The Osborne Project

Tom grew up in the suburbs of New York as a teenager, performing in rock bands before becoming interested in
jazz. While studying with Peter Compo in New York, he enrolled at Berklee College of Music, where he studied with John Neves and Bruce Gertz. Tom received his Bachelor’s degree in 1980. He went on to perform with a wide variety of musicians in many genres of music.
 

Playing on a local and regional level, Tom has opened for artists such as Hal Galper, Don Lanphere, Albert King, Marcia Ball, John Hammond, Bobby Shew and Defeayo Marsalis. He has also shared the stage with artists such as James Williams, Don Braden, Kenwood Dennard, The Les Elgart Orchestra, Tony Joe White, J.P. Pennington (Exile), The Drifters, and the Platters. His musical experiences have given him the opportunity to perform and record coast to coast with many great local, regional and international musicians. The addition of the 9 string bass provides Tom a unique voice in the jazz community.

Jesse is a musician/teacher/composer living in Lexington, KY. Born in Panama Canal Zone to a military family, growing up, Jesse played different styles including Blues, R & B, Rock, Jazz, Country, Bluegrass, Classical and Latin.  He traveled extensively before moving to New Jersey then Tennessee to play lead guitar for various country, rock, blues and gospel artists.  Based in Nashville from 1988-2001 he has performed on the Grand Ole Opry. Jesse also worked as a studio musician/music arranger on demo and custom recordings.  A passionate teacher, Jesse has taught guitar, bass, drums and mandolin for the last 39 years.

Jesse has been a valued guitarist for the Osborne Ensembles, including the Contemporary Jazz Group & The Metropolitan Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. He  is the performing bassist and guitarist on the recording “If Ever There’s a Day” by The Osborne Project.

Tripp is a Lexington based percussionist, performer, composer, producer, and educator who in addition to his new position at Centre College as adjunct percussion instructor and director of the Rhythm Fusion Ensemble, also currently works as lecturer of percussion and director of the African-Latin Percussion and Contemporary Percussion (Fusion) ensembles at Berea College, and serving as director, composer, and arranger for the award winning March Madness Marching Band, music director for the Rakadu Gypsy Dance and Sabi Diri sbi multicultural dance troupes. 

He is founder and director of One Circle Productions, a company that includes recording studio and live event productions along with services to facilitate artistic collaboration between musicians, dancers, theatrical producers, and videographers. 

Additional current work includes designing and teaching preschool and elementary educational programs and summer arts camps, and performing with numerous bands including ongoing work with his Grammy nominated mother & jazz vocalist Gail Wynters, co-directing, along with internationally  acclaimed Indian master musician Raj Pandya, the East/West fusion ensemble WeTone, and percussion performance and recording work with the all-star band Tin Can Buddha which was featured in a 2011 documentary film which aired on Kentucky Educational Television.