Ron Otis – Upfront
Drummer Ron Otis is one of those sidemen, which stay in the background. He performed and recorded with Bob James (Urban Flamingo), Lin Roundtree (Sumthin’ Good), Earl Klugh ( Spice of Life, Journey), Al Turner (Movin’), Brian O’Neal (Daisy), Justin Young (On The Way), Dave McMurray (My Brother and Me, Soul Searching, Nu Life Stories), Alexander Zonjic (Reach For The Sky) and a lot more.
When you look for Ron Otis’ debut album, the search is over. Upfront is released at CDBaby. Ron is supported by musicians he regularly performs with like Bob James, Earl Klugh, Al Turner and a lot more. Don’t miss this album.
Dominc Amato was infected by the saxophone virus listening to his father sax play. His mother and brother are musicians too, so it’s no wonder that he began experimenting musical instruments in early years. 
Keyboardist and guitarist Conor Miller, saxophonist and flute player Dan Leonardo and bassist and guitarist Sam Hobbs are Avenue H. Visiting their new-styled website one immediately recognizes that these musicians understand themselves as musical identity, as musical package for booking.
Some musicians are real globetrotters. Take for example guitarist Anthony James Baker. Born in UK he played first in pubs and clubs in Kent. Later he performed in London with Tears For Fears and Big Country. The next decade saw him in L.A. studying with Norman Brown, Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale and attending the Grove School of Music.
After listening to David Boswell‘s album I Like That one discovers his affinity to Pat Matheny’s music. No wonder, David was influenced by this great musician. After a Pat Metheny concert he decided to start a career as guitarist, attended the Grove School of Music in L.A. and played with various rock bands. He also studied under Pat Metheny, Jack DeJohnette, John Abercrombie and Dave Holland keeping the music of John Coltrane, Keith Jarett and Miles Davis in sight.
German born trumpet player Till Broenner started his solo career in an age of 20 years with the album Generations of Jazz featuring Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton, Frank Chastenier and Gregoire Peters (1993). Further albums are My secret Love (1995), German Songs (1996), Midnight (1997), Love (1998), Chattin with Chet (2000), Jazz Seen (2001), Blue Eyed Soul (2002), That Summer (2004), Höllentour (2004), Oceana (2006), The Christmas Album (2007), and Rio (2008).
Guitarist Earl Carter is well known in smooth jazz business. He already recorded with Marcus Johnson, Bobby Lyle, Jaared, Alyson Williams, Spike Lee, John Tillery and also performed with Nick Colionne, Bob Baldwin, Mike Phillips, Freddie Jackson, Michael Lington and a lot more.
This is rather curious. Jason Peterson Delaire, a member of the Peterson family of Minneapolis, is known as a prolific saxophonist, keyboardist and singer. He toured with such artists as Oleta Adams, Prince, Alexander O\’Neal, Richard Marx, Solo, Donny Osmond, and Cherrelle and recorded with Michael Bolton, Alexander O’Neal, Prince, Donny Osmond, as well as Bobby Brown, Ben Sidran and Flyte Time Productions.
Walter Duda is a self-taught musician with a rich musical experience. Walter has performed in many legendary New York City clubs including Catch A Rising Star, The Bitter End, Mikell\’s and Seventh Avenue South. He has appeared on Manhattan Cable, Cablevision of Connecticut and Century Cable in Los Angeles.
Hailing from Denmark Jakob Elvstrøm is influenced by David Sanborn, Lou Donaldson and Candy Dulfer. He earned his first merits as sax player with his first self-titled band the “Jakob Elvstrøm Quartet” which played a lot of gigs in the late 90’s.
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