Nicole Zuraitis
VOCALIST Grammy-nominated New York-based Nicole Zuraitis is a songwriter, vocalist and educator. A veteran of Litchfield Jazz Camp (she began her studies here at age 12!) and a graduate of NYU with a focus on opera, she has already made her mark in the US and abroad. She is the
Paul Bollenback
GUITAR Paul Bollenback’s emotionally expressive style and eclectic approach is the result of years of listening, studying and playing music by Carlos Santana, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Kenny Burrell, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, and Jimi Hendrix. Bollenback attended the University of Miami
Doug Munro
GUITAR Doug Munro is a multiple Grammy nominated New York-based jazz guitarist. Since 1986 he has released 20 albums as a leader and has appeared on over 100 recordings as a sideman, producer, and arranger, working with artists like Dr. John, Michael Brecker, and Dr. Lonnie Smith. He has over
Ian Carroll
Drums Ian Carroll was born in New York City in 1986 to an artist family mere blocks away from the West Village’s most prestigious jazz clubs. Perhaps this foretold what was to come, as he would end up studying the Jazz drum set at Purchase College with John Riley, Kenny
Steve Johns
DRUMS Steve Johns was born in Boston, MA and began playing the drums at the age of nine. Steve has studied with Alan Dawson, Bob Gullotti, Fred Buda and Vic Firth. Johns graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he studied classical percussion. In the
Matt Wilson
Flexible, subtle drummer Matt Wilson gained a strong reputation with his debut recording as a leader, a 1996 set for Palmetto that prominently features tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman. Wilson started playing drums in grade school; he studied at Wichita State University and spent time in the Midwest, both as a
Luques Curtis
BASS Luques Curtis was born 1983 in Hartford, CT. After having formal training on piano and percussion, he found himself wanting to play the bass. Luques studied at the Greater Hartford Academy of Performing Arts, Artist Collective, and Guakia with Dave Santoro, Volcan Orham, Nat Reeves, Paul Brown, and others.
Joris Teepe
BASS Joris Teepe is a jazz bassist (acoustic & electric) and was born in 1962 in The Netherlands. He didn’t get into jazz until he was 18 years old playing in bands with friends from high school and college. After graduating at the Conservatory in The Netherlands he moved to
Albert Rivera
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS | SAXOPHONE Albert Rivera Born in the Bronx, NY, Albert Rivera’s musical journey began early on and flourished at Laguardia High School for Performing Arts in New York City, during those summer months he spent his time at Harlem School of the Arts and eventually at the
Don Braden
MUSIC DIRECTOR | SAXOPHONE Saxophonist, flutist, composer and educator, Don Braden’s jazz career spans 40 years. He has toured the world with Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Tony Williams, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Haynes, and others and performed on Saturday Night Live, at Carnegie Hall, Harvard University (where was an engineering undergrad), and