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Lynn Speakman (alto saxophone/flute) has been a performer, composer, arranger, copyist, and music educator for the past 20 years. Her career has allowed her to perform with bands such as the Christian McBride Big Band, Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and Wycliffe Gordon Big Band, as well as her own small groups. Lynn is also an experienced music educator who has performed and taught at the Stanford Jazz Workshop for 12 years and Calhoun School and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Middle School Jazz Academy in NYC, Detroit Civic Youth Jazz in Michigan, and Center of Life Jazz in Pittsburgh. In addition to teaching and performing, Lynn spends much of her time composing and arranging as well as transcribing and engraving music for her band, her students, and an extensive list of clients in NYC, where she resided for seven years. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA, with her husband, Josh, and their two beagles.

Lynn Speakman - alto saxophone/flute/compositions
Tommy Lehman - trumpet
Joe Sheehan - piano
Jeff Grubbs - bass
Kyle Andrews – drums