Bronek Suchanek, bass
Bronek Suchanek received a master of Fine Arts from The State
College of Music in his native Poland. He has worked with or
recorded with jazz artists such as Art Farmer, Thad Jones, Sir
Roland Hanna, Don Cherry, The Artie Shaw Orchestra, The Woody Herman
Orchestra, The Harry James Orchestra and many others. Based in
Boston, he is active as a player and composer in both jazz and the
symphonic field, as well as teaching on the college level.Ken
Hadley, drums
Ken Hadley is a much sought after drummer based in Boston. Adept at
many different styles of music, he has led his own big-band for the
past twenty-five years and it is still going strong.
Tony Schultz - 2nd guitar
Recording Engineer, Producer
Tony Schultz studied guitar and received a bachelor's degree in
music production from Berklee College in Boston. He is assistant professor of Audio Technology at The New England Institute
of Art and the proprietor of his own recording studio, Big T
Productions. He currently serves as Chair of The Boston
Chapter of the Audio Engineering Society.
Mike Magnelli
After receiving a BME degree from the Boston Conservatory of Music,
Mike worked as a guitarist on Broadway for such hit shows as
Promises Promises, Fiddler On The Roof, as well as numerous off Broadway productions. Following many years of touring with
the national company of "Grease" (with a then unknown John Travolta
in the cast,) with vocalists such as Frank Sinatra, Jr. and his
Orchestra and others, Mike returned to NY.
He started working as a booking agent for the Willard Alexander
Agency, and office then well known for it's representation of famous
big-bands. While working as an agent he continued to work as a
guitarist and occasional trumpet doubler for NY society dance
orchestras such as Lester Lanin, Ray Bloch as well as with various
jaz groups.
He started his own agency in 1988 which continues today, booking
and managing many well known touring big-bands. Mike also
managed the legendary jazz guitarist Joe Pass for many years until
his untimely passing. In addition to running the agency he
performs at jazz clubs, festivals and clinics. His hobbies
include deep sea fishing (watch out for those hooks!) cooking,
(specializing in Italian seafood dishes) and draughts (checkers) of
which he has been the winner of many tournaments.
