Lyza Paradise
Lead Vocals / Guitar
Lyza’s musical passion originated in her early childhood performing in Choral Groups and Ensembles, in all stages of school, College & Community theatres and Senior Centers throughout Queens, Brooklyn. and Long Island. New York. She has also performed with and for The NYPD and Local Fire Departments and Organizations prior and post 9/11.
Lyza enjoyed appearing with the Del Angels, a Female Based singing group from New Jersey. She has performed in Atlantic City for the Boardwalk Bullies Hockey Team, Brooklyn Cyclones, Las Vegas & Laugh in Nevada, Westbury, New York and Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
Ray Sabatello
Music Director / Guitars / Banjo / Vocals
Ray has been a professional musician his entire life. He started out in the nightclubs of Long Island, New York playing a wide variety of cover music and later gravitated to more civilized work in musical theater where he has played in the pit orchestra of countless musicals in most of the top theaters on Long Island including The Gateway Playhouse, The Argyle Theater, and The Engeman Theater.
In early 2014 Ray put together a power trio for Grammy award nominee Sofie B. Hawkins for a special event at The Greenwich Connecticut Country Club for a vast array of luminaries.
As an outgrowth of his involvement in musical theater in 2014 he was selected to play guitar on The Smokey Joe’s Cafe 20th Anniversary Tour featuring The Coasters. Soon after he was touring with the Fame the [...]
Ed Kozlowski
Keyboards / Vocals / Harmonica
Eddy Kay started piano at the age of four, where his musical parents surrounded him with music of many styles! At the age of six he performed at Carnegie Hall and has been performing concerts and shows ever since, including stints with The Village People, The Coasters, The Platters, Randy and the Rainbows, and Darlene Love!
Ed is also an arranger, a published composer and a music educator, sharing his passion and expertise of all kinds of music to beginners and college students alike.
He is delighted to perform and share the wonderfully diverse musical styles of Linda Ronstadt with Lyza and the members of BluBayou.
Russell Brown
Bass Guitar / Upright Bass / Vocals / Business Manager
Bass Player and music coordinator, Russell Brown earned a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
Russell can be heard playing the upright bass or bass guitar at theaters across the Tri-State Area. He has performed the Radio City Christmas Spectacular as well as the Radio City Spring Spectacular.
Currently, he is the music coordinator and holds the bass chair at the John W. Engeman Theatre at Northport. He serves as the music coordinator for the Argyle Theatre in Babylon as well. He has backed The Coasters, Bridgette Valdez (Celine Dion Tribute), Divas3 Las Vegas, and Michael Amante among others.
Touring credits include Bright Lights Broadway (Taiwan) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Darlene Love.
James Waddell
Drums / Percussion / Vocals
James Waddell currently holds the drum chair at the Engeman Theatre in Northport. He held the drum chair at the Argyle Theatre in Babylon prior to switching to the Engeman Theatre.
He studied Applied Music at SUNY Fredonia, earning his Bachelor of Arts. Jim has been playing across Long Island and the country in various capacities. He has been a fixture in the Long Island theater scene and currently is the drum and percussion instructor at Chaminade High School.
He still performs with the New Vintage Big Band Orchestra where he has backed acts such as Joan Rivers, Bob Newhart, Carol Lawrence (Westbury Music Fair), Fantasia, Shirley Alston Reeves (The Shirelles), Jerry Vale, Al Martino, Don Cornell, Michael Amante, Daniel Rodriguez (Tom Scott, conductor), The Coasters, The [...]
