Born in Los Angeles, California, Benjamin has worked for 24 years to become a formidable bassist, composer, band leader, musical director, and educator.  After studying under bassists Louis Allen, Dave Culwell, John Heard, and Ivan Johnson, Benjamin moved to San Diego in 2008, continuing his musical education by pursuing a B.A. in Jazz Performance at UCSD, studying under legendary pianist and sax player Kamau Kenyatta.

After 7 years on the scene in San Diego, Benjamin made the move to Oakland, CA in 2015. Since then, he has put together an impressive track record of live performances, studio recordings, original compositions, and educational work.  Notable projects include his own group The TOaG Quartet, as well as The Orbital Quintet, The Apollo Trio, The Open Art Quintet, Individúo, Rabbit Quinn, MarQue, Pacific Standard, and Felipe y Las Estrellas del Mar, spanning genre’s from "Jazz" to Bachata, Motown to Pop, Folk to Chamber-music and beyond.  As a dedicated studio musician Benjamin has recorded more than 25 albums during his time in Oakland, as well as a myriad of single sessions - working at studios like Fantasy (rip), 25th Street Studios, the one and only Airship Laboratories, as well as satellite from his home studio in Oakland.  As an instructor Benjamin has held faculty positions at Oakland Public Conservatory, The East Bay Center for Performing Arts, serves as a clinician for Oakland Unified school sites, directs the The TOaG Quartet’s jazz clinic program at Oakland High School, and maintains a private student practice. A fierce advocate for the artistic community, Benjamin is ceaselessly involved in community development projects at the city level.

Dup Crosson is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and prolific “studio rat.” A Maine native, he has lived primarily in Asheville, NC and the East Bay, CA. Formative experiences with a series of Tascam 4-tracks in high school led to a lifelong pursuit of recording and production, and he’s since written and produced 7 albums for his longstanding, shapeshifting project Saint Solitude. 

Dup studied percussion at University of North Carolina – Asheville and has focused on freelance percussion work in recent years, playing in countless bands, musical theater productions, and touring nationally with Lady Lamb and Spouse. Dup’s original music continues to be licensed worldwide in films, advertisements, and TV through the CMT, Telemundo, and Viceland networks.

Originally from New Jersey, Mr. Green has always been determined to do the one thing that has always made life simple: play music. At the age of 7, Lamar picked up a pair of drumsticks and immediately consummated his love for that thing called gospel music. It was through the rhythm of the drum that Green saw a world of possibilities open up. By age 16 he was playing the piano and composing the music he heard singing in his soul. That eternal song inspired Green to pursue his B.A in Music and Music Theory, thus paving the way for all the work he would go on to do as a band leader and instrumentalist.

Currently, Green has his hands in many areas of the music industry, overseeing his on company Lamar Green Music LLC - which composes music for both Top 40 and up and coming artists - as well as working as a musical director for multiple ministries through the Bay Area. 

Born and raised in Oakland California (and proudly still here), Alexander Taite commands a diverse set  musical skills in Opera, Choral, Spiritual, Barbershop, Jazz, Blues, Renaissance/Baroque, Vocal Percussion and Hip-hop. Having studied classical and jazz piano since the age of 8 - with a Bachelor’s Degree from Pepperdine University in music theory and composition, a minor emphasis in jazz piano, and a stint studying opera in Germany with accomplished tenor Dr. Henry Price III. Alexander brings a lifetime of expertise to his craft. 

With a tenor voice for the ages and a spirit that brings joy to all around him, Alexander has sung with the San Francisco Opera Chorus (every season since 2007), The Berkeley Opera Company, San Francisco Parlor Opera, Livermore Valley Opera, Virago Opera, Opera Parallèle, Island City Opera, Walnut Creek Festival Opera, and The Berkeley Chamber Opera, to name a few. Far more than a gifted vocalist, Alexander maintains a steady private student practice, spent 4 years as Vocal Faculty at Oakland School for the Arts, and currently serves as Director for Chorus Eclectic. He is also finishing up publishing and recording a songbook of his own arrangements of Negro Spirituals in two volumes – one for solo voice with piano, and one for acapella chorus.