Get to know a little about the talent that delivers the Cool Chilies sound...

Cool Chilies Band is an experienced professional ensemble rendering a wide variety of musical styles. Our Southwest flavor (style) would include: Tex-Mex, Cajun, Tejano, Southwest Swing and even Latin rock. The Latin side will also include dance music like Boleros, Cha Chas, Mambos, Rhumba, Sambas and Tangos, (but not much salsa).We authentically play Swing Music, Motown, Rhythm & Blues (R&B) and just good old Rock n’ Roll.

Cool Chilies is comprised of 11 experienced musicians whose credits include sharing the stage and performing with:
The Temptations, The Four Tops, The O’Jays, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Manhattan Transfer, Barry Manilow, BB King, Elvis Presley, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Tito Puente, Natalie Cole, Mel Torme, Dionne Warwick, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey Orchestras, Woody Herman, Henry Mancini, and Tony Bennett.

Like the notables above our price quote includes a professional grade sound system with our own audio sound engineer. We have performed at many different locations, from the stage of the World Basketball Championship and Indy Jazzfest to smaller venues like weddings at the Montage banquet facility. Our band adjusts well to the environment in which we find ourselves performing and we keep the excitement alive without using pre-recorded tracks in our performances! ( We don't play too loud for our audiences!)  Cool Chilies delivers quality, variety and value as compared to many smaller (and louder) groups commanding greater fees. We will bring you the excitement, excellence & distinction your event deserves.

Cool Chilies........."Our Latin Rocks!"

Name:

 Mike White (with the great Doc Severinsen)

Instrument(s):

 Trumpet / leader

Performance History:

 A Chorus Line
B. J. Thomas
Blair & Company
Bob Davis Orchestra
Bob Hope
Connie Haynes
Cool City Swing Band
Dionne Warwick
Floyd Kramer
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Helen Forrest
Henry Cuesta (clarinet great from Lawrence Welk)
Henry Lee Summer
Hollywood Hills Orchestra (Henry Mancini musicians)
Jackson Street Orchestra
Jim Edison Orchestra
Johnny Desmond
Manhatten Transfer
Mel Torme
Nashville Jazz Machine
Opryland USA
Pat Boone
Red Skelton
Ringling Bros & Barnum, Bailey Circus
Robert Goulet
Russ Morgan Orchestra
Sandi Patty (1st Dove Award Orch)
Stratford Chamber Brass Quintet (leader)
Susan Lucci
Tastes Like Chicken Band
The 5th Dimension
The Four Tops
The Ink Spots
The O'Jays
The Pied Pipers
The Temptations
Tommy Mullinix Orchestra

Name:

 Steve Dokken

Instrument(s):

 Bass

Performance History:

 Cathy Morris & Collage
Henry Mancini
Johnny Mathis
Natalie Cole
Pia Zadora

Name:

 Mike Goldsworthy

Instrument(s):

 Percussion/Vocals

Performance History:

 Cool Chilies since 2000
Fusion jazz band in the mid 1980’s called L.A. Jazz
Lee Ritenour and the Yellow Jackets
Trinia and the Gypsies Funk Band

Name:

 Forrest Means

Instrument(s):

 Trumpet

Performance History:

 B.B. King
Lyle Lovett
The Temptations
Tito Puente

Name:

 Cozette Myers

Instrument(s):

 Vocals

Performance History:

 Cool City Swing Band
Indy Express Band
Tommy Mullinix Orchestras
Various Recording Studio Sessions

Name:

 Gary Myers

Instrument(s):

 Drums

Performance History:

 Alice Cooper
Bob Segar Band
Brenda Lee
Chubby Checker
First Impression Band
Jaco Pastorius
Jerry Lee Lewis
Kingston Trio
Louie Prima
Michael W. Smith
Muddy Waters
Nancy Wilson
Ted Nugent
The Association
The Four Seasons
The Mamas and the Papas
The O'Jays
Tommy Mullinix Orchestras

Name:

 John Nelson

Instrument(s):

 Saxes

Performance History:

 Clarinet great Henry Cuesta
Gib Gentry Big Band
Guy Lombardo Orchestra
Played & recorded with Russ Morgan Orchestra
The Four Tops
The Temptations
Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey Orchestras

Name:

 Tom Padgett

Instrument(s):

 Guitar

Performance History:

 Blair & Company
Brenda Williams
Chub
Cold Fusion
Da Band
Jackson Street Orchestra (Ike & Jonesies) leader

Name:

 Dave Pavolka

Instrument(s):

 Trombone

Performance History:

 Barry Manilow
Cool Chilies Band since 2001
Elvis Presley
Henry Mancini
Natalie Cole
Tony Bennett
Woody Herman

Name:

 Heather Ramsey

Instrument(s):

 vocals, various percussion

Performance History:

 Blair & Company
Cool City Swing Band
Heather Ramsey Jazz
Jackson Street Orchestra
Tastes Like Chicken Band

Name:

 Stacie Sandoval

Instrument(s):

 Vocals

Performance History:

 Broadway actor, Ute Lemper
LA Bands: Yari More, La Palabra, Macondo and Mazacote
Los Angeles Salsa Band Rudy Regalado y Orquesta Chevere
Nantional Salsa Artist Michael Stuart
National Artist Eddie Santiago
National Salsa Artist Frankie Negron
National Salsa Artist Johnny Rivera
National Salsa Artist Kevin Ceballo
Orquesta Bravo!, leader

Name:

 Jesse Whittman

Instrument(s):

 Bass

Performance History:

 Jazz Kitchen (various performances)
Jesse Whittman Trio
Orquesta Bravo!
Sean Baker Trio

Name:

 Fred Yde

Instrument(s):

 Keyboard, vocals

Performance History:

 Celeste Ballantine
Chooch & the Enchanters
Loco Mojo