Michely Angelina

Although Micheley primarily sings jazz she also has been a soloist in folk, classical and sacred repertory for twenty years. As well as musical leads in operas and musicals. She has a strong performing background in classical ballet, modern, mime, jazz, character and middle eastern belly dance, studying on Ford Foundation scholarship with N.Y.C. Ballet since the age of 14 with such greats as Marina Svetlova, George Balanchine, and Thalia Mara of NYC, Samuel Avital and Marcel Marceau of Paris.

As a singer she studied with her late mentor Prof. Emeritus, Mary Langdon of CT. College and received an O’Neil Best Actress Award in ‘93 and 2nd place Professional Category in the National Assoc. of Teachers of Singing in ‘94 under Mrs. Langdon’s tutelage. She is a published and awarded poet and author of several books.

Micheley works as a holistic therapist and has earned certifications in 36 Holistic Therapies, a B.S. in Psychology and an H.Ph.D. in Humanities for her writing and recording accomplishments and work with children’s rights.

She has a three octave range and sings from the heart - passionate interpretations ala Natalie Cole’s “If You Could See Me Now” to Ella Fitzgerald’s “I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart.

Alex Nakhimovsky

Born and trained in Russia, Mr. Nakhimovsky received degrees in jazz (with Jackie McLean) theory of music (Ed Diemente) and piano accompaniment (Luiz de Moura Castro) from the Hartt School of Music in 1988 and has been performing to critical acclaim ever since. As a musical director and pianist aboard cruise ships he traveled to six continents alternating jazz and classical solo programs, as well as conducting and arranging. As a freelance musician performing jazz, classical, cabaret, Broadway and world music he performed throughout the USA, including concert appearances at Steinway Hall, the Village Gate and the Town Hall in New York City.

His jazz performances include concerts with such celebrated musicians as trumpeter Valery Ponomarev, saxophonists Benny Golson, Don Braden and Bobby Watson, trombonist Curtis Fuller and drummer Jimmy Cobb of The Miles Davis Quintet. In 1998 Alex performed at The International Jazz Festival in Novokuznetsk, Siberia with The Tim Armacost Quartet and again in 2001 in Novokuznetsk and St. Petersburg with the Craig Handy Quartet. Both performances in Novokuznetsk have been recorded on Boheme Music label.

In 2002, Mr. Nakhimovsky returned to Russia with Rhode Island Jazz Vocalist, Shawnn Monteiro performing seven concerts in St. Petersburg, Novokuznetsk and Moscow. The reviewer of one of these concerts noted: “Alex Nakhimovsky is an excellent pianist with his own style where everything is logical and balanced”. Later that year he toured Chicago, New York and Boston with premiere Russian jazz violinist David Goloshekin and recorded a CD with Mr. Goloshekin documenting the tour. Alex performs regularly in clubs in the New York and Connecticut region, has participated at the Hartford International Jazz Festival and Torrington Jazz Festival and currently is finishing a recording with jazz vocalist and artist June Bisantz –Evans. In July of this year he is scheduled to perform in Russia again with legendary Jazz Vocalist Sheila Jordan.

As a solo pianist he has performed a number of classical programs, such as From Bach to Shostakovich, 24 Etudes of Chopin, The Romantics (featuring music of Schubert, Liszt, Chopin and Brahms), Russian White Nights (with compositions by Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Rachmaninov), An Evening of Chopin (featuring his waltzes, nocturnes, polonaise etc) and recently has performed a program called: Rhapsody in Blue and all that early jazz (with jazz influenced compositions of early 20th century and a solo version of the Rhapsody)

Mr. Nakhimovsky teaches at the Greater Hartford Academy for the Arts.