FEATURING:

Ed DeGenaro – guitars
Natalie John – vocals
Steve Zerlin – bass
Lyndon Rochelle – drums

BIOGRAPHIES:

Ed DeGenaro

Edward DeGenaro is a fusion guitarist whose unique mix of bebop and metal sounds, along with a whole lot of the DeGenaro personality, collectively called the “Nude Guitars” sound, has been compared to the likes of Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale, and Steve Vai. Ed’s journey in music began in Germany, where he was born and raised. After last years critically acclaimed release Dog House Ed is working on its follow up – Less Is Seldom More.

Natalie John

25 year old Natalie John develops her artistic expression by stretching the boundaries of popular music with compositions that derive from folk, jazz and rock. Her music blends together the sultry, coy emotions of jazz singers that precede her with the tension of jagged rhythms and complex, lush harmonies.Natalie recently shared her talents on Oscar-winning composer and incredible South Indian musician Prasanna’s new jazz album (release info. TBA). She has also performed with Ingrid Jensen’s quintet, Rachel Z’s Department of Good and Evil, Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra, pianist Adam Klipple’s Sneak, pianist Vardan Ovsepian, guitarist Terrance Brewer, saxophonist Curtis Macdonald, and many more.

Steve Zerlin

Steve (Z-man) Zerlin is a brilliant and versatile bassist, fluent in many styles. He is accomplished as a jazz musician on both electric and acoustic bass and is well versed in Eastern modalities having adapted the bass guitar to Indian music.Steve appears on many CD’s including recordings with Vinny Valentino, Dan Leonard, Fred Hughes, Peter Fraize and innovative Italian trombonist, Gian Carlo Schiafini. He was recently sited in Jazz Times Magazine (April 2004 edition) for his unique style and abilities.

Lyndon Rochelle

Lyndon Rochelle is an alumnus of Berklee College of Music. His professional experience includes working with Hank Jones, Yellow Jacketk, Kurt Elling, Sam Kinger, Lawrence Watson, Little Richard, David Fiuczynski, Robin Mckelle, Bill Pierce, Joe Lavano, Ron Mahdi, Phil Wilson, Greg Hopkins, Jetro Da’ Silva, Allen Mallet, Jackie Beard, John Arco, Steve Heck, George Duke, Darren Barret, Peter Erskine, Bobby Shew, George Stone, Matt Harris, Remember Rockefeller Jazz Orchestra and many more