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With Help From

While Bruce, Ron and Paul make up the core of the group, we couldn't do these projects without the remarkable musicians who have contributed so much to these recordings.

Bassist Marty Ballou has been with us on every project and has contributed some of our favorite arrangements.

Guitarist Peter Calo helped us create a more contemporary sound for our CommonGround recordings with his distinctive acoustic fingerpicking and his fiery electric guitar playing.

Mike Turk is a virtuoso harmonica player equally at home playing jazz standards, blues, folk or country music and his contributions to both the North Star Jazz early titles and the CommonGround recordings is immeasurable

Guitarist Gray Sargent is best known for his continuing contributions on stage and in the studio with American legend Tony Bennett. Check out his swingin' solos on The Way You Look Tonight and Like Someone In Love.

Steve DeConti played guitar on our The Very Thought Of You and has frequently joined us on stage, most recently at our Brown University Concert with Geroge Masso

Paul Nagel is featured on our Jazz For Lovers album as well as many others available at Itunes, including Boz Scagg's beutful jazz record But Beautiful.  Paul was also with us at Brown.

Click here to visit our online store and hear samples of all our music.

Our music is also available at iTunes and Amazon.com

Click here to access North Star Jazz on iTunes

Click here to access CommonGround on iTunes

Click here to access North Star Jazz at Amazon.com

Click here to access CommonGround at Amazon.com

Marty Ballou

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String bass & electric bass

See Marty’s huge catalog of recording credits
www.artistdirect.com/artist/credits/marty-ballou/400470


Peter Calo

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Acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin

Visit Peter’s web site
www.petercalo.com


Mike Turk

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Chromatic harmonica
Visit Mike at www.miketurk.com

Gray Sargent

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Guitar

Here's a link to Gray's many credits including his sessions with Tony Bennett
www.allmusic.com/artist/gray-sargent-p122106/credits


Steve DeConti

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Guitar
Visit Steve at www.stevedeconti.com

Paul Nagel

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Piano
Visit Paul at www.paulnagel.com