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Vocals
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Piano
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Drums
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Bass
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| MAUREEN MAHON Vocals |
| Maureen is featured on: "Echoes of Pink" - a tribute to Pink Floyd; "Number One Again " - a tribute to the Beatles; and a currently untitled tribute to Elvis Presley, all available on Amazon.com through Lakeshore Records. All of the tracks feature up-and-coming female vocalists performing acoustic versions of the legendary songs. Maureen has a rather varied list of accomplishments from musical theatre (playing Lucy Brown in "The Three Penny Opera" and vamping as Joan Crawford in the long-running "Jimmy’s Hollywood Spirits"), to improvisation (having studied and performed with The Groundlings and Second City), to studying and performing with performance art legend Rachel Rosenthal, to reigning as L.A.’s first powerful door woman at the exclusive nightclub, Flaming Colossus. But when Maureen found her way to the jazz section of a used record store, the title of "jazz singer" was added to her resume. Her first jazz band was a group of old homeless guys with whom she utilized her performance art experience in giving popular rock songs (like " Purple Haze") a beatnik twist. A former model, standing 6'2" in heels, Maureen was described by a reviewer as somewhere between Judy Garland and Grace Jones. In 1999, Maureen formed The Vicious Circle with Cheche Alara, Dave Allen and Jon Button who, in spite of their busy touring schedules, are always happy to return to their original love - jazz, baby! |
| Cheche Alara Piano |
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As a producer, arranger, and/or performer, Cheche has worked with such notables as: Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Marc Anthony, Destiny’s Child, Ricky Martin, Paulina Rubio, among many others. He has been a featured performer on The Grammys, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Saturday Night Live, The David Letterman Show, MTV Video Awards, American Music Awards, and countless others. Cheche received his B.A. in Orchestration from Berklee College of Music and Masters Degree in Jazz Studies from USC (both on full scholarships).
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| DAVE ALLEN Drum |
| Dave has just returned from over a year of touring with Maverick recording artist, Michelle Branch. A graduate of the West Australia Conservatory of Music (sister school of the University of North Texas), Dave has also toured with Celeste Prince, Judith Owen, Tim James and Gina Eckstein (daughter of singer Billy Eckstein). |
| Jon Button Bass |
| Jon has also just returned from a year-plus stint with Michelle Branch - in fact, Jon and Dave frequently work together - a testament to their strong rhythmic rapport. Jon has just cut an album with Grammy Award winner, Shelby Lynne and has toured with Jennifer Page, Daniel Cage, Peter Himmelman and many others. Jon received his Bachelor’s degree in Jazz Performance at the University of North Texas. |
