Out Of the Blue Blues Band
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Fun, Danceable, Down-to-Earth, Great Fresh Tunes, Excellent Musicians!Wayne Potash performs with the fabulous blues band "Out Of The Blue" on bass guitar and vocals. He has worked throughout New England with several rock, pop and blues bands, most notably with X-Dreams, and the Winiker Orchestra. Wayne is on the faculty of the Community Music Center of Boston, and is a graduate of Berklee College of Music.On saxophone and flute the group features Valerie Walton, who has frequently led her own bands, and has toured in New England, France, the Carribean, and Venezuela to play Columbian and Haitian dance music. She has played in the New England Conservatory Big Band and Wind Ensemble, as well as the Ricky Ford Brandeis Jazz Ensemble. Guitarist/vocalist Tad Hitchcock has worked steadily as accompanist, bandleader and vocalist. He has toured with the Artie Shaw Orchestra, and has worked with Herb Pomeroy and many others. He and Valerie Walton produced the CD "Exactly Like You" with jazz great Alan Dawson. Tad attended Berklee College of Music.Drummer/vocalist Bryn Carlson has worked with Tad and Wayne in numerous bands over the years. He fronted his own band "The Hackmasters," worked with many other rock bands in the Boston area, and studied at Berklee College of Music.Rounding out the band is the fabulous pianist/keyboardist Kevin Harris, who also plays trumpet as part of Out Of The Blue's horn section. Harris plays a distinctive combination of traditional and contemporary music. The 31-year-old native Kentuckian's music ranges from explosive polyrhythmic pieces to introspective ballads. In the Boston area, Harris has performed at the Wang Theatre, Ryles Jazz Club, Jordan Hall, Berklee Performance Center, Bob the Chef's, Les Zygomates and Wally's jazz club. He has just released his latest CD, "The Butterfly Chronicles."
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