Les Blachut, keyboards
Any kind of music -- jazz, blues, pop, swing, polka, reggae, world music, church hymns -- Les is playing it in South Florida. As the only full-time musician in the group, Les dashes from gig to gig with a busier schedule than James Brown himself. Les grew up in Katovice, Poland, and put himself through the Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating in 1994. He played trumpet and tympani in the Brampton Symphony Orchestra in Canada. Les came to South Florida and found his way to the Jazz Survivors, where Mike was venting his bebop self. Johnnie quickly grabbed Les for the blues project, and Les now has a venue to show off his C.C. Rider side.