Sasha's Bloc is made up of Alex Gershman, Brandon Fields, Mr. McChesney, Alex Budman, Kye Palmer, Kevin Winard, Andy Langham, Steve Cotter, Tony Galla, Jane Monheit, Nora Rothman, Glynis Leflore, Darah Fortier and Octavia Pace.

“Gershman is not a jack of all trades; rather he is a master. He wears many hats and wears them all well: physician, surgeon, philanthropist, bandleader, songwriter and bassist to name a few.

The 8-piece small group which is Sasha’s Bloc sounded nothing short of amazing as they dazzled the capacity level VIP crowd. Songs like “Feels Like Jazz” and “Breakfast” were guest favorites, along with the sweet and melodic duet “Black and Blue.” Speaking of the songs, they are Gershman originals. And from my perspective, his writing is right up there with some of the classic songsmiths of the first part of the 20th century.” -International Review of Music by James DeFrances

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Gary Bamford is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from the UK who produces music in a variety of genres.
He has worked with numerous artists, including members of XTC, Jethro Tull, Kasabian, ABC, Portishead, Siouxsie Sioux Band, Robert Plant Band, Jacob Collier Band, Radiohead, and jazz artists including Gilad Atzmon, Bobby Wellins, Derek Nash and Paul Dunmall.
He far prefers animals to humans.

Duo Tracey & Jason features vocalist Tracey Kelly and guitarist Jason Sidwell. 

Tracey Kelly's emotive vocals join with Jason Sidwell's tasty guitar to create a melodic song set, with unique/alt arrangements of the most melodic tunes from film, pop, jazz and soul, plus a growing body of originals that leave you wanting to hear more.

As well as singing and songwriting with indie-pop bands Venus Eleven and Rosebud, Tracey has sessioned for film and TV, and guest stars with swing bands. She also composes music for new media and TV.

Jason's sensational guitar playing is grounded in classical training and enhanced by his love of playing many styles, from jazz and funk, to rock, pop and musicals. He has sessioned from an early age in the UK, Europe and Far East before joining with Tracey to form the duo. Jason can also be heard playing in funk/R'n'B band Bad Hands.


http://www.ajbrinkman.co.uk
Based in London
contact: info@ajbrinkman.co.uk

Colin Williams is a veteran musician, songwriter and singer, who has been making music since the 60s' . His latest venture is with a band called The Beat Combo. There are three members in the band, Ewan Blackledge, Juliet Hext, and Colin. The band is mostly studio based, recording original songs written by Colin and Ewan. They have been playing together for over twenty years in various guises, the longest lived being the Lakes Blues Band that played gigs for over fifteen years. 
The first album they made together as the Beat Combo was in 2008, you can find it on itunes, it was called Que Calor. We do sort of Reggae influenced tunes, latin influenced and even a bit of Afro influenced songs. We're mostly acoustic sounding with quite a bit of Ewans blues orientated slide and harmonica stuff giving the sound an edge that leans towards blues but it's closer to pop if that makes any sense.   

Adam Spiers is a multi-genre cellist whose repertoire encompasses classical, jazz, tango, Latin, bluegrass, folk, and pop.

Originally classically trained, as a teenager he was appointed principal cellist of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, performing solos under Sir Colin Davis at the Barbican and Mark Wigglesworth at the BBC Proms, before completing a postgraduate diploma at the Royal Academy of Music. As principal cellist with Sinfonia Cymru for several years, he performed with renowned soloists such as Bryn Terfel, Andrea Bocelli, Anthony Marwood, Guy Johnston, John Lill, and Li-Wei Qin.

A few years ago during a visit to the USA, he discovered a strong passion for the improvisatory and creative side of string playing which is particularly prevalent in places such as Boston, Nashville, New York, and California. He now regularly travels to the USA for music, studying with / performing alongside leading multi-genre string players such as Christian Howes, Billy Contreras, Mads Tolling, Mike Block, Darol Anger, and Victor Lin, and most recently played at the Stanford Jazz Residency in California.

Back at home in London, he has guested with the Parliamentary Jazz Award-winning John Turville Trio at King's Place, and been filmed as the cellist of the London Tango Orchestra for a BBC documentary on Argentinian music. Current projects include a duo with jazz-folk singer/songwriter Monika Lidke, and a jazz trio with violinist Dan Oates and pianist John Cervantes.

Adam juggles his musical career with a long-running parallel career as a software engineer, a less successful pre-occupation with being a triathlete, and occasionally also juggles balls, clubs, and fire.

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