Quartet Members Piano - Rusty Scott Tenor Saxophone - Tim Mayer Bass- Keala Kaumeheiwa Drums - Harold Layne Vocals - Patrice Williamson

Tim Mayer - Tenor Saxophone Tim Mayer started playing saxophone when he was ten. He began learning jazz at Florida State University's Summer Music Camp in 1980, where he found himself studying with many young and talented musicians including, among others, Marcus Roberts In Los Angeles, while studying Russian Language at Occidental College, Tim found work as a sound engineer and as a musician in various jazz, rock, reggae and blues bands. He was also the tenor player for Roy Gaines and Guitar Shorty, both well-known blues guitarists. After graduating in 1988, Tim moved to Portland, Oregon where he performed with some of the jazz legends from Los Angeles such as bassist Leroy Vinnegar and drummer Akbar DePriest. In December of 1990, Tim began what would become a three-year stint working aboard cruise ships. This provided him with the opportunity to study a variety of styles and play in big bands that accompanied entertainers Al Martino, Vic Damone, Diahann Carrol, Bobby Rydell, Connie Stevens, Jack Jones, and many others. In September of 1993, Tim attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied privately with Andy McGhee, George Garzone, and Bill Pierce. In the summer of 1994, he led his own trio called Jazz Pyramid on a tour of Spain. His band performed at various clubs and at the Estepona Jazz Festival. Tim also appeared on live shows for Radio Canal Sur and Malaga TV. On a subsequent visit to Spain, he played the Jazz Festival of Seville with Kirk Lightsey, and the Festival of Lugo with Calle Caliente, a Madrid-based Latin jazz band. Tim has worked with The Mendes Brothers, recording their latest CD and accompanying them on their tour through Europe and Africa, in addition to teaming up with Jon Hazilla on his CD "Form and Function", released on the CIMP label. In 1998, Tim opened for Chucho Valdez at the Baranqui Jazz Festival in Baranquilla, Columbia. In February of 2003, he performed and recorded with the RG Jazz Orchestra in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands of Spain. That same year, he partook in the 4th Seminar and Jazz Festival in Jalapa, Mexico as a performer and clinician. Tim has performed locally with visiting artists John Faddis, Bob Mintzer, Marvin Stamm, Arturo Sandoval, Nick Brignola Bobby Shew, and Ed Calle; percussionists Eguie Castrillo, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, and Giovanni Hidalgo; trombone greats Phil Wilson and Slide Hampton, and pianists Kirk Lightsey (in Seville, Spain), and Danilo Perez. Tim Mayer and Rusty Scott have collaborated to perform a tribute to the Tough Tenors (Johnny Griffin/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) and the Boss Tenors (Sonny Stitt/Gene Ammons), which has featured on different occasions as special guests Bill Pierce or Andy McGhee. Among his talents, Tim can list flute, clarinet, soprano, alto and baritone saxophones, and Japanese flutes (shinobue and shakuhachi).. Since 2001, he has been on the Berklee faculty teaching at the Saxophone Weekend, for the Five-Week Program, and filling in for various faculty members during the year.