John has performed with jazz greats Mel Torme and Louie Bellson as well as Steve Cole. With Soleil Moon, John wrote and recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra and has produced Michael Thompson, Ricky Peterson, Lenny Castro, Kenny Aronoff and jazz saxophonist Warren Hill. An arranger/writer/producer, he has worked with Richard Marx, Michael Bolton, Nelson Rangell, Nick Colionne, Edens Crush and developed new artists for Clive Davis' J Records. John is also one of the musical directors regularly chosen for the Jazz Cruise, LLC and is currently the keyboardist for Dennis De Young of Styx.
Khari Parker--Drums
Khari is Chicago’s gift to the music world. A fixture in the R&B and Jazz scene, he has shared his talents around the world as the backbone and heartbeat of artists such as Destiny's Child, Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Boz Scaggs, Rafael Sadiq, Gladys Knight, Jennifer Holiday and Brenda Russell as well as Smooth Jazz artists Steve Cole, Brian Culbertson, Richard Elliott and Peter White. His most recent credit includes playing drums on R&B singer Joss Stones’ latest album.
Chris Siebold--Guitar
Chris is a guitarist, composer/songwriter, arranger, singer, free-lance journeyman. Some of the bands/artists he as played with are include Kick the Cat, Howard Levy's Acoustic Express, MAGGIE SPEAKS, Anne Harris Band, The Renegades, Andrew Ripp, Sandip Burman, e, Cathy Richardson Band, Tributosaurus, Sellout, Aaron McEvers' M5, M13, The People's Band and Congress of Musicians, Jenna Mammina, Bonnie Koloc, Ladies of the Canyon, Maxwell St. Klezmer Band, Psycles, Blue Band, Patricia Barber, Colby Beserra, Ryan Shultz Quartet, TMS Trio, Kimotion, Rob Parton's Jazztech Big Band, and HardArt Groop.
Dave Hiltebrand--Bass
Dave is an accomplished jazz musician by anyones standards. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Nick Colionne, Steve Cole, Utah Carol, Carlos Ortega and many more.
Kathleen Dietz--Vocals
Kathleen’s unique and varied singing career includes a recording contract with Motown records with her first band, Voyage, as well as singing backing vocals for Kenny Rogers on tour. Classically trained, Kathleen is a member of the world famous Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus and has established herself prominently in the Chicago operatic field. Subsequent to completing her bachelors’ degree in voice performance at Indiana University, went on to embark on a solo career that ranges from classical to jazz to rock, pop, R&B and country. Kathleen also co-wrote the song ‘Willingly’ on the Soleil Moon album ‘World’s Apart’ which went on to reach 17 in the FMQB adult contemporary chart and placed at number 69 on the same publications top 100 singles for the year 2000.
Larry King -- Creator/ Lead Vocalist
President -- MFO Entertainment Group
The driving force behind Soleil Moon, Larry has been involved in every facet of the entertainment industry from the time he was a young boy. He began at the age of seven and although his schedule was busy with performances on stage and screen he managed to feature in 52 commercials before the age of 13.
During his college years at the University of Miami and later Wisconsin, Larry established some important relationships with professionals in the music industry, building a steadfast foundation for the years to come.
He became nationally renowned for his writing and vocal ability and experimented with various projects including his band Human Factor which was signed by Caliber Records in Los Angeles, an independent label with Warner Brothers Distribution.
In the early 90’s, Larry had branched into other realms, including writing the rock opera “Sins Of The Father”, which was staged by the Winston-Salem Repertory Company in North Carolina.
Larry is well known in Chicago and nationwide for, among other things, his work on commercial jingles with a diverse range of clients including ‘Ferrara-Pan’ candy, R.C. Cola, Coca-Cola, Gatorade, Enterprise Rental Cars, Long John Silver, McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, the CD ROM game ‘You Don’t Know Jack’ and the theme song for The Heritage Christian Church…to name a few.
Soleil Moon has been heard on radio stations coast to coast and seen on CD Highway on PBS, WLS-TV in Chicago and WGN-TV Chicago.
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