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David Anderson – Drums

Performed with: The Dave Hill Group 8/13/20, Socially Distant Show #7 2/18/21, One-Year Anniversary All-Star Jam Extravaganza 6/19/21

David Anderson – As one of Los Angeles’ most experienced and widely sought after musicians, David Anderson has appeared, recorded, and toured with many popular acts such as, David Benoit, Kirk Whalum, Dionne Warwick, The Rippingtons, Larry Carlton, Don Menza, Tom Scott, Hubert Laws, Stanley Clarke, Eddie Harris, Eric Marienthal, Chaka Khan, David Pomeranz, Clark Terry, Bobby Shew, Bill Watrous , Peaches and Herb, The Emotions, Freddie Jackson, just to name a few. Television appearances include “Melrose Place,” (FOX), “Jazz Central”(BET), “Show Biz Today” (CNN, VH1) and “Watching Ellie”(NBC). David enjoys performing locally, as well as traveling throughout the world. He is also consistently active in the LA recording scene. David’s commercial voice-over and drum recordings can be heard readily on ABC, CBS, Verizon and Showtime projects.

Wayne Bergeron – Trumpet

Performed with: Jazz Round Table #19 Trumpet Night 3/8/22

Wayne Bergeron is enjoying a career as one of the most sought-after musicians in the world. Studio sessions, film dates, international touring, jazz concerts, guest appearances, and clinics keep him busy not only in his hometown of Los Angeles, but worldwide.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1958, Bergeron came to Los Angeles at age one, so considers himself a native Californian. Originally starting on French horn, he switched to trumpet in seventh grade and found he had natural upper register ability. Bergeron credits his junior high and high school teachers, Ron Savitt and Bob Smith, for molding his talent into practical working skills.

Bergeron first caught the ear of many when he landed the lead trumpet chair with Maynard Ferguson’s band in 1986. Bergeron can be heard on Maynard’s recordings of Body and Soul, Big Bop Nouveau, Brass Attitude, and The One and Only Maynard Ferguson. Bergeron demonstrates daily why Maynard remarked, “Wayne is the most musical lead trumpet player I’ve had on my band.”

As a sideman, Bergeron’s list of recording credits reads like a who’s who in contemporary jazz and pop, running the stylistic gamut from Ray Charles to Green Day. Other names include Panic, AT the Disco!, Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble, Mary J. Blige, Indina Menzel, Leslie Oden Jr., Herb Alpert, The Jonas Brothers, Burt Bacharach, The Dirty Loops, Seth MacFarlane, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Seal, Diana Krall, Tito Puente, Christina Aguilera, Dianne Reeves, Michael Bolton, Earth Wind & Fire, The Pussy Cat Dolls, My Chemical Romance, The Mars Volta, Chicago, Rosemary Cloony, Diane Schuur, Barry Manilow, Lee Ann Womack, Lou Rawls, Eric Marienthal, Kenny G., and David Benoit.

Bergeron has worked on over 450 TV & motion picture soundtracks. A partial list of film credits include Minions 2:The Rise of Gru, Soul, Ford vs. Ferrari, Toy Story 4, Frozen 1, 2, Despicable Me 1, 2, and 3, Secret Life of Pets 1, 2, The Lion King (2019), The Mule, The Incredibles 1, 2, Wreck it Ralph 2, Alita:Battle Angel, Crazy Rich Asians, First Man, Smallfoot, The Predator, Sing, Moana, Frozen 1 & 2, Bridge of Spies, Get On Up, Toy Story 3, Monsters University, PlanesCars 2, High School Musical 3, Pink Panther 2, Marley & Me, Get Smart, Superman Returns, The Simpson’s Movie, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Mission Impossible 3, Ice Age 2, Spiderman 1 & 2, Team America, Catch Me if You Can, and South Park.

Bergeron’s featured trumpet solos can be heard on the motion pictures West Side Story (2021), Secret Life of Pets 2, La La Land, Rough Night, Ted 2, Minions, Jersey Boys, The Incredibles 1 and 2, Rocky Balboa, The Green Hornet, The Interview, Smurfs 2, Despicable Me 2, Duplicity, Leather Heads, Princess & the Frog, The Perfect Game, High Crimes, Rounders, Fled, Hey Arnold (the movie), The Life Aquatic, The Rat Pack, Child Star, Illegal Tender, Aladdin King of Thieves, Foolproof, and Two Days in the Valley.

Numerous TV credits include Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, SAG Awards, NBC, ESPN & TNT sports themes, American Idol (2001-02), Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy’s, Animaniacs Reboot, Family Guy, American Dad, World of Mickey Mouse, Simpson’s, The Cleveland Show, Green Eggs and Ham, Jeopardy, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Will and Grace, Phineas & Ferb, Emperor’s New School, Mouse Works, Have a Laugh, House of Mouse, King of the Hill, Futurama, Buzz Lightyear, Hercules, Disney Mickey Mouse Shorts, and Hey Arnold.

Bergeron’s passion for big bands has led to his inclusion in some of Los Angeles’ most well respected bands. He has recorded and played with Quincy Jones, Gordon Goodwin, Arturo Sandoval, Pat Williams, Sammy Nestico, Jack Sheldon, Chris Walden, Tom Kubis, John La Barbara, Bob Florence, Joey Sellers, Ray Anthony, Bill Watrous, Bob Curnow, Bill Elliot, and Gary Urwin.

After being behind the scene for so many years, Bergeron stepped out on his own with his first solo effort, You Call This a Living? This debut project earned him a Grammy nomination in 2004 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble, as well as rave reviews from fans and press worldwide. Bergeron’s second CD, Plays Well With Others, released on the Concord Jazz label in 2007, was met with the same acclaim. Bergeron’s most current CD, Full Circle, was released in January of 2016. Bergeron feels this is his best work to date.

Bergeron performed as principal trumpet at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles from 1997-2017 playing on hundreds of musicals. Bergeron also performs various events for the Hollywood Bowl summer season. He has done guest appearances with the L.A. Philharmonic, The New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Taiwan Symphony, and Tokyo Philharmonic.

Bergeron is a National Artist for the Yamaha Corporation of America and is co-designer of the YTR-8335LA trumpet and YFH-8315G Flugelhorn. Bergeron also designed a series of trumpet mouthpieces with Gary Radtke of GR Technologies that are available through Bergeron’s website.

Bergeron was mentored by legends like Uan Rasey, Bobby Shew, Warren Luening, Gary Grant, Rick Baptist, and George Graham. He hopes to inspire a new generation of young players and enjoys his work as a clinician and educator. “Nothing makes me feel more accomplished than hearing a young musician say that I inspired them or had a positive influence on their life. For me, that’s the real payday.” Bergeron is currently on faculty at California State University Northridge.

Maybe Grammy winning composer and bandleader, Gordon Goodwin said it best, “Wayne is a once in a lifetime lead trumpet player.”

Jimmy Branly – Drums

Performed with: The Joey De Leon All-Stars 9/17/20

Jimmy Branly was born in Havana, Cuba and grew up in a rich musical environment of Cuban flavors. He began his studies at the Conservatory of Music in Havana Adolfo Guzman and ENA (National School of Art). At the young age of 9, his father introduced him to rock music including the band, Deep Purple. It was Deep Purple’s 1972 album “Made in Japan” that captivated Jimmy and drew him into the world of music. Being introduced to this style of music was of special import since Rock was not a significant genre in Cuba. Jimmy was also exposed to other rock groups like Rush, Led Zeppelin, and the Beatles building upon Jimmy’s desire to transcribe these artists. He expanded his interests when he began listening to jazz greats like John Coltrane, Elvin Jones, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett to name a few.

Jimmy’s professional career began at the young age of 15 where he met Hernan Lopez-Nussa from the Afro-Cuban jazz septet “Afrocuba” who could hear that Jimmy was someone he wanted to play with. Jimmy started playing with the original band “Cuarto Espacio” that combined the styles of fusion, rock, and Cuban music. Jimmy actually didn’t start playing Cuban music in Cuba until 1996 with Issac Delgado. From there, Jimmy moved to NG La Banda. Jimmy continued to evolve in his approach to playing the drums when he worked with Gonzalo Rubalcaba who taught him to play with the more sensitive range of the instrument. Jimmy decided to move to California after being exposed to the rich range of social and musical opportunities that the United States has to offer.

Among his performance credits (in Cuba and the U.S.) are Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chucho Valdez, Emiliano Salvador, NG la Banda, Issac Delgado, Cuarto Espacio, Ernan Lopez Nussa quartet, Flora Purim and Airto Moreira, Michael Nesmith,Tony Perez, Strunz and Farah, Celia Cruz, Tito Nieves, Franky Negron, Sheila E, Jimmy Haslip, Russell Ferrante, Otmaro Ruiz, Riahnnon, The Carlos Cuevas Trio, Rebeca Mauleón, Francisco Aguabella, Poncho Sanchez, Luis Conte, Justo Almario, Brandon Fields, Mike Turre, Alex Acuña, Gregg Bissonette, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Susie Hansen, Alan Pasqua, Brian Lynch quartet, Andy Narell, Andy Garcia, David Carpenter, Brian Bromberg, Emil Richards, Harry Shearer, Judith Owen, Doc Severinsen, Pat Senatore, Jazz on the Latin Side All Stars, Jimmy Johnson, Carol Welsman, Oscar Cartaya, Sandro Albert’s, Kellye Gray, Luis Conte, Michito Sanchez ,David valentin,Bob Sheppard, John Pissano, John Patitucci, Josvany Terry, Joe Gian, Victor Bailey, Renato Neto, Morrie Louden group, Adonis Puentes, Ricardo Silveira, Lou Forestieri, Theo Saunders, Billy Childs, Kellye Gray, Don Grusin, Omar Sosa, John Proulx, Ken Peplowski, Tom Scott, Edwin Livingston, Lyle Mays, and many others.

