Pete Sweeney is a full-time musician, teacher and author. He began playing drums at the age of five, and studied with the great Dave Calarco as a teenager. He later studied...
Out of the Box looks forward to their return to 9 Maple, bringing their version of straight up jazz, seasoned with a bit of funk and plenty of groove to put a smile on your...
ERIC WALENTOWICZ – (Saxophonist/Composer/) has thirty five years of performing experience as a musician. He is a very in-demand saxophone soloist having...
Joe Barna is a composer and drummer who's music and playing span the entire jazz idiom from swing and bebop, to hard bop, soul jazz, and modern. After finishing his degree...
Michael Benedict was born and raised in Rome, NY. He studied percussion at the Crane School of Music at the State University College at Potsdam, NY and graduated in 1979 with...
Saxophonist and composer Keith Pray is a native of upstate New York who returned to the Capital Region in 2006 after a lengthy tenure in New York City. He performs regularly...
Tim Olsen is active as composer, performer, and educator. Born in 1961 in St. Paul, Minnesota, his early training involved playing trumpet in marching, concert, and jazz...
Rick Rosoff is an active trombone player and drummer in the capital region’s jazz scene. In addition to leading his own quartet, he plays trombone with the Keith Pray Big Soul...