Meet our Judges
Gabriel Riley II
Home: Stockton, California
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Recommendation by Music Award Winner Ronnie Smith:
"Gabriel Riley is far more than just another young drummer from out of the church with strong pocket and great feel, he's an up and coming young talented musician. His roots in gospel & blues along with his skills as a keyboardist give him a better understanding of his role as a drummer in a band setting. In my opinion, this is what gives him such great musicality as a drummer/musician. Everybody needs to watch out for this cat!" Ronnie Smith is a Blues Music Award winning drummer/vocalist who has performed and/or recorded alongside such notables as Tommy Castro, Joe Louis Walker, Elvin Bishop, Los Lobos, Ledisi, Goapele, Lee Oskar, Jimmy Hall, Kenny Neal, Debbie Davies, Coco Montoya, Marcia Ball, Larry McCray, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Bernard
Mark Green
Home: Atlanta, GA
Entertainer, Song Writer, Instrumentalist & Producer
California born and raised, now making his home in Atlanta, GA, ever since he started playing the piano at the age of 5 and writing songs at the age of 6, Mark Green's music career has been full of Jazz, Blues, Soul and Gospel Music. He has played with such notables as 'Sly Stone”, Carl Beverly, Levi Seacer, Jr (guitarists for Prince), Denzil Foster (co-writer of “This is Your Life” which was recorded by Switchfoot making it to the Top 40's) all impacting Mark Green's music career.
Over the years Mark has also become an accomplished producer, with credits on albums for several artist as an instrumentalist as well as co-writer. He was the Music Director for “Sonny's Place” the Play. As well as an opening act for Doug E Fresh, better known as the “Human Beat Box” and The Eleventh Commandment, a Funk based R&B band as well as a featured flute soloist on The Kingdom Travelers Christmas Album.
His wide range of music and instrumental talent will help recognize and award the best in the St Johns Got Talent Contest.
Known to most locally by just his last name, Alonzo comes from a musical family growing up in New Orleans. In the late 1980's until the early 90's, Alonzo founded and performed as the front man to an award-winning hard rock band, "Righteous". He then migrated to Florida where he was well known as the radio personality of the "Drive Home With Alonzo" at WAYL Radio 91.9FM. These days, Alonzo recruits new talent each and every day to fill the ranks of is highly successful company, Alonzo Sign Language Interpreting, LLC.