John Dickson – French Horn

Performed with: Jazz Round Table #11 Jazz French Hown Night 8/10/21

Texas native, John Dickson received his musical training at Stephen F. Austin University in
Texas, the University of Miami (FL) and at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, earning degrees in Piano/French Horn, Composition,
Conducting, and Media Writing and Production.

Just after school he worked as a freelance musician in Houston, TX performing with the Houston
Symphony, the Houston Grand opera, Theater Under the Stars and several chamber music organizations. He was the
Resident Composer at the Alley Theater for two years.

John is now an active composer and arranger working in the film and television industry in LosAngeles, CA. He
composed the main title and underscore for USAʼs smash hit “Burn Notice,” and
has written scores for many television series, TV movies and films including the Leslie Bibb
film, “Miss Nobody,” “The Fall Of Sam Axe,” Fox’s “The Good Guys,” “Killer per Caso,” “A
Galaxy Far Far Away,” and too many SyFy features including “Mammoth,” “Alien Lockdown,”
“Lost Colony,” and Mark Lesterʼs “Pterodactyl.” He has provided additional music and
orchestrations for film and TV projects such as “XXX,” “Cool World,” “National Security,” “The Wonder Years,”
“Stephen King’s The Stand,” “Who Killed the Electric Car?” and many others.

John’s collaboration with late jazz legend Chick Corea as an orchestrator/arranger
included new commissions from the New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, works for piano and strings, and
the 2000 Grammy Award-winning “Spain for Sextet and Orchestra,” recorded by Chick and the London Philharmonic.
They began their professional affiliation with Chick co-arranging “Rumble” for the album Songs of West Side Story in 1994.

He is also a multiple ASCAP TV and Film Music Award winner.

John has scored over 200 national ads and trailers for clients including Disney, Mattel, Honda,
GM, O & M, J. Walter Thompson, and ABC, and his compositions have appeared in everything
from The Oprah Winfrey Show to All My Children and General Hospital, to the Today Show, the NFL on FOX
and ABC World News Now.

As an arranger/orchestrator John has worked with some of the all time greats including Chick Corea, Barbra Streisand, U2,
Elton John, Billy Joel, Liza Minnelli, Johnny Mathis, Patti Austin, Eddie van Halen, and Kenny Loggins, and he has performed
and/or recorded on horn, piano, or vocals with artists such as Alanis Morissette, Usher, Michael Bolton, Bernadette Peters, Harry Connick Jr.,
Andy Williams, JamesBarbour, Michael Maguire, Shirley Horn, Alan Parsons, Billy Valentine, Mick Fleetwood, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra,
Lionel Richie, the London Philharmonia, and “Weird” Al Yankovic, and played on dozens of film scores, TV shows, and commercials.
He’s a member of SAG/AFTRA, the RMA, AFM, ASCAP, and the Society of Composers and Lyricists.

Brad Dutz – Percussion

Performed with: Dutz-Sainburg-Preite Trio of Virus Distance 8/31/20, The Obliteration Percussion Trio 10/27/20, Socially Distant Show #7 2/18/21

As a member of BMI since 1985 Brad Dutz has produced forty albums as a leader and composed the entire body of music on more than thirty of those projects . In 1990 Dutz started his composition studies of multiple scores mainly of 20th century music. He has studied with composers such as Terry Plumeri, Ron Jones, Russell Steinberg. In addition to CD projects he has composed for Dance companies, Theatre, Documentaries (including Shirkers 2018), Movies, and Silent Films. Over the last thirty years, his compositions have been featured on numerous CD releases. Everything from solo pieces to large ensembles [tentet ,nonet ] are featured on his albums. 2019 saw the sixth release;’”Dispose of Reality“’ of his quartet project that is now in its 16th year. This ensemble showcases the unique combination of mallet percussion, oboe, cello, and bass clarinet and has performed on prestigious stages such as the Angel City Jazz Festival, Boston Court, and The REDCAT Theatre. Other ensembles include -The Other Three (Kim Richmond, John Fumo), Obliteration Quartet(Found objects for percussionists), and several duo CDs–two with reedists Vinny Golia and Jasper Dutz, two duos with percussionists Dr. Rich Macdonald-and Chris Wabich(feat. Ben Wendel, Alex Acuna & Emil Richards). two duos with trumpet guys JOHN FUMO and JEFF KAISER – . He also has two lessons available for download on https://www.mymusicmasterclass.com/premiumvideos/brad- dutz-blending-electronic-acoustic-percussion-masterclass/ …. Dutz was also selected twelve different years to perform and present at the International Convention for the Percussive Arts Society In addition, for four years Brad wrote a monthly column for Drum Magazine on hand percussion and he has written four books full of his compositions: Manipulations In Sound And Time, Practicing Music on Hand Percussion, and Percussion Pieces For Duos, Trios and Quartets, and Duets with WABICH.
He has recorded more than 300 CDs as a sideman for a variety of artists including Willie Nelson ,Scott Henderson, Steve Smith, Phil Woods, Carl Saunders, Alanis Morrissette, Kim Richmond, Bear McCreary, Bill Cunliffe, Bob Shepard ,Bevan Manson, Scott Kinsey, Kat Edmonson, Kiss, David Benoit, Phil Norman, Grant Geissman, Jeff Berlin, Scott Whitfield, Josh Nelson, Dennis Dreith, Leo Kottke, Ricki Lee Jones, Steve Huffsteter Michael Wolff, Mark Masters, Steve Owen, Nels Cline and many others.
In November 2019 Dutz debuted his short comic opera at SUNSPACE in Shadow Hills with story and lyrics by NOEL RHODES, “ITS A SQUIRRELS WORLD” .This project shall be released next week SEPTEMBER 4TH 2020 available on BRADDUTZ. BANDCAMP.COM

Terry Gibbs – Vibes

Performed with: Jazz Round Table #9 6/29/21

Terry Gibbs began his career at the age of 12 after winning the Major Bowes Amateur Hour Contest and subsequently began touring professionally. He spent many years as a drummer and percussionist playing gigs until his affinity for bebop motivated him to turn down a scholarship to Julliard as a timpanist and return to the vibes. Six decades of inspirational vibe playing and technique, Gibbs is recognized as one of the best ever to grace the genre of bop.

After World War II, Gibbs toured with Chubby Jackson, Buddy Rich and Woody Herman. He co-led a sextet with Louie Bellson and Charlie Shavers; and in 1950, he formed his own band for Mel Torme’s TV show. In 1951, he joined the Benny Goodman Sextet. Subsequently, he toured with his own quartet where he won acclaim as “# 1 Vibraphonist in the world,” in both the down beat and Metronome polls from 1950 to 1955. Gibbs also played a role in breaking down the sex barrier in music, using pianists Terry Pollard, who he often featured in vibe duos, Pat Moran, and Alice McLeod, who later married John Coltrane.

Settling in Los Angeles in 1957, he formed his big band known as “The Dream Band” in 1959. Comprising top notch LA talent such as Mel Lewis, Joe Maini, Frank Rosolino, Conte Candoli and Richie Kamuca, the band was named “Best Band in the World” in the Downbeat ’62 Critic’s Poll.

Gibbs returned to New York in the early sixties only to move back to LA to take a position as Music Director for the Regis Philbin Show. This gave him the opportunity to compose the music and conduct a sextet. He later served as Music Director/Composer for the ABC TV show, Operation Entertainment and for Steve Allen, building a substantial ASCAP rating. Gibbs also taught Steve Allen to play the vibes.

Gibbs, throughout his illustrious career has enjoyed world acclaim playing with greats such as clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, Max Roach, Art Blakely, Elvin Jones and Tito Puente. Co-leading a quintet, he had an unprecedented nomination in four categories of the Playboy Jazz Poll: Best Vibraphonist, Best Quartet, Best Big Band and Best Band Leader. His association with DeFranco has spanned 18 years and is still an invigorating collaboration today.

With 65 albums to his credit, winner of 3 major jazz polls and creator of 300+ compositions (recorded by Gibbs, Nat Cole, Les Brown, Cannonball Adderly, Count Basie, George Shearing, etc.), Gibbs has left an indelible mark in the world of vibes.

Gordon Goodwin – Composer, Sax, Keyboards

Performed with: Jazz Round Table #7 6/1/21

“Listening to Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, I was immediately taken by Gordon’s contemporary musical viewpoint, the dynamics of his “Big Phat Band,” its bevy of superb soloists, and the exhilaration of its sound.” —Quincy Jones

“The Big Phat Band provides potent testimony to the sheer exhilaration of big band jazz…a combination of crisp accuracy and fiery soloing.” —Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times

“Gordon Goodwin has extended the possibilities of all the different kinds of music (all good) that can be played by a big band. The magnificent Big Phat Band and its multi-talented leader, Gordon, stretch the envelope even further.” —Johnny Mandel

“Trying to describe the towering talents of Gordon Goodwin is one of my most frustrating but little secret pleasures. He is a gifted and creative pianist, an explosive and ‘haul ass’, ‘kick butt,’ sax player, an arranger of absolutely no limit of musical styles and composer of some of the best (and cleverly titled) compositions ever.

He is a man of exquisite musical taste. I am truly blessed to have him in my life.” —Johnny Mathis

“Whenever I hear your music, I get the sudden urge to retire!” —Sammy Nestico

Even for a successful composer and arranger in Hollywood, Gordon Goodwin’s numbers are impressive: A 2006 GRAMMY Award for his Instrumental Arrangement of “Incredits” from the Pixar film The Incredibles, three Emmy Awards, and thirteen GRAMMY nominations.

Here’s another impressive number to add to the list: eighteen. As in the number of musicians in Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, one of the most exciting large jazz ensembles on the planet. Populated by L.A.’s finest players, the Big Phat Band takes the big band tradition into the new millennium with a contemporary, highly original sound featuring Goodwin’s witty, intricate, and hard-swinging compositions in a veritable grab bag of styles: swing, Latin, blues, classical, rock and more.

