Here is a partial list of some of the great people who have been helping out here at Pivotal Productions. These are just some of the artists that make it all possible.

 

Glenn Anderson
Kevin Barrett
Jim Bish
Robbi Botos
Pat Carey
Randall Crosby

Johnny Favourite
Gene Hardy
Michael L Johnson
Sarah L. McElcheran
Wes Niel
Chris Plock

Jake Rude
Tim Shia
Nichole Stoffman and Jazz Boheme
Marg Stowe
Jack Zorawski

 

Robbi Botos

Born in Hungary, Robi moved to Toronto in 1998, and since then has become a Canadian musical treasure and a rising star on the international jazz scene. He has featured with many international and local jazz greats, including Michael Brecker, Toots Thielemans, Joey DeFrancesco, Vinnie Colaiuta, Pat Labarbera, Dave Young, Terry Lyne Carrington, Guido Basso, Avishai Cohen, Bob Mover, Peter Cardinali, and Richard Bona. He opened for Bela Fleck, Stanley Clark and Jean Luc Ponty at the 2005 Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival.

Robi received first prize and the public prize at the 2004 Montreux Jazz Festival solo piano competition. He also received an award at the 32nd International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) conference in Long Beach, California, and the Best Soloist prize at the 2005 International Jazz Hoolieart Competition in Belgium. In 2005 he was invited to open for Oscar Peterson at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Robi was also nominated for a Juno Award for best Contemporary Jazz Album Of The Year, for the album One Take: Volume Two on Alma Universal, and also nominated for a National Jazz Award for Keyboardist of the Year.

 


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