Julie Wood Quintet

Juli loves to play and sing simple swinging tunes like Bobby Timmons’ Moanin’ and the old standard Bye Bye Blackbird, but she’s also a powerhouse on more complex arrangements like Joe Henderson’s treatment of Without a Song and Freddie Hubbard’s version of Full Moon and Empty Arms. Her voice is full bodied, she phrases right in the pocket, and her tenor sax has that big Chicago sound. Juli Loves playing every Sunday with Larry and Steve in the great gospel band at Christ Universal Temple.


Larry Bowen plays trumpet and Flugel Horn. He brings a big Dizzy Gillespie and Freddie Hubbard vibe to the band. Larry is a wonderful jazz, R&B, gospel, and theatre musician. He has played with Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, the Four Tops, the O’Jays, and jazz singer extraordinaire, Tony Bennett. Larry is on Koko Taylor’s 2001 Grammy nominated CD, Royal Blue. He played in the Chicago Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Jon Faddis. He is the lead trumpet for the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, IL. He was also lead trumpet for 2014’s Broadway hit in Chicago, Motown the Musical Larry also plays in the great gospel band at Christ Universal Temple.