The Band
The Sixth Edition Jazz Band features six professional Bay Area musicians who are available to hire on their own for more intimate settings.
Six chairs, one band
At the front with melody and lyric, the voice that carries a standard, with a trumpet in hand to state the heads and lend brilliance to the arrangements.
Hire individually →A warm tone on the horn line, trading phrases and taking the solos that lift a tune aloft.
Hire individually →The walking pulse beneath it all, and the steady heart of the rhythm section.
Hire individually →Voicing the changes and laying the harmonic ground, with ample room to stretch out.
Hire individually →Comping behind the soloists and threading single-line melodies through the changes.
Hire individually →I have 9 years of experience performing percussion professionally throughout the Bay Area and the country. I am a multi-instrumentalist with a focus on percussion and low brass. I have 13 years of experience on trombone studying at Las Positas College and Cal State East Bay. I’ve had the chance to perform in a wide range of musicals throughout the Bay Area and with groups like the Death and Taxes Swing Band, Dirty Cello, Erik Jekabson’s Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, the Pleasanton Community Concert Band, The CoolTones Big Band, Overboard Big Band, Prometheus Symphony, Palo Alto Symphony, Symphony Parnassus, and the San Ramon Community Band.
Hire individually →Should you need only a pianist for a dinner, or a horn for a ceremony, several members accept their own engagements. Write to us, and we will connect you with the right player.