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Pooch, the bassist

Bassist, Bruce "Pooch" Heine

Drummer, David Stanoch

Guitarist, Joel Shapira

 

Bassist, Bruce "Pooch" Heine

Bruce "Pooch" Heine is a player in great demand around the Twin Cities, having freelanced with jazz and blues greats Mose Allison, Jack McDuff, Bob Mintzer, Bob Berg, Barrett Deems, Jeff "Tain" Watts, and Paul Wertico, as well as popular entertainers Little Anthony & the Imperials and Joan Rivers. He also performs regularly with a variety of talented local artists including the Cedar Avenue Big Band, Eddie Berger, Dave Brattain, Chris Lomheim, Jay Epstein, Christine Rosholt, Dean Granros, Big Walter Smith, and the late Bobby Peterson - often as a member of the house rhythm section at St. Paul's renowned Artists' Quarter jazz club. Pooch has also played several national musical productions, including Penumbra Theatre's "Dinah Was", and a national tour of "Ain't Misbehavin". Pooch has a degree in music education from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, where he studied with Reginald Buckner and Dr. Frank Bencriscutto. Pooch is an adjunct faculty member, instructing bass, at St. Cloud State University.

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