Wayne de la Cruz Trio
Hammond organist Wayne de la Cruz began his
professional career in 1973 playing his first paying gig on Hammond
organ at the age of 16.
Since then he has performed with Randy Vincent, Pete Yellin, Mimi Fox,
Maria Muldaur, Mary Wells, Vernelle Anders, Terri Lynn Carrington,
Allison Miller, Wally Schnalle, Terrence Brewer, Alex Call, The Johnny
Nocturne Band, and The Legion of Mary, among many others.
He has played at these well known venues: S.F. Jazz Center,
Yoshi's Oakland & S.F., Monterey Jazz Festival, Jazz
at Pearl's, Anna's Jazz Island, The Fillmore St. Jazz Festival,
Biscuits and Blues, The Boom Boom Room, The Club Deluxe, The Hedly Club
in San Jose, The Plaza Bistro in Sonoma, Piedmont Piano Co., Bach
Dancing and Dynamite, Kuumbwa, and Vitello's in Studio City, Ca.
He appeared at Chez Hanny previously with the Jeff Massanari Trio.
http://www.waynedelacruz.com
Guitarist Jeff Massanari was born in
Goshen, Indiana and moved to Washington DC at age 9.
By the time he was 17 he was
performing and teaching jazz and blues in the Washington DC area.
After studying at Berklee School of
Music, Jeff moved to the
Bay Area where has performed with vocalists Paula West,
Brenda Boykin, Denise
Perrier,
Nicolas Bearde, Kenny Washington, and Pamela Rose, and instrumentalists
Wally Schnalle, Jeff Pittson, Charles McNeil, Vince Lateano, Noel
Jewkes, Charlie McCarthy, Jeff Chambers,
The Johnny Nocturne Band, The Murasaki Ensemble, Swing Fever, and the
San Francisco Symphony.
He appeared at Chez Hanny previously with the Jeff Massanari Trio.
http://jeff-massanari.com/
Drummer Kent Bryson is a Bay Area native. He has performed at numerous
Jazz and Blues festivals throughout the US, Canada, Italy, Germany, and
Japan.
Kent has worked with Howard Alden, Ernestine Anderson, Tee Carson,
Joyce Cooling, Bob Florence, Terry Gibbs, John Handy, Eddie Henderson,
Plas Johnson, Kim Nalley, David "Fathead" Newman, Lennie Niehaus, Ken
Peplowski, Denise Perrier, Houston Person, Pete Rugolo, Bud Shank,
Lavay Smith, Sonny Stitt, Mike Vax, James Williams, Jessica Williams,
Glen Campbell, John Denver, Dan Hicks, Big Jay McNeally, Maria Muldaur,
and Steve Allen.
http://kentbryson.com/
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