Kellie Fuller & The Mike Greensill Quartet: Her Way, A Tribute to Frank Sinatra

With a performing arts degree from Napa Valley College and extensive training in Classical, Opera, Musical Theater and Jazz singing, Kellie Fuller has been described by music critics as having a soulful voice with a tremendous range who brings the audience in with her style and passion. Each song is specially arranged by her music director, the esteemed Mike Greensill, and she can be found performing regularly with him and his band of highly-acclaimed Jazz musicians. She is a regular favorite at the iconic Blue Note Napa and is frequently booked for Wine Country events and private parties.

After graduating in 1972 from Leeds College of Music in England, Mike toured Europe and the Far East and lived in Hong Kong for 4 years before finally settling into his adopted home, San Francisco, in 1977.
 Well known in his role as musical director to acclaimed vocalist Wesla Whitfield with whom he has recorded twenty albums, Mike is also resident piano player on Sedge Thomson's weekly Public Radio show to the world, "West Coast Live" - more info at wcl.org. As an arranger Mike, in addition to his work with Wesla, has had the opportunity to write for big bands and symphony orchestras including the Boston Pops and the San Francisco Symphony.
Mike has also had the pleasure of accompanying such diverse talents as Rita Moreno, Margaret Whiting, Broadway stars Lillias White and Franc D'Ambrosio and jazz singers Madeline Eastman, Ann Hampton Callaway and Opie Bellas.

"Greensill is an accompanist in the great tradition of Jimmy Rowles and Ellis Larkins.

It's worth twice the price of admission just to hear him!" - Terry Teachout - NY Daily News

Phillip Elwood, jazz writer for the San Francisco Examiner states -
"Greensill is a wonderful jazz pianist."

Bay Area native Ruth Davies has performed with jazz and blues greats Charles Brown, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt,Van Morrison, Maria Muldaur, Barbara Morrison, Etta Jones, Elvis Costello, Keb'Mo' and many more. Her discography (including several Platinum and Grammy-winning recordings) covers various jazz and blues styles as well as movie soundracks. She has recorded with Charles Brown, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Van Morrison, Sammy Hagar, Clark Terry, Vassar Clements, Toots Thielemans, Ernie Watts, Elvin Bishop, Maria Muldaur, Jackie Ryan and Ramblin' Jack Elliott, among others. She toured the world for ten years with the late Charles Brown, performing at major jazz and blues festivals, clubs and concerts as well as radio and television broadcasts worldwide.

Her discography (including several Platinum and Grammy-winning CDs) covers various jazz and blues styles as well as movie soundtracks. She has recorded with Charles Brown, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Van Morrison, Clark Terry, Vassar Clements, Toots Thielemans, Ernie Watts, Elvin Bishop, Maria Muldaur, Jackie Ryan, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott, among others.

She toured the world for ten years with the late Charles Brown, performing at major jazz festivals and concerts and on radio and television broadcasts worldwide. Ruth continues to spend considerable time abroad. She has recorded and performed internationally with Maria Muldaur, Denise Jannah, Dmitri Matheny and European pianist/composer Amina Figarova. Lately she has "returned to the roots" and travels with Elvin Bishop's band.

Ruth believes in teaching and in bringing music to the public schools. She has been on the faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop for 17 years and has had a very successful "Ruth Davies Blues Night" series at the Stanford Jazz Festival. The San Francisco Symphony’s "Adventures in Music" program and the "Just Say Jazz" project deliver music education to the classroom. By any conservative estimate, Ruth has presented music programs to over two thousand school groups. That's a serious commitment.

"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent," said Victor Hugo. Perhaps that is the key to Ruth's musical life.

Jack Dorsey, drummer, has performed and recorded internationally with such diverse artists as Little Anthony, Macy Blackman, The Coasters, The Crests, Jose Feliciano, Bobby Freeman, Etta Jones, Ed Kelly, Buddy Miles, The Oakland Jazz Choir, Denise Perrier, Khalil Shaheed, Lavay Smith, and Jimmy Witherspoon. Jack has recorded numerous television theme scores, commercials and motion picture soundtracks for 20th Century Fox, Zoetrope, and Skywalker Ranch. He has performed drums and percussion for San Francisco theatre productions and has taught the basics of drums and rhythm throughout the San Francisco school district, in East Bay schools with Michael Morgan, Conductor of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, and continues to teach and perform with the Oaktown Jazz Workshop.

Charlie McCarthy is a saxophonist and flautist who has played and recorded with many of the greats in jazz including Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne among others. A student of Berklee School of Music, he has performed with the Beach Boys, Van Morrison, in Broadway shows and all manner of jazz gigs, big bands, Latin Jazz fusion, San Francisco Symphony Pops and more. In addition to being a working musician, he also teaches privately and at San Francisco City College, Stanford, Sonoma State and College of San Mateo.