January 2018 – Page 28 – The Music Syndicate

Month: January 2018

Tony Banda

Artist Profile: Tony Banda Bassist Tony Banda made his entry into the world in May of 1956. Growing up in the Los Angeles area he gained initial exposure to music through his family. By the age of 5 years old

Artist, Drums

Tootie Heath

Artist Profile: Tootie Heath The younger brother of Percy and Jimmy Heath, Albert “Tootie” Heath has long been a top hard bop-based drummer with an open mind toward more commercial styles of jazz. After moving to New York (1957), he

Artist, Bass

Trey Henry

Artist Profile: Trey Henry Trey Henry Musical Beginnings I took up the string bass when I was 13 in order to avoid a seventh grade art teacher with an unpleasant reputation. Then when I first saw the bass I had

Artist, Sax

Tripp Sprague

Artist Profile: Tripp Sprague If ever man and instrument were meant for each other, Tripp Sprague and the saxophone are that match. Tripp’s first professional gig came at the young age of thirteen when he and his brother Peter, and

Artist, Drums, Percussion

Walfredo Reyes

Artist Profile: Walfredo Reyes Few drummers playing today can successfully combine the rich history of Latin, Afro-Cuban and World Percussion with the drum set. For Walfredo Reyes Jr., fusing the two disciplines has been his driving passion. In fact,

Artist, Keyboard, Trumpet

Walt Fowler

Artist Profile: Walt Fowler Walt Fowler, originally from Salt Lake City, Utah was born into a legendary musical family led his father, renowned jazz educator, Dr. William L. Fowler. He kicked off his professional career as a trumpet player

Artist, Drums, Percussion

Walter Rodriguez

Artist Profile: Walter Smith III Walter Smith III began playing the saxophone at the age of 7 in his hometown of Houston, TX. At Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, in 1998, Smith received a Clifford Brown/Stan

Artist, Sax

Walter Smith lll

Artist, Vocalist

Warren Lovell

Artist Profile: Warren Lovell Warren Lovell fronts Big Time Operator. “We would play four to five nights a week,” he says of the years 1997 – 1999, when the band played Croce’s, the Cannibal Bar, and Tio Leo’s. “A lot

Artist, Trumpet

Wayne Bergeron

Artist Profile: Wayne Bergeron Wayne Bergeron is enjoying a career as one of the most active players on the Los Angeles scene. With studio dates, International touring, jazz concerts, guest soloist appearances and clinics he has no intention of slowing