A steady, persistent audio diet of the giants of jazz, pop, rock and funk has nourished Goodwin’s being since childhood. Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Earth, Wind and Fire, and Tower of Power, among many others, filled the well for the music his band makes today. And like those other bands, Goodwin’s music is nothing less than astonishing when experienced live.

Goodwin’s ability to combine jazz excellence with any musical style makes his writing appealing to fans across the spectrum. That’s why both beboppers and headbangers dig Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band.

Established in 2000, the Big Phat Band’s debut recording, Swingin’ For The Fences (Silverline Records), featured guest artists Arturo Sandoval and Eddie Daniels. It made history as the first commercially available DVD-Audio title ever released and the first DVD-Audio title to receive two GRAMMY nominations.

The band’s second album, XXL (Silverline Records), was released on DVD-Audio and compact disc in 2003. Charting its first week, XXL garnered three GRAMMY nominations for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Instrumental Composition (“Hunting Wabbits”) and Best Instrumental Arrangement with Vocals (“Comes Love” with Brian McKnight and Take 6), while winning the Surround Sound Award for “Best Made for Surround Sound Title.” The list of guest artists matched the high quality of the first release and featured, among others, Johnny Mathis and the incomparable Michael Brecker.

The Big Phat Band’s third album, The Phat Pack (immergent Records), with guest stars Dianne Reeves, David Sanborn, Eddie Daniels and Take 6, received a GRAMMY nomination and spent 31 weeks on the Billboard jazz charts.

Released in September 2008, the Big Phat Band’s fourth recording, Act Your Age, far outsold every other big band record in its path. Produced by acclaimed guitarist Lee Ritenour, it featured a host of terrific guests including Patti Austin, Chick Corea, Dave Grusin and even Ritenour himself, plus a special appearance by the late pianist Art Tatum on a stunning performance that had jaws dropping right and left. The critically acclaimed Act Your Age garnered three GRAMMY nominations.

A keyboardist and woodwind player, Goodwin has built a larger-than-life reputation throughout the music industry for his composing, arranging and playing skills. Ray Charles, Christina Aguilera, Johnny Mathis, Toni Braxton, John Williams, Natalie Cole, David Foster, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, Brian McKnight and Quincy Jones are just a few of the artists with whom he has worked. Goodwin has also conducted world-renowned symphony orchestras in Atlanta, Dallas, Utah, Seattle, Toronto and London.

Goodwin’s cinematic scoring and orchestration craft can be heard on such films as The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Escape to Witch Mountain, Get Smart, Glory Road, National Treasure, The Incredibles, Remember The Titans, Armageddon, The Majestic, Con Air, Gone In 60 Seconds, Enemy of the State, Star Trek Nemesis and even the classic cult film Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes. Goodwin’s soundtrack to Looney Tunes’ Bah HumDuck! – a wacky Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck riff on the classic A Christmas Carol – also features the Big Phat Band’s patented sound.

Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band joins Telarc International, a division of Concord Music Group, with the April 12, 2011 release of That’s How We Roll. The band’s first CD in over two and a half years features 10 new Goodwin originals and the Gershwin classic “Rhapsody in Blue.” Special guests include Gerald Albright, Dave Koz, Marcus Miller and Take 6.

Oscar Hernandez – Keyboards

Performed with: The Joey De Leon All-Stars 9/17/20, Jazz Round Table #2 3/16/21

4X Grammy Award Winner Oscar Hernández has long been considered one of the most gifted and prominent pianist/ arrangers on the contemporary Latin, Latin-jazz and salsa music scene. He has achieved legendary status for his prolific career spanning now over 40 years.

Oscar’s career as a professional began in the 70’s performing and recording with such seminal artists as Ismael Miranda, Ray Barreto, Celia Cruz, Conjunto Libre, Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez & Grupo Folklorico. Oscar was responsible for charting the musical course of the Rubén Blades Band. “Seis Del Solar”. Increasingly in demand as a pianist, arranger and producer, the Bronx native has produced such artists as Ruben Blades, Paul Simon, Willie Colón “Carabali”, Daniel Ponce, Rafael Dejesus, Eddie Torres, Phil Hernandez, Steve Kroon, Juan Luis Guerra, etc. and than made a more personal statement with the debut CD’s “Decision” and “Alternate Roots” by his band Seis Del Solar the Rubén Blades Band sans Rubén, and now with his 3X Grammy Award winning band, Spanish Harlem Orchestra.

In addition to being Rubén Blades pianist, arranger and musical director, Oscar Hernández has enjoyed a prolific musical career recording and performing with such world renown artists as Latin music king Tito Puente, Queen of Salsa Music Celia Cruz, Latin Pop Star Julio Iglesias, Juan Luis Guerra, Ray Barreto, Earl Klugh, Dave Valentin, Johnny Pacheco, Ismael Miranda, Pete”Conde” Rodríquez, Oscar De’leon, Luis “Perico” Ortiz, “Libre’ “Grupo Folkorico Experimental”, Willie Colón, Kirsty MacColl, etc. Oscar’s musical exploits include working as Musical Director/Conductor, arranging and producing the music for “The Capeman,” pop-rock icon Paul Simon’s Broadway musical. In addition, Oscar is also the music producer of “The Capeman” cast recording. Oscar was Musical Director/Arranger for the hit shows “Quien Mato A Hector Lavoe” and “La Lupe” at the 47th Street Theatre. He was also, Music Supervisor/Arranger for the show “Four Guys named Jose & Una Mujer named Maria.”

Oscar’s work as a studio session player can also be heard on numerous commercial jingles, some of which he has written and arranged. Among those is the hit show “Sex and the City.”

In addition to leading New York’s Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Oscar also has released 2 CD’s as a solo artist, Oscar Hernández & Alma Libre, titled“ The Art of Latin Jazz” and “Love The Moment” on Origin Records.

Mitch Holder – Guitar

Performed with: Jazz Round Table #10 7/20/21

Mitch Holder was born in Los Angeles, California and started playing the guitar at age eight after getting intrigued with the electric guitar sound of Link Wray and Duane Eddy, both popular instrumentalists of the late ’50’s. He studied with guitarists, William Pellegrini and Johnny Frisco. In 1966, a close association developed with studio and jazz guitarist, Howard Roberts, who took Mitch on as a student along with having Mitch go along with him on many of his various studio calls which ultimately helped Mitch to make the decision to go thet studio route as a career.

In 1974, Mitch alternated with Bob Bain on the Johnny Carson Tonight Show Band.

By 1976, Mitch was starting to get free-lance work in the L.A. studios and got so busy that he left the Tonight Show in 1977 but appeared as a sub over a number of years after that when the regulars weren’t available. For the next several years, Mitch found himself in the mainstream of session work.

Having an avid interest in the history of guitars and after hooking up with the Gibson Guitar Co. in the ’70s, Mitch got involved with guitar design and eventually worked for Gibson as the Western US Product Specialist. He was also with Guitar Center as the electric guitar and bass buyer. Mitch is now, once again, enjoying more musical pursuits.

Wanting to pay back his friend and mentor, Howard Roberts, who passed away in 1992, Mitch has a book out featuring transcriptions of many of Howard’s recorded works entitled The Jazz Guitar Stylings Of Howard Roberts published by Mel Bay Publications.

Mitch has worked with many artists on record which include Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Neil Young, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson, Joe Cocker, Stevie Nicks, Barry Manilow, Tom Jones, Brian Wilson, Lionel Ritchie, Woody Herman, Dean Martin, and many more. He has also performed on many motion pictures such as The Call Of The Wild, Kicking & Screaming, Catch Me If You Can, Space Cowboys (credited acoustic guitar solo), Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire, On Golden Pond, Milagro Beanfield War, The Muppet Movie, Saturday Night Fever, Urban Cowboy, Grease, E.T., Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Pretty in Pink, Lean On Me, Back To The Future II & III, Roger Rabit, Last Of The Mohicans, and many more.

Mitch has taught at The University Of Southern California, Musicians Institute and presently holds an adjunct position at California Lutheran University.

Quinn Johnson – Keyboards

Performed with: David Derge Trio – 5/20/21, One-Year Anniversary All-Star Jam Extravaganza 6/19/21, Quinn Johnson Trio 9/2/21, Dave Tull Trio 10/28/21

Pianist and composer Quinn Johnson has lived in four different countries on three different
continents, and has played music from around the world with Cuban, Brasilian, Persian,
African, Middle Eastern and Chinese artists. Some of those he has had the pleasure of
working with include Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Rita Coolidge, Mike Stoller, Martin Short, Jack
Sheldon, Diane Schuur, Tom Scott, Richard Carpenter, Judith Hill, Poncho Sanchez, Flora
Purim, Wayne Brady, John Densmore (of The Doors), Ben E King, Bettye La Vette, Elba
Ramalho, Down to the Bone, Jerry Seinfeld, Airto Moreira, Francisco Aguabella, Christopher
Cross, Alvaro Torres and Dancing with the Stars (US/Canada tour).

Quinn was the music director/pianist for American songbook singer Steve Tyrell for 16 years.
He is currently the music director for pop singer Debby Boone, as well as piano/keyboardist
for the Clare Fischer Big Band, which received the 2013 Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album.
Quinn has performed at jazz festivals around the globe, including places such as Montreux,
Bangkok, Vienne, Recife (Brasil), Detroit, San Jose, Capetown, Vitoria (Spain), and
Syracuse, as well as venues such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Dorothy Chandler
Pavilion, Disney Hall and Buckingham Palace.

He has performed on many TV shows including The Tonight Show, The David Lettterman
Show, The Today Show,The View, the Emmys, America’s Got Talent, and his playing can be
heard on many TV shows as well as feature films. One of his compositions can be heard on
the Emmy award winning show “Homeland”.

