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Jerry Lopez
Founder and Leader of Santa Fe, has toured and performed as a featured sideman with Tom Scott, Bill Champlin, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, and many others. He has recorded with just about all of his heroes, and worked as Musical Director for countless big production shows, bands, and touring acts. He just finished a six year run performing with Clint Holmes at Harrah's Las Vegas, and works as a staff producer, writer and vocalist/musicians for "Alchemy Productions LLC, and Manteca Music Inc. For more go to JerryLopez.com
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Lenny Lopez
Lenny started performing at the age of 12 with his brothers (Jerry & Gilbert) and father (Gilbert) in a band called Los Hermanitos Lopez y la Compania in 1970. The band moved to Las Vegas in 1972 and changed its name to Santa Fe. Santa Fe still performs at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas every Monday night from 10:30 pm to 1:30 am. The only original members are Lenny and his brother Jerry who is the leader of the band. It is now a 14 piece horn band with six horns, three percussionists, two keyboardists, four lead singers a bass player and Jerry on guitar.
Lenny has worked with a number of high profile artists such as:
Luis Miguel - Warner recording artist - Aries World Tour 1994, Segundo Romance World Tour 1995 and El Concierto World Tour 1996
Clint Holmes - 2000-2005 - Clint Holmes Theater/Harrah's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas
Andre Agassi - Charitable Foundation’s 5th Annual Grand Slam for Children with: Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Elton John, Gloria Estefan, LeAnn Rimes, and David Foster
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation, 2000 with: David Pack, Ellis Hall, Clint Holmes.
For more on Lenny go to LennyLopez.com
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Jamie Hosmer
Jamie is a keyboardist/vocalist and a producer who has been performing for over 20 years. Originally from Springfield, Massachusetts, Jamie has live in Las Vegas, NV since the year 2000.
He spent many years traveling the United States and Europe performing in production shows and show bands. Some of his more memorable experiences include a tour of Europe with the "Dirty Dancing Concert Tour"; backing up many of Las Vegas top entertainers for the "Benefit for the USO" in September of 2001, playing keyboards in the production of "STORM", at the Mandalay Bay Hoyel & Casino, and spending a couple of years playing keyboards and singing with Headliner "Clint Holmes" in the Clint Holmes Theater at Harrah's Hotel & Casino, a show that was televised by PBS.
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Gabriel Santana Falcon
Drummer/Percussionist/BG Vocalist for various American and Latin musical groups, Television Shows, Theater Shows, and Independent Record labels.
These are just a third of the artists Gabe has performed with over the years: Clint Holmes,Martin Nivera, Patti Austin, John St. Peters, Steve Lawrence, The Scintas, Marilynn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr., Lalo Guerrero,Eastside Connection, Tony Banda (Poncho Sanchez), Mercy & The Merkettes, Hubert Tubbs (Tower of Power), Miguel Gutierrez (George Shearing), Ronnie Gutierrez (Claire Fisher), Johnny Avila & Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez (Oingo Boingo), Marlene Ricci (Frank Sinatra),Big Joe Turner, The Crests, Michito Sanchez (John Denver), Brandon Fields (Barry Manilow).
To see and read more about Gabe, go to GSFMusic.com
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Nathan Tanouye
Born in Platteville, Wisconsin in 1974, Nathan began studying music in elementary school, first with piano lessons and later on trombone. At age 11 he moved to Hawaii, where he attended high school and began college. While at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, Mr. Tanouye studied trombone with members of the Honolulu Symphony, including Jim Decker and Mike Becker. After receiving a performance scholarship to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1995, Mr. Tanouye moved to Las Vegas and completed his degree in both classical and jazz performance. As a freelance trombonist, he has performed with artists such as Natalie Cole, Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, The Temptations, Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli. As a composer, he has written works for many different sizes of ensembles, ranging from jazz trio to concert band. In February of 2004, the UNLV Wind Orchestra Premiered Three Steps Forward, a piece written by Mr. Tanouye to feature Eric Marienthal, Will Kennedy, Jimmy Haslip, and Russell Ferrante, later recorded and released on the Klavier label. Mr. Tanouye has also done extensive work as an arranger, including arrangements for a diverse range of ensembles, including 18-piece jazz ensembles and flute and harp duo. Currently he is working on a project with Carolyn Freeman, arranging and recording the music of the late jazz pianist/composer Russ Freeman for big band.
Please check out Nathan's website at NNTMusic.com
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Robert Mader
Mr. Mader began playing and studying music in Hemet, California and continued on to Fullerton College. It was at a Fullerton Jazz Festival performance where he was offered a music scholarship to come to UNLV. In addition to providing Mr. Mader with a degree in music performance, the UNLV music program exposed him to many of the musical opportunities Las Vegas had to offer.
Now in Las Vegas for 20 years, he has performed with Santa Fe and The Fat City Horns, Latin Breeze, Clint Holmes, KC and the Sunshine Band, The Temptations, Don Rickles, Frankie Avalon, Boogie Nights, Mary Wilson, Tony Bennett, Susan Anton, Little Anthony and the Imperials, the Four Tops and many others. His show experience includes Enter The Night, Phantom of the Opera, The Producers and Legends in Concert. His recording credits include Santa Fe and The Fat City Horns "Live", the Clint Holmes PBS Special, Nathan Tanouye's "Russ Freeman Project", the Fremont Street Experience, and the Rio Show in the Sky.
