Marvin Bugalu Smith Trio at The Falcon

Marvin “Bugalu” Smith has been swinging his own as well as those of Sun Ra, Chet Baker, Archie Shepp, Charles Mingus, among others. As a young musician, Smith studied with the great master drummers: Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Hayes, Art Taylor, and his own brother Earl “Buster” Smith.The animated, colorfully eccentric Smith has been teaching young people - in the US and Italy - to understand how the masters developed their power on the drums.

Keyboardist/composer, Neil Alexander, remains passionately involved in production, live sound, musical theater, modern dance and film. He released his first solo piano CD “Darn That Dream: Solo Piano Vol. 1” to critical acclaim. He has worked with variety of artists such as Gunther Hampel, Tal Ross (P-Funk), Erik Lawrence, and The Adaptors Movement Theater, held the keyboard chair in Gregg Bendian’s “Mahavishnu Project”, and in the successful Pink Floyd Tribute “The Machine“, where he was a driving force in the group’s sound and subsequent success. ...

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Marvin “Bugalu” Smith has been swinging his own as well as those of Sun Ra, Chet Baker, Archie Shepp, Charles Mingus, among others. As a young musician, Smith studied with the great master drummers: Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Hayes, Art Taylor, and his own brother Earl “Buster” Smith.The animated, colorfully eccentric Smith has been teaching young people - in the US and Italy - to understand how the masters developed their power on the drums.

Keyboardist/composer, Neil Alexander, remains passionately involved in production, live sound, musical theater, modern dance and film. He released his first solo piano CD “Darn That Dream: Solo Piano Vol. 1” to critical acclaim. He has worked with variety of artists such as Gunther Hampel, Tal Ross (P-Funk), Erik Lawrence, and The Adaptors Movement Theater, held the keyboard chair in Gregg Bendian’s “Mahavishnu Project”, and in the successful Pink Floyd Tribute “The Machine“, where he was a driving force in the group’s sound and subsequent success.

Bassist, Robert Kopec has been instrumental in assembling the finest regional jazz improvisers, performing in venues across the Hudson Valley, and known as "Big Bang!".

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