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SWING THEORY

Meet Our Members

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Bandleader

Ivan Baquerizo

Instruments: Trombone, vocals
Favorite Jazz Musician: Bill Evans
Favorite Jazz Standard: Beautiful Love
Biggest Musical Goal: Freedom of Expression

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Daniel Ashraf

Instrument: Piano
Favorite Jazz Musician: Herbie Hancock
Favorite Jazz Standard: Blue in Green
Biggest Musical Goal: To continually play music with others

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Claudia Beroukhim

Instruments: Vocals, piano
Favorite Jazz Musician: Ella Fitzgerald
Favorite Jazz Standard: Lullaby of Birdland
Biggest Musical Goal: Ease and emotional connection

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Levi Brown

Instruments: Tenor sax, piano, vocals, bass
Favorite Jazz Musician: Oscar Peterson
Favorite Jazz Standard: Girl from Ipanema
Biggest Musical Goal: To always play music for/with those I love most in the world

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Social Media Manager

Iain Cooke

Instrument: Bass guitar
Favorite Jazz Musician: Wes Montgomery
Favorite Jazz Standard: Lady Bird
Biggest Musical Goal: Complete emotional expression through music

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Phil Cruz

Instrument: Drums
Favorite Jazz Musician: Tony Williams
Favorite Jazz Standard: One Finger Snap
Biggest Musical Goal: To master jazz drumming

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Alex Dillon

Instruments: Drums, washboard, cowbell, spoons, etc.
Favorite Jazz Musician: Dave King
Favorite Jazz Standard: Evidence
Biggest Musical Goal: To never stop playing and developing my own personal sound as a musician

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Digital Media Manager

Jack Dillon (no relation)

Instrument: Alto saxophone
Favorite Jazz Musician: Stan Getz
Favorite Jazz Standard: Manhã de Carnaval
Biggest Musical Goal: To never stop playing

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Liz Farrell

Instrument: Vocals
Favorite Jazz Musician: Ella Fitzgerald
Favorite Jazz Standard: Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
Biggest Musical Goal: To feel relaxed and emotionally free while singing

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Kai Owens

Instrument: Drums
Favorite Jazz Musician: Elvin Jones
Favorite Jazz Standard: 26-2
Biggest Musical Goal: To have a career as a professional jazz musician and professor of music theory or jazz percussion

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Quentin Smith

Instruments: Bass, guitar, drums
Favorite Jazz Musician: John Coltrane
Favorite Jazz Standard: Stella by Starlight
Biggest Musical Goal: Spread the love of live music, especially improvisation-based

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Michael Solomon

Instrument: Piano
Favorite Jazz Musician: Bill Evans
Favorite Jazz Standard: Days of Wine and Roses
Biggest Musical Goal: Complete mastery of the piano and the ability to improvise freely

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Ramon Zamudio

Instrument: Trumpet
Favorite Jazz Musician: Wynton Marsalis
Favorite Jazz Standard: When it’s Sleepytime Down South
Biggest Musical Goal: Full self-expression through trumpet playing

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