Brett “King” Cosby has performed in the roles of a drummer/sideman and band leader in the Bay Area since 1978 with some of the most influential musicians of Northern California, covering nearly every style of music and every type of venue. He has performed with members of Santana, Tower of Power and the legendary Pharoah Sanders.
Joyce Grant, mezzo-soprano with a voice like dark honey, is the great-great-niece of famed ragtime composer Scott Joplin. She has been singing jazz in Bay Area venues for over 20 years. She is a featured artist for the "Delta Jazz Society".
Born in Texarkana, the town where Scott Joplin was raised, Grant moved to Oakland as a child where she started singing with the North Oakland Baptist Church Youth Choir. Since that time she has earned the respect of singers and musicians alike. Her unique shows consist of a blend of jazz, blues, country western, Rhythm and Blues, and funk. Her vocal interpretations range from sensitive to powerful to cheeky over a broad spectrum of charts....
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Brett “King” Cosby has performed in the roles of a drummer/sideman and band leader in the Bay Area since 1978 with some of the most influential musicians of Northern California, covering nearly every style of music and every type of venue. He has performed with members of Santana, Tower of Power and the legendary Pharoah Sanders.
Joyce Grant, mezzo-soprano with a voice like dark honey, is the great-great-niece of famed ragtime composer Scott Joplin. She has been singing jazz in Bay Area venues for over 20 years. She is a featured artist for the "Delta Jazz Society".
Born in Texarkana, the town where Scott Joplin was raised, Grant moved to Oakland as a child where she started singing with the North Oakland Baptist Church Youth Choir. Since that time she has earned the respect of singers and musicians alike. Her unique shows consist of a blend of jazz, blues, country western, Rhythm and Blues, and funk. Her vocal interpretations range from sensitive to powerful to cheeky over a broad spectrum of charts.
Doug McKeehan, trained in classical piano, has been playing jazz in the Bay area for the past 20 years at such venues as the Great American Music Hall, Yoshi’s, and Herbst Theater, as well as steady engagements at San Francisco’s Fairmont, Park 55, and the Convention Center Marriott hotels.
Karl Hartman, an electric and double bassist has had the good fortune to perform and record with many of the Bay Area’s finest as well as some of the most important names in modern jazz. He’s performed all over the Bay Area in restaurants and clubs including Yoshi’s in Oakland and the San Jose Jazz Festival. He’s also played in New Orleans and at the Umbria and Montreux Jazz festivals and has toured China, Switzerland and Italy.
John Christensen, professional trumpeter and music educator for 32 years, currently resides in Martinez, California. John has performed in opening act shows for Earth Wind & Fire, Chicago, Ray Charles, Joe Williams, Lou Rawls, Nancy Wilson and Earl Kluh to name a select few. He has also performed with Joe Henderson, Joel Dorham’s Latin Jazz Octet, Pete & Sheila Escovedo, The Coasters, The Drifters, Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, Jackie Payne, GTS, Napata & the Kisses, Jimmy James, Maria Alcina, Lefty Perez, Batucaje, Esencia, Orquesta Positiva, The Diablo Valley Symphony, and The Contra Costa Symphony.
Pete Cornell is one of the most versatile hornmen in Northern California. Playing all the saxes, flute and clarinet, he has performed with Glen Campbell, Ben Vereen, and Helen Reddy. He has performed at the Monterey, San Francisco, and San Jose Jazz Festivals several times.
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