JWP Agency
2021
 
New Artists & Projects
Hi Folks. We’re excited to announce five new exciting artists to our roster:
These new artists join the other new artists that we added back in March:
Please take a moment and check out the videos below on these new exciting world-class artists.
We’re ready to help you with booking live performances for this coming season and beyond!!.
Best,
Steve Frumkin JWP Agency
New Artists & Projects  Alan Broadbent Trio featuring Harvie S and Billy Mintz
A masterful new NYC based jazz trio featuring legendary pianist/arranger Alan Broadbent, bassist extraordinaire Harvie S, and seasoned drummer Billy Mintz. With two highly acclaimed albums on the High Note/Savant label, this trio deserves to be heard. Alan is most well known for his arranging and piano playing with Natalie Cole, Barbara Streisand, Johnny Mandel, Charlie Haden’s Quartet West, Shirley Horn and Dianna Krall to name just a few.
Harvie S is one of the most popular bass players ever performing on over 400 albums, including 16 as a leader. His recordings and tours with Stan Getz, Pat Metheny, Chet Baker, Jim Hall, James Moody, Toots Thielemans, and many more are legendary.
Billy Mintz has toured and recorded with a Who’s Who in jazz and pop including Lee Konitz, Eddie Daniels, Gloria Gaynor, Bobby Shew, and Billy May amongst dozens more.
 Alan Broadbent
One of jazz’s all-time greatest pianists, arranger, symphony conductor, and Music Director for numerous greats including Barbara Streisand, Natalie Cole, Nelson Riddle, Woody Herman, Johnny Mandel, Irene Kral, Paul McCartney, Charlie Haden’s Quartet West, Shirley Horn, Diana Krall, Jane Monheit, and many more.
Alan is a two-time Grammy Award winner with several more nominations.
 Chiara Izzi & Perry Smith
Award winning Italian singer, songwriter Chiara Izzi has been described by Jazz Times as “a talent to be heard, admired and anticipated” after the release of her debut album “Motifs”. Chiara’s International debut took place at the Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition in 2011, where she was awarded first prize by the living musical legend Quincy Jones. In 2020 she also won the Independent Music Award for “Best Jazz Song with Vocals” with her composition “Circles Of The Mind.” She perfectly blends
Perry Smith – Guitarist Perry Smith combines the tradition of Jazz with broad influences from contemporary music to create his signature style. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Smith is now based in Brooklyn where he leads his own groups and is a sideman for local and touring artists.
Smith is a founding member of the critically acclaimed New West Guitar Group. Based in Los Angeles featuring guitarists John Storie and Will Brahm, NWGG has been performing internationally for over 10 years. In 2019, Smith released his 4th album as a leader “Live in Brooklyn” on his own label Smith Tone Records.
Quotes “A force of nature” – Michael Bailet – ALL ABOUT JAZZ
“A talent to be heard, admired and anticipated” – Travis Rogers, JAZZ TIMES
 The Resurrection of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins The great blues singer, crazy man, original shock-rock performer and the songwriter who penned the classic, “I Put A Spell on You,” died in 2000. Now bluesman Mike Armando, who was Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ guitarist in the 1970s, has recreated the legendary shows with a new group, appropriately called, The Resurrection of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. This show is an authentic recreation and people attending will think they’re seeing Screamin’ Jay resurrected.
Screamin’ Jay grunted, groaned, snarled and even moaned with intestinal pain during performances. Sometimes he would appear in aboriginal dress, with a bone through his nose and casting voodoo spells. He was always accompanied by Henry, his staff topped with a skull.
The band will perform the well-known compositions like “I Put A Spell on You,” “Constipation Blues,” “Alligator Wine” and lesser-known nuggets like “Feast of the Mau Mau.” Although some dedicated fans might prefer “Armpit #6” or “(She Put The) Whammee (On Me).”
The forerunner to Alice Cooper, Kiss, Marilyn Manson and more!!
It’s a show that will haunt you for a long time!!
 Harvie S
Any jazz fan will tell you, Harvie S is one of the great bass players on the scene today. He’s played with the best and he continues to challenge himself and his peers in new artistic directions. Moreover, Harvie is a bassist, producer, bandleader, composer and educator.
