Eric Marienthal - After graduating high school in Southern California in 1976, Eric went on to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. There he studied with the legendary saxophone professor, Joe Viola. By the time he left Berklee, Eric had achieved the highest proficiency rating given by the school. In 1995, Eric was awarded the Berklee Distinguished Alumnus Award for outstanding achievements in contemporary music. He has since gone on to perform in over 65 different countries, recorded 11 solo CD's and has played on hundreds of records, films, television shows and commercial jingles.

Eric started his professional career in 1980 with famed New Orleans trumpeter Al Hurt. After returning to Los Angeles Eric became a member of the Chick Corea Elektric Band. He recorded 6 CD's with Chick's band and 2 of those CD's were Grammy award winners. Eric went on to perform with artists such as Elton John, Barbara Streisand, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Aaron Neville, Johnny Mathis, Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour, David Benoit, The Rippingtons, The Yellowjackets, Jeff Lorber, The Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band, Patti Austin, Lou Rawls, David Lee Roth, The Yellowjackets, B.B. King, Ramsey Louis, Patti Labelle, Olivia Newton-John, and many others.

Among Eric's 12 solo CD's, his latest is entitled "Just Around The Corner", on Peak Records. Eight of the songs that Eric has recorded have made it to the top 10 of the National Contemporary Jazz Radio Charts and three have made it to #1. Eric's "Oasis" CD hit the top 5 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart. Shortly after that, Eric was voted one of the year's "Favorite Alto Sax Players" in Jazziz Magazine's Reader's Poll along with David Sanborn and Phil Woods. In 2009, Eric recorded The Michael Kamen Saxophone Concerto with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Wind Orchestra, conducted with nationally renowned Maestro Thomas Lesley. The CD is entitled "Concerto For Marienthal" and is available on Klavier Records.

Eric has also written 3 instructional books, "Comprehensive Jazz Studies & Exercises", The Ultimate Jazz Play Along" and "The Music Of Eric Marienthal" as well as 2 books with Gordon Goodwin, "The Big Phat Band Play Along for Alto Sax" and The Gordon Goodwin Saxophone Duets". Eric also has 3 instructional videos, "Play Sax From Day One", "Modern Sax" and "Tricks Of The Trade", all published by Warner Bros. Publications which is now Alfred Publishing/Belwin Jazz.

Every summer for the past 13 years Eric has put on an annual fundraising concert for High Hopes. High Hopes is a non-profit organization in Orange County, California that works with people who have suffered traumatic head injuries. With the help of many guest artists who have donated their time to perform including Johnny Mathis, Lou Rawls, Patti Austin, Dave Koz and many more, these concerts to date have raise well over a million dollars for this charity.

Please visit Eric's web site at www.ericmarienthal.com.

Dan Siegel - A highly respected pianist and composer, Dan Siegel has 19 solo albums, and hundreds of other producing, arranging, composing and performing credits in his extensive recording career. Born in Seattle, Washington, and raised in Eugene, Oregon, Dan began piano lessons at age eight, and started performing professionally as lead singer and guitarist in a rock band at the age of 12. He holds a BS in Music Composition and a MM in Jazz Studies, and studied piano in Boston with the legendary Madam Chaloff.

After graduating from the University of Oregon, Dan began recording his own compositions with his band. In 1979 he was signed to Inner City Records, a New York based independent jazz label. His second album, The Hot Shot (1981), reached No.1 on the Radio & Records Jazz Chart and remained in Billboard’s Top 10 selling Jazz albums for 10 weeks. In 1983 he moved to Los Angeles to pursue film and television work as well as a more active recording career. Since then, he has traveled and performed around the world in support of his numerous Top 10 recordings, and maintains a global audience.

Over the years, Dan’s albums have provided an abundance of diverse material, from the electronic oriented Another Time, Another Place (1984), (with Patrick O’Hearn and Alex Acuna) which Keyboard Magazine called the best keyboard oriented fusion LP of the year, to the exotic world music direction of Hemispheres (1995), which features an ensemble of eclectic musicians including; Bela Fleck, Ottmar Liebert, Andy Narell, Osamu Kitajima, and Dori Caymmi, playing in unique and unlikely combinations. He has produced several other projects, one of which is the group Birds of a Feather, a gathering of world-renown musicians that has included Larry Carlton, Boney James and Ernie Watts. Dan is a frequent traveler to Asia and in 1995 went to Beijing, to record and produce China’s first jazz band, Tien Square.