Quinn has released several cds on different labels, and currently composes, arranges, and
produces music for artists in various genres. When not traveling far and wide, he can be seen
performing around his home base of Los Angeles.

His last album “TRIO con CLAVE”, an exciting blend of American standards and Cuban
rhythms, continues to get airplay 5 years after its release.

The new release “Pastimes (from times past)”, is a collection of original music that
Quinn composed over the last couple decades, performed with a diverse group of old friends.
Recorded during the pandemic and released 3/1/2021, this album represents a cross-section
of American and world music as filtered through the lens of the composer’s life.

Ron Jones – Composer, Piano

Performed with: Jazz Round Table #4 – 4/20/21

For over 37 years, Ron Jones has dedicated himself to the art of craft of composing. Most of his creative work has involved scoring music for TV and Film projects, produced by both major Hollywood studios and independent productions companies. After getting his degree in music composition and music theory, Ron moved directly to Los Angeles, in order to study at the famous Dick Grove School of Music.

What attracted Ron’s attention was that all the teachers were successful professional musicians, arrangers and composers who where actively involved in creating music for recording artist, TV and film and other real world music areas. Prior to graduation from Dick Groves, Ron started working as a composer for an NBC movie of the week and several network animated TV series, produced by Hanna-Barbera. Under the guidance and tutelage of Hanna-Barbera’s music director, Hoyt Curtin (Flintstones, Jetsons and many more), Ron scored hundreds of episodes of Hanna-Barbera’s popular animated series. Soon, Mr. Curtin called on Ron to arrange and eventually compose many of the main title themes, such as the Smurfs, Scooby-Doo, The Snorks and many more.

After five years, Ron was introduced to the very busy composing team of Mike Post and Pete Carpenter. During his time scoring for Post and Carpenter, Ron worked on such popular series as The A-Team, Magnum P.I., Hardcastle and McCormick, Riptide, Hunter and more. This phase of scoring work involved a wide variety of scoring styles with emphasis on fusing contemporary Rock and Pop elements into the scores, a hallmark of the Post/Carpenter sound. While working with Post/Carpenter, Ron continued scoring many low budget features, which gave him the opportunity to hone and develop his long form skills.

Chris Montan, head of Disney Music, happened to watch a session Ron was doing for an animated project. The score and how Ron crafted the cues impressed Chris. Chris asked what motivated this deeper level in the music. Ron replied, not knowing who Chris Montan was, that the main difference is that he respects the intelligence of the audience. Most composers at the time were playing down to the audience. Ron’s approach took into account that a large percentage of the animated audience is actually adults.

Also, by designing the scores with respect for the intelligence of the audience, the shows themselves took on a broader appeal in that they were not patronizing. Soon after this random encounter, Chris Montan called and asked Ron to score the animated series, Duck Tales for Disney. Ron played the adventures of Huey, Louie, Dewey and Uncle Scrooge as a serious “Raiders of the Lost Ark” action/adventure show. This worked in a wonderful way against the comedy and with of the stories. Duck Tales has been one of the most successful animated series of all time and still plays to a large worldwide audience.

After Duck Tales, Ron worked on the first four seasons of Paramount’s smash hit series, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Scoring Star Trek: The Next Generation offered a perfect opportunity for Ron to use all the skills acquired from the animation, live action series and independent features. Each episode was looked at like a separate feature, rather than a serial with repeated ideas. ST:TNG was really like a Wagneriansuper opera. Each episode had it’s own unique orchestral palette and themes. There were highly organized and compositionally developed themes and motifs, which related to the Star Fleet crew as well as the various life forms they encountered in their exploration of the universe.

Ron further developed the Star Trek music in his scores for the groundbreaking computer games StarFleet Academy and StarFleet Command. These games were the first to use a full studio orchestra for the score. StarFleet Academy won the best score award from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

Ron continued his animation scoring by doing several animation shorts for upcoming creative Producers at Hanna-Barbera and Nickelodeon. Ron’s theme for Butch Hartman’s Fairly Oddparents series won BMI’s TV and Film award for being the most performed theme on Television for an amazing three years in a row (2002-2004). Ron also worked with one of the great young talents, Seth MacFarlane, with whom he had also scored some of his first projects for Hanna-Barbera. Seth took a chance and developed a new series for Fox, called Family Guy. Ron scored the pilot and the series has gone on to become a worldwide hit.

Not only has Family Guy become hugely successful as both a first run and syndicated series, it has topped the charts in home DVD sales, out selling many of the top feature films. Also, Family Guy is one of the most popular iTunes downloads, usually in the top 10 weekly. Ron has been pushed to create nearly every possible musical style and genre of scoring during his years working on Family Guy. From Broadway parodies, jazz, pop, contemporary grooves and songs to serious orchestral underscore, which rival anything on TV and surpasses many feature scores. Ron also scored another of MacFarlane’s series, American Dad, which is also on Fox.

Currently, Ron has expanded his musical exploration by forming the Influence Jazz Orchestra. The group is made up of the most elite session and jazz players in Los Angeles. This ensemble was formed out of a desire to share with live audiences the incredible and amazing studio musicians Ron calls to record his TV scores. Influence has performed at many of the top Jazz Clubs and concert venues to sold out audiences. The band performs new works by Ron, as well as the best charts written for Jazz Ensemble. Many performances feature Seth MacFarlane of Family Guy, singing his favorite classic Sinatra songs as arranged by Nelson Riddle, Billy May and more. Influence is involved in concerts of film and TV music as well as cutting edge Jazz.

Ron Jones has taught and guest lectured in the US and Europe at colleges, University’s and Conferences. Ron is very interested in teaching and sharing his professional insights with the new generation of composers.

Ron is driven to learn and grow, both with his music and in his life. He is proud of his accomplishments and the over 40,000 compositions he has created so far. He looks forward to the next level of creative challenges with excitement and eagerness.

Ron owes everything to his wife, Laree, for all of her wonderful support and love. Ron is very proud of their son, Nathan, and look forward to all he will be and do in his life.

When not scoring, Ron enjoys hiking in the mountains and landscape photography. Ron composes for orchestras, jazz groups, choirs, electronic, and a wide array of other music groups and styles with the goal of exploring the deeper side of music composition. He conducts all of his orchestral scoring sessions, the Influence Jazz Orchestra and he has guest-conducted orchestras in the U.S. and recentlywas a guest conductor for the Star Trek:The Ultimate Voyage concerts at Royal Albert Hall with the London Philharmonic as well as the west coast part of that concert tour with engagements in San Diego, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver with members of the Czech National Orchestra.

Ron is music director and conductor for the L.A. based Influence Jazz
Orchestra, a 22-piece all-star Big Band. On occasion this group expands to a full 75 piece orchestra.

Ron is music director and conductor for the 11-piece group Jazz Forest which is currently in studio finishing its first CD release and rehearsing in Seattle for several performances around the Northwest from Portland to Bellingham.

Tim Kobza – Guitar

Performed with: Ilya Portnov 6/24/21

Tim Kobza is a Los Angeles based guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and producer, who writes and records music with attitude, movement, and authenticity inspired by an extensive career playing jazz, funk, latin, soul, R&B and improvised music.

Born in Omaha he made his way to Denton Texas to study Jazz Guitar Performance at the acclaimed North Texas State University. Living in Dallas after college he embarked on an international touring and recording career that began while playing with Carlos Guedes and Desvio. This was followed by working for several years as a sideman with Jazz artist Joe McBride.

The West Coast beckoned, Tim was offered a full scholarship and relocated to the west coast to pursue a Masters Degree in Studio-Guitar Performance at USC’s Thornton School Of Music.

His touring and recording continued with R&B artist Jon B., Jack Herrera, Debbie Gibson, James Torme, Francis Yip (China) Lee Seung Hwan (South Korea) to name a few.

Tim formed Modereko, a band he co-founded with drummer John Molo The band was signed to Verve records Blue Thumb imprint under the tutelage of Tommy LiPuma, ultimately recording 2 albums (a self-titled album and the 2nd release Solar Igniter) the group toured for several years.

With this Post-Modereko project Tim’s musical journey continues, “Montecito Heights” takes deep and unexpected musical turns. The 13 original compositions on this album fall into a variety of musical categories including lo-fi, chill, acid jazz, smooth jazz, jam band and melodic rock. The guitar hooks, improvisations and textures are seamlessly intertwined with an eclectic collection of musical soundscapes and rhythmic grooves.

“Much of this project came together during covid, the pause from live music allowed for creativity and collaboration on a different level, constructed from virtually assembled performances from some of my most formidable and admired musicians/friends, I am so grateful for their contributions”.

Though mostly instrumental, this project has one Bossa Nova inspired vocal track, ‘The Song That Is In Your Heart ‘ is a collaboration with singer extraordinaire Amanda Achen.

Other featured players on this project include Wayne Bergeron and John Dearth (Trumpet), Arlan Schierbaum (Keys), Matt Wallace (Sax and EWI), Wes Smith (Saxes), Jake Reed and Herman Matthews (Drums).

Tim’s passion for all things music, flows into his teaching at USC’s Thornton school of music where his professorship in the Guitar and Popular Music departments has been practiced for over 2 decades.

Nick Mancini – Vibes

Performed with: Socially Distant Show #5 – 2/4/21

Vibraphonist/Marimbist and Composer NICK MANCINI began his professional career as a drummer, at the age of 15. His undergrad studies earned him an A.S. from Schenectady County Community College and a B.M. (with honors) from The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. By the age of 23, he was a heavily called upon drummer in upstate NY but was feeling the tug of pursuing jazz more avidly. That was when he moved to NYC to attend Manhattan School of Music. His audition won him the prestigious President’s Award scholarship and he graduated with a masters degree in jazz performance.

