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Ari Teitel
GRAMMY nominated Ari Teitel began his career at 11 years old on stage sitting in with Robert Randolph at the Michigan Theater in his hometown of Detroit. Hoisted up on chair by the sacred steel legend, he floored an audience of thousands with a guitar solo of unexpected maturity and grace. Since then his star has continued to rise.
Leading a band in Detroit by age 12, Ari immersed himself in the musical heritage of the city. Studying and adhering to the tradition with the deepest respect, he performed alongside practitioners at the highest level such as fusion legends Ralphe Armstrong (Mahavishnu Orchestra) & Allan Barnes (Blackbyrds), soul-blues diva Thornetta Davis, GRAMMY Award-winning gosepl artist Karen Clark-Sheard, and blues guitarist Larry McCray. Still, unafraid to blend styles and use his own expression to move the music forward, Teitel recorded a record of all-original music. Employing his mentors in the Detroit funk vanguard The Mighty Funhouse, he is free to open up his soulful vocals and rock-solid guitar work. Trustworthy and consistent as a studio veteran but unabashed as a breakout soloist and songwriter, Ari manifests his love for the music on Unteiteled, the debut 8-track all-analog record.
In 2016, poised to emerge as a force on the instrument after graduating from Michigan State, he made the pilgrimage to American-music mecca New Orleans, Louisiana. Widely acclaimed as the spiritual home of jazz, funk, R&B, soul and gospel, the city has quickly welcomed this versatile vocalist and guitarist. He is equally comfortable shredding in front of a sold-out crowd at Tipitina's as he is laying back in the pocket, face-to-face with an intimate, sweaty crowd at the Maple Leaf Bar. His regular presence at these legendary venues—either leading bands or rocking alongside NOLA-sacred acts like Mardi Gras Indian Funk band Cha Wa (with whom he earned a GRAMMY nomination and acts as musical director) or contemporary groove gurus Eric “Benny” Bloom & Nigel Hall of Lettuce—is a testament to a sound and sensitivity far beyond his 24 years.
Kevin Scott
Kevin Scott was born and raised in Dothan, AL, where his career began as a teenager playing bass in his father’s bluegrass band. Hearing Colonel Bruce Hampton for the first time sparked his interest in experimental music and pointed his focus to The Colonel’s base of operations, Atlanta. Kevin moved there in 2004 and began playing with a variety of local acts across the musical spectrum. As young, driven players in Atlanta have been known to do, he caught Hampton’s attention and joined his band The Pharaoh Gummit in 2009. Touring with Colonel Bruce for the next three years was a dream come true for Kevin. He recalls it as a lesson in “killing the ego” and committing fully to the music and the moment, something Hampton taught by example.Playing with Bruce led to relationships with two of The Colonel’s contemporaries: First with legendary drummer Bernard Purdie, whom he still counts as a friend, mentor, and one of his biggest influences. Purdie is featured with The ATL Collective’s annual presentation of James Brown’s Funky Christmas, of which Kevin is musical director. Second was guitar royalty Jimmy Herring, who first saw a 23-year-old Kevin performing with Bruce and kept track of him for years afterward. When he formed his new band Invisible Whip in 2017, Herring tapped Kevin to play bass and the band co-headlined the “Meeting of the Spirits” tour with John McLaughlin. More dates are set for later in 2018, as is the release of a live album recorded at The Warfield Theatre in San Francisco last fall. Colonel Bruce’s band travelled mostly on weekends, so Kevin was able to deepen his foothold in the Atlanta scene. He joined one of Atlanta’s most beloved bands, Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics, and continued chasing his interest in experimental/improvisational music by hosting a weekly jam session at the since defunct 5 Spot. The Tuesday night jam lives on to this day at Elliot St. Pub, and Kevin continues to explore what can happen when all types of musicians come together with no rules or boundaries. Kevin toured full-time with Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics in 2012. The band performed throughout the U.S., selling out shows regularly with notable appearances at The Blue Note in New York, The Boom Boom Room in San Francisco, and The Telluride Blues Festival. Kevin appears on numerous Soulphonics recordings including It’s About Time (the single from which, “Heartlite,” was voted the Starbucks Pick of The Week on Christmas Day in 2012) and the band’s new album, Broken Woman, which was released in spring 2018. Other highlights of Kevin’s discography include Elektrik Butterfly, a jazz fusion project led by Grammy-nominated trumpeter Russell Gunn, Avalanche of Worms by metal guitar giants Emil Werstler and Eyal Levy, The Big Galoot by King Baby, a super-group of Atlanta stalwarts, and Ambition by hip-hop artist Wale. This project, on which Kevin was bassist and co-writer, reached #1 on the Billboard hip-hop and rap charts and was awarded a gold record. Kevin realized another long-held dream in joining guitar legend Wayne Krantz’s trio in 2016, on the recommendation of Tim LeFebvre, (bassist for Tedeschi Trucks Band, David Bowie’s Blackstar, and a regular performer with Krantz). In addition to frequent dates at the venerated 55 Bar in New York, the trio has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe. Two more New York-based projects have also brought Kevin on: Matador Soul Sounds, with whom he recorded a debut album and recently completed a U.S. Tour, and FORQ, which will tour Europe and record later in 2018.
Andriu Yano
Andriu 'Yano' Yanovski is best known as a founding member of the Boogie T.rio, Boogie T’s live band. You'll hear his playing on recordings by GRiZ, Boogie T.rio, Maggie Koerner, Eric “Benny” Bloom, Samantha Fish, his own solo music, and many more. He is also a touring member of the Grammy nominated New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian band, Cha Wa.
Terence Higgins
New Orleans is known for its great music and culture, and it is also known for spawning some of greatest drummers in the world. Every serious drummer has been influenced by New Orleans style drumming at some point in there development. With a unique blend of slinky street beats, New Orleans funk, R&B, Zydeco, blues, traditional jazz, and swing, gives New Orleans Drummers that thang!!!.....But don't get it twisted, "New Orleans style of drumming is not method book friendly, it’s all about the feel of it, it’s a feeling thing and its part of the fabric of New Orleans".
Terence was born in New Orleans in 1970 and was raised in the suburb of old Algiers. He was introduced to the drums at a very young age by his great grandfather and he has been playing ever since. In high school he was one of two students chosen from the state of Louisiana to perform in the McDonald's All-American band, after high school he enrolled in music studies at Southern University, after a few years he decided to pursue a career in the music business.
Specializing in New Orleans grooves and keeping in touch with the Crescent City's second line tradition and early New Orleans funk and R&B, he draws his influences from the legends of New Orleans drumming such as: Baby Dodds, Earl Palmer, Smokey Johnson, Charles "Hungry" Williams, Shannon Powell, James Black, Herlin Riley, Zigaboo, Joe Lastie, Idris Mohammed, Ricky Sebastien, Herman Ernest, and Mean Willie Green and also his peers: Adonis Rose, Brian Blade, Gerald French, Donald Edwards, Troy Davis, Stanton Moore, Russell Batiste Jr., Jeffrey "Jellybean" Alexander, Doug Belote, Alfred Salvant, Raymond Weber and many other drummers around the world.