January 2018 – Page 22 – The Music Syndicate

Month: January 2018

Roberto Miranda

Artist Profile: Roberto Miranda Roberto Miranda is a dynamic bassist who is noted for his inventive, high-energy improvisations. He is adept in both soulful passages and fleet percussive lines, and is fluent in all jazz idioms. He has toured, played

Artist, Guitar, Vocalist

Robin Henkel

Robin Henkel Sample: Robin Henkel is known in his hometown (San Diego, CA) as a blues artist specializing in slide guitar and the styles of the Mississippi delta. Because of this reputation, his CD “Highway,” although deep in American roots,

Artist, Drums, Keyboard, Piano, Vibes

Roger Burn

Artist Profile: Roger Burn Originally a drummer, Roger Burn attended college at Cal State, Northridge in 1980 as a percussion major and also studied with legendary drum teacher, Freddie Gruber. He later studied piano, vibes, marimba and composition with the

Artist, Sax

Roger Neumann

Artist Profile: Roger Neumann Roger was honored the Los Angeles Jazz Society September, 2002 for his work as a jazz composer and arranger at the 20th Annual Jazz Tribute and Awards Dinner Concert at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in

Artist, Guitar

Ron Eschete

Artist Profile: Ron Eschete Ron Escheté is originally from Louisiana and grew up playing the Blues, eventually playing in most of the major Blues clubs on New Orleans famous Bourbon Street. Ron studied classical guitar and flute at Loyola University

Artist, Trumpet

Ron Stout

Artist Profile: Ron Stout Born into a musical family in 1958, the native Californian is a third generation musician (both maternally and paternally). A Musician’s Union member since age 15, Ron studied music at Orange Coast College and Golden West

Accordian, Artist

Roy Carrier

Artist Profile: Roy Carrier Combining the sublime with the explosive, Roy Carrier and the Night Rockers simultaneously play two dynamic forms of Louisiana music, Zydeco and the Blues. Roy’s family, the Carriers, are one of the great musical Creole clans

Artist, Drums

Roy McCurdy

Artist Profile: Roy McCurdy Roy McCurdy will probably always be best-known for his important contributions to Cannonball Adderley’s Quintet (1965-1975), but he has been a tasteful and stimulating participant in many other sessions through the years. Early on, he worked

Artist, Piano, Vibes

Ruben Estrada

Artist Profile: Ruben Estrada Ruben Estrada was born March 18, 1938 in Ventura County, California. He is the youngest of seven brothers and two sisters. H…e comes from a musical family. His father, Louis D. Estrada was a violinist who

Artist, Keyboard, Piano

Russell Ferrante

Artist Profile: Russell Ferrante Russ’s first exposure to music came from his church, where his father was the choir director as well as being a frequent vocal soloist and having a vocal gospel quartet. His father’s whole family were music