Nate Mayland, Trombone Since January 2001 Nathan Mayland has lived as a professional musician in New York City. He is an experienced freelancer on both tenor and bass trombone, as well as an arranger/composer of music for his own groups, including The Astoria Trombones has been performing at The Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden in Queens to rave reviews.  He has performed and toured nationwide with acts such as Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Nancy Sinatra, “Our Sinatra”, “Forever Swing”, “Pippin”, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and others. He has performed on Broadway with “Movin Out” and “Curtains”, as well as with numerous big bands, club date bands, jazz combos, brass quintets, and rock and funk bands. He can be heard on TV playing those catchy lines behind commercials for Old Navy, Wrigley's Doublemint Gum, Orbitz and Bounty's Spring '07 “Cupcakes” ads. He is a 1999 graduate of Indiana University where he studied under M. Dee Stewart and Scott Hartman. He also attended the inaugural season of the Henry Mancini Institute where he performed excerpts from the Henri Tomasi Concerto for Trombone live on the radio after winning the concerto competition.  A note from Nate: I truly want to thank the fans that come to Birdland every week to see the band play! I feel honored to be part of a group of such hard working and talented individuals. To top it off, we get to play for an energetic, appreciative and screaming crowd! I love it! See you at the club!    - Nate Links: http://www.myspace.com/astoriatrombones http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=3184 http://www.myspace.com/astoriatromboneshttp://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=3184shapeimage_10_link_0shapeimage_10_link_1
Conrad Korsch, Bass Conrad Korsch is a New York City based acoustic and electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and educator. Born and raised in Philadelphia until age 22, he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Bass Performance from Temple University, where he attended on scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude and with other honors. As bassist with Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Andrea Bocelli, Bette Midler, Deborah Gibson, the Broadway show Swing!, the annual Jerry Lewis/MDA Telethon (NY broadcast) and the Saturday Night Live house band (substitute), Conrad has appeared on nearly every broadcast TV show which features live music. He can also be seen in several major motion pictures and DVDs, and has been featured in BASS PLAYER, BASS GUITAR, GIG, and NEW YORK magazines. Having worked with such world class producers as Steven Epstein (on the Grammy nominated "Swing!" Broadway Cast Album), Richard Perry, John Leventhal, Billy Mann, and David Torn, he has acquired a long list of recording credits including Carole King, Joan Osborne, Marc Cohn, Madeleine Peyroux, and Gavin DeGraw. A versatile "doubler" on acoustic and electric bass, his performance credits range from Lincoln Center's "Brazilfest" to David Krakauer's "Klezmer Madness", jazz vocal group Manhattan Transfer to singer-songwriter Roseanne Cash, and Broadway shows to Motown's The Fifth Dimension. He has also recorded and/or composed and produced music for TV/Film/Internet and various artists, which has led him to establish his own music production company, "Scrumptious Music". A passionate singer-songwriter as well, Conrad has recently been performing and recording his own music in between (and during) world tours with Rod Stewart. He has taught for the University of the Arts, Swarthmore College, NYC Bass Collective, Sam Ash Music Institute (Manhattan), and NARAS' "Grammy in the Schools" program, and is a member of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. Please check out www.conradkorsch.com. http://www.conradkorsch.comshapeimage_11_link_0
Jeff Newell- Tenor Sax, Flute "Merging his early love of bebop with a more lyrical, harmonically freer idiom reminiscent of Wayne Shorter, Newell has found his voice." 
-Downbeat Though his formal education is completed, Newell believes his musical learning never ends. In 1978, armed with a music degree - conferred with distinction - from the University of Nebraska and with a year of graduate school under his belt, he moved to Chicago to continue that education through additional study and playing jazz clubs and festivals. In the summer of 1994, always eager to expand his musical horizons, Jeff relocated again to New York City to take advantage of the opportunities only the "Jazz Mecca of the World" can provide. Newell spent two years studying with nationally-acclaimed jazz performer and educator Bunky Green and a year with well-known teacher and tenor man Joe Daley. In 1989 he received a National Endowment for the Arts jazz study fellowship to study in New York with master jazz musician David Leibman. His on-the-job experience had begun early as a member of the Neoclassic Jazz Orchestra, touring Europe fresh out of college. In Chicago, Newell became a constant fixture in that city's jazz venues and has had the honor of working with many of its best known musicians. In April of 1993, the Jeff Newell Quartet was awarded second place in the Cognac Hennessy Jazz Search "Best of Chicago" contest, out of over 60 entries. Newell has performed on numerous Chicago Jazz Festival stages (in 1993 and 1995 with his own groups) and has fronted his own band on the jazz stage of Chicagofest. He has brought his sound to the Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao, Japan, and has performed at the Mellon Jazz Festival in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He also has played the Jazz Oasis at Milwaukee's Summerfest, and has worked the Clocktower Jazz Festival in Rockford, the Elkhart Jazz Festival, and many other Midwest jazz events. He was invited home in 1991 and 1994 to perform as a guest soloist with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra. In time for Mardi Gras 1994, Jeff formed the New-Trad Octet as a vehicle for his arranging skills and to pursue his interest in the rich musical history of New Orleans. Conceived to blend the traditional "second line" New