"...We can't thank you enough for the swingingest wedding ever - People are still talking about it..." "...Thank you again for being a part of my daughter's wedding celebration at the Russian Tea Room. I continue to receive compliments on the entire event and many of the comments are about the excellent band and music..." |
Rick Parker
Trombonist, composer Rick Parker was born in New York City in 1978. He earned a BA from Georgetown University in 2001 and a MM from New York University in 2003. Parker leads his own sextet, the Rick Parker Collective, which has performed at several major jazz clubs and festivals all over the east coast and released two CDs: New York Gravity released by Fresh Sound New Talent in 2004 and Finding Space to be released in the summer of 2006. A prolific composer, Parker won the 2004 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award. He performs as a sideman with several popular groups including Ku-umba Frank Lacy Vibe Tribe, Charli Persip & Supersound, Joe Battaglia and the New York Big Band, Eric Hoffman and the Underdog, and the hip-hop group The Square Egg.Alex Jeun
Trombonist Alex Jeun's career began freelancing in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the Alex Jeun Trio was formed. He made the move to New York City in 1999, where he eventually became one of the last trombonists to be personally hired by Lionel Hampton to play in the New York Big Band before his death. He has since enjoyed a diverse performing lifestyle with The Tommy Dorsey Band with Buddy Morrow, as the Assistant Conductor/Trombonist/Keyboardist of "Fame the Musical,", Phoenix Productions' North American and South Korean tours, the national tour of "Barry Manilow's Copacabana" and the Hawaiian tour of "A Chorus Line" In 2005, Alex Jeun made an international presence among trombonists as the Winner of the Eastern Trombone Workshop National Soloist Competition(held in Fort Meyers, Virginia), and 3rd Place of the First Antti Rissanen International Jazz Soloist Competition (held in Kotka, Finland). Alex Jeun is currently the Lead Trombonist/featured soloist of the Meetinghouse Jazz Orchestra and the Joe Battaglia New York Big Band which makes regular appearances at Rockefeller Center in New York City.Danny Repole - Trombonist, Conductor
Danny is an Educator and a native New Yorker. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music majoring in Trombone, and Conducting. Danny also received both a BS and an MA degree in Music Education from Columbia University. Mr. Repole, as a trombonist, has performed with the NY Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, for five years, and many "name Big Bands", such as the Les & Larry Elgart Orchestra, the Guy Lombardo Orchestra. He has also performed and recorded the cast albums for several Broadway musicals including "The Sound of Music", "Cabaret", "Chicago", and "Superman". Mr. Repole was director of the US Air force Jazz Band in Europe during World War II, and is now an Associate Professor of Music at Kingsborough Community College.Jason Ingram - Trombonist
Jason graduated from UCLA Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree. He has played with such artists as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Sammy Davis Jr., Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Arethra Franklin, The Temptations, and the The Four Tops. He has been a member of the Harry James Orchestra, the John Jarleton Orchestra, and the MGM Grand Orchestra.