Mike Frost Band

Mike Frost - Bass

A former student of jazz legends Pat Martino and Jaco Pastorius, Mike Frost is a life-long composer, studio musician, educator, recording engineer, and the designer of Brickhouse speaker enclosures. He leads his own “Mike Frost Band,” and tours with Jesse Colin Young and with guitarist Esteban.
Mike Frost Band is performing in South Carolina and has three CD releases, “Frosty Christmas” (2012), "Riddle Me This" (2011) and "Live At The Blue Horse” (2011), as well as a new single "Rapture" (2013). Some more of Mike’s available recordings include “Mike Frost Inner Voice,” “Mike Frost Tears of Joy,” Karmic Tiempo’s “Synergy,” “The Deep,” Keith Hart “It’s About Time,” Ken Talve “Across the Board,” Jesse Colin Young “Election Day,” and “Esteban Live at Red Rocks.”

Mike has recorded and performed with a long list of high-profile musicians including Jimmy Bruno, Jesse Colin Young, Esteban, New York Voices, The Gypsy Kings, David Mann (Tower of Power), Manolo Badrena (Weather Report), Todd Turkisher (David Byrne, Ute Lemper), John Scarpulla (Tower of Power, Bruce Springsteen), John Miceli (Meatloaf), George Cintron (Leslie West, Blue Oyster Cult), and Ken Talve. This three-decade music educator is well known for the unique quality of sound that he produces on his Clifford Roi six string basses. His marketability as an authentic crossover musician with a deep melodic pocket and beautiful creative solo approach keeps him busy. Mike endorses Clifford Roi basses, Aguilar Amplification, Hartke, SIT Strings, Walter Woods, and Foot Fetish Pedals.

Lauren Meccia - Saxophone, vocals, EWI

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Lauren Meccia is a South Carolina native hailing from Duncan and residing in Aiken, SC. Known throughout South Carolina for her work on the saxophone, Lauren is branching into new territory with her vocal performance and incorporation of the EWI (Electric Wind Instrument).

Lauren is the director of instrumental ensembles at the University of South Carolina Aiken including the University Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, and the Pacer Pulse Athletic Band. She also serves as Instructor of Saxophone and Associate Conductor of the Aiken Concert Band. Lauren is the founder and director of the CSRA (Central Savannah River Area) New Horizons Band, a beginning band for adults.

Lauren received a Bachelor of Music in Education with a Certificate in Saxophone Performance and a Master of Music in saxophone performance from the University of South Carolina under the tutelage of Dr. Clifford Leaman. While at USC Lauren was a member of the Symphonic Band, Left Bank Big Band, and Bank Combo, and joined the Assembly Saxophone Quartet.

Active in jazz and concert music, Lauren has performed with many regional ensembles including the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra Augusta, Palmetto Concert Band, and the Aiken Big Band, and has appeared in concert with the Temptations and with Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. She recently assumed directorship of the SCMEA (South Carolina Music Educators) Band Directors' Big Band. She appeared as guest soloist with the Minot Symphony Orchestra and the Florence Symphony Orchestra in May 2011, and will return to Minot as a soloist with the Minot State University Concert Band in 2013.

She is the soprano saxophonist of the award-winning Assembly Saxophone Quartet, and traveled with the quartet to St. Andrews, Scotland for a performance at the World Saxophone Congress XVI in 2012. The quartet was featured in a performance with the Aiken Concert Band in March 2013 as part of a week-long residency in South Carolina, and presented at the NASA (North American Saxophone Alliance) regional conference in Minot, ND in April. Lauren is the saxophonist and vocalist of Mike Frost Band, a jazz-fusion quartet. She is featured on the band's three latest releases, “Riddle Me This?”(2011), "Frosty Christmas"(2012), and "Rapture" (2013), available on iTunes, CDBaby, and mikefrostband.com.

Rico Tyler - Keyboard

Rico Tyler is from Utica, NY and is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He has performed and recorded with

Max Roach, Patti Austin, Diane Reeves, BeBe Winans, Kenny Lattimore, and Jocelyn Brown.

Jeremy Roberson - Drums

Jeremy Roberson

For more than 24 years, Jeremy Roberson has been perfecting his precise, unpredictable, high-energy style of play. Using a combination of techniques he has developed his own original style, which is as exciting to listen to as it is to watch. His ability to adapt to any genre of music while maintaining precision, timing, and his uniquely smooth style has earned him numerous accolades, and has led him to be known by musicians and fans alike as none other than “Mr. Finesse.”

At the age of 3, Roberson, born in Columbia, SC, began honing his skills on the drum set, emulating the style of his older brother Tony, nine years his senior. Before long he began marching with the W.J. Keenan High School Band- at age 11. He continued marching with the band throughout his high school career, eventually gaining regional recognition and numerous awards. After high school he attended Johnson C. Smith University where he furthered his studies and marched on the University’s band.

After college he rapidly began to merge into the local, regional, and nation scene, playing with acts such as Tony Terry, Wycliffe Gordon, Crossfade, Weaving The Fate, to name a few. Roberson is still touring and doing clinics around the world, and looking forward to what is in store next.