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Rahul Shah - Saxophone

Rahul Shah is an award-winning saxophonist based in New York City. Having recently graduated from the Manhattan School of Music, he is currently a resident saxophone, flute, and clarinet instructor at several private schools around the city. Alongside his current position, Rahul maintains a full performing and private teaching schedule with notable performances at venues across the city such as Smalls, Birdland, Dizzy’s Coca-Cola Club, The Django, and Winnie’s Jazz Bar. Most recently, Rahul made his international debut having received first place at the 2024 Carinthia International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Additionally, Rahul was awarded second place at the 2025 Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium Jazz Competition. Rahul has had the privilege to play in several professional ensembles including the Mingus Big Band and the Jason Marshall Big Band, as well as alongside prominent musicians Jeb Patton, Pasquale Grasso, Jaleel Shaw, Marcus Printup, and Wycliffe Gordon. 
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Steven Feifke - Piano

Steven Feifke is a GRAMMY Award winning bandleader, composer, and arranger.Steven Feifke is a GRAMMY Award-winning bandleader, composer and arranger. Heralded as a “masterful pianist” (JAZZIZ), Feifke has been featured on prominent news and television outlets including NBC, FOX, and CBS. His impressive resume includes collaborations with jazz icons such as Wynton Marsalis and Christian McBride, as well as renowned ensembles like the Metropole Orkest, NY Pops and the Toronto Symphony. Feifke’s music has received praise for its “infectious joy” (DownBeat Magazine) and has toured extensively throughout the world including Thailand, Italy, Canada, Colombia and Ecuador. His new trio album The Role of the Rhythm Section Vol. II captures the more intimate side of his artistry in a fresh take on the classic piano trio. As a Yamaha Performing Artist, an Avid Sibelius Artist, Feifke has appeared on over 45 albums to date. He has also written music for hit TV shows like The Masked Singer, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Impractical Jokers, Animaniacs, and several award-winning short films. Feifke is a sought after educator, and has previously held a professorship of Harmony and Jazz Composition at Berklee College Of Music. He has also been invited to give guest lectures and Artist in Residencies at institutions including Juilliard, Yale University, Jazz At Lincoln Center, New York University, UT Austin, Northern Illinois University, and more. With a digital presence spanning an audience of over 85,000, Feifke’s online education platform for big band and orchestral composition and arranging, Lead Sheet to Large Ensemble, is one of the largest of its kind worldwide. In his free time, he enjoys jogging, reading, and playing chess.
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Gavin Gray - Bass

Gavin Gray began his musical journey studying classical bass with Susan Powell, earning the assistant principal chair in the All Nationals Symphony Orchestra. He pivoted his focus to jazz performance during high school upon winning the Outstanding Bassist award at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington competition and being introduced to an inspiring nationwide network of young jazz musicians. He proceeded to be named a National Youngarts Winner in jazz and earn admittance to the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Jeff Campbell.

During his undergraduate studies, Gavin was selected as a member of the Jazz at Aspen Snowmass big band directed by Christian McBride and named an Outstanding Soloist award winner in Downbeat Magazine's student music awards. After graduating in 2023, Gavin relocated to New York City to pursue a graduate degree and serve as a graduate adjunct instructor at New York University.

He has performed residencies at the Guimares Jazz Festival in Portugal with the Tommaso Perazzo quintet and Caroga Lake Music Festival with Laufey, Eddie Barbash and Kyle Athayde; gone on tour with the Emma Hedrick Quintet culminating in a mainstage concert at the Elkhart jazz Festival and a sold out Indianapolis Jazz Kitchen performance; performed with Rich Thompson's Trio Generations at the 2023 Rochester Jazz Festival; and made regular appearances at Winnies Jazz Bar in New York City with saxophonist Rahul Shah. He is currently based in New York City, where he maintains a regular performance schedule with a variety of artists and is preparing for the release of his recently-recorded debut album.
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Sam Bolduc - Drums

Samuel was born and raised in a musical family (his dad was a guitar player) which led him to the drums at age 7. Until the age of 19, Samuel was very active and in demand in various projects including recording studios all over Montreal. In 2017, he pursued his studies in Boston at Berklee college of music where he studied with the great Ralph Peterson Jr. Sam. Got to perform in various places with Ralph such as: Bern Jazz festival, DC jazz festival, Dizzies and Scullers. Samuel got involved in many different projects at Wally's Jazz Café where he would perform on a daily basis with people like Jason Palmer, Kevin Harris and tenor Noah Preminger. After graduating from Berklee College of music, he then pursues his musical career in New-York city where he gets to perform with the likes of Curtis Lundy, Stacy Dillard, Victor Gould, Richie Goods, Pat Bianchi, Eric Wheeler, Craig Handy, Steve Wilson, Lonnie Plaxico, Dezron Douglas, Paul Bollenback, Harvie

S., Josh Evans, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Anthony Wonsey, Sheryl bailey and many others. In the summer of 2023 Samuel was selected amongst thousands of candidates to attend the famous Jazz in Aspen music program where he got to learn from the legendary bassist Christian McBride.

Samuel has played in countries such as Canada, USA, France, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and the Netherlands.
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