Drumset

After playing some of the most renowned venues in the world such as the Istanbul Jazz Festival, Singapore Jazz Festival, Java Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Playboy Jazz Festival, and The Blue Note in New York, Emrah Kotan is one of the most sought after musicians in the Atlanta music scene. His unique musical ability transcends many genres and cultures. He is involved in various musical projects, including his own, and is the drummer/percussionist for Grammy Award winning artist India Arie, as well as Emmy and Grammy Award winning artist, Jennifer Holliday. Emrah is the Director of the Jazz and World Percussion Ensembles at Agnes Scott College and teaches Jazz Drum Set, the Latin Ensemble, and the Drumset Combo at Jacksonville State University in Alabama. Emrah Kotan proudly endorses Pearl drums and percussion and is a voting member of The Recording Academy.

Percussion

Latin Percussionist Frankie Quinones is an independent Atlanta, GA-based Latin and World Percussionist with a passion for playing all styles of music. Born and raised in Buffalo, NY he has been playing drums and hand percussion since the age of four years old. In 1999 Frankie was accepted and entered on scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA where he studied drum set and percussion with Giovanni Hidalgo, Eguie Castrillo, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, Francisco Mela, Ernesto Diaz, Kenwood Dennard and Victor Mendoza.

Bass

Bassist Andy Eulau is a musical product of the vast diversity that defines his native New York metropolitan area. As a 2019 transplant tothe Atlanta Georgia area, he enjoys increasing his musical palette and sharing his varied skill set with others in his new home. A veteran of the New York music scene, his “drive and rich sound” (Downbeat Magazine) led to associations with the Village Vanguard Orchestra, the BMI Jazz Orchestra, Gene Bertoncini, S.Y.O.T.O.S., and the Gary Morgan Pan-American Big Band, as well as several theater and symphony orchestras. Andy has performed in concert halls and jazz clubs in the USA, Europe, Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East with a long list of artists, most notably Ray Barretto, Anthony Braxton, Freddie Bryant and Bobby Sanabria. Recording credits include dates with the Bill Charlap Trio, Cliff Korman and the Brazilian Tinge, and the Anthony Braxton Quartet. Mr. Eulau holds a Master of Music degree from world-renowned North Texas University, winning awards in both the Jazz and Classical performance areas. His teaching is informed by extensive experience at New York University, Rutgers University, Kean University, Drew University, and New Jersey City University, where he taught applied lessons in Classical and Jazz Double Bass and Bass Guitar; conducted and coached combo and big band, orchestra and chamber groups as well as Jazz Improvisation and Jazz History classes.

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