Moonlight Jazz Duet

You can expect a professional musical service of the highest quality with +12 years of experience in the music industry, a solid background of education/knowledge/skills and the flexibility to adapt to the needs of your event.

We cover an huge list of popular and appealing repertoire from the Jazz American Songbook, Brazilian Jazz and Latin Music, and we are ready to create the right mood you need for your event: from the quiet background enjoyable music to a more dynamic and interactive musical experience for the most critical listeners.

Although the "Duo" format is our most popular choice, we have the resources and personnel to expand the group into larger formats and various music styles such as Jazz Trio, Swing band (including horns) or even Salsa/Latin Band in order to be the right match for your musical requirements.

We love to work with the clients/event planner to adapt the song selection in order to fit the needs of the event and make sure we can create the perfect mood/ambience for your event. We also love to accommodate special requests for songs that might not be within our traditional repertoire.

Baden Goyo:
Born in Venezuela and based in New York, the pianist, composer, and arranger Baden Goyo became Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation ambassador in 2015, being awarded with“The Gifted Scholarship”. His successful career as a pianist and composer in Venezuela earned him a personal chapter within the important Banesco’s Book entitled “A new musical country" as one of the youngest and most promising figures in the genre of Jazz in Venezuela, which allowed him playing and collaborating with great figures and artists such as: Pablo Gil, Rafael “el pollo” Brito, Aquiles Baez, Eddy Marcano, Gerry Weil, Alfredo Naranjo, Trina Medina, Kiara, C4 Trio, Mirna Ríos, Victor Drija, just to name a few.

Shortly after settling in New York, he had the opportunity to collaborate with great artists such as the legendary Ruben Blades, who included the music of Baden on his acclaimed album "Salsa Big Band", winner of 2 Latin Grammy (Best Album of the Year & Best Album of Salsa) and 1 Grammy (Best Latin Tropical Album) through his collaboration as composer of the song "¿Adónde?".

Baden is constantly appearing through New York City’s scene performing at iconic stages such as: Merkin Hall (Lincoln Center), Dizzy's Club (Jazz at Lincoln Center), The Capitol Theater, Iridium jazz Club, BB King, Groove and The Bitter End. In addition, he regularly participates in national and international jazz festivals such as: Bern Jazz Festival, Nordic Jazz Festival, Nisville Jazz Festival, Jazz on the River Festival, Latin American Cultural Week, Harlem Summer Stage Festival, London Bolivar Hall, among others.

The list of artists and projects in which Baden Goyo has been involved is large, highlighting the following: Ruben Blades, Luis Enrique, Sofia Carson, Claudia Acuña, Luisito Quintero, Ricky Rodriguez, Arta Jekabsone, Jorge Glem, Linda Briceño, Gerry Weil, MV Caldera, Rafael "El pollo" Brito, Kiara, Aquiles Baez, Robert Miller, Pablo Gil and Project Grans Slam (PGS) with whom he conquered the #1 Place on the Billboard Charts for Contemporary Jazz Albums in 2018.

Combining his works as bandleader, sideman, composer and arranger, Baden had participated in over 15 album including collaborations with: Ruben Blades, Alberto Ross, Project Grand Slam, Fernando Alvarez, Matt Embree, Yorman D’Leon, Uta Habbig, Edwin Arellano, MV Caldera, Compasses, Eddy Marcano, Venezuelan Roots, Simon Bolivar Big Band Jazz, Youth chorus of Universidad Central de Venezuela, among others.

From 2016 to 2020 he was the Director of Music programs the prestigious local company Music Makers NYC. In 2019 Baden was asked to parter up with Rock Piano Legend Chuck Leavell (pianist of The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Allman Brothers, among others) to teach the skills of Latin Rock piano in his successful online learning platform "iROCKU".

In 2019 he was invited by the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation to perform and participate on the 20th Latin Grammy Award Ceremony as “Scholarship Ambassador” handing the actual Grammy Award to Juan Luis Guerra for "Best Tropical Album" in the telecast ceremony and also performed live with Sofia Carson for the Latin Superstar “Juanes” at the Gala of Person of the Year, dedicated to him that year.

Arta Jekabsone:
New York City-based Latvian singer, composer and arranger Arta Jēkabsone is recognized by her velvety tone. Arta engages listeners with an emotional and honest, adventurous and joyful expression of music. Recently Arta was awarded 1st prize at Montreux Shure Jazz Voice Competition in Switzerland (2016), 2nd prize at Mid- Atlantic Jazz Voice competition (2017) 3rd prize at Ella Fitzgerald International Vocal Competition (2019). At the end of the year, 2017 Jēkabsone released her debut album ”Light”. Recently her album with Erik Leuthäuser “Yesterday Still Lies Between the Floorboards” came out with support from the record label Unit Records.

The bound with nature is significant in Jēkabsone’s original music. She comes from a small countryside town Kandava, surrounded by forests and rivers, hearing and singing folk songs about nature- sun, moon, birds and Latvian females often compared with blooming flowers. Arta is bonded with nature in her style of writing lyrics.

Arta has performed internationally – Enjoy Jazz Festival (2018), Užutrakio Vakarai (2018) Montreux Jazz Festival (2017), Berne Jazz Festival (2016). She has sung in a funk band, jazz trio and as a backup singer for Sheila Ray Charles, daughter of Ray Charles. In March 2017 she took a part in Montreux Jazz Academy adventure featuring prestigious mentors like Kurt Rosenwinkel, Marcus Miller, Yaron Herman and etc. She was nominated for Best Concert Recording and Best Debut in Latvia’s Music Award of the Year “ Zelta Mikrofons” for her work and performance with Electric Combo (RDKS).

One of the biggest advantages of our service (Specially the Duo format) is that is incredibly accesible and convenient since we don't need a lot of technical requirements, plus we own all the required equipment to perform.

We are ready to operate in any space even if there's no access to power outlets or electricity. Yes, we are ready and have all the equipment to operate in special occasions where there's no access to electrical power.