For the following 8 or so years, Mancini continued honing his craft while cutting his teeth at live gigs all around NYC, earning him a much deserved reputation as a trusted sideman and kick-ass band leader until a gig took him out west and he found his true home in LA. In 2006 he relocated and was immediately inducted into the, then burgeoning but now codified, LA creative music scene. Since his arrival, Mancini has truly made an indelible mark. He was celebrated as the Honoree at the 18th annual Los Angeles Jazz Vibes Summit and earlier that same year his face graced the cover of Ventana Monthly, the popular Ventura county arts magazine, which also featured him in a story about the beach community’s thriving arts scene. DRUM Magazine’s Reader’s Poll named him “Best Jazz Percussionist” (on vibes).

Nick has performed and recorded with such diverse luminaries as Arturo Sandoval, Peter Erskine, Poncho Sanchez, Solange, Kenny Werner, Amos Lee, and Jennifer Holliday; and with the greatest young and emerging stars such as Kamasi Washington, Miguel Atwood-Fergusson, and Ben Wendel. As both a band leader and side man, Nick has appeared at some of New York’s most notable venues such as The World Famous Apollo Theater; Showtime at the Apollo, Birdland, and Joe’s Pub. In LA he performs at The Blue Whale, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Friday Night Jazz series, ACE Theater, Catalina Jazz Club, Vibrato, Zipper Hall, Vitello’s, Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center and virtually every jazz venue in Los Angeles. His festival appearances include Santa Barbara Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Nortelje Jazz Festival (Sweden), Alandia Jazz Festival (Scandinavia), Angel City Jazz Festival (LA), and Catalina Jazz Festival, to name a few. Abroad, he’s graced the stage in Tahiti, Australia, Scandinavia, and Canada.

Not only is Nick widely recognized by his peers and audiences as a dynamic, and important performer and composer, but is also known as a curator of high quality, creative music events and series. At LA’s West-side based WitZend Live, he led a monthly jazz series featuring prominent LA Jazz groups. In 2010 he conjured and co-produced ‘Feed the Blue Whale’ an all day jazz festival designed to bring awareness to the Blue Whale, LA’s finest, creative listening space. He personally curated, MC’d and sometimes performed at ‘elastic hour’ @ Curve Line Space; a weekly live concert series which, over the course of 5 seasons featured 150+ artists from around the globe. LA Weekly gave it high praise in their annual “Best of” issue.

A victim of some dysfunctional learning scenarios, Mancini has become passionate about education. In 2011 he was invited to join the jazz and percussion faculty at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSU Long Beach, and is a Jazz faculty member at CSU Northridge (CSUN). He serves a recurring faculty post for the Thelonious Monk Institute, a highly competitive post-graduate program for up and coming Jazz musicians, all the while, maintaining a busy, home-based teaching studio for one on one study of the art of Jazz.

He has arranged and overseen the production of multiple vocal and instrumental jazz records and boasts an ever growing catalog of independently released recordings under his own name.

Recognized by the industry, he holds endorsement contracts with Majestic vibes and Innovative Percussion mallets.

Chuck Manning – Sax

Performed with: Tony Jones Vocal Project – 6/10/21

Born in Washington State, Chuck studied jazz and classical in high school. He played Carnegie Hall and toured Europe with America’s Youth In Concert by the time he was 17. He began to affirm his musical attitudes when he went to college at the well-known jazz mecca of North Texas State and studied privately with sax legend Joe Henderson. After moving to Los Angeles, he began a long and extensive career that focused on small group environments which nurtured the development of his unique sound as well the opportunity to play and learn from many of the area’s greatest jazz musicians.

A long-time veteran of the Los Angeles jazz scene, Chuck Manning has made thousands of appearances over the years, in the LA area and throughout the world. He has had a 3 decades long collaboration with the Los Angeles Jazz Quartet, a group that includes Larry Koonse, Darek Oles and Jason Harnell. Gary Fukushima of Downbeat wrote, “Anyone who knows anything about jazz in L.A. knows these guys represent the very best of what’s great in this town.”

Chuck also has had a long associations with jazz greats Bobby Bradford, Henry Franklin, Theo Saunders, Putter and VR Smith and Isla Eckinger; all of which are well documented on many CD releases over the years.

He has shared the stage or recorded with many great musicians, such as: Albert “Tootie” Heath, Al Mckibbon, Alan Broadbent, Alan Ferber, Alphonse Mouzon, Andrea Pozza , Art Hillary, Azar Lawrence, Ben Clatworthy, Bill Cunliffe, Bill Perkins, Branford Marsalis, Carl Burnett, Carl Saunders, Cedar Walton, Charlie Haden, Charlie Shoemake , Conte Condoli, Danny Embrey, Danny Grissett, Dave Carpenter, Dave Koonse, Dennis Irwin, Eric Reed, Eric Von Essen, Frank Strazzeri, Fransisco Aguabella, Gary Foster, Gerald Wiggins, Gerry Gibbs, Gilbert Castellanos, Harold Land, Harvey Mason, Henry Butler, Horace Tapscott, Hubert Laws, James Carney, Jay Miglori, Jeff Littleton, Jim Snidero, Jimmy Rowles, Joe Bagg, Joe Haider, Joe LaBarbara, Joe Lovano, John Cambell, John Carter, John Guerin, John Heard, Jon Mayer, Jon-Pall Bjarnason, Josh Nelson, Judy Wexler, Julius Hemphill, Justo Almario, Kevin Tullius, Larance Marable, Larry Gales, Larry Koonse, Llew Matthews, Mark Ferber, Mike Conlon, Mike Wofford, Nels Cline, Oscar Brashear, Otmaro Ruiz, Phil Ranelin, Phil Upchurch, Piotr Rodowicz, Ralph Alessi, Ralph Moore, Ralph Penland, Ramon Banda, Ravi Coltrane, Robbie Krieger, Roy McCurdy, Sal Marquez, Sam Most, Scott Colley, Sonny Philips, Steve Cardenas, Steve Huffsteter, Ted Curson, Tony Dumas, Warne Marsh and Willie Jones III.

Eric Marienthal – Sax

Performed with: Jazz Round Table #8 6/15/21

After graduating high school in Southern California in 1976, Eric went on to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. There he studied with the legendary saxophone professor, Joe Viola. By the time he left Berklee, Eric had achieved the highest proficiency rating given by the school. In 1995, Eric was awarded the Berklee Distinguished Alumnus Award for outstanding achievements in contemporary music. He has since gone on to perform in over 75 different countries, recorded 14 solo CD’s and has played on hundreds of records, films, television shows, and commercial jingles.
Eric started his professional career in 1980 with famed New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt. After returning to Los Angeles Eric became a member of the famed Chick Corea Elektric Band. He recorded 6 CD’s with the band and won 2 Grammy Awards. Eric went on to join the Jeff Lorber Fusion. Among the CD’s Eric recorded with Jeff, 2 were nominated for Grammy Awards. Jeff Lorber was instrumental is producing many of Eric’s CD’s. Other artists Eric has performed with include Elton John, Barbara Streisand, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Aaron Neville, Johnny Mathis, Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour, George Duke, David Benoit, The Rippingtons, The Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band, Patti Austin, Lou Rawls, David Lee Roth, The Yellowjackets, B.B. King, Ramsey Louis, Patti Labelle, Olivia Newton-John, and many others.
Among Eric’s 15 solo CDs, his latest is a collaboration with legendary trumpeter Randy Brecker entitled “Double Dealin’ on Shanachie Records. Eight of the songs that Eric has recorded have made it to the top 10 of the National Contemporary Jazz Radio Charts and three have made it to #1. Eric was voted as being one of the year’s “Favorite Alto Sax Players” in Jazziz Magazine’s Reader’s Poll along with David Sanborn and Phil Woods.
Since 2015 Eric has maintained an online saxophone school with ArtistWorks, www.artistworks.com/eric. In Eric’s school there are over 200 video lessons, tracks, songs, exercises and more for every level of player from beginners to advanced players. Students can also take advantage of the Video Exchanges where they can submit a video of whatever they are working on and Eric posts a video response for the students to see.

Eric has also written 3 instructional books, “Comprehensive Jazz Studies & Exercises”, The Ultimate Jazz Play Along” and “The Music Of Eric Marienthal” as well as 3instructional videos, “Play Sax From Day One”, “Modern Sax” and “Tricks Of The Trade”, all published by Warner Bros. Publications which is now Alfred Publishing/Belwin Jazz.
For the past 23 years Eric has put on an annual fundraising concert for High Hopes. High Hopes is a non-profit organization in Orange County, California that works with people who have suffered traumatic head injuries. With the help of many guest artists who have donated their time to perform, these concerts to date have raised well over $2,000,000 for this charity.

Gary Meek – Sax, Keyboards

Performed with: Socially Distant Show 1/14/21, Socially Distant Show #7 2/18/21, Jazz Round Table #3 4/6/21, Jazz Round Table #8 6/15/21, Jazz Round Table #17 12/7/21

Gary Meek began his career in the early 1980s playing woodwinds in the big bands of the Los Angeles Jazz Workshop, and keyboards and woodwinds for local club dates, weddings and private parties. In the mid-’80s he toured with Dionne Warwick, playing keyboards.
In 1987, Meek began a two-decade association with Brazilian jazz artists Airto Moreira and Flora Purim. In 1990, joined by Jose Neto, they formed Fourth World. This band toured the U.S., Europe, Asia, South Africa and Eastern Europe for five years, releasing a live album in 1992, “Live at Ronnie Scott’s.” Three years later, Meek joined Herb Alpert’s world tour in support of Alpert’s “Second Wind” album. The following year, Meek toured the U.S. and Europe playing saxes, flute and keyboards for Al Jarreau.

Meek’s first album as a leader and saxophonist, 1991’s “Gary Meek,” comprises 11 songs all written or cowritten by Meek. He has released four other solo projects to date, including “Time One,” “Live at Ronnie Scott’s,” “Good Friends” and “Step 7.”

