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Brian Catell (keyboard/vocals): I've played in bands most of my life and was a music major in school while attending Hartt College of Music and U-Maine (graduate). I've also had the pleasure of working with many of the finest musicians in the area. Over the years, I've worked with Coloured Rain, Harvest, Stan Catell and Friends, Eastern Standard Trio, Bill Chinnock, and performed with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra. By day, I am a piano technician and owner of Catell Piano Shop.

Scott Rapaport (tenor/alto sax, flute, clarinet, vocals): Scott studied music in New Orleans and at U-Maine. He has led his own Eastern Standard Trio for many years. He's an exceptional vocalist and instrumentalist and is currently a licensed clinical counselor in the Bangor area.

Michael Borja (drums): Mike is a tasty percussionist who has played in several big bands and combos, starting in his award winning High School Jazz Band and the Brian Nadeau Big Band. He's been working with Jump City Jazz ever since. Mike currently works in the auto industry which keeps him close to his passion for mechanical projects.

Brian Nadeau (trumpet/flugelhorn): Brian Nadeau has been playing trumpet seriously since age 7. He began as a soloist with the Al Corey Big band, and throughout his life played in and led ensembles all over New England... big and small. He is currently an Educational Representative for Music and Arts Company serving many schools across Maine. He's also an in demand clinician teaching jazz and big band phrasing styles throughout the state. One of the current projects he's proud to direct is the Queen City Big Band...an adult ensemble that he refines through intense rehearsing and shaping to a performance level that approaches a professionally seasoned road band.

Jim Winters (trombone): Jim is a talented player and arranger. He has taught at U-Maine in Augusta, played on cruise ships, and arranged music on a national level. Jim also plays with the Al Corey Band and loves photography.

Bob Roman (bass): Bob is a graduate of the University of Maine in the Music Education program. He majored on bass, followed by 20 years as a middle school band director.  A member of many bands and shows since moving to Maine nearly 25 years ago from the "big apple."

Phil Clement (guitar/vocals): Phil Clement is a seasoned guitarist that started his professional career at the age of 14 playing local dance halls. He later studied music at the University of Maine/Augusta, and today is called upon for gigs from rock to blues, folk to country, gospel to funk. He teaches privately and at the PenBay YMCA and can be found performing throughout the midcoast area as a solo artist and as a member of various groups.

David Clarke (guitar/vocals): David Clarke started playing guitar at age 12 at Oak Grove-Coburn, and played his first show - a broadway musical "Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris" for the Waterville Opera House at age 13. After 4 years in the Air Force Band touring the U.S. south, Asia and northern California, he returned to Belfast, Maine and opened a music store, David's Music. He completed a music education degree in 1995, and has been teaching private lessons, playing in a variety of bands, and working as a computer consultant and web designer ever since.

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