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Al Daniels

Born: November 21

Al Daniels is an accomplished composer/arranger and jazz pianist. Over the course of his half century as a player/composer he has worked with some of the finest musicians on the west coast. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Al's music history dates back to high school where his classical performance in the Bay Area Young Musicians Competition (sponsored by Pepsi) won him a new Kawai piano and an appearance with the San Francisco Symphony. But as Al's musical vocabulary increased legendary jazz saxophonist John Handy became an early inspiration and mentor during his studies at San Francisco State

Isamu McGregor

Born: September 5, 1989

Los Angeles-based pianist/keyboardist Isamu McGregor's versatility has helped him to become an extremely in-demand musician and musical director around the globe. Described as a "pianist for the new generation" and a "jazz pianist and keyboard player of the first order", Isamu maintains a busy touring schedule while continuing to compose and perform his own music. Over the years, he has had the good fortune to perform with a "dizzying variety of collaborators" across a multitude of genres, including Richard Bona (keyboards 2015-2018), Colbie Caillat (keyboards/bandleader 2015-present), Natalia Lafourcade, Tortured Soul, Patti Austin, GZA (Wu-Tang Clan), Bennie Maupin, Sadao Watanabe, Wayne Krantz, Virgil Donati (keyboards 2014-2017) and many more

Mike Lebrun

Born: February 7, 1985

A semi-finalist in the 2013 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition and featured soloist on Michael Buble’s 2016 release Nobody But Me, Mike has emerged as a leading voice in genre-bending, jazz-rooted music. Releasing 2 studio albums of original compositions with co-leader Josh Moshier, Mike’s groups have been featured on NPR’s nationally syndicated program Jazz Set. The group has toured throughout the U.S. and South America showcasing their talents. Mike’s composition Jambo won the 2008 International Jazz Composers Symposium’s Best Small Group Composition award

Ricky Hopkins

Born: July 2, 1985

Ricky Hopkins began playing saxophone at the age of 11, while attending Palms Middle School in Los Angeles. What began as a hobby quickly became a serious career. Ricky attended the world renewed Alexander Hamilton High School Academy of music in 1999. Under the direction of faculty Dan Taguchi, Greg Robinson, and Vance Miller, Hopkins quickly learned all about various styles of music, including, jazz and classical music. In 2003, Hopkins graduated from Hamilton High school and was admitted (on scholarship) to the University of California, Irvine, where he studied jazz under the direction of world renowned pianist, Kei Akagi (Miles Davis's last keyboardist). At the age of 20, Hopkins was hurt in a hate crime that left him with serious injuries to his mouth, forcing him into a month and a half long hiatus. Told he wouldn't be able to play saxophone again, he began writing music in the hope that he would be able to return. After a month, Hopkins decided to give it one last shot and picked up his horn just days before a school concert. Hopkins' professional career began in 2007, performing at the world renewed Helms Jazz Bakery and The Mint in Los Angeles, California under his own group, The Ricky Hopkins Urban Band.

Terry Medeiros

Terry Medeiros is an award winning professional Jazz and Blues guitarist, private guitar and ukulele instructor, music composer and music producer. He has performed at venues such as The Fillmore West, Concord Pavilion, Starlight Amphitheatre, Doheny Blues Festival, Doug Weston’s Troubadour, The Whiskey (a go-go). He has shared the stage with Ella Fitzgerald, Bonnie Raitt, Herbie Hancock, Freddy Fender, Chuck Berry, Mary Wells, Tommy Sands, Nolan Porter, Martin Mull, Jack Temption and many others. He has released seven albums to date and his current projects include a blues duo “The Count & Colonel” and a jazz trio with the ever-energetic Chris “Pops” Banta

Bill Fulton

Born: July 4, 1962

Bill Fulton, born on July 4, 1962, in Oakland, California, proudly considers himself a “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” His early years were spent in nearby Alameda, where he embarked on his musical journey at the age of 7, choosing the trumpet for the school concert band due to the absence of a piano in his family. The Fultons later relocated from a 2-bedroom apartment in Alameda to a spacious 5-bedroom house in Dublin, CA, at the age of 15, acquiring their first piano.

Aaron Akins

From lead actor on Billy Ocean’s “Suddenly” music video to playing Herbie Hancock on Netflix’s cult classic smash hit, “I Think You Should Leave” by Tim Robinson, Best Cabaret / Concert Artist nominee, Aaron Akins, performs brand new musical additions to his fresh show including "I Haven't Tried You" and “OMG”, recently released by Sony Orchard Music. Known to music lovers worldwide for his song “I Just Wanna Luv U” in the film Black Butterfly starring Antonio Banderas, and his performance as Herbie Hancock in Netflix's smash hit, "I Think You Should Leave" by Tim Robinson, Aaron will sing songs from his BroadwayWorld nominated "Into the Cole" show performing some of the music of Nat King Cole

Carol Welsman

True to the theme of her new album, Carol Welsman’s travels these past few years have taken her everywhere from a performance in Marian McPartland’s “Friends” evening at Dizzy’s in New York to appearances such as “one of Oscar Peterson’s favorite singers” in the first of a six concert series paying tribute to the legendary pianist in Toronto. In 2011, the singer performed 18 concerts in Japan to a total of over 30,000 fans, mostly at venues holding over 2,000 people. Her gold selling Japanese only release Memories of You featured clarinetist Ken Peplowski and was voted the #1 album of 2009 by Jazz Critics Magazine

Bombastic Meatbeats Featuring Chad Smith

Remember the good old days, when jazz-fusion wasn't all about showing off your chops, and was more about creating sweeping moods, and the importance of songwriting? Well, the Bombastic Meatbats certainly remember those days. Having obviously studied the classic early-to-mid '70s recordings of such fusion greats as Return to Forever and Jeff Beck, the group (which includes such members as Grammy winning Red Hot Chili Peppers/Chickenfoot drummer Chad Smith, guitarist Jeff Kollman, keyboardist Ed Roth, and bassist Kevin Chown), is back with their sophomore full-length album. Aptly titled, "More Meat," the album is jam-packed follow-up to last year's critically acclaimed "Meet the Meatbats," and once more, is released by Warrior Records via Universal Music Group Distribution

Jamey Arent

Born: November 9, 1986

Jamey Arent is a guitarist, songwriter, and singer based in Los Angeles, described by Guitar Player Magazine as "a stunning player straddling blues, jazz, and rock." Born in Denver, Jamey picked up the guitar at the of age 12, when he first heard the Beatles. After completing a degree in jazz studies from the Oberlin Conservatory, he moved to Los Angeles to get a master's degree in studio/jazz guitar from USC and begin his career as a gigging musician. As a sideman, Jamey has performed and recorded with artists like Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Matthew Morrison, B. Slade, Spencer Day, Nigel Hall, and Raquel Rodriguez