Ronnie Burrage

Ronnie Burrage, drums
Delmar Brown, keyboards
Greg Maret, harmonica
Mike Dougherty, bass

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Ronnie Burrage, drums
www.ronnieburrage.com

Ronnie Burrage has been immersed in the music of Jazz, R&B, Gospel, Funk, Rock, World and European Classical for most of his life! He has toured and or recorded with many of great artist of our time, from Duke Ellington, Wayne shorter, Woody Shaw, McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp, Joe Zawinul, Jackie Mclean, Bobby McFerrin, Pat Metheny, Julius Hemphill, Jaco Pastorius, Michael & Randy Brecker, The Mingus Dynasty / Epitaph / Big Band to many, many others.

His compositions reflect his travel and experience in the World of music, from U.S. State Department tours to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India, Africa, China, Japan, Brazil, Peru, Russia / Siberia and all of Europe spanning over 30 years.

Ronnie has forged his own style and record label: MiMikAlana Records and production company RoBurrage Music. His exciting release for MiMikAlana & Bluenoise records entitled, "Bluenoise" is fresh with a new flare and cinematic vision of Jazz Standards and innovative new compositions!

Delmar Brown, keyboard
www.worldpopmusic.net

As a young man, Delmar Brown was a shining star in Bloomington, Illinois where was a church pianist, organist, and choir member. The young Delmar admired and was influenced by the great jazz musicians including Jimmy Smith, Herbie Hancock, and Oscar Peterson. The gospel greats Mahalia Jackson, James Cleveland, and C.L. Franklin were his earliest vocal influences.

After studies at the Berklee College of Music, the training ground for some of today’s finest jazz musicians, Delmar went on to play and compose for some of the most influential musicians in the global industry including Gil Evans, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Jaco Pastroius and many others.

Delmar's travels and love of the music of the world brought him in contact with innovative pop musicians. Through the years he collaborated with notable figures such as Sting, Youssou N'Dour, and Peter Gabriel.

Today Delmar Brown fuses the smooth sound of jazz, earthiness of World Music, and high energy of pop music to drive the Delmar Brown World Pop Experience which mixes musical elements from the Caribbean to Eastern Europe. This music is truly unique reaching deep into the soul with a throbbing rhythm and a grounded sound which touches and uplifts. When you listen to the Delmar Brown World Pop Experience your being fills with good energy urging you to experience it over and over again!

Greg Maret, harmonica
www.gregoiremaret.com legends Toots Thielemans and Stevie Wonder. Influenced by both, Maret has managed to find his own voice on the instrument. His capability to play almost anything has created a steady flow of collaboration with musicians from the jazz, pop, rock, funk & R&B worlds, who call upon Maret's mastery to add his unique sound.

Born May 13, 1975 in Geneva, Switzerland to a Swiss father and American mother, Maret began his musical career as a harmonica player at age 17. He attended Geneva's prestigious Collège de Saussure and the Superior Conservatory of Music. In 1995, he made the critical decision to move to New York City and pursue his studies at the New School For Social Research, Jazz Program, where he graduated with a BA in Music in 1998, and has been on the move ever since.

Grégoire has recorded, performed and toured with many musical greats, including Reggie Workman, Charles Tolliver, Charles Fambrough, Patato Valdez, Max Roach, Tito Puente, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Pete la Roca, and Ray Brown, David Sanborn, Jimmy Scott, Jacky Terrasson, John Hicks, Idris Muhammad, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Mino Cinelu, Anita Baker, Bebel Gilberto, Leon Parker, Bruce Cockburn, George Benson, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Eric Revis and Andy Milne’s Dapp Theory. Currently residing in New York, Grégoire can either be seen on the road, or performing and recording with renowned jazz artists such as Cassandra Wilson, Charlie Hunter, Steve Coleman, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ravi Coltrane, and the Pat Metheny Group. Maret is currently touring around the world with journeyman bass guitarist and Grammy winner Marcus Miller.

Mike Dougherty, bass