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Alyson Ciechomski, (nee Smith),

grew up in the New York City area and was educated at the University of New Hampshire. She is excited to be playing with EJP after a 15-year hiatus from jazz. Don’t let her mild-mannered facade mislead you. By day, she is a school teacher and plays string bass with the Maine Chamber ensemble, the Bangor Symphony, the Portland String Quartet, the Maine State Ballet Orchestra and the Maine State Music Theater, among others. By night, she is transformed into a kick-butt jazz bassist who loves hard-driving the Edith Jones Project through funk tunes and swing numbers alike. Alyson is the proud mother of two fine young musicians, Kallie and Hannah, and is married to musician/teacher/arranger Brad Ciechomski, leader of the band “Funkationland.”

Tracey MacLean

has been a professional jazz vocalist for 30 years and presently resides in the mid-coast Maine region. She is a 1984 graduate of Westfield State College in Westfield, Massachusetts, and has entertained audiences in Maine, New Hampshire, Boston, New York City, and southwest Florida ever since. “Trace” has a phenomenal teenage daughter, Savannah Rae, and also keeps busy as a booking agent, recording artist, songwriter, and vocal coach. Maine Public Radio’s Jazz D.J. Rich Tozier has hosted MacLean and her talented colleagues in two live concert broadcasts on his Friday Night Jazz program. She has opened for international recording artists Madeyln Payroux, Luther Kent, Tuck & Patti, Freddy Cole, and Othello Molineaux. Presently, MacLean is the featured vocalist for The Edith Jones Project. Her professional recordings include “Live at Cricket’s” (1994 –no longer available), “Jazzin’ Maine Christmas” (1995), and most recently “REAL” (2007), which is available online at www.cdbaby.com.

Reviews:“REAL”…

"Excellent CD, darling..." - Tito Puente, Jr. (August, 2007)

“You really did an awesome job on your new CD, ‘REAL’!…..you are exceptionally talented…” - Rachelle Bivins, ABYSS Jazz Magazine (April 2007)