Soul-Jazz and Blues with Dan Moretti and the Hammond Boys featuring, Grammy Nominated Blues singer and harmonica player, Sugar Ray Norcia. Also, featured in the band are Dave Limina Hammond B-3, Jessie Williams-Bass, and Marty Richards-Drums Collectively they have recorded and performed with a Who’s Who of Pop, Blues and Jazz music.
Sugar Ray Norcia Grammy Nominated Blues singer is an American electric and soul blues singer and harmonica player. He is best known for his work since 1980 with his backing band, The Bluetones. Sugar Ray was the lead vocalist and harmonica player for Roomful of Blues from 1991 to 1998 and was on three albums by the group during that time.
Jessie Williams - Bass Recorded on two Grammy Nominated Albums and nine W.C. Handy/Blues Music Award-nominated albums. International touring or appearances playing with:
North Mississippi Allstars, Jimmy Vivino, Bucky Pizzarelli, Susan Tedeschi, Howard Alden, Duke Robillard, Jay McShann, Al Kooper, Jay Geils, John Hammond Jr, Karin Allyson, Harry Allen, Ruth Brown, Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Johnny A., Maria Muldaur, Johnnie Johnson, Ronnie Earl, Henry Butler, Charles Neville, Julien Kasper, Bruce Katz, W.C. Handy All-Stars
Marty Richards - Drums Nationally known as a “go-to” player for any setting. His innate sense of swing and unerring sense of time have graced dozens of recordings and thousands of stages behind a list of performers which reads like a “who’s who” of American popular music. To name just a few, he has recorded and/or performed with The Peter Malick Group featuring Norah Jones, The Gary Burton Quintet, Duke Robillard, James Montgomery, James Cotton, Jimmy Witherspoon, Peter Wolf, Garth Hudson, Al Kooper, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, and Tommy Flanagan. He is a member of The Joe Perry Project led by Aerosmith’s lead guitarist.
Dave Limina is a contemporary pianist, Hammond organist, keyboardist, composer, producer, educator, and chair of the Piano Department at Berklee College of Music. He has performed or recorded with such notable artists as the award-winning Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Gloria Estefan, Pee Wee Ellis, Martha Reeves, Brooke Benton, Scott Hamilton, Ernie Watts, Lori McKenna, Fred Wesley, Joey DeFrancesco, Mighty Sam McClain, Lenny Pickett, Hamish Stuart, Steve Forbert, Courage Brothers, and many more.
Dan Moretti - Sax and Flute: Dan is the Musical Director for the “1st Sunday Jazz Series” at The Pump House in it’s 6th year.
He has played with a who’s who of the music world. Including; Sweets Edison, Nat Adderley, James Moody, Jimmy Cobb, Ernie Watts, Paquito D'Rivera, Mike Stern, Mark Egan, Dave Liebman, Marvin Stamm, Ernie Watts, Don Braden, Wayne Henderson, Bernard Purdie, Omar Hakim, Nile Rodgers, Ben E. King, Solomon Burke, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Little Anthony and the Imperials, George Duke, Cornell Dupree, Jerry Jemmott, Less McCann, Buddy Williams, Dr. John, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Steve Khan, Stevie Nicks, Steve Winwood, Robert Plant, Kid Rock.
