Regan Ryzuk Septet
Saturday October 27th, 2012
7:00PM Wine And Cheese Reception
8:00PM Performance
Ticket Price: $20.00 in Advance, $25 at the Door
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Artist Information:
Regan Ryzuk (Piano, Composer, ASCAP)
Regan Ryzuk is an American Composer and pianist. He studied with Robert Helps at Manhattan School of Music as well as attended The Juilliard School. Ryzuk's classical music studies then led to jazz studies with Jaki Byard and Sir Roland Hanna. At Juilliard, he began his studies in piano performance, but quickly changed to composition.
Regan began touring with various ballet companies - traveling through Europe and Latin America. The playing of ballet classes improved his improvisational techniques and laid the groundwork for one of his greatest compositional works - "48 Preludes and Fugues." This work was composed over the course of a year when he was living in Switzerland.
He is the founding partner in the TV/Film music production company, respectively known as SOUNDGUILD. Regan's work can be heard on numerous television and movie projects through his work with Zomba Music and Extreme Music, the worldwide production music library unit of Sony/ATV Publishing.
Rob Henke (Trumpet)
Rob has worked with and is currently working with a bunch of fine groups and musicians, traditional and non, including: The Spirit of Life Ensemble, Doctor Nerve, Phillip Johnston, Fast 'n Bulbous (music of Captain Beefheart), Diane Moser's Composer's Big Band, The Walter Thompson Orchestra, Mina Aggosi, The Strike Anywhere Ensemble, and many others.He has several recordings of his own, including "Footnotes", which received the Aaron Copland Award in 2001.
Marty Fogel (Saxophone)
Marty has toured both nationally and internationally with major jazz artists, including the late Don Cherry and Gerry Mulligan. He also spent several years performing and recording in the band of the legendary rock artist Lou Reed and has been a part of Diane Moser's Composers Big Band (CBB) for the last twelve years. Marty was a cofounder of The Everyman Band, an innovative and internationally acclaimed group which toured Europe and recorded for ECM Records.
He also recorded a CD under his own name entitled, “many bobbing heads at last.... which was released on CMP Records. His latest CD, “Bnai Keshet Suite,” released in March, 2005, is in collaboration with pianist/composer Mitch Schechter, and features Brian Glassman on bass.
Marco Vitali (Violin)
Marco began studying classical violin at the age of 3. At 5 he trained under an apprentice of Jascha Heifetz and by 11 he was attending Juilliard as a violin and orchestration major. Hailed as a child prodigy, he concertized throughout Europe and the US. As an adult Marco studied jazz with John Blake, sideman to McCoy Tyner, and collaborated with accomplished artists in other genres i.e. Peter Wolfe “Fools Parade” which eventually lead him to head several of his own funk and jazz bands.
Willy Dalton (Guitar)
Willy has been a working professional guitarist since 1970. Born in Manhattan, he began performing professionally in San Francisco, moved to Southern Florida in 1974, and settled in the NY Metropolitan Area in 1977. Well known artists he has performed or recorded with include Bo Diddley, Cissy Houston, Ben E. King, The Shirelles, Pam Tate, Mary Wells, Eddie Monteiro, Joe Cocuzzo, Daniel Ponce, and many others. He has also arranged, produced , and supervised the manufacture of over 25,000 compact discs for various artists. He formed his own record label and released 4 CDs by The Dalton Gang--a 10 piece band he has led as guitarist/composer/ arranger since 1979.
John Hvasta (Drums)
John has been a drummer since the age of three. His formal education includes private studies with Jim Chapin, Joe Morello, Dom Famularo, Al Miller, Gary Chaffee, David Garibaldi and Sam Ulano. Mr. Hvasta has a wide range of experience covering Jazz, Rock, R&B, Funk, New Orleans Style, Fusion Crossover, Country and Avante Gaurd. Author of "New Age Drum Set Movement" and co-author of the Rhythm Section Column for the Skylands Blues Music Publication, John is also a contributing author in the Bang Section of Electronic Musician magazine. Mr. Hvasta is the Vice-President of Drummer's Helpers, creators of the "Air Stix®". These sticks are used to warm up at an unusually short amount of time, and are used to build all the muscle groups of the arm, hand and fingers.
John Richards (Upright Bass)
John, a New Jersey native, has performed throughout the New York tri-state area with multiple artists, including band members Regan Ryzuk, John Hvasta and Willy Dalton. Although his knowledge spans all genres of music, John's main focus and passion has been in jazz, fusion and composition. He has studied with Dave La Rue (Electric Bass) and Rick Crane (Upright Bass), as well as with Gary Keller (Guitar). He has worked also to produce additional albums under his own label, ZENGO Records
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