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Roger comes from a family of musicians and drummers, with influences from Mozart, Gershwin
and Miles Davis. He played as a studio musician with jazz artist Vickie Cole in Houston, Texas. As part
of Portland’s Rose City Kings, Roger produced and engineered the bands three albums. He and Ron have played together
for the last twelve years in the Portland area. Roger has played at all over the West Coast including Jazz Alley in Seattle
and Biscuits and Blues in San Francisco as well as Portland’s Aladdin and Roseland venues in addition to Vancouver’s
Wine and Jazz Festival. Roger studied sound engineering in college and has his own recording studio. He enjoys writing
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Debby comes to the Portland area from Seattle where she started playing piano at 8 years of age. Influenced
by Gershwin, Debussy, Ramsey Lewis and Elton John, Debby has had an eclectic professional career. From
playing Gospel music in local churches to playing cabaret in downtown Seattle she has always found music to be a passion.
Musical theatre experience included Hello Dolly, Annie, Chess and Guys and Dolls. More recently she played at Highway 99 Blues
Club with a local Seattle band called The Love Doctors. Debby has taught music in various forms for over 20 years both instrumental
and choral; has written a full-length musical in addition to songwriting and arranging. Debby is an Assistant Professor of
Education at Seattle Pacific University and lives in Vancouver, WA. |
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Originally from a small ski resort town in northwestern Montana, Max Kutzman began playing music at age 14. His first
musical experiences were jamming around the fire while camping with friends. This newfound creative outlet developed
into a full fledged passion for music. Soon after, Max began playing guitar in a local band. In the fall of 2004
he began to seriously study the electric bass. Suddenly he found himself gigging at local clubs and decided to pursue
music as his life's work. Due to an intense desire to become an outstanding musician, Max moved to Los Angeles in the
fall of 2006 to attend Musicians Institute. He received instruction from L.A.'s finest working bassists and gained invaluable
touring and playing experience in many styles. He has worked with a diverse group of artists: San Diego country
singer Candace Graham: Peyman Montezemi's "Persian Rock"; Arkansas blues man Kory Montgomery; and ex greyboy Allstars'
drummer Zak Najor just to name a few. Having graduated from Musicians Institute, Max had moved to Portland to pursue
electric and stand up bass in his new group Rachichi. |
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Eran Schweitzer's bio will be coming soon. He will join Rachichi as a guitarist May 2010. We look forward to that
time. |
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