Through the 1990s and early 2000s, Meek began several enduring collaborations, some with artists who contributed session work for his solo efforts. After keyboardist Jeff Lorber appeared on “Gary Meek,” Meek played for several Lorber albums, including the Billboard Top 5 “West Side Stories” in 1994. Meek’s first studio work for bassist Brian Bromberg, on 1997’s “You Know That Feeling,” led to several tours and albums including “Downright Upright,” nominated for the “Best Contemporary Jazz Album” Grammy in 2007.
In 2000, Meek played saxophone for “Warning,” the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. “Warning” reached No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA.

In 2003, Meek played woodwinds for the album “Playful Heart” by guitarist and bossa nova pioneer Oscar Castro-Neves. The release, named one of that year’s best albums by Downbeat, included an arrangement of “Four Brothers” that Castro-Neves wrote to feature Meek on all the woodwind parts. Meek was later featured on Castro-Neves’ 2006 album, “All One.”

In 2002, Meek collaborated for the first time with drummer Dave Weckl for the Dave Weckl Band album, “Live (and Very Plugged In)” and a subsequent world tour. He also played with Weckl for 2005’s “Multiplicity,” and with Weckl and keyboardist Jay Oliver for “Convergence” in 2012.

In 2015, the Dave Weckl Acoustic Band released its debut CD, “Of the Same Mind,” touring behind it in Europe, Asia and the U.S. Acoustic band personnel include Weckl, Meek, keyboardist Makoto Ozone and bassist Tom Kennedy.

In September of 2017 Meek released “Originals” – His first solo release in Fifteen years. The CD features Terri Lyne Carrington – Drums, Brian Bromberg – Acoustic Bass, Mitchel Forman – Piano, Randy Brecker – Trumpet/ Flugelhorn and Bruce Forman – Guitar, on Three songs apiece. Also Michael Lent- Guitar and Airto Moriera – Percussion on ‘Suite for Maureen” Meek has had CD release gigs in both LA and Monterey. Bookings are coming in. Subscribe to the Mailing list on this site for more details.

Michael Paulo – Sax

Performed with: Jazz Round Table #01 3/2/21

One of the most versatile and cosmopolitan saxophonists in pop, soul and contemporary jazz for nearly 35 years, Michael Paulo has added his distinct saxpertise to a virtual who’s who of artists, including Al Jarreau (Paulo’s longest term touring association), James Ingram, No. 1 Smooth Jazz Trumpeter and guitarist Rick Braun and Peter White, Oleta Adams, Kenny Loggins, Patti Austin, Jeffrey Osborne, Jeff Lorber, David Benoit, Carl Anderson, Bobby Caldwell, Johnny Mathis and more. Another Milestone in Michael’s Career is his recent appearance on a previously unreleased Miles Davis record that was recorded in 1986 . The unheard tracks were recorded prior to his release TUTU. The record was released Sept 6th 2020 and reached the number 1 status on the billboard jazz charts in its first week.

Paulo grew up in a musical family (his father a pianist, his mother a singer, his siblings all playing instruments) and though he came upon the sax relatively late at age 15, he quickly became first horn player in his high school band and was playing professional gigs around the islands within a few years. Rather than accept a scholarship to North Texas State, he chose a more adventurous road by joining Hawaiian pop/rock band Kalapana, which had some success on the mainland but was most popular in Japan. After playing regularly and recording on all four of Kalapana’s albums from 1975 through 1979, Paulo recorded a solo album for Japanese release on Trio records. In addition to exposing him to the Japanese jazz audience, Tats in the Rainbow gave him the opportunity to work with legendary pianist Herbie Hancock.

Paulo moved to Los Angeles in 1981 and quickly established himself by playing with percussionist Ray Armondo and a local R&B outfit featuring members of Rufus. Two years later, he caught his big break when Al Jarreau hired him for his touring band. The young saxman became an integral part of the Jarreau experience while touring the world for the next decade. Paulo also gained international recognition as a result of his work on Jarreau’s famed “Live in London” release.

In 1988 paulo recorded his first Major solo release One Passion on MCA records

which was critically accliamed as one of the most influential recordings in contemporary Jazz. He has since released nine solo projects with the latest entitled “Songs” a compilation of his compositions over the years and featuring two new tracks.

Michael Paulo’s reputation as the no. 1 Asian American Jazz artist continues with each new year. He has also toured extensively in the Far East performing for the Sultan of Brunei and the Royal Family of Thailand. Michael is also popular in Japan where he has performed with numerous well known Japanese artists over the years such as: Namie Amuro, Eikichi Yazawa, Anrie, Mari Ijima, Globe,Atsushi from Exile and more! A dynamic live performer Michael has constantly left his audiences wanting more. His emotive playing and endearing style has never failed to capture the hearts of his fans all over the world..Michael Paulo is has continued to build his status as one of the most dynamic saxophonist in the world..

Michael spent eight years as an artist in residence at one of the largest Music Festivals in the world The Java Jazz Festival . Michael also produced two festivals, the Temecula Wine and Music Festival and Pacific Rim Jazz Festival in Hawaii. His company Apaulo Productions is also involved in producing numerous Jazz concerts events in California and Hawaii. Michael has just completed his 11th solo project titled a Beautiful Day. With the help of his music friends such as Peter White , Paul Brown , David Benoit, Paul Jackson Jr, Freddie Washington ,Ray ParkerJr. and more , Michael has assembled a mix of popular covers and original songs. It’s been ten years since his last studio release and he’s back in true form and ready to highlight another phase of his career an artist. As he says, “Music is always going to evolve, and it’s up to the artist to respond gracefully to the changes. We don’t know what the music will sound like years from now, but no matter what, it will be based on what the people in the audience feel.”

Otmaro Ruiz – Keyboards

Performed with: Socially Distant Show 1/14/21, Jazz Round Table #17 12/7/21

Considered one of the most important jazz pianists in the current scene, venezuelan Otmaro Ruiz is known for his versatility and virtuosity. After working intensively in Venezuela with artists such as Soledad Bravo and Ilan Chester, Otmaro moves to Los Angeles in 1989 to join the group of great names of the jazz world such as Alex Acuña, Justo Almario y Abraham Laboriel, with whom still collaborates in diverse projects.
With an intense musical career, filled with concerts, workshops and recordings worldwide, Otmaro worked for 5 years with Dianne Reeves as a pianist and musical director. During this period, Otmaro participated in the recording project of her CD “In The Moment – Live in Concert”, which won the Grammy Award 2001. In that same year, Alex Acuna’s album “Acuarelas de Tambores, also with Otmaro’s collaboration, was nominated to a Grammy. His collaboration with Weston Woods Studios for the Scholastic Series of animated children videos have won important recognitions like the “2004 Audie Award” in the Children Production Category and Bronze Remi at the 2004 Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival (for the Soundtrack of “Chato and The Party Animals”); Otmaro also received a Life Time Special Award “International Exposure” from the Venezuelan National Artist’s Institute (for outstanding career in a foreign country). In 2012, Otmaro was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Musical Arts from Shepherd University. His work as an arranger was recognized by the American Academy of Recording Arts with a 2016 Grammy Nomination and a double Latin Grammy Award Nomination in 2019.

The long list of re-known musicians with whom Otmaro works, constantly confirms his versatility, proving that this jazz giant sails with ease in many different styles, from Straight-Ahead jazz to Pop-Rock, from the most authentic Salsa & Afro-Cuban to the most exciting Fusion, with unusual ability to express his own language both at the acoustic piano and in the electronic world of synthesizers. Among these amazing artists: John McLaughlin, Randy Brecker & Bill Evans’ SoulBop Project, Simon Phillips’ Protocol, Tito Puente, Arturo Sandoval, John Patitucci, Paquito D’Rivera, Jing Chi, Nana Caymmi, Dori Caymmi, Akira Jimbo, Frank Gambale, Peter Erskine, David Weckl, Art Davis Quintet, Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, Alain Caron, Gino Vannelli, Tolu, Frank Morgan, Robben Ford, Vinnie Colaiuta and Jon Anderson.

Regarded as one of the most sought-after keyboardists for recordings in today’s scene, Otmaro is still able to dedicate time to teaching, scoring of movie sound-tracks and to the production of his works as a leader with original compositional material, captured in the CDs “Otmaro Ruiz plays Ryuichi Sakamoto”, “Distant Friends”, “Nothing to Hide”, “Latino” and in his most recent album “Sojourn”. Released in September 2008, Sojourn encompasses the rhythmic complexity, harmonic sophistication and melodic beauty of his most recent compositions, under the architecture of a constant equilibrium, and presented with his own quartet, with the talented Jimmy Branly (drums), Carlos Del Puerto (acoustic bass) y Ben Wendel (saxophones and bassoon). In 2015, Otmaro produces and releases the album “Catina DeLuna and LADO B Brazilian Project featuring Otmaro Ruiz”, earning his first Grammy Nomination in the Arranging category, and in 2018,”Elemental” is released, featuring legendary bassist Jimmy Haslip and Jimmy Branly. “Elemental” marks the realization of a long time dream of producing a more electric infused Fusion project. “Elemental” generated international accolades and a double nomination at the Latin Grammy Awards in the categories of Best Arrangement and Best Jazz Album.

Otmaro Ruiz worked as Jazz Piano Faculty at University of Southern California (USC), at Cornell School of Contemporary Music at Shepherd University, has been a frequent guest clinician at Los Angeles Music Academy (LAMA), at Musicians Institute (MI) and continues to travel the world not only as a performer, but also as an educator, dictating workshops and Masterclasses in top conservatories.

