Vocals:   With her unique smooth and silky style, this soft, yet feisty side of Funk du Jour easily pumps out the leads to the hit tunes of Cher, Gloria Gaynor, Madonna and Gloria Estefan.  She is also the perfect balance to the font line of singers, adding the solid high-end to the four-part harmonies. 

His vocal credits include these Chicago horn bands form the 60's and 70's, Jumbo, Ten Grand and The Haymarket Riot along with numerous solo events.

Vocals:  Heather was born and raised in Thousand Oaks, CA.  At the age of 17, she began singing with the big band, Lane 29 Orchestra, which turned her on to jazz. Moving to Chicago, Heather graduated from Elmhurst College in 2003 with a degree in Music Business/Business Administration and a certificate in Vocal Performance.

She was vocalist for the world-renowned Elmhurst College Jazz Band, and the vocal jazz group Late Night Blues.  Her impressive growth as a singer comes from sharing the stage and learning from music greats Dee Dee Bridgewater, Mark Colby, The New York Voices, Clark Terry, Phil Woods, Frank Mantooth, Bob Rummage and Doug Beach.

Trumpet, Flugel Horn, Trombone:  Originally from New York, Paul arrived on the Chicago music scene in 1990. He has appeared at the Elbo Room, Lakeview Links and the Beat Kitchen playing with Dream In Color and the Who Needs Dove Jazz Ensemble. 

Paul’s trumpet harmonies bring you the “Chicago” sound.  When not playing horn Paul practices Pediatrics in the Bronzeville area

Tenor Sax, Flute: Born and raised in Chicago, Herman has been playing since he was a teenager.  He attended Northeastern University where he received his BA in Music.  Along the way, Herman studied with the legendary Joe Daley and studied Jazz Piano with Dee King.    

Herman has played in numerous bands over the years.  Actually, too many to mention here.  Some of the bands he has played with are; Don Sadofsky’s Revolutionary Swing Orchestra, Funktion (a fore-runner of FDJ), Bill O’Connell Big Band (now the Chicago Skyliners), Salful Rumba (African salsa), and the gigging bands “5 aftr 5” and Dinner@Eight.  He has backed singers Gina Gibson and Kate Foley. 

Baritone Sax, Vocals, Percussion:  Born and raised on Chicago's North side Joe began playing saxophone at age 14 and has studied with Shelly Yoelin and Rich Corpolongo.  You may have heard Joe's deep baritone sax in these Chicago bands; Black Mahriya, Desperate Souls, Souled Out and also with the College of DuPage and Triton Jazz Bands.

Keyboards, Back-up Vocals:  Julian has been playing piano longer than … well.  He grew up playing in Chicago with local greats, including Mike Balter, Ed Rothberg, Bob Sambrosky and Bob Kaiser but left the professional music scene to pursue a career in science. 

He attended Maine East H.S. in Park Ridge and was recipient  of the John Phillips Sousa award his senior year.  At age 17 he was accepted by The Julliard School of Music in New York City to study saxophone.  After Julliard, he was invited to study at The Conservatory in Bordeaux, France by world renown saxophonist Jean Marie Londiex.  Upon completion of his studies, John received The First Place Prize in performance from The Conservatory.  Upon return to the U.S., John attended Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, graduating with a Bachelors Degree in Music.

John has performed in many venues in the last 30 years in the Chicago area.  He has played with The Chicago Symphony, at the Theater Building in Chicago and with many Chicago bands such as Funktion, The Michael James Orchestra, the Chicago horn band Haymarket Riot and now Funk du Jour.

Bass Guitar, Back-up Vocals:  Reggie has been involved in the Chicago music scene for many years, playing in bands such as Clever, Black Wonders and Up From the Bottom.   

Rhythm isn’t rhythm without Reggie.  He spells "funk" with his bass. 

Starting with a 5-piece band, the switch to drums brought him some immediate satisfaction.  Local studio work followed, at Universal Studios in Chicago for McDonald's, Burger King, Ral Donner and Johnny Cooper, which led to more studio work in L.A..  Arriving back in Chicago, he was called to play a gig opening for The Platters, The Shadows of Night, 4 Days and a Night, American Breed, Martha and the Vandellas and The Outsiders.  Five years later he hooked up with some horn players and they formed the band Jumbo.

That was the sound that excited Rick and after Jumbo parted ways he formed his own band called Funktion.  The band was successful in the Chicago music scene, but they disbanded also.  Again, Rick looked for that full horn sound he so loved and became the drummer for The Haymarket Riot.  This band was BIG in the Chicago music scene.

After he left Haymarket Riot, Rick performed "hundreds" of free-lance gigs with a number of musicians and now he brings you Funk du Jour.