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Visionary features some of LA’s best jazz, classical & studio players; a project composed for jazz trio and chamber ensemble; combining jazz, classical and cinematic music idioms. Daniel Szabo is an LA-based performer-composer who has recorded & produced eight albums as a leader and worked on a great number of recordings as a collaborator. He is an extraordinary jazz pianist-composer who has recorded and performed with such top-notch artists as Peter Erskine, Patrick Williams, Bob Sheppard, Jimmy Haslip, Kim Richmond, Chris Potter, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Lionel Loueke or John Zorn, among many others. He regularly performs at major venues both in the US and Europe; his trio was featured in the “Mellon Jazz Up”-series, hosted by Danilo Perez in 2008, at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia where he shared the stage with Lang Lang and the Wayne Shorter Quartet. He has toured worldwide and won multiple awards, including the Grand Prize Of The City Of Paris at the International Martial Solal Jazz Piano Competition or the Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Contest in Switzerland. Personnel: Daniel Szabo - piano; Peter Erskine - drums; Edwin Livingston - acoustic bass; Sara Andon - flute; Bob Sheppard - tenor sax, flute; Chris Bleth - oboe; John Yoakum - English horn; Kim Richmond - clarinet, alto sax, soprano sax; Phil O'Connor; bass clarinet; Chad Smith - bassoon; Charlie Bisharat - 1st violin; Joel Pargman - 2nd violin; Andrew Duckles - viola; Charlie Tyler - cello.