Harvie S has performed with masters in jazz and Latin music including Stan Getz, Pat Metheny, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Jim Hall, Michael Brecker, Gil Evans, Arturo O’Farrill, Lee Konitz, Mark Turner, James Moody, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims, Houston Person, Art Farmer, Toots Thielemans, Bob Mintzer, Joe Lovano, Dave Leibman, Vic Juris, Danilo Perez, Paquito D’Rivera, Ray Barretto, Ray Vega, David Valentin and countless others.
Harvie can be heard on over 400 hundred CDs as a sideman and 16 as a leader.
Roster  Gloria Reuben
Gloria Reuben is a singer, actress, and published author whose credits in television, film, theater and music are vast.
Gloria’s career in music includes being a backup singer for Tina Turner in 2000, which led her to record her solo record “Just For You”. Gloria released her first jazz album “Perchance to Dream” in 2015 on the iconic MCG Jazz label. Her second album on MCG Jazz, “For All We Know” was released on Valentine’s Day 2020 to rave reviews.
Gloria portrayed the HIV+ Physician Assistant “Jeanie Boulet” on the hit NBC series ER (a role that garnered her two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe nomination) and acting in multiple regular starring roles in many other television series, including Raising the Bar, Mr. Robot, Falling Skies, Marvel TV’s Cloak & Dagger, and on Showtime’s City on a Hill.
In film, Gloria portrayed “Elizabeth Keckley” alongside Daniel Day-Lewis & Sally Field in the Steven Spielberg film “Lincoln”, appeared with Paul Rudd and Tina Fey in Paul Weitz’s “Admission”, and starred opposite Samuel L. Jackson in “Reasonable Doubt”. Gloria’s performances are stunning and rapturous. Her clinics are unique and engaging as she is a unique multi-discipline artist.
 Ariella
Infusing Funk, Jazz and Samba with Blues Soul and Rock, Ariella has created a memorable ear-catching sound. Formed in 2013, Ariella (preiviously Ari and the Alibis) quickly became one of the top acts in their native Tampa Bay music scene, as evidenced by their 2015/16 nomination for best local band in Tampa Bay, and Ariella for best Jazz vocalist. They also received Grammy nods in two categories: Best Rock Song (Dirty Little Secret) and Best Rock Performance (Dirty Little Secret and Bon Appetit).
 Dominick Farinacci
Trumpeter and Mack Avenue Recording artist, Dominick Farinacci graduated from The Juilliard School in 2005, launching his career with a prolific run of twelve albums.
He has performed in more than 120 cities in 14 countries around the world and was featured on ABC’s Good Morning America. He gave a TED Talk in 2014 at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, and has served as Ambassador to Jazz at Lincoln Center in Qatar
Dominick has been a leading advocate of music and education, and is the Director of the Tri-C JazzFest Academy, a pre-college jazz program, at the Gill and Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio.
 Chiara Izzi
Award winning Italian singer, songwriter Chiara Izzi has been described by Jazz Times as “a talent to be heard, admired and anticipated” after the release of her debut album “Motifs”. Chiara’s International debut took place at the Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition in 2011, where she was awarded first prize by the living musical legend Quincy Jones.
Chiara is currently living in New York and performs regularly around the world. Some of her notable performances occurred in prominent venues such as Montreux Jazz Festival, The Iridium, Apollo Theater, Aspen Jazz Festival, Jazzahead, Italian Embassy in Washington DC.
“Sister, you are very very talented!! – QUINCY JONES |
2020
| Hi Folks.As you probably know, JWP Agency’s sister company produces one of the world’s most successful music clubs, Nighttown, in Cleveland, Ohio. Below you’ll find our newsletter from Nighttown, featuring live and recorded concerts for this strange time with the virus.
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Dominick Farinacci “Songbook Watch Party”
During the watch party, you’ll get to talk with and get to know each artist, and then watch the featured performance they created for you. This episode is free, but you have to sign up in advance to join. To ensure maximum participation, registration is limited. Details on how to join will be emailed to you prior to the show. Register: www.dominickfarinacci.com/swp
Dominick Farinacci “Songbook Watch Party”
Diehl has collaborated with living masters ranging from jazz greats Wynton Marsalis and Benny Golson to 20th century classical titan Philip Glass. He has established himself as one of the preeminent interpreters of the Great American Songbook in his working trio and as musical director and arranger for the remarkable vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant. The New York Times jazz critics have have extolled Mr. Diehl’s “melodic precision, harmonic erudition, and elegant restraint,” while the same paper’s classical critics have noted, “Mr. Diehl play[s] magnificently.” A graduate of Juilliard, Diehl was named the 2011 Cole Porter Fellow by American Pianists Association, in 2014 became the youngest ever Monterey Jazz Festival Commission Artist and has released two critically acclaimed albums on the Mack Avenue Records label.
