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Composer, leader and sideman, bassist Marcus McLaurine has become one of the most sought-after artists in jazz, sharing bandstands with Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Lou Donaldson, Dame Cleo Laine, Joe Williams, Jon Hendricks, Abbey Lincoln, and the Count Basie Orchestra under the direction of Thad Jones. For the past twenty-five years, Marcus has toured with legendary trumpeter Clark Terry. Marcus began traveling the world as a child and never stopped.

Earl Williams, a native of Detroit, musical journey reads like a “who’s who” of Jazz. After studying at the Detroit Conservatory of Music, he went on to perform with Lester Young, Barry Harris, Yusef Lateef, Ruth Brown, Sam Cooke, and Chuck Berry, to name a few. He also played frequently with his well known father, saxophonist Paul Hucklebuck Williams. Earl’s credits include TV, radio, and Broadway. He is currently an instructor at CW Post College.

After receiving his Masters degree from Manhattan School of Music, Peter played with the Bronx Symphony, Greenwich Village Symphony, Ain’t Misbehavin,’ and Phantom of the Opera. He also taught for five years at the State University of NY at New Paltz on the jazz faculty. Performance credits include Etta Jones, Houston Person, Nat Adderly, Ray Bryant, Winard Harper, Michael Carvin, Claudio Roditi, Donald Harrison, Hank Crawford, Richard Wyands, Gloria Lynn, Frank Wess, Grady Tate, Kenny Washington, Melvin Sparks, Lorez Alexandria, and Della Griffin.

After moving to New York from San Francisco, native Minnesotan Jane Hastay earned her Masters degree from Manhattan School of Music. She has appeared at the Blue Note, The Lennox Lounge, The Five Spot, DeFemios and the New Haven and Newark Jazz Festivals, with the Kit McClure Big Band, Etta Jones, the Michael Carvin Quartet, Frank Wess, Houston Person, and Della Griffin. Jane is currently the organist at St. Therese of Lisieux church in Montauk.

Most babies start out babbling words like “Mama & Dada” but Toby Altman’s first words were a jazzy interpretation of the Campbells’ soup commercial, “Mmmmm good.”

Everyone’s journey has different callings and she is simply answering the loudest and clearest one.

Toby has sung at the Blue Note, the Green Street Cafe, and Mikells, in NY, and performed at several annual appearances of the NY Women's Jazz Festival at Lincoln Center. Touring the Caribbean and Asia taught her that the international language is MUSIC. Now Toby has chosen to live on the North Fork where it all began.