Kai Eckhardt bass and poetry
Kai Eckhardt is widely considered to be one of the most influential electric bassists alive today. He is best known for his work with the John Mc Laughlin Trio and the band Garaj Mahal. His musical career spans almost 3 decades.

Kai has performed an average of 100 shows a year internationally since he graduated Berklee College of Music in 1987. Hi-lights include engagements with:
Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke, Wayne Shorter, Patrice Rushen, Dewey Redman and Donald Byrd.
Locally Kai was a member of San Franciscos's Alphabet Soup, appeared with singer Rhiannon and recently recorded with the Meter's Zigaboo Modeliste.

Kai Eckhardt teaches music in schools and conservatories worldwide. Notable engagements incude:
the Anton Bruckner Conservatory in Austria, Victor Wooten's Bass and Nature camp, the Amsterdam Conservatory in Holland, Berklee College of Music in Boston and the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai, India.

Currently, Kai tours with Garaj Mahal and the permier Indian Jazz band Summit (featuring George Brooks, Steve Smith and Zakir Hussain) as well as the European based Timucin Sahin Trio.
Kaizone was founded in January 2006 and represents a fresh vehicle for Kai's new music.



Daria Nile Vocals
Daria began training in the arts at age five studying ballet, tap and ja dance. Her main areas of artistic expression are in vocals, dancing and painting. She is a graduate from the School of the Arts in San Francisco where she specialized in dance. She also trained with the San Francisco Ballet and danced in several productions of that company. As a singer she had training in vocals for two years with ACT in Tucson Arizona. She has performed professionally as a singer for the last six years and has had the opportunity of performing in some of the most popular and prestigious clubs in the Bay Area including Kimbles West, Café Du Nord, Plush Room, Heart and soul and others. She has recorded with the popular Bay Area group "Midnight Voices" as well as two CD's with the Idris Ackamoor Ensemble.

 

Gail Muldrow vocals and guitar
Gail is known for her work with Sly and the Family Stone and Graham Central Station. She is currently touring internationally with the band "Family Stone" BORN November 23, 1955 San Francisco, California “ Gail is a multi talented entertainer, singer guitar player. Her vocal versatility is amazing, reminding us of the time when singers all had a distinct difference to one another. Gladys, Aretha, Etta are obvious influences in her vocal style. Gail grew up at a time when rock and roll was forming. Artist such as Ray Charles, Magalia Jackson, Duke Ellington, Nancy Wilson and many more were the background sounds of her youth. Her parents encouraged her to play music at a young age. Participating in church choir, honor choir, band, and theater throughout school. At age 17 Sly took her in and put her on a hit record “I Get High On YOU” “My parents played the music that influences me to this day. ”“A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT PURE SAN FRANCISCO BORN SENSATION”

 

DARIAN GRAY - DRUMS
Memphis, Tennessee native Darian Gray has already made quite a name for himself in the Bay Area and is currently performing regularly with the world-renowned Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and several other Bay Area ensembles. Darian Gray is a gifted young drummer with an incredibly natural and funky feel. No matter what kind of tune and no matter how complicated the rhythm, Gray always find a way to make it funky and tight. Darian is also a very talented hip hop artist who leads his own band, fluently integrating the spoken word with his drumming.

 

 

Kit Walker keys and electronics
Kit Walker is a keyboardist and composer best known for his two Windham Hill Jazz releases, “Dancing on the Edge of the World”, and “Fire in the Lake”, which both received international top ten airplay, and critical acclaim. He has also toured the world and recorded with Kitaro, and has recorded and composed music for Steve Smith’s Vital Information, as well as on Journey guitarist Neal Schon”s album “Electric World”. He is the keyboardist with Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra, appearing on their latest two albums, “Shiva Station”, and the Grammy-nominated “Mondo Rama”. Kit was the original keyboardist in the band Garaj Mahal, years and member of "Three of Worlds" with Kai and Paul Mc Candless.

More recently, Kit has turned to producing, including the two best-selling albums of the devotional singer Deva Premal, “Love is Space” and “Embrace”, as well as his own world/jazz release “Freehouse”. He also currently works with the Brazilian world jazz percussion master Airto Moreira and his wife, vocalist Flora Purim.