Saxophonist Niko Berdzeni grew up in a musical household in Tbilisi, Georgia. Niko started singing and playing piano at an early age, and eventually played trombone in the Red Army band and Techinical University big band before switching to Bari sax. He came to the US in 1991 and studied Jazz saxophone at Loyola University in New Orleans. Moving to NYC in 2003, he has been performing extensively with different groups and leads the soul jazz band: Boogaloo Gigolos!