WARREN WOLF- piano Warren Wolf is a multi-instrumentalist who lives in Baltimore, MD. From a very young age until the present time, Warren plays many different instruments including the vibraphone/marimba,drumset/percussion,and the piano/keyboards. As a youth, Warren attended the Peabody Preparatory of The John Hopkins Institute in Baltimore, MD where he studied with former Baltimore Symphony Member Leo LePage. While at Peabody, Warren played many popular styles of music which included classical, jazz, and ragtime. (OR PERfORHIIM IRIS After graduating from The Baltimore SSchooc l for the Arts in the spring of 1 997, Warren headed north and enrolled at Berklee College of Music. At Berklee. Warren studied with Caribbean Jazz Project vibist Dave Samuels. Governors State University Also at Berklee, Warren had the chance to play and record with many of the world's best musicians, including Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Nicholas Payton, Mulgrew Miller, Lewis Nash, Christian McBride, Terri-LyneCarrington, Bobby Watson, Roy Hanynes, Danilo Perez, and many others. He began to experiment with many different music styles outside of jazz and classical, such as hip-hop, R&B, drum-n-bass, funk, rock, gospel, world music, Latin and many others. During his time at Berklee, Warren had the opportunity to play at the legendary jazz club Wally's Cafe to help broaden his skills. After years of training and sitting in with musidans, Warren landed 2010 Cabaret Series Presents the weekend gig at Wally's for the next three years, playing drums and on occasion the vibraphone. Warren co-led a quintet with trumpeter Jason Palmer at Wally's. Warren has recorded two records as a leader. Incredible Jazz Vibes was recorded on the Japanese label M & I Records, That record features Mulgrew Miller on piano alongside Vicente Archer on Bass and Kendrick Scott on Drums. The other recording is entitled RAW, and for it Warren performed on both the vibraphone and drumset. RAW features musicians such as Darren Barrett on Trumpet, Walter Smith on Tenor Saxophone, Lawrence Fields on Piano and a host of others. Warren can also be heard on recordings by drummer Adonis Rose ( On The Ve/ge-CRISSCROSS), trumpeter Jeremy Pelt (/denf/(y-MAXJAZZ),and the new Bobby Watson Group Live & Learn (From The Heart- PALMETTO RECORDS). Warren is a member of the Rachael Price Quartet performing on the piano. Warren is also a member of Bobby Watson's Live & Learn band and Christian McBride's new quintet Inside Straight. ERIK PRIVERT- bass At the age of 1 2, just outside of Chicago, a young Erik Privert got his start playing the classical piano. This instantly.changed when Erik entered high school and the double bass chair was open in the jazz band. Erik picked up the new instrument quickly and went on to perform with the prestigious Grammy Foundation All-Star Jazz Band and the Illinois All-State Band. He also attended the National High School Music Institute at Northwestern University and was afforded the opportunity to play throughout the world. In 1 997, Erik was accepted to the world-renowned Berklee College of Music on a scholarship. At Berklee, he studied music business and performance with notable teachers including Whit Browne, Peter Aldaheff, and Phil Wilson. Before graduating in 2001 , Erik was awarded The Joe Smith Scholarship, The John Neves Scholarship, and the Berklee Achievement Scholarship. Since Berklee, Erik has been fortunate to record, perform, and tour with Rachael Price, James Moody, Cyrus Chestnut, Kevin Mahogany, Kendrick Oliver and the New Life Jazz Orchestra, . Winard Harper, Mariena Shaw, Ron Blake, TS Monk, Nnenna Freelon, Eric Reed, Robert Glasper, Jeremy Pelt, the ""WOLFPAC and many more. Some of the venues where he has performed indude Wally's Jazz Cafe (Boston, MA), Jazz AJley-(9eattle, WA), Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Newport Jazz Festival (Newport, Rl), Detroit Jazz Festivat(Detri9t, Ml), Juneau Jazz Festival (Juneau, AK), Detroit Symphony Hall (Detroit, Ml), Shubert Theater (New Haven, CT), Tanglewood Jgzz Festival (Lenox, MA) and JVC Jazz Festival - Birdland. An accomplished composer and arranger, Erjk'swangement of "Skylark" on Rachael Price's album The Good Hours has been praised by both critids and audiences. Erik's composition "We Move" (co-written with fellow Naperville North High School alum SachatVasandani), was recorded and released on Sachal Vasandani's Mack Avenue Records release entitled We Wove in September 2009. This coming spring, Erik's arrangement of "America the Beautiful" will be featured on Grammy-nominated vocalist Nnenna Freelon's latest recording. Now living in Brooklyn, NY, Erik continues to tour, compose, arrange, and work with a wide variety of artists. DAVID BROPHY-dmms David Brophy received a Master's degree in Jazz Performance from Manhattan School