Saturday Bluegrass Brunch with RPS

Description

The RPS Band is primarily made of five professional musicians dedicated to creating great grooves. We play R&B, funk, soul, jazz, rock, blues, and an occassional samba, approaching it all with care and artistry.

We play a repertoire of songs from the fifties through today, and add our own arrangements and ideas - and we feature original music as well.

We've played many of the iconic Greater Boston clubs, including places such as The Western Front, Johnny D's, The Lizard Lounge, and the Middle East to name a few. We also play in smaller venues, restaurants, and for private parties.

Bios for some of the band:

Alvin Terry’s music is rooted in Funk, R&B, Jazz, and Gospel. He has played and recorded with Archie Shepp and received drumming tips and concepts from Max Roach. Alvin has also performed with Ricky Ford, Marian Brown, Claude Williams, Dakota Staton, and Valerie Pomaroff. He is a member of the music ministry at Grant AME Church in Boston, Massachusetts, and books music for a variety of clients as the owner of FlamTap Enterprises. Alvin plays percussion for numerous occasions as well as several annual events. These include The Three Kings Production in Boston, Mass. at The Berklee Performance Center featuring trumpet player John Faddis; and All That Jazz, a yearly concert on Martha’s Vineyard that features vocalists Armstead Christian and Shawn Montiero. He was featured on Eric In The Evening recently and one of his original works, Faith In One, received special recognition. 

Patrick Mottaz, a Swiss-born resident of Jamaica Plain, is an excellent guitarist for any style of music you can think of. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Berklee's Music Performance Program and teaches professionally as well as being an active performer. His influences include Wes Montgomery, Pat Metheny, Sylvain Luc, Wayne Shorter, and Bill Evans.

Doug Rich is from the Midwest, and he spent time there playing with local jazz legends like Ray Felder and Woody Evans, and Gospel artists including Charles Fold and Donald Lawrence. Since moving to Boston and graduating from Berklee College of Music Doug has been playing bass all over New England in numerous genres and with many musicians, but is most excited about what RPS is doing right now.

Lynne Miller... born to musicians; raised in a jazz environment; singing since nursery school; life-long vocalist in local church choirs and gospel groups; RPS member since 2016.

Cyndi Dailey Smith

Vocal and instrumental training from a young age. Sings all genres of music. Former Music Teacher (Newton Public Schools, Newton, MA), Former Myrtle Baptist Church Choir Member (Newton, MA), sang solo with the Boston Pops, and joyfully joined the RPS band in 2016.

Anthony B. (Tony J.) Jacobs is our frequent guest and collaborator on percussion, and we have a variety of guest artists that sit in with us, including a few excellent keyboard players.