LUSCIA JANE
My first short film/documentary covering Chicago-based indie band Luscia Jane.
DIRECTED & EDITED BY ISRAEL MELENDEZ
Director/DP/Editor: Israel Melendez @izzzyymel
Vocals: Bredia Santoro @bresantoro
Vocals/Bass: Dante Nottoli @djnottoli.212
Drums: X @kari.xiii
Saxophone: Gabriel Medina @chipi_mateo
Guitar: Jayson @jaysonmakesmusic
Keys: Keys @sym.kiari
Luscia Jane is a dynamic, Chicago-based indie band with a fresh and soulful sound that blends blues, funk, rock and jazz with a passion for environmental activism. The seed for the group was planted back in 2020 after Dante Nottoli and Bredia Santoro met at School of Rock Oak Park and began writing songs and performing together. They released Tension, an EP of five songs they co-wrote during the pandemic, and performed them mostly as a duo, co-hosting an open mic at historic Val's Halla Records in Oak Park for two years. In 2023, Dante and Bredia were inspired to connect their music to their environmentalism, and form a larger band. They met X, Keys, Gabriel and Jayson through the music department at Columbia College Chicago. Each brings their own unique magic to Luscia Jane's forest funk project.