Guest Musicians Gallery
Scott Larson is a trombonist, arranger, composer and bandleader in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been performing in the Bay Area for over two decades now, performing a variety of genres of music, and has played with such Jazz legends as Ray Brown, Smith Dobson, Bill Berry, Maria Muldaur, Dizzy Gillespie & Marcus Shelby. He currently leads the bands, Franco Nero, Lucky 7, and the Scott Larson Quintet and Trio.
Christianna Valentina is one half of the 1920's/30's harmonizing duo The Bluebelles, along with Karina Denike, specializing in early swing and jazz, doo wop and forgotten ditties in the style of the Andrews Sisters, The Ink Spots and the Boswell Sisters. The soulful honey-tongued singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist also performs renditions of the classic American standard songbook, Brazilian music, Tango, and Italian songs with The Cottontails, The Lowdowns, Mr. Lonesome and The Bluebelles, and as a solo artist. She has toured internationally and has had her music on soundtracks and film scores.