Member Since: 5/24/2007
Band Members: Brian Pierini plays tenor saxophone, clarinet, and flute. He first caught the jazz bug while under the tutelage of jazz master Abe Most. He performed in the Bay Area for ten years in a variety of jazz and funk groups. Brian’s compositions have been featured on two studio and one live album. Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson and John Coltrane have all been important musical influences. A recent arrival to San Diego, Brian continues to record and perform on various jazz and bossa nova projects.
Philip Anton first picked up the slide trombone in the sixth grade in Texas and has yet to put it down. In 1998, he graduated from Humboldt State University in Arcata, Ca with a degree in Music with an emphasis in Jazz where he studied under Dan Aldag. His musical experience spans to the borders of jazz and beyond, encompassing varied small groups, big bands, reggae, '50's rock-n-roll, pop, and punk, all which have contributed to his unique style.
Albert Hsieh has been playing piano since he was 6 years old, and continues to enjoy it to this very day. In 2007, he graduated from the University of California, San Diego, with a degree in Music with an emphasis in Jazz and the Music of the African Diaspora. Now, he hopes to pursue a career in education, and hopes to strengthen the musical community.
Born and raised in Senegal (West Africa), JC Boissy a self proclaimed frustrated musician finally started playing Bass --an instrument he always wanted to learn-- in mid 2004. To this day he is still studying the fundamentals of Bass playing while trying to incorporate the rich rhythmic vocabulary of Africa into jazz harmonies. JC was lucky enough to have been a regular student of Gerald Veasley's Bass Boot camp and many clinics throughout the US, he has had the opportunity to meet and learn from a Bass Masters such as Gerald Veasley, Gary Willis, Michael Manring, Adam Nitti, Anthony Wellington, Brian Bromberg, Todd Johnson, Norm Stockton and many more... His fanatical approach to learning fueled by a real passion for the instrument drove him to rapidly develop into a decent groove machine. Playing Bass has been in many ways a life-changing choice made relatively late in life but it continues to be a rewarding learning experience well beyond the music.
Mike Yates has been playing drums for 15 years. He has performed with many different bands, and has played numerous idioms of music. Hails from Peoria, Illinois, a historic stop for blues musicians coming from the South on the way to Chicago. His influences range from funk bands such as the Meters, to jazz such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, to blues artists such as BB King, to the Rolling Stones, to rock bands of today such as the killers, Soulive, and Galactic. Currently plays with three bands in San Diego. With years of experience, and a great desire to play, Mike looks forward to playing your next event.
Influences: All the greats... All of them!
Record Label: Unsigned