January 2018 – Page 14 – The Music Syndicate

Month: January 2018

Marty Schwartz

Artist Profile: Marty Schwartz Marty Schwartz has played guitar most of his life and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in contemporary music performance from the College of Santa Fe in Santa Fe New Mexico. He currently plays in Wise

Artist, Drums, Vocalist

Marvin ‘Smitty’ Smith

Artist Profile: Marvin ‘Smitty’ Smith Born and raised in Waukegan, Illinois, Smitty’s earliest musical influences included traditional Jazz, American folk, East Indian music, African music, and Soul. After attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, Smitty moved to New York

Artist, Guitar

Masa Kohama

Artist Profile: Masa Kohama Masa began playing the guitar as an 11 -year-old. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University Anglo-American Faculty of Letters, he moved his base of operations in 1991 to Los Angeles. He graduated from the Musicians Institute,

Artist, Bass

Matt Brewer

Artist Profile: Matt Brewer Matt Brewer was born in Oklahoma City but spent most of his youth in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Born into a musical family, Matt was surrounded music from an early age, both his father and grandfather

Artist, Bass, Trombone

Matt Finders

Artist Profile: Matt Finders Matt Finders is a bassist, composer/arranger and educator living in Livermore, CA. He spent 17 years as a member of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Band (on trombone). During that period, Matt started his Jazz

Artist, Keyboard, Piano

Matt Harris

Artist Profile: Matt Harris Matt Harris graduated with a BM from the University of Miami and a MM from the Eastman School of Music. He moved to Los Angeles after touring, writing, and recording with jazz legends, Maynard Ferguson and

Artist, Piano

Matthew Fries

Artist Profile: Matthew Fries Matthew Fries (pronounced FREECE) has been playing piano all his life. Born in central Pennsylvania, Matthew grew up in a musical home. His mother was a classical singer. His father was a professor of piano at

Artist, Guitar

Matthew Von Doran

Artist Profile: Matthew Von Doran Played in the warm up house bands for The Nanny and Seinfeld and has also worked with Wayne Brady as well as smooth jazz keyboardist Scott Wilkie. He leads his own group, The Matthew Von

Artist, Bass

Max Bennett

Artist Profile: Max Bennett Max Bennett & Private Reserve Fans and followers of contemporary jazz need no introduction to Max Bennett. An internationally known bassist and composer, his experience spans from concert touring, recording and producing, to composing music for

Artist, Sax

Med Flory

Artist Profile: Med Flory As the founder of Supersax, Med Flory has always been an accomplished and exciting musician. Supersax was formed Med Flory and Buddy Clark that played Charlie Parker’s solos in unison, reached unexpectedly wide audience: made