Otmaro Ruiz enjoys a US support deal from KAWAI Pianos and proudly endorses products from the following companies: NORD CLAVIA PRODUCTS, ROLAND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SPECTRASONICS, RADIAL ENGINEERING, A.R.T., MACKIE, ZOOM, PRIMACOUSTIC, US MUSIC CORP (QuikLok, Washburn Guitars), SPECTRASONIC and LP (Latin Percussion).

Francisco Torres – Trombone

Performed with: Conganas – 4/8/21

Francisco Torres is a well-respected trombonist, bass trombonist, educator, composer and arranger who hails from Hermosillo, Sonora. Born in 1974, Francisco didn’t start his musical training until 15 years old, playing alto saxophone then switching to tuba and euphonium. By accident, he discovered jazz trombone while watching the jazz band practice before school. He was hooked.

After graduating from high school, he went on to study with Dr. Tony Mazzaferro and Dr. Greg Woll at Fullerton College, where he played in the jazz band, symphonic band and the symphony orchestra. While at Fullerton, he was a featured soloist with the symphonic band, performing Carnival Of Venice on euphonium and later in the year, Bolero with the Fullerton College symphony. After transferring to Cal State Long Beach, he was again a featured soloist with the symphonic band, performing Carnival of Veniceon euphonium and Bolero with the Cal State Long Beach symphony.

Francisco has emerged as a first-class arranger and composer, particularly in the field of Latin jazz. He has served as musical director, producer and arranger for the Grammy-winning percussionist Poncho Sanchez for 12 years. He is also a member of Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, John Beasley’s Monkestra, Bill Cunliffe’s Bachannalia, and has performed or recorded with Arturo Sandoval, Bill Holman, Manhattan Transfer, Joey Defrancesco, Natalie Cole, Doc Severinsen, Sammy Nestico, and Terence Blanchard, as well as Santana, Aretha Franklin, Jennifer Lopez, Johnny Mathis, Robbie Williams, and many others. For eight seasons he was first-call sub with the Dancing With the Stars Orchestra, and has appeared with different artists on the Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live, The Late Late Show, and Jimmy Kimmel.

Being known primarily as a studio and jazz trombonist, he has also excelled in the field of classical music. He can be heard as trombonist, bass trombonist and valve trombonist for Michael Giacchino on the Pixar film Coco. Some of his most recent films credits are The Secret Life of Pets, Ice Age 4, Penguins of Madagascar, and Straight Outta Compton. On TV he can be heard on The Simpsons, Elena of Avalor, Sofia The First, and The Get Down, as well as many others. He regularly records trombone for orchestra shows and parades for Shanghai Disney, Tokyo Disney, Walt Disney World and Disneyland, and has recorded a multitude of musically diverse albums with major music stars including Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Dr. Dre, Michael Bublé, Frank Ocean, Pitbull, All American Rejects, Spoon, Angelique Kidjo, Ry Cooder, Brian Setzer, and Los Lobos.

Dave Tull – Drums, Vocals

Performed with: Dave Tull Trio 10/28/21, Jacques Voyemant Quartet 1/27/22, Jazz Round Table “Instrumentalists Who Sing” 2/8/22, Dave Tull Trio 2/17/22

Dave Tull’s latest release, “Texting and Driving” was the #2
most requested new album of 2018 on SiriusXM Real Jazz,
and was featured by NPR’s Susan Stamberg on Weekend
Edition. Singing from the drums, Dave brings to the stage a rare
combination of joyous songwriting, world-class jazz singing and
drumming. Think “Frishberg meets Gershwin”. Dave’s songs
have been called both “laugh out loud funny” and inspiring of
“soul searching and introspection”, propelling “Texting and
Driving” to #5 on the Billboard Jazz Chart, and #3 on the
Billboard Comedy Chart in the same week, and 23 weeks on
the JazzWeek chart!

Dave’s celebrated first CD, “I Just Want To Get Paid”,
continues to get regular airplay many years after its release.
Dave has led his trio at the Vail Jazz Festival and Winter
Concert Series three times, Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood,
twice at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (with a
two-hour broadcast on KKJZ), San Diego’s KSDS 88.3 FM
“Jazz Live” series (a 90-minute live broadcast and interview),
the Newport Beach Jazz Party, The Nash in Phoenix, The
Arts Garage in Boca Raton FL, The Miami Jazz Coop in Coral
Gables, FL, Jazz Showcase in Chicago, the JazzVox house
concert series in Seattle, The Strathallan Hotel in Rochester,
NY, the “Jazz at Joe’s” concert series in Bend, OR, The
California Jazz Arts Society, and countless times at the iconic
Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, CA.

When not leading his own trio, Dave is one of the busiest
drummers on the scene. In 2016 Dave became the drummer for
Barbra Streisand and has played five tours with Streisand
including Madison Square Garden in July 2019, and on Barbra’s
GRAMMY NOMINATED live Netflix concert video, “Barbra
– “The Music..The Mem’ries..The Magic!”. Dave toured from
2000-2010 as drummer and lead vocalist for Chuck Mangione.
Dave is the drummer on Pixar’s popular series, “Forky Asks A
Question” and Disney’s “Monsters At Work”.

Quotes:
“In my opinion Dave Tull is the greatest jazz singer on the
scene today.” Richie Cole – November 2018
“Texting And Driving not only gives jazz fans new material
that Jon Hendricks and Eddie Jefferson would have enjoyed,
but is one of the finest jazz vocal albums of the year.” Scott
Yanow – L.A. Jazz Scene – May 2018

“You have to compare this guy to Dave Frishberg because he
swingingly skewers the foibles of contemporary topics. A
wonderfully crazy, loose limbed set that puts the fun back in
things and keeps the good times rolling. Great stuff that works
throughout!” – Midwest Record by Chris Spector

“This is a joyous Dave Frishberg-ian occasion… His songs are
pointed and hilarious… clever with a knack for taking universal
first world frustrations and putting them into lyrics.” – Cadence
Magazine by Robert Rusch

“An amazing songwriter… he can swing vocally the same way
he swings on his drums. His melodies are challenging and
beautiful, while his lyrics are compelling and creative. His scat
singing is one of my favorite things on this CD. Plus, while he
makes you laugh with some song messages, others inspire
introspection and soul-searching. Besides his astute sense of
humor, Dave Tull is an extraordinary songwriter, an exceptional
drummer and a stylized singer. I continue to ask myself, how
can he play drums with such excellence and sing Bebop at the
same time? This CD previews all of his talents in the most
profound and engaging way. Enjoy.”
Musical Memoirs by Dee Dee McNeil

Kevin Axt – Bass
Performed with: Will Brahm Trio 10/29/20, Brad Rabuchin Trio – 11/12/20, David Derge Trio – 5/20/21, Quinn Johnson Trio 9/2/21, Dave Tull Trio 10/28/21, Jazz Round Table #15 – Bass Night 11/2/21Bio – Bassist Kevin Axt was born in Burbank, California. He attended the University of Southern California as a music major and subsequently began his ...MORE INFO!

David Becker – Guitar
Performed with: David Becker and Brad Rabuchin 9/3/20, Socially Distant Jazz Show #3 1/21/21, avid Becker “One Man Band” 3/18/21, David Becker Quartet 7/5/21, David Becker Trio 11/18/21Bio – For more than three decades, Grammy and Emmy nominated guitarist, composer, producer David Becker has continued to define himself as one of the best ...MORE INFO!

Steve Billman – Bass
Performed with: Dave Hill Group – 7/8/21, Miley/Billman 7/29/21Bio – Performance Experience: Daniel Ho –1992 – to present Tak Matsumoto Liza Minnelli Frank Gambale – 2003 – 2005 Billy Cobham Brian Bromberg Rob ...MORE INFO!

Chris Blondal – Drums, Percussion
Performed with: The Brad Rabuchin Trio 10/1/20, David Becker Quartet 7/5/21, Sip•In•Time 10/14/21, Brad Rabuchin Trio 10/21/21, David Becker Trio 11/18/21Bio – Chris Blondal is a native of Vancouver Canada, Chris picked up his first drumstick at the early age of 4 and from this small act came a lifelong love ...MORE INFO!

Anthony (Tony) Bonsera – Trumpet, Keys, Vocals
Performed with: Socially Distant Show #5 – 2/4/21Bio – Anthony Bonsera has played lead trumpet for The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, Mike Barone Big Band, Steve Huffsteter Big Band, Pete Myers Big ...MORE INFO!

Will Brahm – Guitar
Performed with: The Will Brahm Trio 7/23/20, The Will Brahm Trio 10/29/20, The Socially Distant Show #1/7/21, Socially Distant Show #6 2/11/21Bio – Will Brahm is a Los Angeles based guitarist and composer, and a 2019 Herbie Hancock International Guitar competition semi finalist. He received his ...MORE INFO!

Rene Camacho – Bass
Performed with: The Joey De Leon All-Stars 9/17/20, Jazz Round Table #2 3/16/21, Conganas 4/8/21, Conganas – 6/31/21, Conganas! 9/9/21Bio – Rene Camacho is an Acoustic, Electric Bassist and Vocalist originally from Tucson, Arizona, now living in Los Angeles. While trombone was his first ...MORE INFO!

Rod Castro – Guitar
Performed with: Triage – 5/27/21Bio – “Rod Castro is an LA based session/touring guitarist and currently works with Beyoncé, Bootsy Collins, Bebe Rexha, Natasha Bedingfield, Chloe X Halle, TLC & Ellie Goulding.”...MORE INFO!

Adam Cohen – Bass
Performed with: The Brad Rabuchin Trio 10/1/20, The Dave Hill Group 10/15/20, Brad Rabuchin Trio 8/19/21Bio – Adam Cohen’s skills on both the acoustic and 6-string electric bass have found him sharing stage & studio with the likes of Ray Charles, The New ...MORE INFO!

