musicians


	Groove Elation is led by the enigmatic London-based chanteuse Tina Mason - a fantastic, bubbly professional vocalist who will lift the roof off any venue. Her wide vocal range covers all soul sensations like Chaka Khan, Randy Crawford, Diana Ross and Gladys Knight, Jamiroquai and Joslyn Brown to name but a few. Tina is also A Tina Turner Tribute as well as fronting several bands. Tina has had the pleasure of working with Chaka Khan, and supporting The American Drifters and The Original Committments, Boney M and working as a session singer (studio). If you want a lively, good clean fun night out, then she can deliver you that on all counts!!
Tina Mason - vocals

David is a very busy session drummer and educator. Born in northern France, he moved to Paris in the mid-nineties to start a career as a freelance drummer. He
then moved to London to study at the London College of Music. After graduating he started getting regular session and live work which led him to tour all over
the UK with bands including Lavida Santana, Europe’s leading Santana tribute band. He also enjoyed a busy schedule playing in first-class function bands, as
well as performing in many festivals including Glastonbury, Edinburgh Jazz Festival, the Borders Festival of Jazz and Blues, Manchester Jazz Festival and City of London Jazz festival.

David Bouet
- drums

	Les studied at GIT in Los Angeles in 1981, and went on to tour and record with Gloria Gaynor, Billy Eckstine and Freda Payne. He is now a busy freelance bass player on the London circuit - he currently plays with Helen McDonald's London Bridge Ensemble, classical guitarist and composer John Zarridan, Branco Stoysin and the Vladimir Miller Quartet.
Leslee Booth - bass

Educated at Berklee College of Music, the Guitar Institute and Oxford University, Dylan has studied with some of the world's finest jazz educators, including Mick Goodrick and Hal Crook. He has performed extensively in Boston, USA and throughout the UK, leading his own contemporary jazz band and performing with others, including working as musical director for US jazz singer Ellen O'Brien. Dylan also teaches at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in London.

Dylan Kay
- guitar

After seeing tenor saxophone player Junior Walker, Paco decided that was what he wanted to do. He played with local bands in his hometown of Norwich before making the move to London and has been playing and teaching saxophone ever since. Paco has toured the UK, Ireland and Germany and most recently played with American jazz singer Ellen O’Brien on her first visit to the UK. His influences are Junior Walker, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Michael Brecker and Dexter Gordon, “all the usual suspects”. He enjoys playing jazz, funk, soul and r ‘n’ b, among other things. As he says, “You gotta be versatile”.

Paco Read
- tenor sax