QUINTESSENTIAL

QUINTESSENTIAL - Five of New Mexico's Finest Jazz Masters and Special Guest Vocalist

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Alex Murzyn - Saxophone, Bob Fox - Piano, Russ Scanlon - Guitar, Gordy Johnson - Bass, Mark Clark - Drums, and Special Guest, Eliana Joy
Original compositions, classics and some Brazilian tunes.

Born and raised in the American Southwest, Eliana Job is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist partial to emotional, comedic performance. After a euphonium degree and a spell with the Santa Fe Opera, she moved to Brooklyn and combined her eclectic influences to explore The Great American Songbook as a medium of storytelling and connection. Now based in Santa Fe, NM, Eliana performs actively as a solo singer-songwriter, an enthusiastic bandleader, and a frequent guest with the indie/folk project Lamby–all in the outrageously southwestern setting of sculpture galleries, wine gardens, and desert trains.

Alex Murzyn has a versatility and musicianship that has made him one of the most in demand saxophonists in New Mexico. Relocating from the San Francisco area, where he played with numerous bands, including Huey Lewis and the News, Ray Obiedo, Pete Escovedo and the Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra, with a career spanning three decades. He has three CDs under his name, and is working to complete the fourth soon to be released. His music stems from traditional and contemporary jazz, soul, rock, funk and latin. He is equally accomplished on flute and clarinet.

Gordy Johnson is a bass player extraordinaire - fluid, inventive, smart, tasteful. His world tours include Maynard Ferguson, Gene Bertoncini, Roy Buchanan, the Paul Winter Consort, CBS All Stars and Chuck Mangione. He has contributed to over 150 recordings, from jazz (Jimmy Hamilton, Maynard Ferguson, etc.) to blues/R&B (Buchanan, Doug Maynard) to bluegrass (Becky Schlegel) to folk (Greg Brown, Arlo Guthrie). Network television appearances run the gamut from the Merv Griffin Show to Soul Train. He has played with scores of national artists, including Joanne Brackeen, Herb Ellis, Rosemary Clooney, Scott Hamilton, Michael Johnson, Jay McShann, Dewey Redman.
Bob Fox is an amazing pianist and composer, and was the beloved pianist at Club Legato for countless years. He is a highly respected jazz musician with a vast knowledge of many sub genres. Offering a diverse musical menu to his listeners, his writing always ignites the musical pallet of even the most dedicated jazz afficionados.

Russ Scanlon’s performance credits are far ranging and include work in the theatre, recording studio, and club dates. He was the co-founder of three award winning world music groups, Quizumba, Susanna Sharpe and Samba Police, and Tamasha Africana. He has done orchestra work with the Austin Symphony as well as stage shows with Dave Brubeck, Bernadette Peters, and Martha and the Vandellas and many others. Russell has recorded on dozens of CDs and jingles, most recently with John Mill’s Times Ten, Scarlett Olson, and the Blackbird Three.