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Dalton Ridenhour, Piano 

Dalton Ridenhour has been a student of the ragtime and stride piano traditions for over 30 years. His career has spanned a variety of notable venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Town Hall, Birdland, The Newport Jazz Festival, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, The Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival, The West Coast Ragtime Festival, The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, and The Blind Boone Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival. Dalton lives in New York City and performs locally and internationally with various groups including The Lovestruck Balladeers, Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks, Naomi and Her Handsome Devils, Mike Davis and The New Wonders, Goodbye Picasso, and Mona's Hot Four. He has a solo album, "Eccentricity," on the Rivermont Records label.

Danny Coots, Drums

Danny began playing drums at age 6. He attended The Crane School of Music and St. Lawrence University. And has served as adjunct faculty member, at Clarkson, St. Lawrence, Potsdam State Universities. Moving to Nashville gave him the opportunity to be one of the founders of Titan Hot Seven. He has performed in more than 100 countries with the most notable head-liner jazz stars. He has played on hundreds of recordings and won Grammy in 2005.

Today, he is the most requested drummer on the jazz circuit. Danny Coots is every musicians’ dream percussionist. He has been praised by fellow instrumentalists, singers, and audience members all over the world. His undeniable sense of timing combined with his incredible sensitivity to the overall musical canvas allows him to blend seamlessly into just about any rhythmic setting.