Alex Murzyn
Multi-reed virtuoso Alex Murzyn was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
While still a student he began performing with Benny Rietveld, Ollie Mitchell, Gabe Balthazar, and Freddie Hubbard.
After relocating to San Francisco he worked with Bobby Hutcherson, Pete Escovedo, Huey Lewis and the News, Sammy Davis Jr., the Temptations, the Four Tops, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Arturo Sandoval,
Ray Obiedo, Rebecca Mauleon, Bob Florence and Stanley Clark.
Instruments: Tenor sax, soprano sax, alto sax, flute, alto flute, piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet.
Education: Associate of Arts degree from Berklee College of Music.
Studies: Classical flute with Jean Harling, principal Honolulu Symphony, Michelle Caimoto, California Symphony. Classical Clarinet with Dianne Maltester, California Symphony.
Saxophone with Vic Morosco, Andy McGee, Joe Henderson.
Solo Recordings: "Alex Murzyn" (Kamei Records), "Crosscurrents" (Kamei Records), "For All People" (Monarch Records).
http://www.myspace.com/alexmurzyn
Pianist Dan Zemelman studied at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he played under Richard Davis, and was honored as best jazz artist in his senior year,
and privately with Kenny Werner and Fred Hersch.
In 1998, he was chosen to tour India and Sri Lanka with trumpeter and vocalist Matt Lewis as part of the US State Department and Kennedy Center's Jazz Ambassadors project.
Since relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area he has performed with Miles Davis/Santana bassist Benny Rietveld, John Lee Hooker, with whom he recorded one album, and
Zakiya Hooker's Blues 4 U, with whom he toured as far as Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Currently he is playing regularly with bassist Marcus Shelby, and with the Contemporary Jazz Orchestra at Jazz at Pearl's, as well as appearing in concert with his own quartet
at the Hillside Club in Berkeley, and with the jazz/funk/rock band Plum Crazy.
He also works frequently with dancers, including the Moab Contact Improvisation dance festival in Moab, Utah, as well as theater companies,
such as the Ragged Wing Theater Ensemble in their performance of 'The Serpent' by Jean Claude Van Damme.
He appeared at Chez Hanny in 2007 with the Aaron Germain / Dan Zemelman Quartet.
http://danzemelman.com
Bassist Sam Bevan moved to the Bay Area in September of 1999 and became a touring member of the David Grisman Quintet from 2000-2001.
He records and performs regularly with multi-instrumental wizard Joe Craven, the Matt Flinner Quartet and the Monk's Music Trio. Other fine artists he
has worked with include Roswell Rudd, Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin, Mary Wilson, The VNote Ensemble, Marco Granados, Mamadou and Vanessa Sidibe, Bjorkestra,
Hal Stein, Kenny Washington, Michael O'Neill Quintet, The Sonando Project, Calaveras, Hot Club of San Francisco, Parallel 23, Mimi Fox, Adam Levy,
Venezuelan Music Project, Rumbache, Sheldon Brown Group, Chelle & Friends, Candela, Mazacote, Jesus Diaz, the Contemporary Jazz Orchestra and the New Pickle Family Circus.
http://www.sambevan.com/
Born in Los Angeles, drummer Bryan Bowman was surrounded by music from an early age. His father is a classical pianist and music professor
and his mother plays the cello and is an international folk dancer. These influences guided his musical journey toward the study of classical, jazz, rock, Balkan and
North Indian classical music.
He has performed and recorded with numerous international jazz and rock artists including among many others:
Deron Johnson, Mike Zilber, Dayna Stevens, Thomas Morgan, Sam Bevan, Bob Kenmotsu, Mike Abraham, Jeff Massanari, Randy Vincent, John Stowell, John Wiitala, Ben Stolorow,
Mark Levine, John Shifflet, Andre Bush, Ken French, Clairdee, Harvey Winapel, Dahveed Behroozi, Betty Fu, Sarah Manning, Mario Guarnieri, Jessica Neighbor, Loose Wig,
Anton Schwartz, and Brian Kane.
Bryan recorded and toured the United States with RCA recording artists Behan/Johnson. He has also recorded and performed in the international music arena which
such groups as Ivan Milev and Bulgarika, Edessa, Trio Mopmu with Lily Storm, Late Cift, Members of Kitka and Aleph Null.
Bryan studied music formally at The Berklee College of Music in Boston, CSU Long Beach and CSU Chico. He is currently a free lance performer and composer in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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