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Dave Pope

Born: June 1, 1963

Dave Pope is an Atlanta based multi-instrumentalist performing on drums, guitar and bass guitar. Dave grew up in a musical family with parents, Ann Almond Pope and David Pope Sr., both virtuoso classical pianists, and teachers. His brother Pete is a pianist who performs in the Austin TX area and his brother Mike has had an extensive career as a touring bassist, pianist, producer, composer and most recently as Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music.

Dave began his music career in the Toledo OH area at the age of 14 playing in garage bands and subbing for college jazz musicians who were double booked for gigs. With the instruction and mentoring from local musicians such as drummer Bob Breithaupt, bassist Jeff Halsey, guitarist Chris Buzzelli, and multi-instrumentalist Gene Parker, Dave began performing with some of the best musicians in the region. Among those musicians were pianists, Larry Fuller, Mark Kieswetter and Ron Oswanski; guitarist Dan Faehnle and trumpeter Jimmy Cook, to name only a few. During his Toledo days, Dave had a brief stint in Chicago in the late 80’s where he studied with drummers Joel Spencer and Paul Wertico and performed with guitarist Akio Sasajima. After returning to Toledo, Dave embarked on several projects as a bandleader, some of which included his brother Mike and a group featuring trumpeter Randy Brecker.

Christian Zünd

Born: June 16, 1983

Christian Zünd was born into a very musical family and so became involved in music at a very young age. His brother bought a drum set when Christian was just about four years old and that was when he first tried making some music of his own.The first small step of his music career had been taken. At the age of eight, he then started taking proper music lessons at the local music school and soon he was able to go even further and use what he had learned in the town band. The creation of his own punk band ''PEA'' followed soon after. At this point of time he was only 15 but already very determined to get a start in the music business

Chad Popple

Slip Mahoney

Born: August

Originally a self taught drummer, been playing for over 35 years. I did take lessons from Philly Jazz drummer Jim Miller from Reverie as well as Freddy Kahn who was Rockabilly Hall of Famer Charlie Gracie's drummer. I recorded in the early 90s with rock band Miles Road and later played to large crowds in the Irish Rock band The Mahon's opening up for Blackthorn and other great Irish & traditional acts. I have filled in as the drummer for Loaded and The Blue Devil Orkestra. I have been playing Jazz the last several years and have been with mostly trio's & quartets.

Claude Cozens

Born: February 27, 1989

Born on 27 February 1989, Cozens is fast establishing himself as one of South Africa’s most respected and sought-after drummers on the Jazz scene. He is also a talented pianist and composer. Cozens started playing drums at the age of thirteen. He became a regular musician at the local Church where he played, bass drums and the piano. Cozens exploration into the world of Jazz and improvised music started at the age of fourteen when he entered Muizenberg High School where he studied under Fred Kuit, head of the Music Department. Cozens is currently completing his Postgraduate Diploma at the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town

Max Sansalone

John Dalton

Born: July 18, 1995

John Dalton is a Boston based musician, composer, and educator. As a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, he received a diverse musical education, especially in his studies with Chris Poudrier and Jim Robitaille. while there, he developed fluency in a variety of styles as both an improvising musician and composer. As a performer, John has been featured in a variety of settings, and both a sideman and leader. He was a featured performer at the New Bedford Jazz Festival, and an ensemble member at the Portuguese Music Awards. he has performed at venues such as Fete Music hall, the Zeiterion Theater, and Boston University

Charlie Hall

Lucas Apostoleris

Born: May 3

Born and raised in New England, Lucas Apostoleris is a composer and drummer residing in Miami. In addition to performing with his own quartet, he has played recently with artists such as Dave Liebman, Fabian Almazan, Troy Roberts, and Martin Bejerano. His third album of original music, entitled "It's Been Good," will be released on May 10th.

Robert Gullotti