Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill

Addison Daniels is a jazz lover and proud member of the Latinx and Pacific Islander community. He has been playing piano for 14 years and has won several local music awards for his playing. He has acted in plays and musicals at the young age of five and has recently gotten into directing music. This is Addison’s first time tickling the keys at Harlequin Productions

Bassist Lamar Lofton hails from Seattle. After attending prestigious  Garfield High School he attended Cornish College of the Arts where he received his  BFA in Music Performance. Since then he has performed locally and around the world in various  musical settings from musical theatre to international Reggae and Jazz artists including Clinton Fearon, Eek-a-Mouse, John Hicks, Ernestine Anderson, The Abbysinians, Julian Priester, Hadley Caliman, Renee Strange, Cedric Brooks, and many others.  Adept at both string and electric bass, his versatility in instruments and musical settings continues to keep him in demand as an accompanist and a leader.

Maria is an in-demand drummer, percussionist, and educator throughout the Pacific Northwest.  You may recognize her from past Harlequin performances including Dancin’ in the Streets , Dancin’ in the Aisles , Soul on Fire! , A Stardust Homecoming , Sixties Kicks! , A Stardust Christmas Carol , and Summer in the Sixties.  Outside of Olympia she has performed in such venues as The Earshot Jazz Festival, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, The Triple Door, The Seattle Art Museum, and Tula’s.  Nationally, she has performed on stages in New York City and at the Women In Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Her original compositions have been performed at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts and have been featured on KPLU’s Jazz Northwest.  As an educator, Maria has served on the faculties at Pacific Lutheran University, Pierce College, and St. Martin’s University. She is a proud director of the all women big band the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra and is currently adjunct instrumental jazz and percussion faculty at South Puget Sound Community College.