 Drummer
The drum is the heartbeat of an event. The jazz drummer
can set the cocktail hour mood with brushes on a cymbal, or kickstart
the event with a beat that drives the music. Each of the top-tier
NYC bands listed below features a great drummer.
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Matt
Ray - piano (Solo/Duo/Trio/Quartet/Quintet)
- More than 1800 professional engagements including Pfizer,
Citibank, and Merrill Lynch
- 2000 U.S. Dept. of State Jazz Ambassador
- 1999 Semi-Finalist in Thelonious Monk Int'l Piano Competition
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Richard
Doron Johnson - piano (Solo/Duo/Trio/Quartet/Quintet)
- Member of Wynton Marsalis Group/Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
2000-2003
- Member of Russell Malone Quartet and Irvin Mayfield Quintet
- 1999, 2001 U.S. Dept. of State Jazz Ambassador
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The
Cultures of Rhythm - world-soul-jazz band (Trio/Quartet/Quintet)
- Hundreds of corporate events and special functions
- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 U.S. Dept. of State Jazz
Ambassadors
- Jazz, R&B, Soul, and World Rhythms
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Sonido
Isleño - latin-jazz band (Solo/Duo/Trio/Quartet/Quintet/Sextet)
- Blend of Traditional Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Cuban Music
with Jazz and R&B
- Featured on CBS' The Early Show
- The most exciting musical group in today’s Latin Jazz
scene.
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Sharon
Jones and the Dap-Kings - soul, funk, &
r&b (9-piece band with vocals)
- Funky Soul Revue
- Soul Sister Number 1!
- Daptone Recording Artist
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Carolyn
Leonhart - vocals (Quintet/Quartet/Trio - with vocals)
- Thelonious Monk Int'l Vocal Competition Finalist
- "The retro bleat of Billie Holiday and the modern cool
of Patricia Barber." - JazzTimes
- "Giving female vocalists a good name again." - Jazziz
Magazine
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Sachal
Vasandani - vocals (Duo/Trio/Quartet - with vocals)
- Thelonius Monk Int'l Vocal Competition Semi-Finalist
- Dozens of Corporate Events and Weddings
- "Sachal's singing reveals emotion and intellect" -
Wynton Marsalis
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Wayne
Escoffery - saxophone (Solo/Duo/Trio/Quartet/Quintet/Sextet)
- Member of the Charles Mingus Big Band
- Member of Jazz at Lincoln Center's "The Music of Miles
Davis"
- Protege of the great Jackie McLean
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Zé Luis - saxophone/flute (Trio/Quartet/Quintet/Sextet)
- Musical Director for Bebel Gilberto
- Hundreds of Corporate Events and Weddings
- Specialist in the Bossa Nova
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Ron Sunshine
& Full Swing - swing band (Duo/Trio/Quartet/Quintet/Sextet/Septet/Big
Band)
- Hundreds of Weddings and Corporate Events
- Specializing in Soul, R&B, Blues, and Swing music
- Featuring Grammy Award Winner Craig Dreyer on Saxophone
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Eric Lewis - piano (Solo/Duo/Trio)
- Member of Wynton Marsalis Quartet/Septet, Lincoln Center Jazz
Orchestra
- Winner of 1999 Thelonious Monk Int'l Piano Competition
- Former member of Elvin Jones Jazz Machine, Cassandra Wilson
Group
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Sugarman
3 and Co. featuring
Lee Fields - soul/boogaloo (Quintet/Sextet) with
vocals
- Soul and Funk Explosion!
- Tour Europe/Canada/States regularly
- Daptone Recording Artists
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Kevin Louis - trumpet (Duo/Trio/Quartet/Quintet/Sextet)
- 5-Time US State Dept. Jazz Ambassador
- New Orleans Brass Band Alumni
- Leads Acoustic and Electric Jazz Groups
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Jeremy
Pelt - trumpet (Quartet/Quartet with Strings/Sextet)
- 1st place - Downbeat 51st Annual Critics Poll Awards - Rising
Star on the Trumpet
- Tours of the U.S., Europe, Japan, Virgin Islands, and Brazil
- MaxJazz Recording Artist
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