Dominick Farinacci “Songbook Watch Party”
His work with the hyper-accordion (an acoustic accordion with extended range and expressive capabilities of his own design) has been featured in many of Golijov’s compositions. In 2011 he was commissioned to compose for Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project. He began his work with the group as a guest artist during workshops and performances at Harvard University. Ward-Bergeman is a founding member of the North American Roots music trio Groanbox.
Laila Biali – Live Facebook Concert
Multi award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist and CBC Music national radio host Laila Biali has headlined festivals and venues spanning five continents from New York City’s Carnegie Hall to Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, and supported international icon Sting. In 2019, Laila’s eponymous release won her a JUNO (Canada’s GRAMMY) for “Vocal Jazz Album of the Year.” The year before that, she was awarded top prize at the Canadian Songwriting Competition in the Jazz category. Laila was also the youngest-ever double winner at Canada’s National Jazz Awards when she was named “SOCAN Composer of the Year” and “Keyboardist of the Year.” She received her first JUNO nomination for Tracing Light (2011), and a spot on DownBeat Magazine’s “Best Albums of the Year” for Live in Concert (2013). While Laila continues to earn high honors in the Jazz world, her signature sound transcends genre as she “masterfully mixes jazz and pop, bringing virtuosity and unpredictability to songs that are concise and catchy” (Washington Post). Laila’s highly anticipated album, Out of Dust, which features multiple GRAMMY nominees and winners including Lisa Fisher, Alan Ferber, John Ellis, and Larnell Lewis, released March 27, 2020 Dominick Farinacci “Songbook Watch Party”
Hailing from all four corners of the world (Peru, Lebanon, Germany, Belgium and Venezuela) Emoción wear their name well, as they invite you to experience a whirlwind of emotions through a rich multilingual repertoire. From classical roots and jazz to traditional and contemporary Latin rhythms, Emoción’s repertoire mesmerizes audiences, keeping them longing for more. Think Piazzolla covers, original milongas, rhythmic oriental pieces , French chanson, theatrics and South American folklore. Their versatile performances blend live instruments, video art projections and sometimes, the odd poetry reading, to bring that passion to a reflective state.
Dominick Farinacci “Songbook Watch Party” Hailing from all four corners of the world (Peru, Lebanon, Germany, Belgium and Venezuela) Emoción wear their name well, as they invite you to experience a whirlwind of emotions through a rich multilingual repertoire. From classical roots and jazz to traditional and contemporary Latin rhythms, Emoción’s repertoire mesmerizes audiences, keeping them longing for more. Think Piazzolla covers, original milongas, rhythmic oriental pieces , French chanson, theatrics and South American folklore. Their versatile performances blend live instruments, video art projections and sometimes, the odd poetry reading, to bring that passion to a reflective state.
Dominick Farinacci “Songbook Watch Party”
Evelyn has been entertaining like no other in the styles of jazz, R&B and pop. She has opened for the likes of Mel Torme, Joan Rivers, Harry Belafonte, Bob James, Freddie Jackson, Regina Belle among others. Performs the Tri-C Jazzfest annually. She was awarded the Jazz Legend Award from Tri-C Community College in 2008. Awards include Best Female Vocalist in 1985 in conjunction with public broadcasting station WCPN. Evelyn has toured throughout the U.S and Canada performing in the top nightclubs and concert halls. She had the honor of performing for First Lady Rosalyn Carter, General Colin Powell and Oprah Winfrey. Dave Thomas, piano A native of Youngstown, Ohio, pianist & organist, Dave Thomas, was an original member of the R&B group, “Sweet Thunder”. He has also performed with numerous artists including the late James Cleveland, Dizzie Gillespie, Albert Ayler, Jean Carre, David Ruffin, and Grover Washington. His musical involvement also includes musical theater as a writer, performer, and musical director in performances such as “The Living Cross,” “The Audition,” and “Black Nativity,” which have played throughout the United States and Canada. He is also a gifted educator, having worked at The Cleveland School of the Arts, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland State University, and Case Western Reserve University. He is the co-author of a book entitled, “A Child’s First Book of Spirituals,” which is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award. Presently, he is a music teacher with the Cleveland Board of Education School District, Musical Staff member of The Southeast Seventh Day Adventist, Faculty member of The Cleveland State University, and Minister of Music at St. Timothy Baptist Church. He earned his undergraduate and graduate Music degrees from Cleveland State, Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, and postgraduate work at the Royal Holloway College in London, England.
