Illiana Club of Traditional Jazz

Kim Mniszewski has been playing trombone for 50 years and is an original member of the Mudcats. He has been a member of numerous combos and big bands throughout Chicago over the years and has played together with and accompanied numerous musical artists.

Gary Hreben – Trumpet From Evergreen Park, graduate of Northern Illinois University, BS Music Ed. instrumental music K-12. A diverse trumpet player, Gary has played everything from the Shriner's circus to Chinese funerals. Currently, Gary is a member of 2 Latin bands, 2 big bands, an activist street band, and the Second Line band Windy City Ramblers. "Playing in Jack Rusnak's New Orleans Mudcats is always fun, especially since I've performed with most of the musicians on the band for over 40 years as an alternate member and in other musical settings."

Dennis Trainor - saxophone

Bob Becker – bass, has been performing jazz guitar, classical guitar, electric bass, and string bass for over five decades. Bob has also performed shows with the Four Lads, the Ink Spots, the Harmonicats, and Chicago’s own Jimmy Damon. He was on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1985 to 2014. Bob performs as a freelance musician, working in the Chicago area “doing

it all” - wedding parties and ceremonies, industrial shows, and jazz gigs, as a soloist, and in ensembles ranging from duos to big bands.

Curtis Prince – drums, hails from San Antonio, TX. After graduating from college in Tennessee, he made his home in Chicago, where he played and/or recorded for years with the legendary Odell Brown and the Organizers, Bluesman Buddy Guy, Hank Crawford, Artee “Duke” Payne, Richard Evans, Herbie Hancock, and Stan Getz. Dr. Prince also taught jazz studies in the Chicago City Colleges, and also co-led the Chicago All City HS Jazz program with fellow Mudcat, Dennis Trainor. A short while back Curtis was honored by the Chicago Jazz Institute, for his many contributions to jazz as an educator and performer.

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