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Carmen Staaf

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General Info

  • Genre: Jazz / Latin / Other

    Location Brooklyn, New York, US

    Profile Views: 21693

    Last Login: 7/12/2010

    Member Since 6/24/2006

    Website www.carmenstaaf.com

    Record Label Fractamodi, Circavision, 8Bells

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    2009 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Pianist Competition winner! This means I'll be a headliner at next year's festival. New CD "Reflection" at itunes, cdbaby and digstation.com. I'm currently playing with Kendall Eddy, Austin McMahon, Ayn Inserto, Four Across, Susan Watts and Elaine Hoffman Watts, Frank London's Night in the Old Marketplace, and my own group. I sometimes play with Alicia Svigals, the Xylopholks, Lila Downs, the Prana Trio, Heather Masse, Mark Walker, and Victor Mendoza. I was a faculty member at Berklee College of Music in Boston for four years, teaching private piano lessons and keyboard labs as a member of the piano department. ......

  • Members

    .. .. .. .. .. .. .... Kendall Eddy, Austin McMahon

  • Influences

    Danilo Perez, Carl Staaf, Alisa Moshinsky, Scriabin, Erroll Garner, Bob Brookmeyer, Clarence Acox, Bob Knatt, Basie, Cubanismo, Cachao, Oscar Peterson, Don Lanphere, and Sonny Rollins.

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  • Richard Harris


    MUSIC is the POETRY of the air Carmen!
     
      Blues Legend B.B. King

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MUSIC ...

    "MUSIC gives a SOUL to the UNIVERSE,

    WINGS to the MIND,

    FLIGHT to the IMAGINATION

    and LIFE to EVERYTHING.”

    ~ Plato

    TO STOP THE FLOW OF MUSIC WOULD BE LIKE

    THE STOPPING OF TIME ITSELF,  INCREDIBLE AND

    INCONCEIVABLE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    8 days ago
  • INCOGNITO

    Hope that music continues to feed your soul Carmen.
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    http://twitter.com/incognito_world
    New album Surreal out now... Contains Soul, R&B, Jazz, Funk & a mini Bossa

    27 days ago
  • Tim Cheatle

      

    2 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Are you OPTIMISTIC Carmen?

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT OPTIMISM ...

    "OPTIMISM INSPIRES, ENERGIZES, and brings out

    OUR BEST.   It points the mind toward POSSIBILITIES

    and helps us THINK CREATIVELY past problems."

    ~ Price Pritchett

    OPTIMISM IS JOYFUL SEARCHING AND THE FAITH THAT

    LEADS TO ACHIEVEMENT.  PESSIMISM IS A SELF-MADE

    PRISON OF FEAR.

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    2 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Make A Difference Today Carmen!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE ...

    "Any time you have an opportunity to MAKE A DIFFERENCE

    in this world and YOU DON'T, then you are WASTING YOUR

    TIME on Earth.”
     
    ~ Roberto Clemente

    ACT AS IF WHAT YOU DO MAKES A DIFFERENCE ~

    IT DOES!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    3 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    LAUGH, LOVE, AND LIVE Carmen!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LAUGHTER ...

    We were BORN TO LAUGH!

    Babies start laughing when they are only 10-12 weeks old.

    HUMOR helps us to think out of the box.

    The AVERAGE CHILD laughs about 400 TIMES per day.

    The AVERAGE ADULT laughs only 15 TIMES per day.

    What happened to the other 385 laughs?

    WE CAN ALL LEARN A LOT FROM A CHILD ABOUT
    HOW TO LAUGH ~ AND HOW TO LIVE!

    REMEMBER TO LAUGH AS MUCH AS YOU BREATHE
    AND LOVE AS LONG AS YOU LIVE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    4 months ago
  • Dr. Pamela Olson

    Instead of vowing to honor and obey each other, we should swear to aid and abet each other.


    Human physiology does not direct all of its own functions; it is interdependent. It must be steadied by the physical presence of another. This is necessary for both physical and emotional health. In many ways, humans cannot be stable on their own—they require another to survive.


    If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.

    But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken.
    --Pedro Calderon de la Barca


    May all your storms be weathered,
    and all that is good get better.
     

    4 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    What does CHRISTMAS mean to you Carmen?

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS "WHAT IS CHRISTMAS?" ...

    "What is CHRISTMAS?

    It is TENDERNESS for the PAST, COURAGE for the PRESENT, HOPE for the FUTURE.

    It is a FERVENT WISH that every cup may OVERFLOW WITH BLESSINGS rich and eternal, and that EVERY PATH MAY LEAD TO PEACE."

    ~ Agnes M. Pharo

    CHRISTMAS IS LOVE IN ACTION.  EVERY TIME WE LOVE, EVERYTIME WE GIVE,  IT'S CHRISTMAS!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen and let me know what you think!

    Cool Jazz CDs @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    5 months ago
  • Ricky Molina

    Hello, Hope you are doing great. . I just pass by to say Hello to you. . take care. Hola espero que te encuentres muy bien. . solamenta pasava para saludarte... center>

    6 months ago
  • Ricky Molina

    HAPPY NEW YEAR!! PROSPERO AÑO NUEVO!!!




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    ......Cympad,Cympads,Ricky Molina,Ricky,Cymbal,Cymbal Care,Molina

    1 year ago
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Bio:

2009 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Pianist Competition winner! This means I'll be a headliner at next year's festival. New CD "Reflection" at itunes, cdbaby and digstation.com. I'm currently playing with Kendall Eddy, Austin McMahon, Ayn Inserto, Four Across, Susan Watts and Elaine Hoffman Watts, Frank London's Night in the Old Marketplace, and my own group. I sometimes play with Alicia Svigals, the Xylopholks, Lila Downs, the Prana Trio, Heather Masse, Mark Walker, and Victor Mendoza. I was a faculty member at Berklee College of Music in Boston for four years, teaching private piano lessons and keyboard labs as a member of the piano department.

Member Since:

June 24, 2006

Members:

.. Kendall Eddy, Austin McMahon

Influences:

Danilo Perez, Carl Staaf, Alisa Moshinsky, Scriabin, Erroll Garner, Bob Brookmeyer, Clarence Acox, Bob Knatt, Basie, Cubanismo, Cachao, Oscar Peterson, Don Lanphere, and Sonny Rollins.

Record Label:

Fractamodi, Circavision, 8Bells

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