About M.six

SHELDON TRIPI	SHELDON TRIPI (BASS) Sheldon started playing bass at age 13, by listening to Iron Maiden. He played along to recordings of Steve Harris until his fingers bled. He went on to high school, where he began to play in musicals which led to the jazz band. From there, he studied classical bass through college. He became interested in jazz and funk, which changed a lot of influences for him in terms of bass styles. Sheldon listened to numerous funk and jazz players to broaden his walking and thumb technique. Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, and Oteil Burbridge, have changed the way he approaches music. Some of the bands he has played with are: Bob Prong, Communication Breakdown (Zeppelin tribute), Abby's Cafe, and The Nate Rawls Band. Currently he plays with The Half Ton Horns, The Brad Batz Group, and LongTripJonny(original band).

ANNA MANSO	ANNA MANSO (VOCAL) Annamaria Manso (Lead/Background Vocals) Annamaria has been one of the premiere vocalists in Rochester, NY for decades. Annamaria is originally from NYC and is currently a teacher and administrator for the Rochester City Schools. Anna studied vocal performance and theater in NYC. She is an explosive talent that M6 is lucky to have!

BRIAN KING	BRIAN KING (DRUMS) Brian holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music with a major in percussion from Nazareth College and currently is a band director at Athena Middle School in Greece, NY. He has had the pleasure of playing with several local bands as well as national acts such as Martha Reeves, Joey Dee, Dave Brigatti, Bobby Valli, and others, as a drummer and baritone sax player and singer. Brian is also a founding member of The Half Ton Horns, an 11-piece Funk, Soul, Rhythm and Roll band also from Rochester. His influences include Dave Garibaldi from Tower of Power, Steve Gadd and Neil Peart. Most of Brian’s percussion background is in the area of marching percussion where he was a member and teacher in drum and bugle corps for 30 years.

JARED STREIF	JARED STREIF (PERCUSSION/TRUMPET) Jared received his undergraduate and Master’s Degree’s from Nazareth College of Rochester in Music Education. Although his major instrument of study was Percussion, he also minored in trumpet and piano with a concentration in Jazz and Performance. During this time, he studied with Kristen Shiner-McGuire, David Mancini and Rich Thompson on Percussion and Drum-set, as well as Dr. Paul Smoker on Trumpet. Currently, Jared enjoys teaching at Hilton High School as a Band Director, as well as being an avid music arranger for various groups in Rochester.

STEPHEN SIEGEL	STEPHEN SIEGEL (KEYS) Stephen was born in Philadelphia where he started studying saxophoneand piano at an early age. He played in a number of jazz, pop and R&Bgroups through high school, and then moved to Rochester to attend the U ofR. Stephen returned to Rochester in 2004 and became a member of the localbands M-Six and The Half Ton Horns. Musical influences include Buddy Guy,Chester Thompson, Billy Preston and Ray Charles.

TYLER GAULDIN	TYLER GAULDIN (SAX) Tyler is a current student at the Eastman School of Music working towards a Bachelor's degree in both Music Education and Classical Performance. Other than being a full time student, he has been a part of many other performing groups such as Dubblestuff (an original band), The Greece Jazz Band, Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra, Tanglewood Youth Wind Ensemble, New City Band, and the Russell Scarborough Big Band. He has also worked with artists such as Matt Cattingub, Louis Nash, Bob Sneider, Jeff Campbell, David Baker, Bill Cunliffe and Jeff Clayton.

SETH SEALFON	SETH SEALFON (GUITAR) Seth has been playing guitar for over 20 years. He has been a member of various Rock, Jazz and Groove Rock Bands in Rochester over the past 15 years. Although "brought up" on Rock and Roll, Seth is a devoted Jazz Guitar student. Influences include Jim Hall, Joe Pass, Ed Bickert, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, Bill Evans, Chet Baker etc. Seth has been playing with the Brad Batz Jazz Group for about 10 years and the Half Ton Horns for the past 3 years.