June Bisantz & Alex Nakhimovsky have recorded, performed, and toured together since 2005. In 2018, they launced their first writing collaboration with Love's Tango a collection of Latin Jazz original compositions. Love’s Tango features three bossa novas, two sambas, a Rachmaninoff-inspired string quartet interlude and one unique tango, from which the project gets its name. Love's Tango received a Global Music Award in 2019 for excellence in lyrics and songwriting.
Bisantz and Nakhimovsky share a background in classical music - both chose the violin as their first instrument - a love of latin rhythms and jazz harmonies, and a serious playfulness that has made them successful partners. They have successfully toured Japan four times and have fallen in love with Japan and the Japanese people.
Award winning vocalist and visual artist JUNE BISANTZ has co-written and produced several collections of original vocal jazz, all of which have received national recognition. She has toured internationally, performed and recorded with distinguished jazz musicians including Steve Swallow, Bob Moses, Paul Brown, Lew Soloff, Jerry Neiwood, Mike Stern, Steve Davis & Will Lee. Reviews and articles about her work have appeared in publications including People Magazine, USA Today, JazzQuad.Ru, Jazziz Magazine, Jazz Podium Magazine, Jazz USA, the New York Times, New York Newsday & the Boston Globe. Her 2006 and 2012 releases, Let's Fall in Love and It’s Always You, a two volume CD set inspired by the vocal work of the legendary Chet Baker, features both familiar and obscure Baker songs spanning the course of his fascinating career. She has recently signed with the Arabesque label in New York City, releasing a holiday CD in December 2021, 7 Shades of Snow for which she was awarded a Global Music Award for excellence in the female vocalist category
Pianist and composer ALEX NAKHIMOVSKY enjoys a versatile career as a performer, recording artist, producer and educator. His musical accomplishments as a jazz and classical artist include musical direction, arranging, solo and ensemble performances.
He has toured throughout the United States, Russia, Japan and Israel, performing with jazz legends Benny Golson, Jackie McLean, Jimmy Cobb, Valery Ponomarev, Sheila Jordan, Curtis Fuller, Victor Bailey and Grammy-nominated artists Bill Evans & Carla Cook. His appearance as a soloist with Joe Hisaishi’s New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo was recorded and released as American In Paris - a live recording of the performance.
As co-producer of Russia’s Baikal Waves International.Jazz Festival since 2006, Alex has made cross-cultural connections for several Russian Music Festivals, bringing important international artists such as Tania Maria, Richard Bona, Mike Stern, Jeff Tain Watts & Jeff Lorber to Russia. He is currently founder and music director of the BSBI Jazz Festival in Manchester, CT, and is developing a 5 part crossover classical suite based on the upheaval in Ukraine.
