About

Victor North

Saxophonist Victor North moved to Philadelphia from Girdwood, Alaska, after a year at Mason Gross School Of The Arts at Rutgers University and has been a staple on the Philadelphia Jazz Scene for 25 plus years, leading his own groups and working as a sideman. Currently a member of Joey DeFrancesco’s “Philly Trio”, since August of 2018, Victor has performed and/or recorded with Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Big Band, Elio Villafranca, Charles Fambrough, John Swana, Terell Stafford, Mickey Roker, Duane Eubanks, among others, and recently performed at New York City’s famed, Blue Note Jazz Club, as a  new member of Odean Pope’s Saxophone Choir. Victor can also be heard on Lucas Brown’s recently released CD, Skyviews.

Byron Landham

Byron Christopher Landham, known as "Wookie," was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 16th, 1969. He took an interest in drums at the age of 7 and studied classical percussion and jazz drumming at the Settlement Music School. He became a top call on the Philly jazz scene and has recorded on at least fifty CDs and played with many renowned musicians such as Betty Carter, George Coleman, Bobby Hutcherson, Joey DeFrencesco, Frank Wes, Pat Martino, Cyrus Chestnut, Russell Malone, Ruth Naomi Floyd, Hannibal Lokumbe and the Liberation Orchestra, and Dave Sanborn. He's currently on faculty at Temple University, Philadelphia (PA) as an adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies for Drumming and teaches drums and Jazz combo at the "We Love Jazz" summer music camp and jazz festival in Isola Del Cantone (Italy).

Lucas Brown

Lucas Brown is a performing artist, composer and educator who actively performs both Jazz and classical music and has performed around the US and Canada at venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kimmel Center, the Jazz Standard and the Blue Note, as well as in Europe and Asia. He is a member of the faculty at Temple University’s Esther Boyer College of Music, holds a BM in Jazz Performance from Temple University and a MM in Organ Performance from Westminster Choir College. He has performed with Joey DeFrancesco, Pat Martino, Eric Alexander, Terell Stafford, Gerald Veasley and is a sideman on numerous recordings. He is currently touring with the Joey DeFrancesco trio and will be featured on Joey’s upcoming album, More Music. He also serves as organist at the First Presbyterian Church of Haddonfield, NJ, and historic Christ Church in Philadelphia. His compositions have been presented throughout the US and Europe.

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