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Lori Zuroff has been singing with various rock, blues, R&B, and jazz bands for over 20 years in the Boston area. She has performed with both small and large bands in venues all over Boston including Chick Singer Night at Johnny D's and the Burren in Somerville, The Mad Monkfish in Cambridge, and other venues from Boston to Worcester to Cape Cod and beyond. Lori leads a jazz trio and a quintet and also has her own 5 piece rock band, The Lola Sweet Band. Bill McCormack grew up in Ireland and started playing trumpet and bass at an early age. Before moving to the United States he played with many of Irelands` top musicians including singers Honor Heffernan and Christine Tobin, Stocktons Wing, and was a member of renowned jazz guitarist Louis Stewarts’ regular quartet. He continues to hold down the groove on a diverse Boston music scene playing both upright and electric bass with many of the areas best musicians. Molly Flannery is a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, and a major player in the highly competitive Boston jazz scene. Molly began her performing career in Kyoto, Japan in 1981 where she appeared frequently at local clubs, playing rock and jazz. In 1983 she left Japan and eventually settled in Boston where she studied jazz with Ran Blake, Charlie Banacos, Kenny Werner, Harvey Diamond, and Doug Johnson. Soon after, she became the keyboard player for Cosmos Factor, the popular world beat dance band led by Jacques Pardo that was nominated for Best World Beat Band at the Boston Music Awards during that time. Then she moved on and formed the Molly Flannery Quintet which played such popular Boston jazz venues as The Willow, The Western Front, The 1359 Club, and Ryles. The Quintet’s music began popping up quite often on jazz radio programs such as WGBH’s Eric in the Evening, where they did a live show, and Harvard Radio’s Jazz Spectrum.