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The Pink Tango Trio is composed of Mary Chavez, Chris Grant and Kevin Jones.  Here's some info on each band member:

Mary Chavez is a jazz vocalist, pianist and composer who began performing professionally at age 17.  Her blend of jazz with other genres captures a wide audience.  She performs frequently as both a soloist and in combos.  She also teaches piano.  
  
Her song list & influences include American & global jazz - traditional & contemporary, Brazilian & Cuban, Americana, American folk, Jamaican reggae, pop, blues, country, & classical.  In other words there's a lot of music she likes to play.

Recent Reviews:
 
Really nice soft Diana Krall goes Norah Jones style piano and vocals. - Tim Nodland - Club Owner - Nodland Cellars

This Lady, is one of the hardest working jazz musicians in town, and it really shows, with her ability to embrace many genres, and make it uniquely her own, she always uplifts in her music and her personage!!  Theresa Carel - singer, songwriter, Maui, Hawaii

Mary is an excellent talent and one of the nicest individuals you will ever meet! ~ Bravo! - Leanord Volpe - Replay Music, Spokane, WA

 

        





Chris Grant, percussionist extraordinaire for Pink Tango, is an in-demand performer, educator, composer and arranger from Spokane Valley, WA. Chris is a versatile player from jazz to classical to rock, Latin, you name it, Chris can do it.  Chris plays percussion with the Spokane Jazz Orchestra, conducts the Spokane British Brass Band,  plays with the Coeur d’Alene Symphony, Pink Tango, Carey Brazil and the Kustoms, and Kari Marguerite & the 76. Chris is also an active composer/arranger for the school band, drum corps and percussion idioms. His works have been played by many schools throughout the United States, by Eastern Washington University, Gonzaga University, Cascades Drum & Bugle Corps, Spokane Thunder Drum & Bugle Corps as well as the Spokane Youth Symphony.

   




Kevin Jones plays bass for Pink Tango.  Kevin is an accomplished guitarist, bassist, composer and arranger. Kevin's resume includes roles in jazz, rock, blues, R&B/soul, Celtic and Hawaiian groups.  He credits the Spokane-area jazz community with training him to be a real musician, and includes as influences all of the great players he's shared a stage with in his eighteen years of performing.  In his spare time, Kevin enjoys hanging out with his wife, Julie, and racing his sailboat, BackBeat, out of Port Townsend.