Sunpie Barnes

Band Leader

Barnes, in addition to being a musician and composer, is a naturalist, a full-time National Park ranger, a black-and-white portrait photographer, a television and film actor and a former professional football player with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Joe Dyson

Drums

New Orleans native Joe Dyson has certainly been one to watch.

Ellis Marsalis

Piano

Active since the late 1940s, Marsalis came to greater attention in the 1980s and 1990s as the patriarch of a musical family, with sons Branford Marsalis and Wynton Marsalis rising to international acclaim.

Mitchell Player

Bass

David Bandrowski

Guitar

A "savvy" and decidedly versatile guitarist" - Sing Out Magazine

Donald Harrison

Saxophone

Harrison has nurtured a number of young musicians including the young Grammy-nominated trumpeter Christian Scott (Harrison's nephew), as well as Mark Whitfield, Cyrus Chestnut, Christian McBride, and The Notorious B.I.G.