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Mary ann McSweeney has accompanied Dizzy Gillespie, Joanne Brackeen, Lee Konitz, Gil Goldstein, Bucky Pizzarelli and has played for conductors Leonard Bernstein, Lalo Schifrin and John Williams.
She has performed at the White House with the Eli Yamin Quintet and at the Kennedy Center with the Clayton/Hamilton Orchestra. She was musical director/arranger for three shows at Birdland and has played more than 45 Broadway shows.
Big Band credits include "Maiden Voyage", "Diva", her own quintet at the Seixal Jazz Festival in Portugal and the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center.
Her orchestrations can be heard on Chita Rivera’s CD “Now I Swing” and her version of “Avenue Q Swings” is available on iTunes.
Other Notable credits: Renee Rosnes, Vic Juris, Ken Peplowski, Dennis Mackrel, Lewis Nash, Larry Goldings And a european tour with David Krakauer’s "Klezmer Madness" and five-time Tony award winning vocalist Audra McDonald.
Mary Ann's original music can be heard on the documentary Film “From Allegiance to Broadway. "
Kelly Green has appeared at The Kennedy Center. the Blue Note, the DC Jazz Festival the Bahrain International Jazz Festival, And has sold out Dizzy’s Club, Birdland Theater and Timucua Arts Center.
international tours include performances in Slovenia, Czechia, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium and Greece She has also given many appearances throughout the U.S.
In 2025 Kelly and her band were awarded the South Arts/Jazz Roads Touring Grant, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable FoundatioN.
She has performed and recorded with Rich Perry, Steve Wilson, Scott Robinson, Christian McBride, George Coleman and Billy Hart, with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Jenny Hill has performed at the Blue Note in NYC, the CIVEBRA music conference in Brazil, Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn’s Ethical Cultural Society, the Metrotech concert series, Urban League of Cincinnati Gala, Club Infinu, Clube do Choro, Gates Pub in Brasilia, and many New York jazz venues.
A Berklee graduate, Jenny has been the recipient of multiple honors, including a 2023 "Performance Plus" grant from Chamber Music America, a National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Studies grant with Joe Lovano, and the 2023 Arts Alive grant from Westchester Arts Council.
Jenny was winner of the JAZZIZ Woodwinds On Fire competition and the Lennie Johnson Outstanding Musician scholarship from Berklee College.
Her band, Liquid horn, has released 5 Cds: "Floating," "Groove Garden," "The Chill Factor," "Planet Sax" and "Liquid Horn. "
Lois Hicks-Wozniak Has been broadcast on New York Public Radio and has shared the stage with diverse acts from Manhattan Transfer to Milton Berle.
She made her new York Recital Debut at Carnegie Hall After winning the Special Presentation Winners Recital Series sponsored by Artists International Presentations.
Lois has commissioned many new works for saxophone. She was soloist and principal saxophonist with the New Jersey Wind Symphony from 2005-2018.
Lois served active duty for eight years in the U.S. Army as saxophonist with the United States Military Academy Band at West Point and the West Point Saxophone Quartet. She was featured soloist at the World Saxophone Congress in Montreal with the West Point Concert Band.
Lois now applies her formidable technique to playing jazz and has performed on numerous occasions with the Jazzwomen and other groups in the tri state area.
her also leads own group, "Hot Wrk ensemble."
Janice Friedman has been performing, accompanying and teaching since her early teens.
She graduated with honors in jazz studies from Indiana University and upon returning to the east coast toured with the Woody Herman Orchestra.
Janice is an established New York city jazz pianist with steady engagements, performing notable concerts AS A SOLOIST with her trio and WITH big bands.
She has performed in many famed CIty jazz clubs and establishments and keeps a non-stop busy schedule throughout the year.
