Robert Mortensen, Bass

Bobby Menaquale, Drums

Since beginning his professional performance career at age 15, Greg Power has been requested to perform with some of America’s most famous musical ensembles, including Warren Covington & the Pied Pipers, Sammy Kaye, Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians, Myron Floren, Les Elgart, Bob Crosby, Jim Nabors, Dorothy Lamour, The Spinners, The Four Tops, and Bobby Rydell. In addition to a 20-year career as trumpet soloist with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, he also had the opportunity to lead the orchestra and conduct for Helen O’Connell. Greg’s musical career has given him the chance to travel through most of the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and Europe, and has included playing in the pit orchestra for the National Broadway tour of "On Your Toes" and entertaining passengers through multiple trips on the Mississippi Queen river boat.

Pianist Rick Moore was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, has been playing piano for more than thirty years, and is on the area’s "first call list" for pianists, performing over 150 engagements per year. In the early seventies, his musical interests turned toward improvised music and he joined the New Jersey Jazz Society, began attending jam sessions, and quickly became friends with jazz greats Claude Hopkins, Doc Cheatham, and Herb Hall. After relocating to Florida in 1986, Rick quickly found that he had more performance offers than he could handle, routinely having to turn down 2-3 performance opportunities per week. In 2004, his first CD, "Boulevard Saint Germaine," a collection of solo, duo, and trio performances, was released on his own record label, RM MUSIC.

Bassist Robert Mortensen has pursued a professional musical career for his entire adult life. Beginning in Northern Indiana, after studies at Indiana University, Robert’s music has taken him to New York City, the Virgin Islands, Hawaii, California and, finally, South Florida. He currently works primarily in the Palm Beach area, but plays many engagements anywhere from Miami to Orlando. He prefers the jazz venue, but realizes that versatility is the key to many musicians’ success. Robert presently resides in Stuart, Florida.

Fortunately for PowerPlay, "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" did not hold true for drummer Bobby Menaquale. Bobby began his professional musical career as a "first call" drummer in Las Vegas, relocating after ten years to Atlantic City when the casinos first opened there. His tenure in Atlantic City lasted for five years, followed by four years with Keely Smith and then another relocation to South Florida. When he’s not performing with PowerPlay, Bobby stays busy performing in the Palm Beach area.

Locally, PowerPlay has shared the wonderful American musical art form known as jazz with audiences at the Holiday Inn Oceanside, the Admiral’s Table restaurant, the Metro Blues Café, the Center For The Arts, and the Lyric Theater.