PERSONNEL

Diana started playing saxophone at age 9 and attended Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) and Montclair State University to study music and and obtained a degree in Music Therapy. She was a member of the New Jersey Sax Quartet and has performed with many concert bands and big bands in New Jersey including performances with Jerry Vale and Christina Fontanelli. In addition to leading the Manasota Sax Quartet, Diana currently performs with the Lakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble and the Manatee Community Band. Diana also has a BS degree in Physical Therapy from NYU and is a practicing certified lymphedema therapist and wound care specialist.

Ron Brunette started playing saxophone at the age of seven. He studied saxophone at the Hartt School of music and attended the University of Bridgeport as a Music Education Major. After a nearly 30 year hiatus he started playing again in his early fifties. He has played with various local concert bands, jazz/swing bands, a rock band, and his church praise and worship team.

Alan is a graduate of The New England Conservatory in Boston. He is an accomplished saxophonist and, sometimes, keyboard player. His professional career spanned twenty-five years playing with such artists as John Michael Montgomery, T. Grahm Brown, and The Bellamy Brothers. He as played in all fifty states and many USO tours abroad. While living in Nashville, he was fortunate to play at The Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ole Opry.

John started playing saxophone in a grade school band program and studied saxophone performance for three months at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Family circumstances required retirement from music. He didn't play for thirty years while establishing a career in finance and raising a family. He gradually began playing again and upon retirement chased his passion for playing music with various groups in Alaska, Western Washington, and Florida including Sarasota Jazz Project, Jazz Ambassadors, SRQuintet and Swingtide Quintet.