Brass Transit
Q: What happens when eight of Canada’s most in demand musicians + singers gather together out of a common love for the greatest jazz rock group of all time?
A: Brass Transit – Toronto’s dynamic, crowd-pleasing, studio-tight Chicago tribute! The band’s show includes all the hits from Chicago’s golden age, 1969-1976. With a world-class horn section, a rocking rhythm section and vocals stacked sky high; Brass Transit transports its audience back to the freewheeling days of the seventies. The band includes veterans of hall-of–fame rock and soul acts like the drifters, Sam & Dave, Aretha franklin, Ben E. King, The Marvelettes, Frankie Valli, Mary Wilson, Martha Reeves, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Del Shannon and The Mamas & The Papas.
Brass Transit Members
NEIL DONELL • LEAD VOCALS
CANADA’S MOST RECORDED VOICE
THIS CANADIAN IDOL REGULAR’S 4-OCTAVE RANGE AND GIFT FOR MIMICRY HAVE ENABLED HIM TO REMAIN ACTIVE IN RECORDS, FILM + TELEVISION FOR OVER 25 YEARS
TONY CARLUCCI • TRUMPET
VETERAN STUDIO MUSICIAN + BAND LEADER
COREY HART, SPOONS, FROZ EN GHOST, ZAPPACOSTA, FABULOU STHUNDERBIRDS, DRIFTERS, DON RICKLES, CANADIANIDOL, S YNTHETIC EARTH
DON BREITHAUPT • KEYBOARDS + BACKING VOCALS
JUNO AWARD NOMINEE, SOCAN AWARD WINNER
SASS JORDAN, KIM MITCHELL, RIK EMMETT, MARC JORDAN, CHUCK BERRY, MONKEY HOUSE, AMY SKY, WENDY LANDS, ZAPPACOSTA, SAM MOORE, DRIFTERS, PLATTERS
PAUL DELONG • DRUMS
JUNO AWARD WINNER, JAZZ EDUCATOR
KIM MITCHELL, DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS, TOM SCOT T, ROGER HODGSON, RENT, HAIRSPRAY, THE LION KING, TOMMY, TOM SCOTT, DOMENIC TROIANO, GOWAN
DOUG GIBSON • TROMBONE
LOW BRASS SPECIALIST
LIGHTHOUSE, NATALIE COLE, ARETHA FRANKLIN, MANHATTAN TRANSFER, FRANKIE VALLI, PAUL ANKA, 5TH DIMENSION, BOSS BRASS, SPAMALOT, DIRTY DANCING
BOB McALPINE • GUI TAR + BACKING VOCALS
VERSATI LE VETERAN ROCKER
GOWAN, RIKEMMETT, CANADIAN IDOL, WE WILL ROCK YOU, HAIRSPRAY, MARTHA REEVES, LITTLE ANTHONY + THE IMPERIALS, MARY WILSON, RICH LITTLE, JOAN RIVERS
PHIL POPPA • SAXOPHONES + BACKING VOCALS
MULTI -WOODWIND SIDEMAN
SPOONS, FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS, GLASS TIGER, ZAPPACOSTA, PARTLAND BROTHERS, FROZ EN GHOST, BOB HOPE, DINAH CHRISTIE, GEORGE OLIVER, REFLECTIONS
JAY SPEZIALE • BASS + BACKING VOCALS
RHYTHM + BLUES MASTER
SASS JORDAN, BEN E. K ING, DEL SHANNON, TOMMY ROE, MARVELETTES, FREDDY CANNON, MAMAS + THE PAPAS, PETER NOONE, ROBBIE LANE + THE DISCIPLES