THE SHOWROOM SESSIONS: Streaming LIVE from Piedmont Piano Company
Martin Diller Quartet
Drummer-composer Martin Diller brings his quartet bursting with talent to the piano store, featuring Mike Olmos (trumpet), Javier Santiago (piano), and Giulio Cetto (bass). The band will perform originals and arrangements of standard Jazz repertoire, steeped in the tradition of Bebop, Post-Bop and modern contemporary instrumental Jazz that's always swinging, but forward leaning.
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Martin Diller (Drums) tours internationally and records with a diverse range of acts including Yuna, Amber Coffman, Casey Abrams, Sara Niemietz & Snuffy Walden, Spencer Day, Haley Reinhart, Postmodern Jukebox, Holychild, and GIVERS. He continues to pursue his love for Jazz by writing and recording for small ensemble groups, including his latest release "Quintet Live at Bluewhale". Diller has shared the stage with many Jazz greats including Charlie Haden, Terell Stafford, Rufus Reid, Larry Koonse, Tim Warfield, Shoshana Bean, Jane Monheit and many comedians including Zach Galifianakis, Craig Robinson, Tim Minchin, Luann De Lesseps, Tom Papa, and Todd Glass.
instagram.com/drummer510 | facebook.com/martindillermusic
THE Mike Olmos (Trumpet) has become one the most in demand jazz musicians since his arrival to the San Francisco Bay Area. A versatile trumpet player, Mike has been performing with various bands such as Atta Kid, Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy, Adam Shulman, the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, James Mahone, Pete Escovedo, Rebeca Mauleón, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Wil Blades, Eddie Roberts, The New Mastesounds, Dumpstaphunk, Ben Misterka and Collectivity, Jubu and Legally Blynd, The Fil Lorenz Jazz Orchestra, John Calloway, Jesus Diaz y su QBA and Josh Jones.
facebook.com/THEMikeOlmosTrumpet | instagram.com/olmosdef/
Javier Santiago (Piano) is a powerful young artist and visionary. Originally hailing from Minneapolis, MN, he grew up surrounded by strong artistic support. Not only was he influenced by his parents, who were jazz musicians, but also he was influenced by his own generation. His original music is an eclectic blend of genres including jazz, hip hop, rock, R&B and everything in between. Javi started playing piano at the age of 5, and was classically trained until he discovered his love of jazz music. In high school, he was a prominent player in the Minneapolis/St. Paul music scene where he also started his career in music production. He won the Schubert Club Jazz Piano Scholarship Competition two years in a row (2006 and 2007).
In 2007, Javier was selected by the great Dave Brubeck and a panel of judges to be a part of the Brubeck Institute Fellowship program at the University of the Pacific in California. It was there that Javi was able to learn from some of the greatest musicians in the world; Christian McBride, Robert Glasper, Eric Harland, Nicholas Payton, Joshua Redman, Geoffrey Keezer and Jeff Ballard to name a few. Javi was fortunate enough to play at venues all across the nation such as the Detroit Jazz Festival, The Kennedy Center and Blues Alley in Washington, D.C., IAJE, and Yoshi’s in Oakland. The Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet (’08-’09) was awarded Best College Group Of the Year in DownBeat Magazine two years in a row (2009 and 2010).
In 2011, Javi was selected to participate in 14th Annual Betty Carter Jazz Ahead (2011) intensive residency program at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. where he studied with Curtis Fuller, George Cables, Winard Harper, Dr. Nathan Davis, and other jazz heavyweights.
javiersantiagomusic.com | instagram.com/javiersantiagomusic
Giulio Xavier Cetto(Bass) lives in San Francisco, California. Raised in a musical family, he has played music all of his life. Giulio performs nationally and internationally. He teaches master classes, and private lessons and for the past 4 years has been faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop. Besides performing live he has also recorded on several albums with artists such as Aaron Janik, Javier Santiago, Omree Gal-Oz, Bastet, Arlyn Anderson, Spelling, Kev Choice, and more.
He leads his own bands while working in many projects, exploring multiple genres and styles. He’s currently working with a two time Grammy award winning artist The Fantastic Negrito. He has performed with other Grammy award winning artists such as Lawrence Hobgood, Johnathan Hoard, Thomas Pridgen and more.
He has also shared the stage with notable musicians such as Yosvany Terry, Eric Harland Quartet ft. Ben Wendel & James Francies, Eric Reed, Steve Turre’s Eulipion All Stars ft. Carl Allen, Vincent Herring, James Carter, and Matt Clark, also Roy Mc Curdy, Dayna Stephens, Matt Wilson, Joe Gilman, Stacy Dillard, Eric Wyatt, Theo Croker, Akira Tana, Faye Carol, Ernie Watts, Sean Jones, Mike Aaberg, Warren Wolf, Joel Ross, Kassa Overall, Melanie Charles, Jacam Manricks, The Le Boeuf Brothers, De’Sean Jones, KNMDK, and more.
giulioxaviercetto.com | instagram.com/thejazzthug