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"One of the Bay Area's Top Acts"-Sonoma County Fair Voice
Pete Estabrook
(Trumpet, Composer, Arranger and Musical Director)
Michael
Bello
(Saxophone)
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Mike has studied saxophone with Charlie McCarthy and Harvey Wainapel. As a student at Hayward Junior College, Mike lead a combo that won awards at the Santa Cruz and Reno Jazz festivals. At Sonoma State University, he recently completed his Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies. Mike's past performance experience includes the latin band Lava, the jazz combo Singularity, the roots reggae band Groundation, the Mingus influenced quintet Underdog, and the free jazz Sean Moore Quartet. Mike has also toured extensively with the Bay Area based swing band "Lee Press-On and the Nails". In addition to teaching saxophone privately, he composes his own original tunes influenced by Zorn, Hill, Coltrane, Coleman, Parter, Shorter, Zappa, Blakey, Monk, Davis, and Mingus.
Ken Lenga
(Acoustic Bass)
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Ken Lenga is a graduate of Stanford University, where he performed in the Jazz Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra. He has studied with Bay Area jazz bassists Seward McCain and Glenn Richman, and with Steve Tramontozzi of the S.F. Symphony. He has performed in the area with the Brad Niven Trio, singer Lisa E., the Gerry Grosz Trio, Peter Grey, the improvisational duo "The Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers", and in various ensembles under his own name.
Niels Myrner
(Drums)
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A San Francisco native, Niels Myrner studied with previous long-time Berklee educator Allan Hall, in the lineage of renowned educator Allan Dawson--teacher of Tony Williams, Jeff Watts, etc. Aside from a two-year period during which he resided at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and the San Francisco Zen Center, Niels has been performing for 15 years. He has worked with numerous ensembles in the United States and Scandinavia, performing in a wide range of musical genres, collaborating with dancers, vocalists, spoken word and visual artists. Niels has performed/recorded with Mel Graves, David Hardiman Jr., Bill Fiege, Adam Lane, Miles Boysen, Darren Johnston, Loren Dempster, Yehudit, Tom Swafford, James Livingston, Robin Lewis, Jim Petersen, Annelise Zimula, Pete Estabrook, David Slusser, Gary Flores, Gerry Grosz and as house drummer at the Church of John Coltrane. He is currently finishing his bachelor’s degree in music at Sonoma State University.