Joey De Leon – Percussion
Performed with: The Miley/Koonse/De Leon Trio 8/6/20, The Joey De Leon All-Stars 9/17/20, Socially Distant Show #6 2/11/21, Jazz Round Table #2 3/16/21Bio – Joey DeLeon has performed or recorded with artists of almost every genre from jazz, Latin, pop, and contemporary classical. The diverse list of ...MORE INFO!

Bernie Dresel – Drums
Performed with: Switchblade 3 “Big Band Trio” 8/8/20, Switchblade 3 “Big Band Trio” 9/12/20, Switchblade 3 “Big Band Trio” – 10/24/20, Switchblade 3 “Big Band Trio” 11/17/20, Switchblade 3 “Big Band Trio” 03/04/21, Switchblade 3 4/15/21, Switchblade 3 “Big Band Trio” Rockabilly 10/7/21Bio – Bernie Dresel – (born in Sharon, Pennsylvania) has traveled the world, occupying the coveted drum chair for Grammy Award-winning Gordon Goodwin’s Big ...MORE INFO!

John DePatie – Guitar
Performed with: Acoustimania – 7/15/21Bio – Electric, dynamic, and passionate to the core, guitarist John DePatie has been laying down his own very special brand of guitar on stages and in ...MORE INFO!

David Derge – Drums
Performed with: Brad Rabuchin Trio 4/1/21, David Derge Trio – 5/20/21, One-Year Anniversary All-Star Jam Extravaganza 6/19/21Bio – David Derge is an exciting and accomplished drummer with a resume that covers a lot of stylistic territory and spans decades. David has lived and ...MORE INFO!

Brandon Fields – Sax
Performed with: Paul Peress Project 5/13/21, Jazz Round Table #8 6/15/21Bio – Born in Indiana and raised in southern California, Brandon Fields is a multi woodwind instrumentalist, producer/composer/arranger, with nine records ...MORE INFO!

Bruce Forman – Guitar
Performed with: Bruce Forman Trio 10/22/20, Socially Distant Jazz Show 1/7/21Bio – A hectic touring schedule; eighteen recordings as a leader, countless sideman recordings including Ray Brown, Bobby Hutcherson, Roger Kellaway, ...MORE INFO!

Mitch Forman – Keyboards
Performed with: Paul Peress Project 5/13/21Bio – Mitch Forman – Keys, has worked with such luminaries as guitarist John Scofield, Mike Stern, Janis Siegal, Dave Samuels, Diane Schuur, Gary Burton, ...MORE INFO!

Dan Fornero – Trumpet
Performed with: Jazz Round Table #19 Trumpet Night 3/8/22Bio – Originally from Kenosha, Wisconsin, Dan Fornero attended North Texas State University from 1977-1981 where he played first trumpet in the famed One ...MORE INFO!

Vincent Fossett Jr. – Drums
Performed with: The Carey Frank Trio 3/11/21Bio – Vincent Fossett Jr. was born on June, 17 1985. A native Californian, Vincent began drumming at the age of 2. His main influence when he began was his ...MORE INFO!

Alex Frank – Bass
Performed with: Bruce Forman Trio 10/22/20Bio – Since his 2010 graduation from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, jazz bassist Alex Frank has established himself as an important and in demand member of ...MORE INFO!

Carey Frank – Organ
Performed with: Brad Rabuchin Trio 06/11/20, The Rumproller Organ Trio 11/19/20, Best of 2020 Part 3 (remote guest) 12/22/20, Jazz Round Table #4 1/28/21, The Carey Frank Trio 3/11/21, Jazz Round Table #3 4/6/21Bio – Originally from South Florida, Carey Frank is now living in Los Angeles, CA. He is fortunate to be an active musician, working as a soloist and with ...MORE INFO!

Bill Fulton – Keyboards
Performed with: The Dave Hill Group 8/13/20, Socially Distant Show #5 – 2/4/21Bio – Los Angeles-based composer, arranger, orchestrator keyboardist Bill Fulton has been involved in professional music production and performance since ...MORE INFO!

The Musicians of LiveAtZeroBPM – old

David Anderson – Drums

Kevin Axt – Bass

David Becker – Guitar

Wayne Bergeron – Trumpet

Steve Billman – Bass

Chris Blondal – Drums, Percussion

Anthony (Tony) Bonsera – Trumpet, Keys, Vocals

Will Brahm – Guitar

Jimmy Branly – Drums

Rene Camacho – Bass

Rod Castro – Guitar

Adam Cohen – Bass

Joey De Leon – Percussion

John DePatie – Guitar

David Derge – Drums

John Dickson – French Horn

Bernie Dresel – Drums

Brad Dutz – Percussion

Brandon Fields – Sax

Bruce Forman – Guitar

Mitch Forman – Keyboards

Dan Fornero – Trumpet

Vincent Fossett Jr. – Drums

Alex Frank – Bass

Carey Frank – Organ

Bill Fulton – Keyboards

Terry Gibbs – Vibes

Gordon Goodwin – Composer, Sax, Keyboards

Pete Griffin – Bass

Adam Gust – Drums

Steve Hass – Drums

Brad Hayman – Slap Bass, Vocals

Oscar Hernandez – Keyboards

Dave Hill – Guitar

Allen Hinds – Guitar

Mitch Holder – Guitar

David Hughes – Bass

Billy Hulting – Vibes, Percussion

Quinn Johnson – Keyboards

Ron Jones – Composer, Piano

Tony Jones – Vocals, Percussion

Gregg Karukas – Keyboards

Kendall Kay – Drums

Pat Kelley – Guitar

Jamie Kime – Guitar

John Knowles – Guitar

Tim Kobza – Guitar

Susan Krebs – Vocals

Tim Landers – Bass

Andy Langham – Keyboards

John Leftwich – Bass

Yarone Levy – Guitar

Bruce Lofgren – Composer, Guitar

Sinclair Lott – Drums

Dan Lutz – Bass

Dimitris Mahlis – Guitar

Nick Mancini – Vibes

Chuck Manning – Sax

Eric Marienthal – Sax

Herman Matthews – Drums

Lyman Medeiros – Bass

Gary Meek – Sax, Keyboards

Jeff Miley – Guitar

Mike Miller – Guitar

Christian Moraga – Drums, Percussion

Michael O’Neill – Guitar

Michael Paulo – Sax

Nadav Peled – Guitar

Paul Peress – Drums

Ilya Portnov – Harmonica

John Proulx – Keyboards, Vocals

Brad Rabuchin – Guitar

Don Randi – Keyboards

Vinny Raniolo – Guitar

Land Richards – Drums

Tom Rizzo – Guitar

Joe Robinson – Guitar

Mike Rocha – Trumpet

Matt Rubano – Bass

Pete Griffin – Bass
Performed with: The Butterface Trio 06/25/2020Bio – Pete plays bass as if his life depended on it, which it truly does. Eternally grateful for every music fan ever, Pete is just excited to be here. ...MORE INFO!

Steve Hass – Drums
Performed with: Pat Kelley Trio 3/25/21Bio – Steve Hass is a freelance drummer in all genres. After attending The Berklee College Of Music, Steve moved to New York City where he was a regular on ...MORE INFO!

Dave Hill – Guitar
Performed with: The Dave Hill Group 6/18/20, The Dave Hill Group 8/13/20, The Dave Hill Group – 10/15/20, Socially Distant Jazz Round Table #4 1/28/21, Dave Hill Group – 7/8/21Bio – Dave Hill has been a resident of the Los Angles music scene since graduating from Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) in 1983. He’s been on the ...MORE INFO!

Allen Hinds – Guitar
Performed with: Held to a Different Standard 7/16/20Bio – Allen Hinds has a touch that most guitarists would kill for. Utilizing influences ranging from Wayne Shorter to the Beatles, Duane Allman to Alan ...MORE INFO!

Billy Hulting – Vibes, Percussion
Performed with: The Billy Hulting Trio – 8/27/20, The Obliteration Percussion Trio 10/27/20, Billy Hulting Trio – 5/6/21, One-Year Anniversary All-Star Jam Extravaganza 6/19/21, Hulting/Wabich/Steen (Livestream & Live Concert!) 11/6/21Bio – Billy Hulting is one of the rare breed of percussionists who plays both hand percussion and mallets. His first tour, right out of college, was with ...MORE INFO!

Gregg Karukas – Keyboards
Performed with: The Dave Hill Group 10/15/20, Socially Distant Jazz Round Table #3 1/21/21, Jazz Round Table #01b 3/9/21, One-Year Anniversary All-Star Jam Extravaganza 6/19/21, Dave Hill Group – 7/8/21Bio – Grammy winning producer/keyboardist/composer Gregg Karukas (www.karukas.com) has many #1 hits from his 12 solo CDs that show his signature piano ...MORE INFO!

Pat Kelley – Guitar
Performed with: Socially Distant Show #2 1/14/21, Socially Distant Show #6 2/11/21, Pat Kelley Trio 3/25/21, Jazz Round Table #5 5/4/21 – Guitar Night, One-Year Anniversary All-Star Jam Extravaganza 6/19/21Bio – Recognized for his signature touch, harmonic dexterity, bluesy melodies and sense of rhythm, guitarist Pat Kelley has enjoyed a steady and successful ...MORE INFO!

John Knowles – Guitar
Performed with: Jazz Round Table #13 – 10/5/21Bio – John Knowles, CGP has worked with the world’s finest fingerstyle and classical guitarists including Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Lenny Breau, Tommy ...MORE INFO!

Tim Kobza – Guitar
Performed with: Ilya Portnov 6/24/21Bio – Tim Kobza is a Los Angeles based guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and producer, who writes and records music with attitude, movement, and authenticity ...MORE INFO!

Susan Krebs – Vocals
Performed with: Trio WoRK – 2/3/22Bio – A native of Baltimore, longtime citizen of Los Angeles, and an actor and theater improviser for many years (Film: 28 Days; TV: Mad Men; Improv: War ...MORE INFO!