Based in Midcoast Maine this groove-oriented jazz trio consists of drums, organ and guitar playing a wide range of jazz styles including bebop classics, blues, latin, and jazz versions of pop tunes. With their collective musical experience and expertise, their performances promise to be nothing short of spectacular!

Tom Oldakowski (drums) has toured extensively with jazz legend Mose Allison (a NEA Jazz Master), performing at such legendary jazz venues as the Village Vanguard (NYC), Baker’s Keyboard Lounge (Detroit), Ryle’s (Boston), The Bottom Line (NYC), and The Brecker Brother’s club Seventh Avenue South (NYC). Tom spent 35 years as the staff drummer at the world famous Radio City Music Hall in NYC and has played drums for over 25 different shows on Broadway. He has performed and/or recorded for Bernadette Peters, Benny Anderson & Bjorn Ulvaeus (of ABBA), jazz great Thomas Chapin, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and singer/songwriter Steve Postel (of the band The Immediate Family). His NYC recording work includes the TV series Jem & The Holograms, The Tony Awards, The Miss America Pageant, and jingles for Ford, Avis, Wendy's, RC Cola, Hasbro, Campbell's Soup and others. Since relocating to Maine Tom has performed with Wayne Delano, Novel Jazz, Swingmatism, The Right Track (2023 Best of the Best 2nd place band), Anne Delaney, The Nite Show with Danny Cashman, and Emmett Lalor’s bands Splitwillow and The Little Cornbread Muffins.

Stan Polanski (keyboards) has played NYC gigs with jazz artists such as Dave Weckl, Eddie Gomez, Ralph LaLama, Barry Ries, Jimmy Madison, Ron McClure, and Mark Murphy as well as serving as music director for R&B legend Maxine Brown. After relocating to the Charlottesville VA area, he played jazz extensively with NYC veterans like John D’Earth (head of the UVA jazz program), Robert Jospe, and Glenn Wilson, as well as becoming bandmates with Carter Beauford and Leroi Moore from the Dave Matthews Band. Stan now lives in Midcoast Maine.

David Clarke (guitar) is a seasoned professional well known to jazz fans throughout Midcoast Maine. He's been playing since the age of 13 and has traveled the world as a member of the US Air Force Band. In Maine has has played with The Novel Jazz Septet, Wayne DeLano, Three Button Deluxe, and is a regular member of the house band for the Bangor-based TV show The Nite Show with Danny Cashman. This Belfast-native has even performed at John Travolta's Isleboro house on New Year's Eve for eight consecutive years!

ABOUT : theWORST

Hailed by Alternative Press as the "...glorious love child of Joan Jett & Kurt Cobain," theWorst has been on a meteoric rise since their inception.  Led by bandleader and true survivor, Brooke Binion, the band has gained a reputation as a one-of-a-kind raucous live act, fueled by an aggressive raw sound, anthemic songs and a brutally honest lyricism that is rare in today's highly commercial and often fabricated mainstream music scene.  Having toured nationwide and coast to coast since 2016, theWorst features Binion on lead vocals and guitar, alongside Will Bradford (SeepeopleS) on bass and Craig Sala (Paranoid Social Club, Kurt Baker, Planeside) on drums.  The band earned wide critical acclaim with the release of their debut album Jane Doe Embryo (RascalZRecordZ 2017), produced by Will Holland (Pixies, Fall Out Boy) and recorded at the legendary Chillhouse Studios in Boston, MA. Recently, theWorst released their second full length album with Will Holland, entitled Yes Regrets, which features guest musical contributions from the likes of Tony Bevilacqua (The Distillers, Spinnerette) Dana Colley (Morphine, Vapors of Morphine), Nikki Glaspie (Beyoncé, Nth Power, Maceo Parker, Griz), and Nate Edgar (Nth Power, John Brown’s Body).  The album has been featured in Alt-Press, Revolver, Brooklyn Vegan, Under The Radar Magazine, Glide and many more.  Theband is currently on tour in support of the album and back in the studio working on their third album on RascalZ RecordZ and on March 29th return to Sun Tiki, where the band has sold out their last two performances, for an unforgettable evening with theWorst and special guests Lake Over Fire. Carissa Johnson and Bean Surprise -  the event also serves as an unofficial birthday party for theWorst lead singer, Brooke Binion.  Do you need any more reasons to make plans to join us?  For more info or current tour dates, please visit:

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