Dominick Farinacci “Songbook Watch Party”
His way with words has led him to co-write productions such as: Dominick Farinacci’s “Modern Warrior Live”, Catskill Jazz Factory’s “The Spirit of Harlem”, and Terence Blanchard’s “Our Voices: Democracy Revisited” suite, which was live-streamed on NPR’s “Jazz Night in America” hosted by Christian McBride. Badi Assad – Live in Concert from Brazil
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A 33-year-old classically trained pianist and composer, Aaron Diehl has made an indelible mark on the jazz world over the last 15 years. While showing a rare affinity for early jazz and mid-20th century “third-stream” music, his latest evolution comes as he begins to tackle modern classical works, having performed George Gershwin’s piano and orchestra works with the NY Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, LA Philharmonic, and Minnesota Orchestra.
Featured with Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble, Michael Ward-Bergeman is an accordionist, songwriter and composer. Ward-Bergeman’s electro-acoustic compositions have won international awards and he has premiered new works written for vocalists Dawn Upshaw and Christina Courtin at Carnegie Hall. Ward-Bergeman has enjoyed a close friendship and working relationship with composer Osvaldo Golijov for over a decade.
Hear Laila and her drumming husband Ben, debut songs live from her new album, “Out of Dust”.
Emoción is a vibrant and unique multi-national act, comprised of 5 world-class musicians who simply aim to celebrate the universal power of music.
Evelyn Wright, vocals
Cleveland, Ohio native Orlando Watson graduated from Youngstown State University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Creative Writing. Since then he’s established himself as a preeminent lyricist who’s soulful, baritone voice is known to weave through words with uncanny rhythmic delivery. In 2015 Watson was awarded the prestigious “Kente Cloth” by the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at Ohio State University alongside Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. His 2017 début project titled “Everything’s Personal” peaked at #18 on iTunes R&B/Soul charts, which led him to open for Lalah Hathaway and Chantae Cann’s respective tours in 2018. Most notably, Watson’s voice can be heard on “Unfinished Song” by Latin Grammy award winner Linda Briceno, Braxton Cook’s “No Doubt” LP, Damien Sneed’s title track “We Shall Overcome” and “Schizophrenia” by Bobby Sparks II of Snarky Puppy.
Brazil’s Badi Assad is one of the most innovative, passionate and talented Artists of all times and is lauded as one of the world’s most unique and cross-transcendental performance artists of this generation. She transcends traditional styles of her native Brazilian music with a mixture of pop, jazz and world/ethnic sounds from around the world. She combines an extraordinary guitar talent, a unique mouth percussion, beautiful singing, combining a rhythmic body movement, to create an exciting, fresh music sound, and leaving spectators… simply… BREATHLESS. Indeed, watching Badi perform is like witnessing a spiritual phenomenon. How she does what she does all at once, and delivering an extraordinary performance, is quite unbelievable.
Nighttown uses Yamaha Pianos exclusively
Announcing a Great New Jazz Vocalist – Chiara Izzi
Hi Folks
We’re really excited to launch the next great jazz vocalist, Chiara Izzi(pronounced eat-see). Chiara is from Italy, now living in NYC. She won the Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition recently. She is charming, has great jazz chops, is full of joy when she sings, and she totally delights audiences.
She has been performing in numerous clubs in NYC including Birdland, and can be heard performing internationally with guitarist Diego Figueiredo.
Click on the album cover for tracks from her new album, “Across the Sea”– you can listen online or download. 
This album is Chiara’s second album. The album is a duo with pianist Kevin Hays, who has been on the scene since his multiple records on Blue Note and Steeplechase Records. Kevin also tours with James Taylor and Steve Gadd. The album features several additional world-class musicians – Chris Potter on sax, Gregoire Maret on harmonica, and Omer Avital on oud.
The album is on a Italian label (Jando Music/Via Veneto Jazz), and will be releasing to U.S. jazz radio in June.
Here are several videos:
Here is an acoustic duo version of Pat Metheny’s “James”
“James” – P. Metheny/K. Hays – LIVE VIDEO
And here is an introduction video to get to know Chiara
