Meanwhile a majority of todays jazz pianists spent their youth in music conservatories playing Bach fugues, the musical education of Andrej Hrasko (Wavebuffet) in the late eighties was plaing guitar and singing in obscure hard core, punk and heavy metal garage bands. With the arrival of nineties he left his native Slovakia and after a couple of years of nomadic street busking he settled down in New York City, where besides the struggle of getting the industry's attention with a few rock bands, he started to learn the craft of music production and composition in his humble home recording studio. Also at about the same time he was developing curiosity in emerging dance and electronica styles of the nineties and sneaked into the piano rehearsal rooms of NYC music schools to practice blues, jazz and boogie-woogie piano. His HipHop and Reggae influences might also be attributed to this period of life in Harlem and Brooklyn. In 2000, he relocated to Barcelona where besides playing in a classic rock cover band, worked as a DJ and produced music for various local artists. In the past eight years Andrej's been living in the south of Spain, have been involved with various bands and music projects, his most recent project is a live dance and electronic group Ape Nation, as well as playing at jazz piano gigs and composing music for TV, film and multimedia.

Strictly Eclectic Vernissage Morceaux

Tagged as: Jazz, Electronica, Chillout.

1. Park St Trio: Catchy, melodic jazz for all occasions
2. Robin Stine: jazzy, bluesy numbers that immediately sound like comfortable standards
3. Massimo DeAngelis: original jazz fusion with hints of rock, classical and Latin music
4. Emma Wallace: angst-free modern ragtime
5. Brian Bunker Trio: A riotous romp through the worlds of jazz, classical and rock
6. Matt van den Heuvel: mesmerizing, groovy blends of Afrobeat, Jazz, Blues, and more
7. Mark Cook: blues guitar legend in the making
8. Jive Ass Sleepers: chilled out grooves & uptempo funkathons
9. Kat Webb: Smooth, sultry Rhythm and Blues from a Southern songstress
10. The Old Recruits: a new take on old funk
11. Suchitra Lata: Swirling Chillout, Ambient, World, Progressive Pop, Indian classical veena and much more in between
12. Abbas Premjee: A fusion of rock and jazz from the East and the West that brings minds, hearts and souls together
13. Eternal Jazz Project: gentle jazz from Sweden
14. Mike Goudreau Jazz Band: boppin', swingin' joie de vivre whether it's jazz or blues
15. Paolo Pavan: Urban funky jazz piano, in a sober and straightforward style
16. Oliostere: Progressive jazz frolicking on melodic polyrhythms
17. Francois Couture: Canadian composer, musician, orchestrator, arranger and sound designer
18. Kirsty Hawkshaw: ambient electronica
19. Marcos H Bolanos: atmospheric, instrumental soundtracks for daydreaming
20. Monom: ethnotronica, World music, electronic, downtempo, ambient techno, dystopia, cinematic, far-east, Australia and Europe