of music in New York , N. Y. and a Bachelor's degree in Jazz Studies from Humber College in Toronto, ON . In the 12 years that David has been a professional musician he has toured extensively, performing at majorfestivals in the United States, Canada and Europe. He has shared thestagewtti jazz greats like Marcus Belgrave, Louis Smith, Ingrid Jensen, Don Thompson, Pat Labarbera, Take-6, and Peter Eldridge. Notable opening performances indude Ray Charles, Johnny Cash and Dave Brubeck. In the past two years, David has been featured on four major label releases and his drumming has been heard on such television shows as Gossip Girt, NCIS, CS/ Neiv York, Jericho, and Beverly Hills, 90210. David is currently the drummer for CBS recording artist Will Dailey and acclaimed jazz vocalist Rachael Price. When not on tour, he can be seen performing with various Boston and New York based groups. Saturday, February 27, 2010 Rachael's voice is rich and accomplished and it goes without saying that she has more to give. This is not surprising because all of the Prices (they moved to the U.S. from Rachael Price Sydney, Australia when Rachael was three) are talented. Elizabeth, Rachael's mom, works "Jazz is sincere. It is real. You can convey — tell a story with your voice." Rachael for the Grand Ole Opry; sisters Juliette and Emily are singer/actresses in musical theater, Price is already telling her story. Price has dedicated her life to her love. With command and older brother Joel studied music engineering. "Bad Habits", the opening song from performances for legends Sir Elton John at The Society of Singers, and Robert Goulet for Dedicated To You, was composed by her dad, Tom Price. the famed Shubert Organization, among others, Rachael Price is proving early accolades Rachael is proud of her new recording The Good Hours. "I decided to call it that to be prophetic. After winning many local talent competitions in Tennessee, in 2003 Price because the recording is all about my live show. I love my audiences, and feel a strong was tapped by the Grammy Foundation as a vocalist with the High School Grammy Jazz connection with them when I sing. The meaning of The Good Hours is that the time with the Choir, and was a semi-finalist at the Montreux International Jazz Vocal Competition in France. audience are the best hours of my life, especially with songs like these that I feel deeply in In 2004, Price wowed the audience (and was the youngest competitor) at the Thelonious my heart." The recording features the repertoire of her recent concerts, ably accompanied Monk International Jazz Competition. And August 2004 brought her professional U. S. jazz by her touring trio of Wolf, Privert and Brophy. festival debut at Yale's Jazz On The Green - opening for Joshua Redman (another So what's next for the young vocalist? "I am getting more into songwriting, and will Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition alum!) In her first appearance at the Newport Jazz be recording my own material in the next few years." Two of her own songs are scheduled Festival she received a standing ovation, and the Boston Globe announced "young vocalist for her fourth CD, now in production with legendary producer KC Porter, featuring notable Rachael Price created a small buzz with her work sitting in with the T.S. Monk Sextet." In studio artists like Brian Bromberg, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dean Parks and Shelly Berg. While we 2006 the Los Angeles Times reported that "she is clearly a talent with extraordinary potential." wait to hear more from Price, the independent label Claire Vision Productions has released Similar rave reviews appeared in newspapers throughout the country. all of her past recordings, the 2003 Dedicated To You, plus a hybrid jazz-bluegrass-western While performing in Switzerland she was heard by six-time Grammy nominee swing recording with the Tennessee Terraplanes called Refreshingly Cool, as well as the Nnenna Freelon. Nnenna, and her manager, Ed Keane, were so impressed that Keane above-mentioned The Good Hours. signed her up and from that moment Rachael has traveled the world experiencing notable 'firsts' with her trio of players: Erik Privert on bass, Warren Wolf on piano, and Dave Brophy on drums. The touring has been constant. Price muses on the whirlwind ride of the last several years. "It's been amazing - touring the U.S. with my trio, singing with the T.S. Monk Sextet, international jazz festivals in Brazil and Panama, recording three CD's - all while completing a degree in Jazz Studies..." Rachael is a 2007 graduate of the New England Conservatory in Massachusetts. So why is this young woman from Nashville, Tennessee singing jazz? It's a good question, and one she finds easy to answer. "I appreciate all kinds of music, but jazz hit an inner chord with me at the age of five.