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| Jason (Guitar), Louis (Drums),
Take Igarashi (Keyboard) and Winston (Bass) are members of
Night Rhythm featuring vocalists Monica and Bryan. |
Jason
Jagentenfl - (Guitar)
Jason Jagentenfl is originally from Mineola, Long
Island. He started playing guitar at age 10. Jason attended
Berklee College of Music from 1993 to 1996 as a performance
studies major. He founded the Drivin' South Band in 1996
and headlined the NYC octoberfest for over 10,000 people.
Jason went
on to tour Switzerland from 1996-1997 with the group.
Jason played locally in Boston from 1997-1999 and then
moved to San Francisco to pursue an original music project.
Jason then played with various San Francisco blues and
Marti Gras bands from
2000-2003. He returned to the New England area in 2003
to found his company, Streamline Builders, LLC. and perform
as guitarist
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Louis
Cato - (Drums)
Louis Cato; originally from Albemarle, North
Carolina; solo awards @ International Jazz Festival in
Reno (bass); principle euphonium for Pfeiffer University
Wind Ensemble; performances on trombone with Richard
Smallwood (gospel); performances on bass with Kenwood
Dennard (Jaco Pastorius, Maceo Parker, Sting), Marcus
Bailor (The Yellowjackets), Les Cleveland (Patti Labelle,
Roberta Flack, Prince); performances on drums with Jerome
Kyles (recording artist/Berklee faculty), Sam Kininger
(Soulive, solo artist), Lindsay Macindoe (K.D. Lang,
solo artist); attended Berklee College of Music for a
year, now teaching and playing around New England, based
in Boston.
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Take Igarashi - (Keyboard)
Bio Coming Soon!
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Winston
Maccow -
(Bass)
Winston Maccow is a bassist, arranger, composer,
clinician, educator and producer with over 30 years of
performance, recording and teaching experiences to his
credit. He has served as staff, and is currently an Assistant
Professor at Berklee College of Music, in the Ensemble
Department. He has arranged for Marlena Shaw, Les Hodges,
and Liz Withers, who is currently playing the roll of Suge
Avery in Oprah Winfrey’s Broadway production of “The
Color Purple”. He has shared the stage with Nancy
Wilson, The Whispers, New Sound Workshop/Heirs To Jobim,
Patti Austin, George Duke, Dennis Chambers and Russell
Ferrante. He is the cofounder of WINAMA Music Publishing
and a member of BMI. He has facilitated clinics for aspiring
musicians in Argentina, Azorés, Brazil, Denmark,
Japan, Korea, Puerto Rico, Spain, St. Martin, and Taiwan.
Recently, he is a member of Last Trip a group of five career
musicians and composers. They came together to create a
the new sound that fuses Jazz and blends African, Caribbean
and Contemporary styles for a unique sound that brings
soul and spirit together.
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Brian
Thomas - (Trombone)
Boston based trombonist Brian Thomas is widely regarded
as one of the leading funk/jazz artist in the northeast.
His melodic, lyrical, and funky style first gained him
recognition in the funk/jazz scene in the late 1990's.
Since then, Brian has continued to develop and create his
own voice and grow as a musician.
Brian began playing trombone at age 10 in his hometown
of Rochester, NY. Brian realized his passion to perform
and decided to continue his musical studies at Ithaca College.
Brian studied classical trombone with Dr. Harold Reynolds
and jazz with Steve Brown. Along with earning a degree
in music education, he gained valuable gig experience as
a leader and sideman. As co-founder of Ithaca based funk
band Nozmo King, Thomas and NK produced 2 CD's and toured
from Seattle, Washington to Key West, Florida. After a
brief stint with Boston/Ithaca based roots reggae band
John Brown's Body, Brian settled in bean town.
Brian started showing up to all the Boston jam sessions
and soon landed a weekly gig at the legendary Wally's Jazz
Café', where he continued to work on his craft.
While hosting the jam session, Brian performed with Roy
Hargrove, Sam Kininger, Eric Krasno, Mark Kelly, Charles
Haynes, Andre Heyward, John Blackwell, and many of the
most killin' cats in Boston.
Brian quickly searched more musicians to play with and
learn from, and eventually started his own band. The Brian
Thomas Group began performing original jazz and funk at
clubs in the Boston area. The BTG now provides Brian and
its members the chance to compose and explore new ideas
and perform regularly in Boston, Providence, and Northampton.
Thomas is also currently working the Hammond organ driven
funk group, Akashic Record. Based out of Boston, Akashic
Record brings funk and soul jazz to venues throughout New
England and New York. Brian also free-lance records at
many local studios and performs regularly with Pressure
Cooker, Kings Highway, Adonai & I, and The Players
Inc.
Brian has also performed with Melvin Sparks, Jon Ellis,
Andre Ward, Spearhead, The Slip, The Jerry Garcia Band,
Andre Ward, Peter Prince, Chuck Mangione, Jiggs Whigham,
Paul Smoker, Steve Brown, Rich Thompson, Steve Gadd, Lou
Soloff, Don Menza, Carl Fontana, The Gap Mangione Big Band,
Melvin Henderson & Paradigm Shift, Alex Meixner, and
Addison Groove Project.
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Daniel
Calvo - (Saxophone)
Daniel Calvo was on the music faculty of one of the nation's leading preparatory
schools: St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. from '84 - '98. Daniel has received
his degree from Berklee College of Music. Daniel has performed extensively on
cruise ships (Carnival Cruise Lines), worked in full time pit orchestras for
shows including 'Annie' and 'Barnum', led high school clinics, recorded for local
entertainers, and backed up national stars including Joan Rivers, Tony award
winner Linda Hopkins, and Kathryn Kiefer, host of Night Tracks and VH-1.
Daniel performed recently at the Capitol Center for the Arts in a production
of '12 Moods of Jazz' a tribute to Langston Hughes produced by world renowned
Baritone Rawn Spearman. He also appeared Wednesday nights at the Charles Playhouse
bar with the "Lit Land Jazz Band".
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