Body, Mind and Soul Band featuring Aeriol Ascher

Aeriol Ascher is a multifaceted performing artist, vocalist, musician and band leader from San Jose, CA. She has a BA in Theatre Arts from Santa Clara University and  a background in bold and brassy cabaret style theater. Whether it is Jazz, Blues, Rock, R&B, Motown or Soul, her outstanding range and nuanced delivery make her a force to be reckoned with.  

For the last decade Aeriol has fronted  a multitude of bands throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Aeriol recently appeared in 3Below Theater's West Coast Debut of the Hit Musical "Emojiland" double cast in the roles of Princess and Pile of Poo. She has appeared on international stages as a solo performer, Author and  Speaker.

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Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Vince’s musical influences reflect all that early soul and rock ’n roll he heard on his transistor radio as well as  psychedelic and country rock of his youth.  However, what flows through all his playing is his love of the blues in all its forms.  From early Butterfield Blues Band and the Bluesbreakers through Hollywood Fats and Robben Ford, the blues became the perfect vehicle to express his musical passion. 

Vince was the founder of a number of Bay Area Blues bands including Blue JuJu and Bluestate, as well as the foremost Little Feat tribute band in the nation, Featprints.  However, he is probably best known for being the producer of the venerable, nationally acclaimed, Club Fox Blues Jam for the past 20 years. As part of that show Vince has accompanied a who’s who of renowned blues artists, and in the process acquired a rich vocabulary of blue-infused chops. 

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Kevin is a  drummer and educator hailing from  the Bay Area.
His performance experience includes performing Blues, Rock, R&B, Funk, Roots, Rock/Americana, Worship/Praise, Country, Jazz and World Beat. He's toured internationally and nationally in addition to supporting  local Bay Area musician. To put it another way, he can play just about anything, and he can do it anywhere.  You can find his work on major labels like Delmark Records and Blue Rock'it Records.
Currently Kevin performs primarily along the West Coast with various artists and cover bands
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Bay Area native, Philip Goldworth,  was a classically trained cellist  before becoming enchanted with keyboards. He has been  a sought after keyboardist in local Bay Area bands for decades. Through his formative years he was  influenced by rock and  progressive rock bands like UK, Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Journey, Boston, and Styx

An accomplished sound engineer, Philip worked with numerous touring like Loretta Lynn, Bonnie Raitt, Glen Campbell, Marshall Tucker, Elvin Bishop, War, The Tubes, Tower of Power and Eddie Rabbit to name a few.

Gary has been the go-to guy in the Bay Area on both electric and upright bass for many years.  No wonder. He has accompanied nationally-known acts including Lightnin' Hopkins, Mary Wells, Big Joe Turner, Lowell Fulson and Brownie McGhee as well as local Bay Area favorites such as Tom McFarland, Mark Hummel, Ron Thompson, Amy Lou and Kaye Bohler. With Gary, you know you have a solid foundation.
 

Jack started playing the alto sax at Cupertino Junior High, switching to Tenor in his late teens and playing with local blues, swing and rock bands during the 70’s. By 1980 he was with Gary Smith and the Houserockers and performed at the San Francisco Blues Festival as well as the first San Jose Fountain Blues Festival in 1981.

He has been featured on Tenor and/or Baritone Sax on many albums recorded at Kid Andersen’s Greaseland Studios and has appeared as a member of the Greaseland All-Stars, most recently at the 2025 San Jose Blues Festival.  Jack has performed on albums by Chris Cain, Mark Hummel, Aki Kumar, Billy Price, Sid Morris, John Blues Boyd and the grammy nominated Frank Bey CD, All My Dues Are Paid.