MEET THE MEMBERS OF RESPEKT!
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MARK: Guitarist "extraordinaire", vocalist and co-founding
member of RESPEKT. Mark studied guitar with jazz legends Pat Martino
and Chuck Wayne. He conducted RESPEKT when they played at New York's
Yankee Stadium for the 1998 World Series Game and at a party honoring
the great astronaut John Glenn with Mayor Giuliani in attendance
at the New York Museum of Natural History. He has opened for several notable
groups over the years and his many public appearances have included the
retirement parties for world renown conductors Zubin Meta (at Lincoln
Center) and Leonard Bernstein (at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel). |
| COOKIE: Lead vocalist and co-founding member of RESPEKT. Cookie
has toured the U.S. with actor/comedian Andrew Dice Clay. Her vocals are
well-known throughout the Metropolitan area and was featured with RESPEKT
in People Magazine, (1998). Her Cher and Tina Turner impersonations
are extremely accurate and her stylings range in versatility from country
music to soul, disco, rock, motown, jazz, standards and current top-40 dance
hits, this phenomena can sing literally ANYTHING you put in front of her!
Cookie is famous for bringing a light into a room, bringing smiles, happiness
and warmth where-ever she goes. Her smile is contageous and her joy spreads
into a room the moment she steps foot into it. She is not only a great vocalist
with extraoridnary skill and range but an amazing woman able to turn a big
500 person seated conservatives into jumping kangaroos having the time of
their life with just the turn of her head! |
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JENNIFER: Lead vocalist. Jennifer has an excellent vocal range covering
Celine Dion's style, as well as, great renditions of country artists, such
as, Faith Hill, Leanne Rimes and the ever-popular Shania Twain. She also
sings ceremonial music at Masses in both Latin and Italian, such as, "Ave
Maria". Her operatic vocal training gives Jennifer an incredible range
and her soft and smooth renderings of Barbara Streissand to the most raucus
Rock Dance Hits is really quite amazing to experience. Jennifer is a stunning
performer helping to make every party reach incredible heights as she and
her best friend Cookie (see above) partner up to make every single party
that they do, a night to remember! |
| LEWIS: Lead vocalist. Lewis is known for his fantastic
Barry White, Shaggy and Michael McDonald, impersonations, as well as, amazing
Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Dean Martin vocals with both precision and
ease. His repertoire also includes many of the band's ethnic material in
both Italian and Spanish. RESPEKT recently featured Lewis singing the lead
for main theme song and many other selections used in the MTV smash hit
show of all time, THE OSBOURNES. Lewis was just recently featured in
Newsday. Lewis has one of the widest vocal and repertoire ranges
of any male vocalist in the country able to hip hop and rap right after
singing a Sinatra song better than Frank himself. Guests at parties are
known to walk up to his microphone and try to see if it is really him singing
his renditions are so very close to the original. Lewis teams up with Cookie
and Jennifer and with Mark's vocals on guitar and Mickie's vocals on drums,
to make the most thrilling five part harmonies ever heard in a local party
band. Listen for yourself on our video demos page. No other band can compete
with the vocal range of this band! |
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MICK: Lead vocalist, drummer and co-founding member of RESPEKT.
Mick has toured through 46 states of the U.S. as a percussionist and vocalist.
He has played drums on several jazz CD's and sung on national TV commercials
for both KFC and Xerox. Mick's vocal styles include amazing impersonations
of Barry Gibb, Michael Jackson and "boy bands", such as, 98 Degrees
and N-Sync. Mick's range includes an incredibly high falsetto and country
music styles. Mick has also sung lead and all backing vocals on "The
Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" which was recently featured on THE OSBOURNES
hit show on MTV. Mickie sings at the same time as he plays his drums and
has a huge range of vocal styles that he can totally nail. Filling out the
harmonies and also singing many solo songs, Mickie helps to make this band
one of the most eclectic and flexible bands on the East Coast. |
| JAMES: Keyboards, synths, background vocals. Berklee College of Music
grad, James has been a professional pianist, guitarist, singer and musical
director for over fifteen years. James has performed and toured with such
diverse artists as Sting, Sam Moore, Ne-Yo, Travis Tritt, Bekka Bramlett,
Richard Street, the Temptations, Maxine Nightingale, and a previous tour
with ex-Savage Garden frontman, Darren Hayes, in concert and for television
and radio audiences around the world. A native of Boston, James now lives
in New York City where he writes, records and performs his own music, as
well as produces and records music for other artists. James recently performed
with recording artist Ne-Yo on The Late Show With David Letterman
on February 24, 2006.James has his own jazz CD of piano playing which we
are going to upload soon onto our website (just keep an eye out for it)
to show you how amazing your cocktail hours can be with his expertise. Not
mentioned above is the fact that James is also a powerful vocalist in his
own right and sings many deep and rich harmonies with RESPEKT and helps
to take this band to even higher levels than ever! |
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SANFORD: Tenor, alto and soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet,
Akai SynthSax, EWI and background vocals. Sanford has performed and recorded
with artists: Wayne Shorter, Omar Hakim, Stanley Clarke, the Tommy Dorsey
and Artie Shaw Orchestras and others including a '89-'91 Japan Tour
with Miki Asakura and Katsu Tanaka. Sanford covers a variety of styles from
classical to rock and is strongly influenced by jazz legends John Coltrane,
Wayne Shorter, Phil Woods, Cannonball Adderly, David Sanborn and Michael
Brecker. Not only is Sanford a serious musician able to play any saxophone
music put before him but he is a musician that can have fun, walk onto the
dance floor (when invited) with a chordless mic and dance and play with
the guests and help to create a memorable night of fun, able to dance and
play and never miss a beat or a note all at the same time! |
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