Orleans brass band with a modern rhythm section and a fresh approach to harmony and improvisation, the New-Trad Octet was immediately met with critical acclaim. Jeff continues to keep the octet and his quartet busy in clubs and festivals throughout the country, while still enjoying the role of sideman with such performers as Kevin Mahogany and Marshall Vente. Jeff can also he heard in New York City on most Friday evenings at the world Famous Birdland Jazz Club with the Birdland Big Band Adding to Newell's credits are the people he has worked with. He has played on stage or recorded alongside such jazz names as Ron Carter, Cedar Walton, Phil Woods, Charles Earland, Houston Person, Brian Culbertson, Johnny Coles, Von Freeman, Ira sullivan, Paul Wertico, Paul Smoker, Bobby Broom, Fareed Haque, Richie Cole, Don Menza, Terrance Blanchard, Bobby Watson, and Kevin Mahogany. http://www.new-trad.com/jn4press.htmlhttp://www.jazzsinger.com/mahogany/mahogany/index.htmlhttp://marshallvente.com/http://marshallvente.com/http://www.brianculbertson.com/http://www.bobbybroom.com/http://www.bobbywatson.com/http://www.jazzsinger.com/mahogany/mahogany/index.htmlshapeimage_14_link_0shapeimage_14_link_1shapeimage_14_link_2shapeimage_14_link_3shapeimage_14_link_4shapeimage_14_link_5shapeimage_14_link_6shapeimage_14_link_7
Nathan Childers- Alto and Soprano Sax, Flute. Nathan Childers is a saxophonist, composer, and Yamaha Performing Artist.  This young musician is making waves as one of the strongest new musical voices of his generation.  Originally from Brandon, Vermont, Nathan has been playing the saxophone since he was ten years old.  The son of jazz trumpeter and educator Gene Childers, Nathan began his musical study as a pianist at the age of seven.  Jazz could always be heard in the Childers home. As a young musician, Nathan started playing professional gigs by the age of thirteen.  He learned the ropes by tagging alongside his father as a side-man. Nathan credits much of his early training to the local Vermont musicians that helped nurture his love and understanding of music.   Nathan holds a M.M. degree in jazz studies and contemporary media from the Eastman School of Music as well as two B.M. degrees from the University of Massachusetts.  Currently a resident of New York City, Nathan has begun to spread his unique style of contemporary jazz composition and performance.  His music is fresh and inviting with a wholesome blend of many styles of music.  As a student of Dr. Yusef Lateef, he has adopted many ideologies of this famed performer, composer, and educator.  His hope is to convey passion, insight, and most of all individuality. As a performer, Nathan has had the opportunity to perform throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. He has been a featured performer and soloist with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Discover Jazz Festival, the River fest at Harvard, and many more.  He has also played several important venues such as Birdland, The Knitting Factory, Cornelia's Street Cafe, Symphony Space, Club Detour, Joe’s Pub, St. Nick’s Pub, The World Financial Center, UMASS (Lowell), UMASS (Amherst), Ithaca College, Middlebury College, and the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts.  His commitments as a professional jazz musician range from performance, composition, and education. Some of his accolades include four Downbeat Magazine awards for outstanding performance, the Hilton Head Jazz Society Soloist Award, and the Yamaha Young Performing Artist Award. Nathan was also a recent finalist in the ASCAP Jazz Composition Competition.  He has also worked with such musicians as Maria Schneider, Toots Theilmans, Bobby McFerrin, Manny Album, Molly Ringwald, Ana Gasteyer (Saturday Night Live), Harry Connick Sr., Jim Mcneely, The Birdland Big Band, Will Lee (Late Night With David Letterman), and many others! As a Yamaha Artist, Nathan teaches students ranging in ages from elementary school to the university level. He has taught lessons and classes at Amherst College, The University of Massachusetts, and the Eastman School of Music.  Nathan believes strongly in the educational qualities inherent in the art of making music.  Nathan currently conducts three of his own ensembles in New York City.  They include the Nathan Childers New York Big Band, the Nathan Childers Quintet, and the Nathan Childers Trio. http://www.yamaha.com/Artists/ArtistList/0,6843,CTID%253D551002,00.html#http://www.nathanchilders.com/bigband.htmlhttp://www.nathanchilders.com/quintet.htmlhttp://www.nathanchilders.com/quintet.htmlhttp://www.nathanchilders.com/trio.htmlshapeimage_18_link_0shapeimage_18_link_1shapeimage_18_link_2shapeimage_18_link_3shapeimage_18_link_4
Tom Kennedy,BASS “TK” has been a first-call Bassist on the Music scene for many years. He began playing the Acoustic Bass at age 9, and it was only one year later that Tom was building a high profile career in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.  By his late teens, he had already performed with Jazz veterans James Moody, Sonny Stitt, Freddie Hubbard, Barney Kessel,  Eddie Harris, Nat Adderly and Stan Kenton, to name a few. At the age of 23, Tom relocated to New York and immediately became involved in numerous musical situations.  Recording master Guitarist Bill Connors' electric album "Step It" and extensive touring with legendary jazz group "Steps Ahead" brought immediate recognition. Since then, his credits include performances and/or recordings with  such greats as Tania Maria, Mike Stern, David Sanborn, Diane Schurr, Michael and Randy Brecker, Joe Sample, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Ernie Watts, Simon Philips, Virgil Donati and Bobby McFerrin. He has also been an intriqual voice in master drummer Dave Weckl’s Band for over 9 years, and is represented on all of the band’s recordings.  Tom released his debut solo CD "Basses Loaded" in 1997, and his second solo release "Bassics" in 2002 featuring Guitar legend, Mundell Lowe. He is due to release his third solo CD with many guest artists (including Tommy Igoe) within the year. Website: tomkennedymusic.comhttp://www.tomkennedymusic.com/shapeimage_19_link_0
Matt Hong -Alto saxophonist

