DAN TOBIAS, Trumpet
Dan Tobias was born in Trenton, NJ and attended Hamilton Township schools.  He began performing in the Trenton area with the Lamplighters big band at the age of 15.  Dan attended Trenton State College and graduated in 1985.  While a student at the college, he studied trumpet with Donald Benedetti and George Rabbai.  After graduation, he began a one-year stint on Carnival Cruise Tropicale, where he played in the show band.

Since 1987, Dan has been a member of the Tony DeNicola Band.  This association has lead
to work with such jazz luminaries as Kenny Davern, Warren and Allen Vache, Harry Allen, Howard Alden, John Bunch, Marty Napoleon, Greg Cohen, Derek Smith and many other great musicians.  In addition to his appearances in concerts and festivals with the Midiri Brothers, Dan can also be heard performing with the Blue Skies jazz quartet, as well as with Derf Nolde’s Keystone Jazz Band, Jerry Rife’s Rhythm Kings.  In New York City he is often heard with Stan Rubin’s Band at the Red Blazer and with Vince Giordano's Nighthawks at the Cajun. 

In addition to being a jazz performer, Dan teaches elementary band and orchestra in Hamilton Township, NJ.

PAT MERCURI, Guitar
Pat Mercuri is one of the Philadelphia area’s most active free-lance musicians.  The son of
the late guitarist and teacher Lou Mercuri, Pat engages in a wide range of performance activities, playing jazz, pop and classical music.  In addition, he frequently plays guitar, mandolin and banjo for the Philadelphia Orchestra, for the region’s opera companies, and for theater and show orchestras in Philadelphia, Atlantic City and New York.
Pat is a graduate of both the Philadelphia Musical Academy (now part of the University of
the Arts) and Temple University.  He teaches music for the Hamilton Township, New Jersey school system. In addition to his performances with the Midiri Brothers in concerts, private events and in appearances at hotels and casinos at the New Jersey shore, he is frequently called on
to play with Jerry Rife’s Rhythm Kings and with the Blue Skies jazz quartet as well.  In 2001,
He appeared twice on network TV, accompanying English singer Russell Watson both on his
PBS special and on ABC’s Good Morning America.

ED WISE, Bass
Ed Wise has been playing string bass professionally since he was 17. He has toured with the Concord Records Jazz All-Stars (Harry “Sweets” Edison, Monty Alexander, Scott Hamilton and Bud Shank), Al Hirt and the Smothers Brothers. In 1990, he performed at the inauguration of President George Herbert Walker Bush in Washington D.C. In 2005, New Orleans Magazine designated Ed one of the Crescent City's Jazz All-Stars. He currently lives in and works around Philadelphia, both with the Midiri Brothers and with his own group, Ed Wise and his New Orleans Jazz Band. He is also musical director of “PennJazz” (the University of Pennsylvania's jazz band) and serves on the board of directors of the Tri-State Jazz Society.

JIM LAWLOR, Drums
Jim began playing at 20 after moving from Philadelphia to Atlantic city.  His first drum teacher was Chris Columbo (drummer with Louis Jordan's Tympany Five) and has been a familiar sight on most casino stages since 1979.  He has been mainly with the Midiri Brothers small groups and big band since 1989.