Drum up the sun! Santa Cruz vibraphonist Michael Ortega's debut album "Man By The Bay" contains 15 groove-oriented tracks destined to stay in your player till the sun goes down. Motivated to release a solo album after years of writing and producing many Monterey and S.F. bay area artists, Mr. Ortega's first release is a very smooth groove jazz based album. Produced by  Michael Ortega and Chris Arevalo, with the help of Michael's wunderkind son Elliott Ortega This album has many wonderful guest appearances including vocalist/songwriter Eddie Hall, D'layna Dixon, bassist Zoran Trconic and saxophonist Noel Catura.