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We are very excited to announce that A1A will be performing in the Lionsgate Major Motion Picture Release, "What To Expect When You're Expecting." The movie stars Dennis Quaid, Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Chris Rock, Brooklyn Decker and more. We are also happy to announce that we have two songs on the soundtrack. The movie is to be released at a theater near you in May of 2012.

Stay tuned for more information as we get it!

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June 29, 2011

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June 23, 2011

THE NEW A1A CD IS HERE!

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June 19, 2011

Native Atlantan, Jennifer Carrozza has been singing and performing since she was a small child. She began clasical voice training at the age of 14, and spent 16 years of training before becoming a full-time professional vocalist in 1997. Jennifer's work as a performance artist has been primarily in churches throughout the southeast including Church of the Apostles, First Baptist Woodstock, Johnson Ferry Baptist, Sarasota Community and Northstar Community Church.

Jennifer has recorded three solo projects entitled, "Soul Windows" -an adult contemporary pop effort, the gospel work "Joy In The Middle" featuring work with recording artist Babbie Mason the Atlanta Super Choir and most recently bluegrass effort, "Rust & Velvet" receiving national airplay and critical acclaim.

Jennifer is a sought after background vocalist working on many artist projects, jingles and corporate/industrial work. Some of the producers that Jenifer has worked with include Cheryl Rogers, Eddie Horst, and Mike Gleason. Jennifer is also a featured soloist and recording artist for her home church of North Point Community. She also is the lead singer for JMood, a jazz group signed to Blue Canoe Records. Jennifer's voice has been described as "velvet sandpaper" and is a pefect romance between sultry soft and gritty power.

We are very excited, honored and proud to welcome such an amazing talent and voice into A1A's musical family!

Native to Florida, John grew up playing guitar and piano from a young age. John relocated to Atlanta in 1992 to work with Twelve Oaks Studios as musician, producer, and arranger. John has worked with many artists and musicians in Atlanta and abroad including saxophonist Sam Skelton, Drummer Scott Meeder, bassist Jackie Street and collaborating with such producer/songwriters as Cheryl Rogers and Phil Nash.

John's produced, performed and arranged for many Christian artists including Babbie Mason, Todd Fields, Steve Fee and was a featured pianist on "Dear God" by Boyz II Men on their platinum album, "Evolution."

John has recorded his own instrumental project entitled, "Defining Moment" for Blue Canoe Records and also plays regularly with North Point Community Church as keyboardist and organist on the Hammond B-3. John is owner of Ultraphonic Productions and has worked with many different types of clientele; individual projects for artists to more corporate work for clients such as reThink, Chick-fil-A, and Life Care Centers of America. After many years of working amongst talented studio musicians, John seized another musical passion; playing live music with great musicians!

We are excited, honored and proud to welcome a player of John's stature into A1A's musical family!

Nico Gutierrez was born in Poughkeepsie N.Y. 1971, to Barbara Dale Gutierrez and Wayne Gutierrez. Nico was raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn N.Y. and The Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. His father Wayne, a professional show drummer, inspired, influenced and taught Nico at the ripe age of 10 years old, how to play the drums and entered him into the elementary school band to learn music theory.

Nico continued on playing in the elementary band, junior high band and the Fallsburg High School orchestra band and chorus. Joining the navy out of high school, Nico also played snare drum in the Navy boot camp band in San Diego California. After an honorable discharge from the Navy, Nico continued to play drums around in local rock and roll bands.

Nico continues to study the modern drum set. He has immersed himself into Afro-Cuban percussion as well as Brazilian percussion for the past 15 years and is currently studying the Steel Drum.

Nico has studied with Wayne Gutierrez, Mark Lamson, Patrick J Burke, and Bill Ray. He has studied Afro-Cuban percussion with Mark Lamson, Michael Spiro, Regino Jimenez, Gary Greenberg, Juan Carlos Blanco, Poncho Sanchez, Fransico Aguabella He is currently studying the Lead Steel Drum and music theory with Patrick J. Burke and Tom Gates Nico has been a member of and shared the stage with: Sol E Mar (Escola De Samba), Island Fever, Quino of "Big Mountain", Los Travellers, Bruce Cameron and the Latin Jazz All-Stars, Glen Fisher Con Alma, The Gomango Invasion Orchestra, Lee Brown, Javid (Nuevo Flamenco), Gatos Papacitos, The Boogiemen, Joe Rathburn's Island, Hat Trick, We Kinda Music, The Adrian Nimms Band, Juan Carlos Blanco Afro-Cuban Dance Class.

For the past several years Nico has been performing in his own steel drum band "Caribbean Steel" in the Las Vegas and San Diego area. He has recently relocated to Atlanta, Georgia and we are very excited and proud to welcome him to A1A's musical family!

For more information on Nico visit him online at

www.caribbeansteel.us

James Cobb came into my musical life through my old friend and A1A alumni bass player/mandolin player, Koney Ferrell. Koney brought James into The Jeff Pike Smooth Jazz Trio in early 2005, and in the blink of an eye, before you knew it, James was a fulltime member of A1A. James brought his astute perspective and accomplished musicianship to the band from the very first day, and we were all the better for it.

Being an extraordinarily trained and practiced classical guitarist, composer, harmonica player and top studio engineer, James successfully wore many hats in A1A. His visual, charismatic and exciting stage presence and performances were always a hit with our audience and his own personal fan base has became very large. We have been very blessed to have him as a band member, songwriter and recording engineer for A1A for the past 6 years.

From the very first trip that James and I took to the Caribbean, I knew without a doubt that his heart, soul and music were at home on the island of St. John. It is where he wrote, worked and lived at his best. Most important of all, it is where his heart and soul were happy, at rest and at peace. I always knew he would return for good, but I did not think it would be this soon.

He has been visiting St. John during our off season to play for a few years now, and every year when he left I would always wonder if we would perform together again. For I always knew it was a matter of time before he put away the wanderlust in his soul and finally settled down where he belonged.

While I am extremely happy and envious of the life, work, creativity, music, harmony and spiritual peace that my old friend James has found, I must say with a heavy heart that I am going to miss him greatly. Onstage and off. James and I had many, many good times together. We had lots of laughs, lots of tears, and shared a musical bond that only veteran solo entertainers such as ourselves can share. I am going to miss all of that...a lot.

You can keep up with James by visiting him on Facebook at "James Cobb On Facebook"
You can also e-mail James at james@reel-life.net

Good luck old friend, and remember......whatever you got.....jam it...:-)
Love you and will miss you my brother
Jeff Pike

April 18, 2011