Featured Performing Artist

BIOGRAPHY: TK's songwriting influences include John Mayer and the Beatles to the acoustic Brazilian jazz of AC Jobim and Joao Gilberto which you can hear on the current album ARCHIPELAGO. As a singer tk has been influenced by jazz vocalists such as Al Jarreau and Michael Franks, to the folk of James Taylor and the rock of Robert Plant and as a lead guitarist you can hear the influence of Jimmy Paige and Eric Clapton . For his next album, TK is working on some pop-rock oriented material which he plans to incorporate into his Concert Series performances. At his upcoming show, you will enjoy TK’s songwriting arrangements from past, present, and future albums. TK's guitar and vocal improvisation will come alive with the vibe of a sandy shore, a tropical breeze and the smooth sound of rhythmic acoustic-electric jazz, singer-songwriter tk on vocals and acoustic guitar, Trent Hinkforth on electric jazz guitar, Dr. Dan Goicoechea performing percussion, and Mike Stoliker on bass, are the TiKiz and they will transport you there with an exotic blend of tk’s tunes, vocal originality and the cool strains of island jazz.

BIOGRAPHY THE TiKiz BAND:

tk (tom kwake), singer-songwriter-musician-producer, has recently wrapped production on his 7th album, the solo-effort "ARCHIPELAGO" (Brazilian/Latin/Bossa Nova-style jazz). He is currently playing out live on acoustic guitar, performing mostly original songs in the songwriting styles of jazz-rock-folk-blues. A few of tk’s musical influences are BB King, the Beatles, Al Jarreau, Michael Franks, Led Zepplin, Crosby-Stills-Nash, and John Mayer. His current resurgent interest in Latin jazz comes from performing as a duo with an instrumental guitarist, Chris Spirros, back when they were 17 years old. Chris was heavily influenced by Brazilian Bossa Nova-style jazz, where tk played acoustic lead guitar and forged a fusion style that included a more folk picking approach, which he brings to the music of the TiKiz Band.

BIOGRAPHY TRENT HINKFORTH: is known for his tasty jazz-rock guitar leads. He has performed and recorded with tk on an earlier album, tk’s "String Theory". He is well known in Ventura County and plays regularly in a number of bands. Trent started playing guitar at age 10 (though played other instruments before that) and has influences from the Ventures, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Larry Carlton, Johnny Winter, and others.

BIOGRAPHY DR. DAN GOICOECHEA: is called Dr. Dan the rhythm man. Chiropractor by day and percussionist by night, he has previously performed with tk and contributed the percussion rhythm on the "String Theory" album. Dr. Dan has performed in other bands. He was a member of the Boys Club jazz band for President Dwight Eisenhower in Wash. D.C. He has performed Latin Jazz with Miles Davis Jr.; and jammed with bands in New York with Joe Cuba, Willie Colon; and opened for Bobby Caldwell with Enuff Said Funk Band in Ventura. His musical Latin jazz influences are Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Baretto, Carlos Santana, Poncho Sanchez.

BIOGRAPHY MIKE STOLIKER: As Bassist, he relatively new working with tk & the TiKiz. He met tk through another non-profit organization for children, www.littleedwinstriumph.com, where Mike played bass on a recording project that tk, as acting musical director, was co-producing for that organization. Mike is an accomplished singer-songwriter-musician, who has more of a hard rock-heavy metal influence but works in all genres of music.