Gerardo Diaz, a California native, found himself moving to the South West at a young age with his family. He landed in Farmington, NM where he became involved in the arts almost immediately. In middle began to play percussion in his middle school’s band and would go on to play in symphonic bands and orchestras throughout high school and college. Gerardo would go on to attend college at New Mexico Highlands University where he would earn a bachelor’s degree in social behavioral science with minor in music. This is where he gained a love for media arts and production.

Carlos Martinez is an audio engineer and technology driven solutions provider. With over fifteen years of experience in recording and production, he has focused the arts through the perspective of audio for much of his life. His marketing background was developed through his employment as the outreach manager of a local nonprofit organization.

Born in Albuquerque, NM and raised in Southern Colorado – Nicholas has had the opportunity to play with several great jazz artists including Doug Lawrence, Bud Shank and Greg Abate. Playing music since he was 5 – Nicholas played Tenor Sax, Piano and Marimba but eventually found his voice on the drums. Focusing mostly on Jazz and being heavily influenced by artists such as Chick Corea and John Coltrane – Nicholas has used his playing as a vehicle to perform across the US and parts of Europe. Nicholas is focused on bringing The Delbert Anderson Trio’s musical perspective to the Jazz scene.

Delbert Anderson is enjoying a music career as one of today's most forward thinking artists. Recording, touring, music educational workshops, composing/arranging and guest appearances keep Anderson busy not only in his hometown of Farmington, NM but worldwide. Anderson has been featured on NPR Music Top 10, Smithsonian Magazine, Yahoo/Mic.com, TEDx, FNX Television and much more

Bassist Mike McCluhan provides the foundation of D'DAT using the bass lines of Western harmonies. McCluhan has studied Western harmonies along with Irish folk songs to provide modern bass lines for DDAT. With those influences, McCluhan helps keeps every musical piece palatable to the band's listeners. McCluhan's personal influences are derived from the jam band era, which opens his style to a great deal of improvisation.