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Josh Walker

Born: February 21, 1975

As a professional musician, Josh Walker has worked in the Carolina region for 20 years, including as percussionist with the Charlotte, Charleston, and Union Symphonies. He has performed with the Moody Blues, Manhattan Transfer, The Four Tops, Natalie Cole, Bernadette Peters and many other artists. He also has played for a number of national touring Broadway shows such as Motown: The Musical, Spamalot, Sweet Charity, and Legally Blonde: The Musical. Josh frequently performs on timpani, drum set, jazz vibes, marimba, and ethnic and orchestral percussion. He has recently recorded, produced, and released an album of his jazz-influenced arrangements of classic hymns

Paul Midiri

Paul Midiri has performed on drums, vibraphone, and trombone in the Delaware Valley since the early 1980's. Shortly after graduating with a degree in Social Studies from Rowan University, he formed the Midiri Brothers Orchestra with his brother Joe. Together they have traveled across the United States performing in jazz festivals and concerts. He has also performed with the Seacoast Brass Quintet. Currently he is working on his fifth CD with the Midiri Brothers. Their group holds the attendance record at the Bridgewater NJ concert series.

Paulo Alexandre Pereira da Costa

Born: March 22, 1974

Paulo Costa is a versatile drummer and percussionist who is involved in several projects of different musical styles such as Jazz, Improvisation, World Music, Contemporary and Classical Music. In the Jazz area he is the leader, composer and drummer of pLoo, with which he recorded the albums “PELE DE PAPEL” (Carimbo Porta-Jazz 2018) and "ESTEREOGRAMA" (Carimbo Porta-Jazz 2015). He is co-leader of Glauco where he plays vibraphone and steel drums and with which he recorded the album "Azul Estranho" (Author Edition 2011). In the area of Improvised Music he is co-leader and percussionist of Triedro with which he recorded the album "Triedro" (RPM 2016) and that will recently present a new album

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Vula Viel

Born: January 28

"One of my discoveries for the 2015 London Jazz Festival.. Good is Good"Gilles Peterson

"Beautiful""Dance to it, Make Love to it, Consume it, Listen to it, Stare at the Clouds to it.." Iggy Pop

"They were the unexpected stars of a glitzy show " John Fordham

"One of the most exciting young UK groups I've heard this year, Vula Viel" Jez Nelson

Bex Burch is percussionist and composer, specialising in the Dagaare xylophone or Gyil. Following a series of chance encounters and a keen interest in groove based music / minimalism Burch was invited to be the apprentice to master Ghanaian xylophonist Thomas Segkura and lived in Dagaare Ghana making and playing Gyilli for 3 years. On passing out of the apprenticeship, she was given the name ‘Vula Viel’, meaning Good is Good and shared the name with her own group on returning to the UK where she continues to forge her own unique sound.

Louis Romanos

Born: April 11, 1971

Louis Romanos studied percussion under Idris Muhammad, Johnny Vidacovich and Art Perretta.  At nineteen he moved from Connecticut to go to the birthplace of Jazz, New Orleans, to study music and philosophy.  Louis has since performed and recorded with a number of renowned musicians including Tommy James (Director of the  Duke Ellington Orchestra), Gene Bertoncini, Steve Masakowski, Chuck Leavell, Keith Richards, John Mayer, Charles and Cyril Neville, Al Hirt, Dave Easley of Brian Blade’s Fellowship Band, Charlie Miller of Dr. John’s band, Jazz Legend Earl Turbinton, Tricia Boutte, Marva Wright and  Dave Anderson of the Louisiana Philharmonic and many, many more. As a Composer, Louis writes for live bands, dance, TV, video games, indie movies and commercials.   His band, Permagrin, released three albums co written with Dan Sumner.  Permagrin performed in SXSW music conference, the NOW music festival, the New Orleans Jazz Fest, the Indy Jazz Fest, the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco, and were nominated for best electronica band in New Orleans in 2005 Big Easy Awards.  Permagrin licensed Classical to the documentary movie, Plane Spotting.   Louis’s commissioned works include 5 works for the Confederacy of Dances performance in New Orleans at the Contemporary Arts Center, Take Me There, for the University of Monroe guitar ensemble and a piece for Mirari Brass Quintet.   Louis wrote Light Waves for visual artist and Chicago producer, Nancy Bechtol, and together they have a work on Culture T.V.  Louis also composed about a dozen pieces for C-E-N-T-E-R, a collaborative project between visual artists and composers, in Los Angeles, California.   Additionally, his composition, Tyco at the Gates was licensed to the major motion picture, Cool It. Recent credits include a dystopian futuristic score for the short movie, Odessa,  an action score for Fira’s Game, and an uplifting score for feature documentary, Pink and Blue: the colors of hereditary cancer.  Louis has also scored live theater (The Bakkhai), video games (The Dark Ages of Titan, Corpse Wagon), the modern ballet (Interior Borders by choreographer, Joan Buttram, at University of Georgia) and recording drums on the new theme song for the Squidbillies on Cartoon network. Currently, Mr

Thomas Guei

Thomas Guei was born and grew up in Cote d’ivoire. He is the son of an artist family (musicians and dancers). His primary interest in drums made him attend very early the best art school in Cote d’Ivoire, EDEC (School of Dance and Cultural Exchange). He became the lead drummer, then the artistic director of Les Guirivoires Dance Company, founded and directed by Rose Marie Guiraud. He has gained international acclaim. His strenuous work led him to France, where he was the lead drummer for the following companies : Georges Momboye, Merlin Nyakam and Serge Dupont- Tsakap. He recorded for many well-known musicians (Tiken Jah Fakoly, Meiway)

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Chris Kuborn

Born: August 21, 1962

Long time Jazz Lover, Radio Broadcaster and Composer, Chris Kuborn has been involved with music and broadcasting for most of his life. Whether he was subjecting his family to recorded “broadcasts” from the bedroom as a kid or working through college at WRST, WBLV and WOUB or podcasting “Pan In Harmony” the only Steel Drum music podcast to date; Chris has always enjoyed “bringing the music to the masses”. Chris holds a MM from Ohio University in Music Composition and a BM in Music from Univ WI – Oshkosh. He has been playing percussion and steel drum around the world for over 25 years, including a performance at the 2015 Panorama Competition with “birdsong” – Andy Narell’s Trinidadian based 100+ member Steel Band