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JUAMPY JUAREZ’S CAPRICIOUS MISTRESS!(2)

JUAMPY as he is called, was born Juan Pablo Juarez,  started playing when he was 13 years old, “but actually, says he,  I played guitar a little before that with my cousin’s guitar.  I’ve always been in love with music, and playing guitar was my dream, and this dream  has never left. My first guitar was […]

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JUAMPY JUAREZ’S CAPRICIOUS MISTRESS!(1)

  JUAMPY as he is called, was born Juan Pablo Juarez,  started playing when he was 13 years old, “but actually, says he,  I played guitar a little before that with my cousin’s guitar.  I’ve always been in love with music, and playing guitar was my dream, and this dream  has never left. My first guitar […]

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PHILIP WOO’S PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK(2)

  PHILIP WOO started playing music at the young age of five.  He grew up in a very artistic, musical environment which shaped his future.  “I am honored to be asked to share my thoughts.  I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington in 1956.  I moved to New York in 1976, and then to Tokyo in […]

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PHILIP WOO’S PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK!(1)

  PHILIP WOO started playing music at the young age of five.  He grew up in a very artistic, musical environment which shaped his future.  “I am honored to be asked to share my thoughts.  I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington in 1956.  I moved to New York in 1976, and then to Tokyo in […]

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WARREN BENBOW ON THE SPOT – IN THE MOMENT!

WARREN BENBOW is a New York-based drummer who has worked and recorded with Nina Simone, Weldon Irvine, Jr., Larry Willis just to name a few. In addition to his jazz work, he has also worked as an actor and musician in Broadway musical productions. He has performed on television, in the studio, and in clubs […]

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KAREN YOUNG’S QUIET SOPHISTICATION!

  KAREN YOUNG, was raised in Hudson, Quebec.  She started playing guitar at the age of fourteen and went on to become a singer, composer, writer, teacher, poet…  Karen has been living her passion for the last thirty years or more. I borrowed this because it says it all: “Karen Young does with sounds what […]

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RICH FRANKS HEARING BEAUTY FROM WITHIN!

  The sixties was a great time to be a young musician like RICH FRANKS, living in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the ocean being so inspiring.  “Alex Darqui the pianist and I along with Jaco Pastorius started playing together in 1968 says Rich. We became very dear friends. Jaco wanted to record an album with the three […]

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GIANMARIO GASPARRONI ON THE WAY TO JAZZ!

  GIANMARIO GASPARRONI  was born in 1968  and  started studying the piano at age 6, for about seven years. “Perhaps, says Gianmario,  I was too young (and I was not a great talent, even if my teacher had high hopes on me). When I left the studies , I had already started playing guitar and I was […]

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DENIS CARIGNAN’S DREAM OF SHARING MAGIC!

  DENIS CARIGNAN discovered at the ripe old age of 19, that music actually enabled him to speak and communicate with his environment!  Originating from Laval, he’s been living in the Laurentian area for the last 35 years.  He also teaches the art of Taekwon-Do.  “My greatest dream, says Denis,  is to reach the most people […]

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VIKTOR SETHY WRITING HIS OWN STORY!

  VIKTOR SETHY is not your average, everyday guy!  He’s a musician, a painter, a writer.  His life isn’t the average life either, from being kidnapped as a child, to being homeless, to living in exile, to starting his life over several times.  This man has an attitude!  This man has something to say!  This […]

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My name is Michele Andree. I am an artist, I paint musicians in action. I think I’m a musician at heart, my instrument being… a brush, so I play…brush and I paint… music.
I love jazz. I call it freedom music. It promotes special values. I love intelligent people and good conversations.

Some people ask me how music relates to art. Personally I find they go hand in hand. Music is what turns me on to painting. It makes me see colours