We are a locally-based quartet that plays jazz standards. The members of the group consist of Juan Miguel (saxophonist), Roman (pianist), Ryan (bassist), and Howard (drummer). Our hope is to spread our love of jazz and enjoy ourselves while performing.

We began our quartet recently, because we all wanted to spend more time together with a common interest in mind. We all played in the school band together where we all shared a love of music and decided to create a group thus the Juan Miguel quartet was born. We have played at various music schools and hope to play at the Lexington.

Ryan Kari got into the bass through playing upright and electric for school orchestra. He then began playing the bass guitar at home with knowledge from a few elementary-school guitar lessons. Recently through this quartet and an interest in jazz he acquired an interest for playing more upright.

Howard Huelster started drumming around 3-4 years ago to follow in the footsteps of his father, who was himself in a band with his friends in college. Howard then joined his middle school jazz band, where he met the rest of the members of the band.

Juan Miguel Adams started playing the alto saxophone in middle school. In eighth grade Juan made the daunting switch to the baritone saxophone. He started taking saxophone seriously in his freshman year. The instrument grew on him with its versatile sound.

Roman Farley started playing piano in 1st grade, but at the time, he didn’t find it that interesting. Over time, piano started to grow on him and he started playing all different types of music. Roman also plays trombone in his school band, and has a passion for both instruments.

We hope to spread our love of jazz and we have great performance prepared for March 10. Hope to see you there!