Siegel’s work as a TV and film composer has included the score for the cult film, Reform School Girls (1986), and Universal Studios dramatic TV series, Hard Copy (1987). He has worked as musical director/ conductor on the late night CBS TV show, Overtime with Pat O’Brien (1990). Dan has played on numerous TV and film projects as a session player, including the Oscar winning film, The Usual Suspects. Siegel has recorded and performed with a variety of artists including: Glenn Frey (The Eagles), Chaka Khan, Berlin, Philip Bailey (Earth Wind & Fire), Kenny Rankin, Hugh Masekela, Joe Sample, Herbie Hancock and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Please visit Dan's website at www.dansiegelmusic.com

Sean Holt was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. This area of the country, famous for it’s rich musical and multi-cultural heritage, allowed Sean to develop his uniquely expressive vocal and saxophone sound.

On growing up in the south: “My influences were vast and varied. I had no idea how fortunate I was to be surrounded by the blues, gospel, and jazz artists of that region. Music was everywhere and all consuming in my life. It was largely an internalized extension of the lifestyle. You didn’t study it - you just digested it along with the food, customs and stories of the older generation.” Sean was singing gospel hymns in front of congregations from the age of three, learning piano at 6, and discovering his love of saxophone at 12 years old. “In that part of the country, I could perform with the best players at a very young age. It was during that time, I began to create my inseparable approach to singing and playing the saxophone.”

Shortly after locating in Los Angeles, Sean received his master’s degree from USC and began recording and performing with West Coast artists. He has performed on saxophone, vocals and keyboards with artists Carlos Santana, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Slash (Guns n Roses), John Legend, Bruno Mars, Kenny Loggins, Jeffrey Osborne, the Neville Brothers, Charlie Wilson (Gap Band), Michael McDonald, Arturo Sandoval, George Clinton, Carl Anderson, Tyreese, Michael Bolton, Jamie Foxx, Michael Buble, Monica, Beth Hart, El Debarge, 50 cent, and numerous others.

Sean currently performs sax, keys and vocals in the “Ese Vatos” house band on the “Lopez Tonight” show with George Lopez on TBS.

Sean endorses TC Helicon, Yamaha Saxophones, Jody Jazz Mouthpieces, Rico Reeds, Hercules Instrument Stands, Aphex Systems, Shure Microphones, Korg Keyboards, Akai Wind Instruments, Reunion Blues Cases, and Ultimate Ears.

Alec Milstein's first break in the music business came in 1983, when Chaka Khan chose a song he co-wrote for one of her albums, I Feel for You.

At the time, Milstein was based in Boston, where he was studying music. When word hit him that his song would be included on the recording, he headed to New York. There he joined in on the project with famed Atlantic records producer Arif Mardin. Milstein settled on the west coast the following year. In Los Angeles, he joined forces with keyboardist Jeff Lorber. The group performed throughout Japan and the U.S., and Lorber and Milstein also proceeded to enter the recording studio. Their collaboration extended into the fields of arranging, songwriting, and producing for such artists as Manhattan Transfer, Juan Gabriel, and Michael Franks, among others. Milstein went on to work with a few high-powered divas. In 1991, he worked as Bette Midler's bassist for a Christmas project.

Three years later, when Diana Ross hit stages throughout South America and Europe, Milstein was there for the tour that marked a 30th anniversary for the former Supreme. He has also worked with such artists as Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Air Supply, Eric Benet, Nu Shoes, Dave Koz, Dan Siegel, Art Porter, Eric Marienthal, Tom Grant, Jon Lucien, and Patrice Rushen.

Alec’s own featured release entitled “Dancing in the Rain” features a beautiful array of musicianship and compositions in a latin-flavored setting, which has captured international acclaim and listeners of all genres.

Land Richard's has been one of the most widely respected and hardest working drummers on the American music scene for over 20 years. He has a sterling reputation as a drummer's drummer, and his client list reads like a "Who's who" of contemporary music, including: Gerald Albright, Ashford and Simpson, Patti Austin, David Benoit, George Benson, Michael Bolton, Rick Braun, Bobby Caldwell, Larry Carlton, Brain Culbertson, Earth Wind And Fire, Boney James, Al Jarreau, Jeff Lorber, Lee Ritenour, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, and Stevie Wonder.