About

ADK Jazz is a full services black tie event jazz ensemble.

	Steve Collier is a talented jazz pianist.  He has music ed degrees from SUNY Potsdam and The College Of Saint Rose.  Steve has been teaching Vocal/General/Theory for 18 years at Ausable Valley CS.  He has been active in NYSSMA and has been an All-County guest conductor in Clinton, Franklin and Essex County.  Steve has been a private Classical and Jazz piano teacher.  He has had a wide variety of local and regional accompanying experiences.  Steve is an active Jazz pianist throughout Norther New York and the Albany area.
	Brendan Coyle has been playing drums for as long as he can remember.  He studied jazz at Boston’s Berkley College of Music, and received his BFA in Jazz Performance from the Conservatory at Purchase College.  During that time, he studied with world-class drummers such as Ritchie Moralles and John Riley, and played in bands ranging from Jazz Combos to Funk to Celtic Rock.  Brendan has earned a reputation as a versatile, technically skilled, and tasteful musician.
	Helen Demong is a professional singer and a choral director at Saranac Lake High School.  Helen is a graduate of the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam.  She is most noted for having a lush, smooth vocal quality particularly suited for jazz standards and ballads.  Helen has made a career singing and training young voices; she continues to be active as a performer and educator.
	Wayne Davison has been playing professionally for 18 years, and has played with such artists as: Rich Little, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Box Tops, Martha Reeves, and The Vandellas, Natalie Cole, Rob McConnell, and the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.  He was a found member of the Central New York Jazz Orchestra, a division of the Syracuse Symphony, and has worked with numerous jazz and rock groups throughout the state.
	Jeff Santoro has been playing music for a little over a decade.  He has played with countless groups in all styles and genres.  His true passion lies in the freedom of expression found in Jazz.  Jeff has recorded over 6 albums and performed with some of the regions best acts anywhere from NYC to Burlington, Vermont.