Strings (Bass, Guitar, Violin, Viola, Cello)

Tomas Janzon graduated from The Royal Conservatory in Stockholm with a Master degree in Music Education and earned a Master Degree with honors in Classical Guitar Performance at USC Thornton School of Music. Teaching experience includes colleges, high schools, and private students from beginning to doctorate level. Tomas Janzon has also conducted clinics in the US, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Norway, and Sweden. He is an international recording jazz artist and he performs classical solo guitar recitals. He is also a composer, arranger and is a published author in several music publications.

Alex Cano is a New York based folk/alternative rock solo artist. Studying music since the age of 5, he began his professional music career as a drummer in his mid teens. He has since lent his multi-instrument skills to a myriad of musical projects, eventually falling in love with songwriting and shifting his focus toward his own solo career shortly after graduating college.

​Cano’s sound has been described as a cross pollination between high energy alternative rock, and reflective folk/roots rock with a touch of outlaw country. His soulful baritone voice (often compared to those of Jim Morrison, Johnny Cash, and Eddie Vedder) makes you feel his honest stories of resilience and survivorship. Significant influences include Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton, and Soundgarden.

​Alex’s debut album ‘Every Rise of the Sun’ was released June 25, 2019. Co-Produced by Cano and his cousin Nick Sochan, and a majority of the instrumentation performed by Cano himself, it has since been featured in publications such as Paste Magazine and Indie Current. LEading up to and following its release, Cano has toured the United States in support of the record. Still active, the tour has spanned over 50 cities, and has been highlighted by performances such as Pleasantville Music Festival.

Violinist Wei Tan holds the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Manhattan School of Music, where she studied under the tutelage of Stanley Bednar. She has also studied with Joey Corpus, and Weigang Li of the Shanghai String Quartet. As a soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Tan has performed regularly in the United States as well as in China. She made her New York debut at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall in 2002.

Born into a family of musicians in Shanghai, Ms. Tan began her violin studies at the age of three with her father, Guo-Zhang Tan, and grandfather, Shu-Chen Tan. Her grandfather was a renowned violinist, an influential educator, and held the position of Deputy Director of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music between 1949-1984. At age thirteen, she made her public debut in a live concert performing Lalo Symphonie Espagnole as soloist on the Shanghai Radio Station.

For more than a decade, Ms. Tan has earned many awards, beginning as a grant recipient of the Music for the World Foundation and the Blue Ridge Foundation, and continuing as a winner of the Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition and as a Special Award winner of the 2001-2002 Artists International Presentation Series.

Ms. Tan’s solo and chamber music performances have been broadcast on WQXR, the Hong Kong Radio Station, and the Shanghai Classical Music Television network. Currently, she is on the faculty of the Weston Music Center and School of Performing Arts in Connecticut and the Crestwood Music Education Center.

As the co-founder of the New York International Artists Association, Ms. Tan acts as the Artistic Director of the organization.

Tom Rubertone began his music career as a rock guitarist and expanded his musical studies to Jazz guitar, Classical piano and violin, as well as Jazz, Celtic, Klezmer and Bluegrass fiddle. In 1982, he graduated from the Westchester Conservatory of Music/Mercy College with a Bachelor’s Degree and Music Dep’t Gold Medal. He remained at the Conservatory as a theory and ear-training instructor, and taught privately, in music stores, and in parochial schools in Westchester and the Bronx. In the 1980s he performed guitar, electric violin and keyboards in various ensembles and wedding bands. In 1991 he graduated from Pace University School of Law, while continuing to play guitar and electric violin at local venues and weddings. He currently performs at restaurants and private events, teaches guitar, violin and piano, and maintains a part-time law practice in real estate.

Cellist Marc Tagle graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Cello Performance, studying with Irene Sharp, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has participated in chamber music seminars with the Amadeus String Quartet, the Muir String Quartet, and the Audubon String Quartet. He has also performed at festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, California Summer Music, and Le Domaine Forget Festival.
He has been heard live on WQXR and Hong Kong Radio 4. His awards include first prize in the Kohl Mansion Chamber Music Competition in 1996 and second prize in the San Francisco Conservatory Concerto Competition in 1995. He has performed on Broadway shows such as “Matilda” and “The Phantom of the Opera.”

As a teacher, Marc enjoys guiding students through their musical discoveries, inspired by his many wonderful musical influences.

Jackie Freimor started performing as a singer/guitarist as a child, and she played her first professional gig at age 15. For several years, she studied classical and fingerstyle jazz guitar with jazz guitarist, arranger, and author Howard Morgen. She taught herself to play piano, ukulele, lute, and viola da gamba, and she has performed extensively as a solo artist, in alternative rock bands, and in a medieval and Renaissance music group. Jackie is an early childhood music educator as well, having been awarded Level I and Level II teacher certification in the early childhood music program Music Together, and she currently teaches the curriculum and is a Music Together teacher trainer.

Acclaimed Boston-born guitarist and composer Mitch Selib has been a highly sought after collaborator in the greater New England area since graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2017, and is now part of the thriving musical community of Brooklyn, New York. Since completing his studies at Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory, Mitch has been given opportunities to perform and record with musical luminaries like Jerry Bergonzi, NoahPreminger, and Terence Blanchard. Mitch also frequently works with the Grammy Award-Winning “8-Bit Big Band”, under the direction of Broadway arranger Charlie Rosen. In addition to maintaining an active performance schedule, Mitch has worked as a guitar teacher for close to a decade, instructing students of all ages and abilities.

Hailing from Hartford, CT, Tony Davis is an internationally acclaimed guitarist, vocalist, composer, and producer based in New York City. He has performed at prestigious venues such as The Blue Note, The Village Vanguard, Smalls, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and Birdland, and at major festivals including the Newport Jazz Festival and the Greater Hartford Jazz Festival. In 2016, he was recognized as a rising star guitarist at the Wes Montgomery Tribute Festival in Indianapolis, IN performing alongside legends of jazz guitar such as Bobby Broom, Peter Bernstein and Pat Martino.

Tony’s music seamlessly blends elements of various Latin traditions, folk, rock, and classical music into his deep roots in jazz and blues, contributing a unique and compelling voice to contemporary music. He has recently led performances in Mexico, Chile, and Paris, and over the years, he has shared the stage with notable musicians like Anderson .Paak, Christian McBride, Joe Farnsworth, George Coleman, Abraham Burton, Sullivan Fortner and Harold Maeburn.

In 2020, he signed with the acclaimed record label Posi-Tone and released his debut album, Golden Year, which features an all-star lineup including Dezron Douglas, Eric McPherson, Steve Davis, Alina Engibaryan, JK Kim, Steve Wilson, and David Bryant. His unique style and musical prowess quickly garnered attention, cementing his place as a significant contemporary artist. In 2022, Davis furthered his career by signing with La Reserve Records, a leading force in modern genre-crossing music. His first release on the label was Daring Two Be, a duet album with Brazilian vocalist Jamile Ayres. This was followed by Cloud Nova (2024), a full-length album that marked his first major foray into the singer-songwriter realm while still rooted in jazz. His next album, Jessamine—a deeply personal and stylistically expansive project—is set for release in Fall 2025.

Davis’ ongoing contributions to the music scene reflect his dynamic artistry and his commitment to pushing the boundaries of contemporary jazz and beyond.