Joe Bagale (Drums, Bass, Voice, Piano)
Eastman School of Music (1 1/2 yrs.). Record producer; Manager, Coast Recorders, SF; awarded "Outstanding Rhythm Section Player" by Wynton Marsalis; studied with Rich Thompson, Steve Gadd, Ben Monder, Clay Jenkins, Ron Carter, Darmon Meader, Scott Amendola; played with Fred Wesley (James Brown); leader, Joe Bagale Band. www.joebagale.com.

Rob Ewing (Trombone, Drums, Bass)
Jazzschool Academic Program Administrator (2006-present). Jazzschool Summer Youth Program Director (2003-present) BA Naropa University, 2 years Berklee College of Music ( Jazz Trombone and Drumset). Adjudicator for the 2008 reno Jazz Festival. Leader of Disappear Incompletely- The Radiohead Project. Performances with The Latin Giants of Jazz (Tito Puente All-Stars), Ray Vega, Wayne Wallace, Graham Connah, Joe bagale, The Slip, Kasey Knudsen Sextet, Jazzschool Composers Collective, Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Realistic Orchestra. www.robewing.com

Erik Jekabson (Trumpet)
MA in Composition, SF Conservatory of Music; B.Mus. in Trumpet, Oberlin Conservatory of Music. toured with John Mayer, Illinois Jacquet and Galactic, and composed for film and dance projects. recorded solo album "Intersection" on Fresh Sound/New Talent label. Currently teaching at Berkeley City College and Los Medanos college.

Keith Johnson (Trumpet)
Jazzschool Young Musicians Program Director. San Jose State U. (degree in progress). Director, Jazz
Bands, Portola Middle School (2003-06); awards at CMEA Jazz Festival, 2005-06; Santa Cruz Jazz
Festival, 2005-06; Folsom Jazz Festival, 2006; Reno Jazz Festival, 2005-06; and Vancouver Heritage
Music Festival, 2006.

Kasey Knudsen (Saxophone)
BA in Jazz Composition, Berklee College of Music. Bay Area performer, composer; leader of her own trio and sextet; faculty, Young Musicians Program, UC Berkeley, 2004–06.

Jessica Neighbor (Voice)
BA in Theater, UCLA; California Emergency Teaching Credential. Studied with Jane Sharp, Judy Davis,
Frank Martin, Steve Seskin, Eve Burges; founder, leader, Jessica Neighbor and the Hoods. www.jessicaneighbor.com

Melecio Magdaluyo (Sax, Flute, Clarinet)
Teaching in the Bay Area, San Francisco School of the Arts. Performed with Pete Escovedo, John Santos & Machete, Eddie Palmieri. Recording credits include Tito Puente, Wayne Wallace, Bobby Brown and the Whisperers.

Trelawny Rose (Voice)
BA in Vocal Performance, 4 years of additional training in LA with celebrity vocal coach Roger Love, performing and recording artist, choir director, vocal producer, improvised circle singing, performed with Ledisi, recorded with Carlos Santana and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Trelawny’s latest album, To Eva With Love, a tribute to Eva Cassidy. www.TrelawnyRose.com.

Dave Scott (Trumpet)
MA in Trumpet Performance, U. of Northern Colorado; BA in Instrumental Music, U. of Michigan.
National performing and recording artist, jazz, classical idioms; lead trumpet, Contemporary Jazz
Orchestra, The Realistic Orchestra, Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra; performs with Boz Scaggs, Glide
Memorial Church Change Band, Brass Monkey Band; founder of TRUMPET SUPERGROUP, Dave Scott Jazz Quartet.

Wayne Wallace (Trombone)
BA in Music Performance, San Francisco State U. (in progress). National and international performing
artist, composer, arranger, educator; faculty, San Francisco State U., Stanford Jazz Workshop, San
Jose State U., UC Berkeley, Jazz Camp West; grants, N.E.A., Zellerbach Foundation, San Francisco
Arts Commission, Creative Work Fund; recording artist, producer, arranger for Angela Bofill, Celine
Dion, Con Funk Shun, Pete Escovedo, Chris Isaak, Santana, Sister Sledge; performed with George Duke,Joe Henderson Big Band, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Bobby Hutcherson, Irakere, Dr. John, Eartha Kitt, GladysKnight, Patti LaBelle, Tito Puente, John Santos and the Machete Ensemble, Sonny Rollins, The
Temptations, James Taylor, McCoy Tyner Big Band, Los Van Van, Tony Williams, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Winwood, Stevie Wonder. www.walacomusic.com

Michael Zilber (Saxophones)
Ph.D. in Composition, NYU; MM in Composition, Tufts U.; B.Mus. in Composition, New England
Conservatory. National and international performing and recording artist, composer, arranger,
educator; performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Dave Liebman, Miroslav Vitous, Bob Berg,
Eddie Henderson, Fareed Haque, Geoff Keezer, Donald Harrison, John Handy, Dave Douglas, Rachel Z, James Genus, Narada Michael Walden, Barry Finnerty Steve Smith, Bruce Barth www.michaelzilber.com