Lee Waterman - Guitarist, Composer, Producer
Lee is originally from New York, where his early interest in music was
nurtured by his grandmother, a locally prominent classical pianist.  At the
age of nine he studied drums and later played in the school band.  In his
late teens, Lee took up guitar and Latin percussion.  For the next several
years he studied jazz guitar and music theory with internationally known
guitarist and author, Warren Nunes.  This strong foundation in the classic
jazz styles plus the multicultural influences of percussion studies forged
his eclectic compositional style.  Among his credits, Lee has led several
Bay-Area based combos throughout the last two decades, has performed with
sax great John Handy, and opened for many headliners, including Tito Puente
and Pancho Sanchez.

Melecio Magdaluyo - Tenor and Soprano Sax, Flute, Clarinet, and Congas
Melecio is without doubt one of the finest reed men on the West Coast. He
has appeared and recorded with Ray Charles, Tito Puente, Eddy Palmieri,
George Coates, Pete Escovedo and John Santos' Machete Ensemble, to name
just a few.

Tommy Kesecker-Vibraphone and Percussion
Tommy graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and currently
records and tours internationally with world renown group Zakir Hussain and
the Rhythm Experience. Other recent projects include "the Different Drums
and Percussion Group", which performs for and educates local children.
Tommy has appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival and Russian River Jazz
Festival  as well as a variety of concert venues throughout the U.S. and
beyond.

Michael Wilcox - Bass
Michael has performed with Richie Cole, the Fifth Dimension, Jerry Lee
Lewis, the Oakland Eastbay Symphony, Eddie Duran, Jules Broussard, Tom
Coster,  & Larry Schneider. He was an Adjunct Faculty member in the Jazz
Department at San Jose State University for five years (1989-1994).

Phil Thompson - Drums,
Phil plays authentic samba, bossa nova and baiao rhythms of Brazil, as well
as many Afro-Cuban, jazz, and popular idioms.  His energetic and propulsive
style is beautiful balanced by his impeccable sense of timing and sound
color. He is one of the few American drummers to have fully absorbed the
sound and accent of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian percussion into his own style.
Philip has studied with Tony Williams, Eddie Moore, Donald Bailey and Vince
Lateano.  He has performed with Pete Escovedo,
Ed Kelly, Mark Levin,  Tropical Breeze, Marcos Santos , and many others.

Steve Robertson- Percussion
Multi-instrumentalist Steve Robertson has an extensive knowledge of the
entire repetoire of Brazil and Afro-Cuban rhythms, as well as a firm basis
in jazz drumming. The percussion  instruments he has mastered include:
Drumset, Agogo bells, Tamborim, Pandeiro, Triangle,  Congas, Bongos, and
Timbales. Steve has a BA in music from San Jose State and has appeared with
Ray Charles, Bobby Hutcherson, Laurendo Almeida,  Paul Horn, John Handy, &
Madaline Eastman.