kieran setecka
bill zakavec
brad "doc" watson
Kieran is a Chicago based musician with over 40 years experience in the music business. As a performer, arranger, composer, conductor, educator and leader, Kieran has performed with a multitude of small ensembles performing Country & Western, Jazz, Western Swing, 50's Rock N Roll and European ethnic music. He has also played in a Jazz Big Band, concert and pit orchestra settings. Kieran is a multi-instrumentalist performing on guitar, steel guitar, mandolin, bass (acoustic and electric, piano, tenor banjo and trumpet. He is currently a guitar instructor at Morton Junior College in Cicero, Illinois.
Bill is a Chicago musician with a background in jazz, rock, blues, polka and western swing. He performs professionally on several instruments namely saxophone, clarinet, and bass guitar. His bass playing can be heard on a recently released CD with the Johnny Chicago Trio called "By Request." During his career Bill has performed with Chicago based bands such as the Boot Scooters, La Palma, Blue Velvet Highway, Alliance, Mejia, Longhaul, and Kewl Katz. Bill also performs and sings with the Grand Haven Entertainers led by accordionist, Norm Briolat. He is a member of the Grand Haven Theatre group and performs in their musical reviews. He managed and performed with his band "Wish" for 20 years He also plays in several jazz big bands.
Manny began playing the guitar in 1963 and formed his own band, "The Saints", with his brother Henry. They were one of the first rock n roll bands to play on Puerto Rican Television (WKAQ). His early guitar influences were Chuck Berry and Jose Feliciano. Manny has played polkas with the Grand Haven Five, Western Swing with the Boot Scooters and Jazz with La Palma. Other guitar influences include Django Rheinhardt, Charlie Bird, and Herb Ellis
"Doc" has been drumming on and off for some 50 years. He's always had a drum kit setup wherever he lived. With his roots in rudiments and concert music, he has prided himself in being a versatile musician enjoying all types of music and rhythms.
Sample playlist:
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Moonlight In Vermont
Besame Mucho
Oh, Lady Be Good
All Of Me
How High The Moon
Black Orpheus
Take The "A" Train
Out Of Nowhere
Sweet Georgia Brown
On The Sunnyside Of The Street
Autumn Leaves
Jersey Bounce
In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
Perfidia
It Had To Be You
St. Louis Blues
Just Friends
Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
Moonglow
Summertime
Clouds