japan)
Jazz journalist for thirty-two years, Director of jazz website “PJ Portrait in Jazz”. Contributor of the Japanese leading magazine “Swing Journal” (1990-2010) as reviewer, interviewer, discographer and member of a selection committee of Jazz Disc Awards.
Mery Zimny (Poland)
Mery Zimny is a music journalist based in Kraków, Poland. Co-founder of internet radio JAZZKULTURA. She collaborates with the Jazz Forum magazine. She also wrote to: Jazzpress, Gazeta Magnetofonowa, Ruch Muzyczny. For 2,5 years had worked at Off Radio Kraków.
Ralph Gluch (Switzerland)
Ralph Gluch works for 35 years as booking-agent. Collaboration among others at the moment with Craig Taborn, Ray Anderson, Erika Stucky, Tim Berne, Vadim Neselovskyi, Hank Roberts, Zoh Amba, Tomeka Reid, Luciano Biondini.
Geila Zilkha (Japan)
Jazz Vocalist, singer, songwriter, educator
Born and raised in Kobe, Japan. Now based in Tokyo. Geila was born half Israeli and Japanese. Attended Canadian Academy International School, then graduated Berklee College of Music in 1991.
Iliana Ilieva (Bulgaria)
Iliana founded Big Bang Booking & Management Agency in 2015. She is not a musician, but she is a music lover. A lawyer by profession loves good and unique music. She travels around the world in search of new and inspiring music bands.
Paul Pace (UK)
Music bookings coordinator at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. Ronnie Scott's has remained a central constant in Paul's lifelong love affair with jazz. He first visited the club to see the seemingly effortlessly swinging US tenor sax legend Zoot Sims in 1972.
Jan Fritz (Germany)
Jan Fritz Founder of the agency JAZZMEDIA & MORE and editor for diverse music magazines (Jazz in Europe and others).
He was a music editor at the private radio channel KISS-FM Berlin (production and hosting of the weekly broadcast „Jazzbeats“ from 1992-1996).
Kodi Hutchinson (Canada)
Known as the host of CKUA’s ‘A Time for Jazz’, Kodi also heads award-winning record label, Chronograph Records, featuring top jazz musicians strictly from Western Canada. One of the most active professional musicians in the Western Canadian scene,
Vangelis Aragiannis (Greece)
Vangelis Aragiannis has been writing music reviews for over twenty years, published in various publications and websites (among them is the www.jazzntzaz.gr magazine). He runs the music website jazzbuzz.gr, in which he writes original articles, record reviews,[...]
Anna Russkevych (Ukraine)
Art director of the Ukrainian festival "Jazz on the Dnieper". She has been organizing tours and cultural events for over 20 years and she was always passionate about jazz. Now she and her festival colleagues started an artistic agency "ArtDi".
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