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Danny Falcone
Danny grew up in Las Vegas, beginning his professional career at age 15. By the age of 21 he had played for such stars as
Jerry Lewis, Donald O'Connor, George Burns, Tony Bennett, the Glenn Miller Band, Neil Sedaka, Rita Morena, Andy Williams, Jack Jones, Wayne Newton, Frank Sinatra, and has gone on to play with contemporary artists such as Alicia Keys and Martin Nievera. Danny has played trumpet on many production shows and Broadway musicals including Enter the Night, Legends in Concert, 42nd Street, Storm, Peter Pan, American Superstars, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and Hairspray, to name a few. He has toured the world and played lead trumpet with Tom Jones and Paul Anka. Danny has been featured on many recordings and television commercials, including a live Paul Anka CD and DVD. He has played trumpet and made appearances on the BBC, Tonight Show, David Letterman and Good Morning America.
Danny is currently working with Toni Braxton at the Flamingo Hilton in her "Revealed" show in Las Vegas, NV.
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Dave Richardson
Originally from near Pittsburgh, PA, Dave has lived in Las Vegas for eleven years, working as a keyboardist, arranger, and session player. Dave moved here after attending the University of Miami, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in jazz performance, and his Master’s degree in composition and arranging. Since arriving in Las Vegas, he has performed Latin recording artists Lorenzo Antonio and Sparx, jazz saxophonist Rick Margitza, the Clint Holmes show, Mamma Mia, and We Will Rock You, among many others. However, Santa Fe will always be his first love and musical home. In addition to Santa Fe Live, his recording credits include A Bailar, with Lorenzo Antonio and Sparx, Burning Organ, with virtuoso rock guitarist Paul Gilbert, and with his partner, Lenny Lopez, Let There Be Peace On Earth, a Christmas CD to benefit victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In 2006, Dave will be performing regularly with Hairspray, at the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas, as well as continually performing with Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns.
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Gil Kaupp
Gil studied Trumpet with Don Jacoby, Donald Byrd, Benny Bailey and Bobby Shew. Gil moved to Las Vegas after spending many years living in Munich, Germany working as a studio musician and playing trumpet in countless musical productions. His recording credits include: Raiders of the Lost Arc II & III, Silence of the Lambs, Das Boot, Top Gun, The Never Ending Story and music tracks for Dionne Warwick, Kool & the Gang, The Weather Girls, Eruption featuring Precious Wilson, The New York Voices, Barry Manilow, Natalie Cole and many others. Apart from playing trumpet actively in the Las Vegas music scene Gil is teaching music technology at UNLV and is engineer in their new multi-million dollar facility. Santa Fe is Gil’s favorite band of all time!
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Rochan Westmoreland
Rochon hails from East St. Louis, Illinois from a family of talented musicians. He came onto the Las Vegas lounge scene in 1982 and has worked virtually every showroom and lounge in the city. Rochon’s talents were obvious to the groups in town and the ones coming into the city to work concerts and main showrooms.
His work credits include: Robert Guilliam, Thelma Housotn, Lola Folana, JJ Walker, The Four Tops, Mary Wilson, Freda Payne, Martha Reeves, Bill Champlin, Tom Scott, The Pointer Sisters, and The Emotions He has been on many recordings and television shows including “Motown Live”, “The Soul Train Awards”, and the “The Image Awards”. Rochon currently works in the Clint Holmes show at Harrah’s Las Vegas, and with Santa Fe with whom he been working with since first hooking up with Jerry Lopez back in the early 90’s, as well as touring dates with some of the above mentioned groups.
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Phil Wigfall
I was a bit of a jazz snob before I got to Berklee. That soon changed when I had the chance to see Miles Davis live. In spite of my jazz conceit, I still wanted to see Miles play. At that time, Miles was playing electric jazz funk. Not exactly bebop! I especially wanted to hear his new alto saxophonist, Kenny Garrett. I had met Kenny in New York in 1985 at the Village Vanguard jazz club. I was so impressed with his playing, I became more serious about jazz music. That's when I became a jazz snob! But when I heard Kenny Garrett playing funk and playing the HELL out of it, I realized I had been wrong! I needed to be as flexible and open-minded a musician as he was! And when I returned to Vegas, I returned with a more positive attitude toward all music.
Currently, I'm working with a local group called Santa Fe & the Fat City Horns, and just finished a 6 year run with Clint Holmes. I'm happily married with two beautiful daughters.
You can buy my CD Cosmic Soul by going to my page at CD Baby
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Jose "Pepe" Jimenez
Born and raise in Puerto Rico, “Pepe”, as he is affectionately known to family & friends, is been busy in the music industry as an active and artistic drummer/percussionist. His work in live performances or recordings includes; Marc Anthony, Olga Tañon, Jerry Rivera, Ricardo Arjona, Luis Fonsi, Giovany Hidalgo, Humberto Ramirez, Franco de Vita and Puerto Rico Symphonic Orchestra to name a few. Hired by the production show “Storm” in 2002,” Pepe” move to Las Vegas where he has been actively involve in the Vegas music scene. Las Vegas credits; “Storm”(Mandalay Bay) Angela Bofill, Martin Nievera, The Vegas Talk Show (daily TV show), The Nevada Jazz Orchestra, Rip Taylor, Ronny Foster, to name a few. Currently “Pepe is working in the Broadway show Mamma Mia at the Mandalay Bay and with keyboard player Ronny Foster.
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Jerry Merra
Jerry has been working in Las Vegas as a sax player for many years. He was part of the great band from the production show "STORM" that Jerry Lopez was musical director of at the Mandalay Bay in 2002. Aside from the Fat City Horns, Jerry M. is currently working with two other members of the FCH (Danny Falcone & Nathan Tanouye) with International Recording Artist Martin Nievera. The Martin show is at the new Planet Hollywood and has an indefinite run. |
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