Drummer Ron Vincent is a
native of Warwick, Rhode Island, Ron attended Berklee College of Music from
1969 to 1973. After touring the U.S. with a variety of jazz groups, and three years
in Kansas City (79-82), Ron settled in New York City in 1982.
Since then, Ron has become a veteran of the New York City jazz scene. Working
often as a sideman he has been recorded on over 50 CDs.
Ron was a member of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and the Re-Birth of the Cool
Tentet from 1989 until Mr. Mulligan’s passing in 1996. He recorded four CDs with
Mr. Mulligan and has also recorded with Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Randy Brecker,
Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Charlap, John Lewis, and Slide Hampton.
Ron has appeared with such notables as Art Farmer, Bill Crow, Rob McConnell,
Rufus Reid and Dr. Billy Taylor. Presently Ron is a member of the Bill Mays trio.
As a leader, his own trio and quartet are active in the New York City area and his
quartet has toured the U.S. and Europe.
As a jazz artist/educator for Sabian
Cymbals, Ron presented workshops at over 100 Colleges and Universities and
has been on the faculty of the Jamie Aebersold Jazz Camps and the Stanford
Jazz Camp (CA). In 1996 Ron received a National Endowment for the Arts grant
for jazz performance.
He played Chez Hanny previously with Tim Armacost, and Ron Vincent.
Saxophonist Rob Sudduth is a Bay Area native.
His CD "Just One of Those Things" received international recognition and airplay.
He has been fortunate to perform with many superb artists, including Ben Goldberg, Trevor Dunn, Graham Connah,
Carla Kihlstedt, Kenny Wollesen, Ches Smith, Marty Wehner, Ellery Eskelin, Nels Cline, Bruce Forman, Randy Vincent,
Steve Cardenas, Mark Levine, Peter Zak, Steven Bernstein, Arturo O'Farrill,
Huey Lewis and the News, Norah Jones, The Doobie Brothers, Lavay Smith, The Johnny Nocturne Band, Kim Nalley, and Ricki Lee Jones.
He has performed at many of the major music festivals: Montreux, Monterey, SF Jazz, Toronto, Montreal, Bergamo, San Jose, Healdsburg, Wels Music Unlimited ( AU ), and Saalfelden (AU).
Mike Olmos (trumpet) has become one the most in demand jazz musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area,
while maintaining a frequent national and international performance/touring schedule.
In the Bay, Mike has been performing with various bands such as the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers,
Pete Escovedo, Wil Blades, Eddie Roberts, Jubu, and Legally Blynd.
He has had the privilege of performing with Rosemary Clooney, Etta James, Michael Buble and many other great talents.
He can be heard on late legendary Blues/R&B singer Etta James' Grammy nominated final album "The Dreamer" as well as many others.
He performed at Chez Hanny previously with Adam Shulman, and Anne Sajdera.
Since moving to the Bay Area from Los Angeles to attend UC Berkeley in
1994, Ben Stolorow has become one of the most in demand jazz
pianists in the
area both as a leader and sideman. He has performed at Yoshi’s, The
Jazzschool, and the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, at the Healdsburg and SF Jazz
Festivals, at Oakland’s Art and Soul Festival, and has also toured and
performed throughout Japan. He has performed with many great musicians
including Craig Handy, Akira Tana, Dayna Stephens, Lorca Hart, Andrew
Speight, Vince Lateano, Noel Jewkes, Michael O’Neill, and vocalist
Kenny Washington. Ben is also a faculty member of the Jazzschool in
Berkeley, CA.
He played Chez Hanny previously with Greg Abate, and Ron Vincent.
Bassist Jeff Saxton
is a local product, having grown up in Palo Alto. He currently resides in San Mateo.
Getting his start in the 80's he performed with the San Jose city Jazz progran that also produced Chris Cain and Sylvia Cuenca.
In the 90's an extended break from professional music followed until the onset of Covid, when he co-founded "The House of Bop"
with the late Andrew Speight. Over the next two years that project attracted well known local artists Keith Saunders, Matt Clark,
Joe Warner, Adam Shulman, Sylvia Cuenca, Akira Tana, and guest artists, among them Terell Stafford, Craig Handy, and Eddie Henderson.
He has appeared lately with musicians including Modesto Briseno, Bob Kenmotsu, Scott Barnhill, Peter Horvath, Jason Lewis, Benny Watson, Darlene Langston, and Jamie Davis.