CW Dreaming in Colour

Dreaming in Colour, formed in 1989 by bassist Kevin Ellis, started out as a groove/melody instrumental group covering the extensive GRP label artists in the day and select pop covers.. Chris Noonan joined on drums in 1991 and the Ellis/Noonan combination has propelled the band for over 30 years. Once the band added original music it caught the ear of industry folks, including St Louis drummer Dave Weckl, who recommended the band to contemporary jazz great Jeff Lorber in 2011. Lorber took the band under his production wing for the first full record, including Eric Marienthal and Nelson Rangell on saxes. Lorber plays on all the tunes and co-wrote four songs . Since then Ellis and Noonan have taken production and writing control of the group, resulting in 4 top 25 chart spots with multiple others in the top 100. Over 1 million Spotify streams of Panacea, and other songs resulting in a solid global audience. Their music is available on all streaming platforms.

The current touring band consist of St Louis great Tom Byrne on guitar, SIU-E jazz prof.Jason Swagler on sax, and Michael Scheerer on keyboards. Michael learned piano from Brian Culbertson’s father and has studied with Brian. It’s evident. All of them are accomplished musicians in their own right and have been with the band since 2015. The live show is a five man tour-de-force of groove and musicianship. The band has opened for The Yellow Jackets, Rippingtons, Larry Carlton and Oz Noy in addition to their club and festival schedule. Guest musicians have included Tom Schuman of Spyro Gyra, Eric Marienthal, Andy Snitzer ( Sting,Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon) , Jeff Lorber, Jeff Kashiwa of Rippingtons fame, and Chieli Minucci of Special EFX. The European Jazz Press call the band The Steely Dan of Smoothjazz. Working with some of the greats of contemporary jazz and writing hits ,Dreaming in Colour brings their incredible energy to City Winery for the first time March 13th.