The Joni Project - EPK for Venues

Joni Adno

Vocals, Guitar, Piano

Performing tributes of Joni Mitchell's music has been a lifelong dream of Joni Adno's.She has been singing as long as she has been talking. Encouraged by her drummer/tenor father, she began performing in the church choir at age 5 and continued with chorus and piano studies throughout high school. Studied under Gerson Yesson at the University of North Florida and graduated with a degree in music education with a minor in piano. Her love affair with Joni Mitchell began as a teenager who found comfort in the wisdom and genius of Mitchell's lyrics and has continued throughout the years. All the decades spent studying the intricacies of Mitchell's tunings and signature phrasings have now come to fruition in her dream come true, a polished tribute to Mitchell's soulful artistry.

Bob Miner

Saxophones

Bob's saxophone study started in the public schools of suburban Chicago in the '60's. After a few years of college music study Bob moved to the southwest United States where he lived and played in New Mexico and West Texas. You might also hear Bob wailing in Yaya Diamond's Band at many venues on Florida's west coast.

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Paul Cartwright

Drums & Percussion

Keeping the band together is Paul Cartwright, rocking steady on drums and percussion. A main staple in Sarasota's and South west Florida's music scene throughout the last 3 decades, Paul has played with the best, including The Shakespeare Globe in London and the first production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Court Theatre. A truly seasoned artist, Paul is very thrilled to be keeping the grooves of Joni Mitchell's music with Project:JONI.

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Joe Bruno

Bass & Vocals

Joe Bruno Jr. is a 4th generation American musician who plays just about every type of Bass instrument, Tuba, Double Bass, Fretless Bass and 4-7 string basses in 45 states and several foreign countries. His expertise in virtually every style of music lends itself to the complexities required for the ingenious bass lines ( must we say JACO??) involved in a Joni Mitchell production.Joe effortless channels the man behind Joni Mitchell and adds his own special flavor to the mix, including background vocals.. Graduated from the US Navy School of Music, Joe has toured with the Ringling Bros. Circus, played in Vegas, in Telethons, and most recently with the You Tube sensation , Dovydas. His favorite place to play though, is with the Joe Bruno Family Band, comprised of his wife, son, and 94 year old Trumpeter father, and of course, Project:JONI !!

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Andrew Chalaire

Guitar

Andrew kicks the band up a notch, embodying Pat Metheny's haunting sound bites that define so much of Mitchell's sound. When not playing with Project:JONI you can find Andrew at Troll Music or playing alongside fellow band member, Bob Miner with Yaya Diamond, the queen of Southwest Florida Nightlife!