Saksri Pang Vongdharadon

Saksri Pang Vongdharadon chooses to do it differently, starting from earning a Master degree in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas after finishing his Bachelor degree in Economics from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. From falling in love with piano playing to a career change, instead of being an economist, he decided to take on an endless journey on the musical road by being a professional pianist and a faculty member at the jazz department, Silpakorn University.

In the era of making jazz more accessible in the Thai music market, Saksri Pang Vongdharadon chooses to do it differently by holding firmly on his ground to present music that creatively exhibits the art of jazz. Seagull will challenge you with genuine Thai jazz that has been carefully fabricated over 2 years. With the team of leading Thai jazz musicians who share the same musical attitudes, his music uniquely takes on the life if its own as Mr. Anant Lerpradit, Art and Culture editor, Bangkok Business Daily, wrote in the album liner note, “.., this album in an important phenomenon for Thai jazz. It deserves to be recoded.”

 

Chanutr Techatana-nan

Chanutr Techatana-nan began to play drums at the age of 15. In 2002, he earned an award "Winner of the Best Drummer in the Open League Category" from Thailand Drum Contest No.1 which was organized through a cooperation of Percussive Art Society International Convention (PASIC). After winning this award, Nu Vudthivichai (a renowned Thai pianist) offered him a full-time position at Thailand's most recognized College of Music--Silpakorn University where he had the privilege of playing in Silapakorn Jazz Faculty Ensemble (also known as ‘Mansri’) with pianist Nu Vudthivichai, bassist Dome Hayodom, and saxophone Pisut Prateepasena. This has been of great importance to his development of musical and technical ideas. Chanutr to date has performed at many international jazz festivals including: • Tsunami Benefit Concert BBC 2004 (London UK) • Lincoln Center Festival 2006 (New York) • Tonic Club 2006 (New York) • Japan-Thailand Commemorative Jazz Concert 2006 by Royal Thai Embassy (Tokyo) • Asia on the Edge 2008 (Singapore) Recently, he has also released a highly acclaimed DVD “Over the Barline” that received overwhelmingly positive reviews (more infomation can be found at www.music.su.ac.th/barline.html). Chanutr can also be heard in his own group ‘OMAH’ and Jeremy Monteiro organ trio “Organamix”. He continues to perform extensively at both local and international jazz venues. He is currently a full-time instructor at the Faculty of Music (Jazz Studies), Silpakorn University. He is endorsing CANOPUS drums and hardwares. (www.canopusdrums.com) Chanutr has been performing and studying with: Mansri, Mahidol Jazz Faculty Ensemble, Jeremy Monteiro, Don Gomes, David Gomes, Shawn Kelly, Greg Lyons, Arin Panpum, Dan Phillips, Lester Esteban

Pornchart Viriyapark

Pornchart Viriyapark was borned in 1984. He became interested in music at the age of 14. Pornchart attended Faculty of Music, Silpakorn University from 2002-2005 and received his Bachelor degree in Jazz Studies. After his graduation, he became one of the most in-demand acoustic bass player of his generation. Pornchart has risen to be the top acoustic bassist today with his youthful and strong performance skills. Aside from performing regularly in Bangkok, he has performed at many of international and Thailand’s top jazz venues and festivals, including Hua Hin Jazz festival, Judprakai concert seiries, Thailand Jazz Conference, and Asia on the Beat.
In 2006, he won The King’s Trophy for Best Jazz Band from Thailand Jazz Competition#2 and was chosen as one of Thailand’s representative to perform at University of North Carolina (UNC) Jazz Festival in Greeley, Colorado, USA.
Pornchart currently holds a position of acoustic bass instructor at Faculty of Music, Silpakorn University.

Pisut Prateepasena

Pisut began studying music at the age of 10 and at the age of 16 became interested in jazz. The winner of the Musical Youth Competition, organized by Mahidol University which earned a scholarship further his musical studies under the tutelage of Den Euprasert, Krit Buranavithiyavuth and Dan Phillip at Mahidol University. After his graduation, he has quickly become the most in-demand saxophone player in Thailand, performing wide arrays of music from Jazz to Pop, Soul and Reggae. He joined Thailand’s most popular Reggae/Ska band “T-bone” and a soul band, “Soul after Six” and has toured extensively with them domestically and internationally. Pisut has performed with many leading Thai artists and has appeared at venues like Bangkok Jazz Festival, Thailand Jazz Conference, Thailand Jazz Competition, Hua Hin Jazz Festival, Asia on the Beat-Singapore, and Tonic Jazz club-New York.


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