James Hall is a pianist, vibraphone player, and composer based in New Smyrna Beach. In his hometown of Pleasanton, California, he performed with numerous jazz musicians including Matt Finders, Andrew Speight, Anton Schwartz, Michael Marcus, Roger Glenn, and Erik Jekabson. Upon moving to Florida in 2019, he has performed with a wide range of jazz musicians including Antonio Escapa, Jeff Rupert, Scott Dickinson, the Orlando Jazz Orchestra, Tom Dietz, and Bobby Koelble, just to name a few, in the straight-ahead jazz and Latin spheres. James graduated from Rollins College in the fall of 2025.
Digna Ojito is a mezzo-soprano jazz and Latin jazz vocalist whose sound blends classical refinement with the warmth of Latin tradition. Classically trained and currently a vocal performance student at Rollins College, she has performed with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Sir John Rutter, and on an international tour of Italy's historic basilicas. Digna was raised on boleros, salsa, and Latin jazz through her Mexican and Cuban heritage.
Shaina LaRoche is a jazz vocalist who graduated from Rollins College in the fall of 2022. She performed at the New Smyrna Beach Jazz Festival in 2025 with James Hall and Joshua Mercado, and at the City of New Smyrna’s Live Oak Center later that year for their Christmas concert of live jazz. She specializes in jazz standards sung by the great 20th-century singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday.
James is joined by Jamesly Jean-Mary on drums and Doug Mathews on bass.
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