Modesto Briseno Quintet
Trumpeter Modesto Briseno is a third generation jazzman, who has performed with Andrew Speight,
Richie Cole, Craig Handy, Ralph Moore, Dayna Stephens, Tod Dickow, Pepe Merolla, Sylvia Cuenca,
Simon Rowe, Matt Clark, Akira Tana, Peter Horvath, Keith Saunders, Bob Kenmotsu, Jason Lewis, Dahveed Behroozi, and Scott Barnhill, among many others.
"Modesto Briseno is a consummate practitioner of the ART of JAZZ. His
trumpet playing pays homage to everyone from Art Farmer to Blue
Mitchell to Freddie Hubbard to Miles Davis while still speaking with
his own finely defined voice. The tradition of the great masters is
alive because of wonderful players like Modesto Briseno."
--Ray Vega Origin Records The University of Vermont
He appeared previously at Chez Hanny with Scott Barnhill.
Originally from the Philadelphia area, tenor saxophonist Carl Schultz
began this journey studying with modern saxophonists such as Ben Schachter and composer Norman David.
Schultz moved to New York and received a Bachelors of Music degree from the conservatory of music at SUNY Purchase College
before returning to Philadelphia and completing a Masters of Music degree at The University of The Arts.
Schultz was a touring member of The Glenn Miller Orchestra, playing nearly 1,000 performances and is featured on The Glenn Miller Orchestra: Live In Tokyo.
Schultz’s career has also featured many modern Jazz large ensembles such as Brad Goode’s Polytonal Big Band, The Lars Halle Orchestra, Norman David and the Eleventet,
and Slowbern.
Schultz earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Colorado where he met future collaborators such as Art Lande and Brad Goode.
Currently residing in Santa Clara, California where he serves as Director of Jazz Studies at Santa Clara University.
Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Matt Clark
holds a BFA
in Jazz Studies from Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Highly regarded as
a pianist and arranger, he has performed and/or recorded with such jazz
icons as Bobby
Hutcherson, Benny Golson, Eddie Marshall, Jon Faddis, David
“Fathead” Newman, Gene Bertoncini, Joshua Redman,
and Teddy Edwards,
as well as practically everyone who appeared at Jazz at Pearl's in it's
heyday.
He was here previously with Larry Schneider, Steve Heckman, Noel
Jewkes, Mitch Marcus, Mandala, Sheldon Brown, Harvey Wainapel, Karen & Norbert Stachel,
and the Robb Fisher - Matt Clark Trio.
www.peterhorvath.com
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.
He appeared previously at Chez Hanny with Scott Barnhill, and Ron Vincent.
Drummer Jason Lewis has played with a variety of
talented musicians including: Joshua
Breakstone, John Stowell, Gary Burton, James Moody, Mark Murphy, Norma
Winstone, Larry Coryell, Darol Anger, Regina Carter, Johnny Frigo, Ann
Dyer, James Carter, Taylor Eigsti, John Handy, Anton Schwartz, Mark
Levine, Peter Apfelbaum, Cornelius Bumpus, Kurt Elling, and
Boz Scaggs.
Jason was heard here previously with Harvey Wainapel, Dave Mac Nab,
Dave Scott, Michael Zilber, John Stowell, Sheldon Brown, Jeff Chambers,
Kristen Strom, Brad Buethe, Mike Greensill, Shay Salhov, Shoebox
Orchestra, Dahveed Behroozi, and Dan Blake.
www.jsklewis.com/
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