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Lee Waterman • Accoustic & Electric guitars
Melecio Magdaluyo • Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet, and Congas
Tommy Kesecker • Vibraphone and Crotales
Michael Wilcox • Electric Bass
Bill Belasco • Drums
Michaelle Goerlitz • Percussion

Lee Waterman - Guitarist, Composer, Producer
Lee is originally from New York, where his early interest in music was nurtured by his grandmother, a locally prominent classical pianist. At the age of nine he studied drums and later played in the school band. In his late teens, Lee took up guitar and Latin percussion. For the next several years he studied jazz guitar and music theory with internationally known guitarist and author, Warren Nunes. This strong foundation in the classic jazz styles plus the multicultural influences of percussion studies forged his eclectic compositional style. Among his credits, Lee has led several Bay-Area based combos throughout the last two decades, has performed with sax great John Handy, and opened for many headliners, including Tito Puente and Pancho Sanchez

Melecio Magdaluyo - Tenor and Soprano Sax, Flute, Clarinet, and Congas
Melecio is without doubt one of the finest reed men on the West Coast. He has appeared and recorded with Ray Charles, Tito Puente, Eddy Palmieri, George Coates, Pete Escovedo and John Santos' Machete Ensemble, to name just a few.

Tommy Kesecker-Vibraphone and Percussion
Tommy graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and currently records and tours internationally with world renown group Zakir Hussain and the Rhythm Experience. Other recent projects include "the Different Drums and Percussion Group", which performs for and educates local children. Tommy has appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival and Russian River Jazz Festival as well as a variety of concert venues throughout the U.S. and beyond.

Michael Wilcox - Bass
Michael has performed with Richie Cole, the Fifth Dimension, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Oakland Eastbay Symphony, Eddie Duran, Jules Broussard, Tom Coster, & Larry Schneider. He was an Adjunct Faculty member in the Jazz Department at San Jose State University for five years (1989-1994).

Bill Belasco - Drums
Bill's energetic and propulsive style is beautifully balanced by his impeccable sense of timing and sound color. After taking up drums at the age of three, He played in various school groups and orchestras, eventually going on the road with The Graduates, a brass rock band that toured throughout the U.S. and Canada. Bill eventually settled in the Bay Area. Over the years, his mastery of samba, bossa nova and baiao rhythms of Brazil, as well as many Afro-Cuban, jazz, and popular idioms, has made him one of the top drummers on the San Francisco music scene. He's performed with such diverse groups as Majestic Swing, The Sharmen Duran Trio, The Dave Miller Trio, the Pickle Family Circus, and the Mike Vax Big Band.

Michaelle Goerlitz - Percussion
Since her arrival in 1980 to San Francisco, Michaelle has been enjoying, absorbing and contributing to the Bay Area's musical richness. She has played, recorded and toured with a variety of artists including Soul Sauce, the Snake Trio, Lichi Fuentes, Rhiannon, Patrick Palomo, John Worley, Jami Sieber, Tammy Hall, Voz do Brasil, Novo Tempo and Bossa 5-0. She was also a founding member of Wild Mango.
The past few years she has also been involved in teaching percussion and drums at such schools as Elmhurst Middle School (Oakland), San Francisco School, San Francisco Friends School and Washington Elementary (Richmond), with children ages 8-14. She draws from her variety of percussive experiences (drumset, congas and other hand drums) to share and have fun with them!