Matt graduated from Harvard University, and received a Masters from Manhattan School of Music. In the early 1990s, he taught jazz history at Harvard while maintaining a freelance music career in Boston. Hong has lived in NYC since 1993, and has played around the world with many bands including Guillermo Klein, Illinois Jacquet, and David Berger's Sultans of Swing. He has worked in the orchestras of many hit Broadway musicals, and currently appears nightly in the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys. He continues to lead his own projects as well.

 

Michael Boscarino,Trombone


New York trombonist Michael Boscarino is a native of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. He began his musical studies at age 7 on the piano.  At age 11, he began playing the trombone on the advice of his grandfather and hasn’t looked back since.  Michael holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Youngstown State University and a Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music.


While attending Youngstown State University, Michael was active on the Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Youngstown freelance scenes and gained invaluable performance experience.  His performance credits in these areas include; The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Three Rivers Entertainment, Redline, The Balcony Big Band, The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Ernie Krivda and the Fat Tuesday Big Band, Sabor Latino, Azucar, and the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, to name a few.


In 2002, Michael spent the summer playing lead trombone in the Disneyland All-American College
Band and was honored to perform as a featured soloist with the Tom Kubis Big Band in Huntington Beach, California.  During the summer of 2003, Michael returned to California and attended the Henry Mancini Institute at UCLA on a full scholarship.


Michael has been a part of the New York City music scene since August of 2004.  He enjoys a diverse freelance career and currently performs with a wide variety of artists including; The Birdland Big Band, Clem DeRosa & the American Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Kyle Saulnier and the Awakening Orchestra, Bobby Sanabria Big Band, Michael Arenella & his Dreamland Orchestra, Russ Spiegel's Big Bad Band, Chino Nunez & Friends Orchestra, Ray Rivera con Sabor Latino, Copacabana Orchestra, Silver Productions, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and Natalie Riccio, while doing various recording work as well.  In New York, Michael has performed at such venues as; Birdland, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, The Jazz Gallery, Carnegie Hall, The Rainbow Room, Apollo Theater, Cachaca Jazz ‘n’ Samba Club, and Manhattan Center.


Throughout his musical career and studies, Michael has had the opportunity of performing with such renowned artists as; Christian McBride, Peter Erskine, Arturo Sandoval, Randy Newman, Bob Mintzer, James Moody, Gunther Schuller, Tom Kubis, Wayne Bergeron, Sal Lozano, Rick Baptist, Vince Mendoza, Dave Holland Quintet, Vinnie Colaiuta, Will Lee, Conrad Herwig, Michel Legrand, Sonny Fortune, Jimmy Heath, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Lew Tabackin, Dave Liebman, Candido Camero, and Buddy Morrow.


Link: www.myspace.com/boscotrombone

 

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