Name: Dresmond "Drez" McLaurin

Born: February 20, 1958

Instrument: Trumpet/Flugelhorn, Keyboards, Percussion

Residence: DC Metro

Influences: Drez, Miles Davis, Mandrill, Osibisa, Joni Mitchell, Ravel,
Fertile Ground

Favorite Types of Music: Jazz, Hip-Hop, Go-Go, and Classical

Profile:

Drez ... eclectic & fundamental ... bringing brass unit balance to the SyMmYtRe Band ... always looking 4 the missing spice that will turn an ordinary groove into a gourmet rack o' ribs ...raised on Jazz & Funkmob eccentrics ... out of DC's Duke Ellington School of the Performing Arts ...life time member of the DC Band & Show Scene (b4 Disco killed the cowbell)... choreographing horn section arrangements with angular funk-shuns 4 flavorful consumption by the masses.