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The GroovaLottos

Active since: March 14, 2011

SEVEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GROOVALOTTOS 1. The GroovaLottos are a soul-funk jam band, formed in 2009 by veteran touring and studio session players and singers; who’s resumes included Motown, Wilson Pickett, Rufus Thomas, Howlin’ Wolf, and Angie Stone. Now, as a merry band of frontmen, they turn every show into a party, and every party into a revival. 2. The band is built around a prescribed musical philosophy and work ethic, allowing for personnel changes without sacrificing quality. 3. The band loves playing festivals and concerts, but smaller venues where they can engage and interact with the audience are their favorite types of gigs

Christopher Rossi

Born and raised in the Boston, Mass. area, music has always been an important part of Chris’ life and it developed into quite a past-time for him. Growing up as a young boy throughout the seventies, he recalls sitting in his brother Ed and Ken’s basement level apartment listening to a LOT of music. Countless albums… several times over. It opened his ears to a lot of Classic Rock from the sixties and seventies, as well as some Soul/R&B from back in the day. Some of his favorite artists back then were The Beatles, J. Geils, The Allman Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Boston, Steely Dan, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Billy Joel

Halley Elwell

Born: November 7

Halley Elwell is a songwriter whose memorable melodies, vibrant imagery and wit pull the ear somewhere old and new. Elwell boldly exhibits this in her song Sisters on the J Train, recently named a John Lennon Songwriting Contest finalist in the jazz catagory. Elwell wrote the song after riding the J train in San Francisco with a group of praying nuns. “At the time I was a confused and somewhat lost 20-something observing the colorful but divided lives of people in San Francisco. At the beginning my first instinct was to bristle and question, but ultimately the prayers of the sisters on the J train ended up being an unlikely gift that morning.” Weaving tales of travel and nostalgia into lush and layered rhythms, Elwell’s upcoming EP, Last of What I Know, pays homage to the sounds of late 1960’s and 1970s songwriters like Laura Nyro

Nathan Aronow

Nathan Aronow: Band leader and keyboard player and composer Nate earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music, and studied piano for several years with Boston’s own “jazz guru”, Charlie Banacos. A veteran of the Boston club circuit, Nate started and led the horn/funk band Landlords of Soul, for whom he wrote, arranged and played, as well as the Jazz Avengers. He has also played with Lois Lane and the Daily Planets, Xanna Don’t, Liz English, Nixie Ray and Backtalk and the G-Clefs. Over the last ten years, Nate has lead a number of original and cover bands called the Companions, the Nate Aronow Quintet, and the Nate Aronow Nextet

Robert Kelly

Born: February 18, 1950

Experienced Manager, record producer (PAZZ Productions, LLC), and publisher (PAZZ Publishing, LLC) with a demonstrated history of working in the music industry for 20 years. Skilled in Music Management, Concert Production, Music Production, Music Licensing, Sound, Music Education. Strong arts and design professional with a BS focused in Business Management from Boston University. Member of ASCAP, former member of NARAS.

Manager of Grace Kelly, former manager of(the late Frank Morgan)

PAZZ Concert Production :Highlights: 

                                    All-Star Concert: Fred Taylor Scholarship Fund, with Pat Metheny, Kurt 

John Kordalewski

Tom Hall

Tom Hall (baritone & tenor saxophones & music educator) has been an active professional musician since his teens when he played a weekly gig at the Ebony Inn with Ohio Hung Jury, a Washington, DC funk band. He moved to Boston in 1976 to attend New England Conservatory, where he studied with Joe Allard, {{m: Jaki Byard = 3798}}, {{Jimmy Guiffre}}, {{George Russell}}, and {{m: Ernie Wilkins = 11362}}. It was during these years he first studied free improvisation. He was the co-founder of Ensemble Garuda, whose members included percussionist {{Sam Bennett}}, trumpeter {{m: Frank London = 8848}}, and Brazilian cellist Jaques Morelenbaum. This group met for years, with the sole purpose of an intensive exploration of improvisation. In 1979, shortly before graduation from NEC, he co-founded Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet (1979-1997) with {{m: Steve Adams = 3268}}, {{m: Allan Chase = 5656}}, and Circe Miller (other members of the group over the years included Ben Schachter, Joel Springer, Douglas Yates and Bob Zung)

Daniel Rosenthal

Born: December 30, 1981

Daniel Rosenthal is a Boston-based trumpeter/composer, and is a faculty member at Berklee College of Music, in the Ear Training department. He co-leads the group, The Rosenthals, with his father, Grammy-nominated bluegrass singer and string-player, Phil Rosenthal. He leads his own quintet (the Daniel Rosenthal Quintet), which features Charlie Kohlhase and Rick Stone on saxophones, Jef Charland on bass, and Luther Gray on drums. He also co-leads the newly formed Rosenthal/Hofbauer Quartet which features Eric Hofbauer on guitar, Aaron Darrell on bass and Austin McMahon on drums. He is also a co-leader of The Sommers Rosenthal Family Band, with his sister, Naomi Sommers, and father, Phil Rosenthal. Dan is also a very in-demand sideman, performing in many well regarded jazz groups in Boston and beyond

Kenwood Dennard

Drummer and composer Kenwood Dennard was practically born playing music. He began playing piano at age 3, and moved on to the drums at age 9. Since then, Kenwood has truly mastered the art of drumming, playing in numerous settings. In 1968 Kenwood attended David Mannes School where he studied ear training, theory, and piano. In 1971 he furthered his classical studies at the Manhattan School of Music Prep. Department, where he began studying percussion with Jim Price. Kenwood graduated from the prestigious Dalton High School at age 17 and was accepted into Berklee College of Music in Boston the same year

Dan Gabel

Born: September 18, 1988

About Dan Gabel: Hailed by the Boston Globe as “the real deal, [a bandleader] that looks and sounds like the 1940s” and by the Syncopated Times as “the champion of Big Bands and vintage jazz”, Dan Gabel is a trombonist, arranger, bandleader, historian, and educator. His popular Big Band, Dan Gabel and The Abletones, has played throughout the northeast and is featured on numerous recordings and video/television programs. The band features a vintage look and sound, and “brings an authentic and exciting show for dancers and listeners.” Some of the band’s recent engagements include: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Inaugural Ball, Gov