Steph Johnson
Winner of the 2010 San Diego Music Award for Best Jazz Album, winner of the inaugural SD Magazine Songwriting Competition and multiple SD Music Award nominee, Steph Johnson is that rare panoramic talent that captures your attention from the first note. Blending Blues, Soul, Jazz and R&B, Johnson's robust emotional presence is sure to linger with listeners just as long as her voice of arousing distinction.
Backed by a Grammy Award Winning band (Ike Turner, Anoushka Shankar), she has been blessed with the opportunity to share the stage with many, including jazz legend Stanley Clarke, Latin jazz artist Poncho Sanchez, and Hidden Beach recording artist Cody Chesnutt.
Recently North County Times declared, "San Diego has never had a singer with the kind of soul that Johnson possesses."
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 Leo Dombecki
Leo is a multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer born in Detroit. Leo spent a decade becoming a fixture on the Midwest music scene, opening concerts for diverse artists such as Ray Charles, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon, and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. He relocated to Southern California in 2003 to play saxophone with Rock & Roll legend Ike Turner and the Kings Of Rhythm. Leo worked with Ike until his passing in 2007, touring Europe and Asia as well as performing as saxophone soloist on the Grammy award-winning "Rising With The Blues" album, on which he also contributed the horn arrangements.
In 2004, Leo was fortunate to become a student of "The Godfather of World Music", Pandit Ravi Shankar. Since then he has studied with the maestro both in California and India, and assisted him during the composition of 2009's "Nada Bharatam" performed at the Hollywood Bowl's "India Calling" concert and "Symphony for Sitar and Orchestra" debuted in London by the London Philharmonic in July 2010. In 2006 he was invited to perform with the Anoushka Shankar Project on piano and live electronics, touring the U.S., Canada, Europe, India, Japan, Australia (including her sold-out 2008 debut at the Sydney Opera House), Taiwan and Singapore. Leo has been Steph Johnson's keyboard accompanist since 2004, recording on her debut album "Genesee Avenue", and collaborating with Steph and co-producing her award-winning "Mysterious Feminine" album.
 Jesse Charnow
Jesse began studying drums from private teachers at the age of 7. At 13, he was performing professionally throughout Southern California. He has studied and played with Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Tim Shea, Richard Wilson, Zoro, Chuck Silverman, the Mira Costa Jazz Band, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the California Symphony Orchestra, and rock legend Ike Turner.
His performances cover a broad spectrum of music, including classical symphonic works, jazz, world fusion, blues, funk and rock. Jesse has performed in many countries; The United States, Canada, Australia, India, Thailand, Scandinavia, The United Kingdom and throughout Europe. In addition to recording and touring with Singer/Songwriter Steph Johnson, he has remained involved in various recording projects, live performance and education.
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