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Graduating from SJSU in 1978 with BA in Music Performance, Classical and Jazz Piano, Wendy spent her formal years studying Classical piano and has been performing Jazz and Contemporary music for 30 years. During the ‘70's she performed with the De Anza College Daddio Band and the Bay Bones, appearing with several studio jazz artists Don Menza, Ed Shaughnessey, Lew Tabakin, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Jim Pugh, Bill Watrous and Frank Rosolino. From late ‘70's through ‘80's Wendy played various Bay Area jazz and country western venues. Recording experiences include sound sheets for guitarist Warren Nunes' educational improvisational books, a demo project at the Record Plant and co-producing and performing on an LP by country western swing band A Touch Of Texas. During the ‘90's she performed with Bay Area jazz vocalist Christine Marie Cotura at San Jose downtown venues such as Bella Mia Restaurant, the De Anza Hotel Hedley Club Lounge and the San Jose Jazz Festival, including solo jazz piano performances at the San Jose Museum of Art and forming her own jazz piano trio, playing in venues such as Club Jazz, Gerard's and Bella Saratoga.

Jo Major started his musical at the tender age of about 10. At that time a major accomplishment was cleaning his mouthpiece before the band instructor smelled it. By the age of 15, he was playing in a variety of dance bands in the Midwest . During college, he enjoyed a three-year tenure with the University of Illinois Jazz Band under John Garvey followed by playing for two years with the Jimmy Dorsey big band. Jo presently plays with several Bay area big bands, including covering the lead alto chair in “A Touch of Brass” and also plays with smaller jazz ensembles. His playing has improved since he was 10, but more importantly he has learned to keep his mouthpieces a bit cleaner over time.

Randy Burk is a working drummer from San Jose, California.
He began drumming in 1978 at Bernal Junior High School.
By chance, this school had an extraordinary music program ,
developed by a teacher named Randy Tyler. After four solid years of high school music , Burk went on the study with Dave Eshelman at San Jose City College. Randy transferred to the University of North Texas where he attended ”drum camp.” The heavyweight staff included Ed Soph and Dan Hearle. Randy returned to the Bay Area and began working.
Freelancing with several bands at at time, Randy played lots of casuals and club dates. He did several seasons at Paramont's Great America. Traveling abroad , Randy also played shows for Princess Cruises. He joined A Touch of Brass in 2003.
As he began to work with songwriters, recording music became a necessity. He started collecting audio gear and making demos. In 1996 he opened Stout Recording Studio in San Francisco. With over 100 record credits to date , Randy stays busy in the pursuit of art, science and the creative process. He drifts between rolls as engineer, producer and session player. Randy is an avid skateboarder. He also enjoys time with his wife and two children.

Vern Brooks Latin Big Band: 1973 - 1974  & 1975 – 1977
U.S. Naval School of Music : grad. 1974
U.S. Army's 7th  & 8th Infantry Division Bands: 1974 – 1983
Johnny “Guitar” Watson's European Tour 1981
West Valley College 8 O'clock Jazz Band, Joe Davis Director: '93-'99
Galvin Jackson's Metro Big Band: 1994 –1996
Mike Sloan Big Band: 1992 – 1998
U.S. Army's 91st Division Band: 1991 – 1993 & 2001 - present
Swing Solution: 1993 –1997, 1999 – present
A Touch Of Brass with Ed Morrison: 1996 - present
Silicon Valley Houserockers: 2003 – present
Full Spectrum Jazz: 2003 – present
Silicon Vibe: 2003 – present
Ohlone College Community Band: 2003 – present
Also appeared with: Louis Belson, Black Tie Orchestra, String of Pearls, Chris Ferrari

Eric Raeburn grew up in the jazz mecca, NYC, studying music theory and composition at Queens College and listening to the jazz masters in the clubs.  After studying with David Liebman he moved to Boston , where he played with several musicians from Berkelee College of Music and in various theatre productions.  Since coming to California he has played in numerous groups, including jazz, salsa, funk, latin rock, and Mex-Tex.  He has been in A Touch of Brass since its inception.  He also plays in the West Valley College Jazz Orchestra, where he was featured soloist with guest-artist Dave Weckl, and co-leads a jazz quintet with bassist Gus Kambeitz and trumpeter George DeCarolis.  He is also a prolific composer.  Eric's favorite musician is the late John Coltrane, and one of his favorite Coltrane quotes is: "It's the striving, man, it's THAT I want".

Jeff played his college jazz with the U.C. Berkeley Jazz Ensemble, doing summer tours of Europe and Japan , appearing in the Pori Jazz Festival and Kyoto Jazz Festival line-ups along-side Dizzy Gillespie, BB King, Tim Hagans, Tony Williams, Sun Ra and Sonny Rollins. As a South-Bay resident jazz player for the past mumble years, Jeff has had the opportunity to perform with Bill Watrous, Quincy Jones, Stanley Jordon, Babatunde, Jerome Richardson, Rory Snyder, Gap Mangione and Earl ‘Fatha' Hines.

Ed Morrison has 40 years of musical accomplishments as lead trumpet backing such notables as Larry Elgart, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Frankie Valli, Bobby Rydell,Fabian, as well as playing for jazz greats John Faddis,Steve Turre, and Kevin Mahogany.  In addition, he also plays lead and directs his own 18 piece big band, "A Touch of Brass". He free-lances with many different types of groups playing styles from salsa to funk to Gospel and theatre. Ed's biggest musical influence is trumpeter Doc Severinsen.

David started playing the trumpet at the age of 9 when he was a student in the Palo Alto Unified School District. He has now returned to that district as a music teacher, directing the bands at Jordan Middle School for the past 15 years.  In the intervening years he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied jazz improvisation with Billy Pierce and John La Porta.  He also attended San Jose State University where he received his Teaching Credential in 1990.  David has spent the last 25 summers teaching improvisation at the Stanford Jazz Workshop where he has had the privilege of performing with such jazz greats as Victor Lewis, Bruce Forman, John Santos, Julian Lage and Louis Bellson.  In addition to A Touch of Brass, over the past few years David has performed regularly with the De Anza Daddios, the West Valley College Big Band, The KA Wonton Little Latin Big Band and the Mike Cohen Sextet. 

Pete has been playing trumpet and flugelhorn for over 35 years performing diverse styles ranging from big band, jazz combo, rock, to classical brass quintet and soloist. As a young teen in the early 70’s Pete got his first taste of “gigging” with the big band The Blue Velvet Sound. When Marriott’s Great America opened in 1976 he played there while getting his degree in geophysics at UC Davis.

Nowadays, Pete is a regular with San Francisco Bay Area big bands A Touch of Brass and DeAnza’s 8 O’clock Daddios and can be heard on the recent A Touch of Brass CD “Doin’ It Right”. In the summer of 2006 Pete toured throughout China performing with the DVC Jazz Ensemble. Pete has played numerous musicals including West Side Story, The Wiz, Cats, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Guys and Dolls, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Seussical the Musical. If you look down into the pit at the MVCPA you may find Pete playing in support of the local youth theater company PYT where his children sometimes perform.

Carl Azevedo has 34 years of trombone experience. After one year with the San Jose City College Jazz Ensemble Carl spent three years playing for the United States Army Headquarters Band in Oahu, Hawaii. After leaving the Army Carl studied music at Cal State Northridge, Cal. State Los Angeles and Los Angeles City College. He now enjoys life playing mostly for various local big bands in the south bay and is most proud of the bass trombone chair he holds for “A Touch of Brass”.