Originally from Sacramento, California, Roger started musical studies by learning to play piano at age 8, trumpet at age 10, and trombone at age 12! Roger later studied with Rich Bice in Silicon Valley. After high school, Roger attended UC San Diego as a pre-med student and played in their Jazz Band directed by the great Jimmy Cheatam. A year later he returned to Northern California and attended UC Davis, where he graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) in 1986 and an MSEE in 1988.

Since moving to Silicon Valley, Roger has performed with many local groups and guest artists including Foothill College, De Anza Daddios, West Valley College (backing guest artists such as Dave Weckl, Wayne Bergeron, and Bobby Shew), the Black Tie Jazz Orchestra, the Redwood Symphony, the Peninsula Pops, Silicon Vibe, Silicon Valley Houserockers, Full Spectrum Jazz, and others.

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.

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.

A San Francisco native musician and surfer, he grew up in the musically diverse environment that the San Francisco Bay Area offers. Johnnie has performed with numerous jazz, classical, latin, R&B and funk groups. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Music at San Francisco State University, and plays all saxes (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone ), flute and arranges.

Al Schmitt, multi Grammy Award winning sound engineer/producer has singled out Johnnie as “having one of the best baritone sax tones he’s ever recorded.”

Johnnie , a member of Huey Lewis and the News, has performed and toured with numerous artists including Boz Scaggs, Dr. John, The Temptations, Frankie Valli, Larry Carlton, Donna Summers, Third World, Four Tops, 2007 European tour with Sly & the Family Stone, Elvin Bishop, Tower of Power, The Sons of Champlin, Lydia Pence and Cold Blood, and the 2019 30th anniversary tour with Japan’s top pop group Dreams Come True.

Some of his recording credits include: Celine Dion, Sheryl Crow, Chris Isaak, Todd Rundgren, Toni Tony Tone, Dianne Schurr, Dreams Come True, Greg Adams, Elvin Bishop, motion picture soundtrack for "Duets" (Gwyneth Paltrow & Huey Lewis) as well as Huey Lewis and The News.

Johnnie is also an original member of the Greg Adams’ Band and the jazz andfunk band East Bay Soul. His current projects are the John Worley/Johnnie Bamont Jazz Quartet and co-founder of their 16 piece jazz group Loco Moco Jazz Orchestra.

Paul Degen has been playing flute since Elementary School and saxophone since Middle School. He fell in love with Big Band Jazz when he heard the Woody Herman Orchestra perform at his local High School. In College Paul studied Classical Flute (Charles DeLaney) and Jazz Saxophone (Bill Kennedy) at Florida State University, and by his senior year sat in the coveted lead alto chair in the top FSU Jazz Ensemble. After College Paul moved to Los Angeles to begin his career as a professional musician and teacher. He has been performing and teaching ever since. He has also been active as a professional woodwind and brass instrument repair technician for over two decades. New to the Bay Area Paul has quickly become very active performing regularly with a variety of local acts.

Originally from the Chicagoland area, Scott's been playing jazz since the 4th grade. In college, he played combos and big bands directed by Thomas Wirtel, Chip McNeill (University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign), Steve Tyler, and John Russell (De Anza College 8 o'clock Daddios), and Lori Stotko (Footnotes). He also is a member of LowFat, a hip-hop funk group led by Chris Uiterwijk that plays throughout the Bay Area.

Mike has played jazz trombone since middle school in Ontario, Canada. He took private lessons at university and continued to play in various orchestras, small ensembles, and big bands while studying in Canada, France, and the UK. In Toronto, he played with Swing Shift Big Band for nearly 15 years, making multiple recordings, including “Alive and Swingin’” and “One More, Twice”.

While pursuing a career in tech, Mike has moved to the SF Bay Area twice. In the early 2000’s a number of lessons with John Gove sparked his interest in improvisation, but family and career got in the way. Since moving back in 2017, he has devoted his time to improvisation, taking classes at the College of San Mateo and studying with Patrick Wolff.

In the Bay Area, he has played with numerous groups including the Warehouse Big Band with Louie Bellson, Ed Morrison and A Touch of Brass, the Michael Galisatus Big Band, the Stanford Jazz Workshops Alumni Band (Ray Brown), and others. Mike has two kids and a very, very supportive wife.

Jason graduated with a degree in Trombone Performance in 2005 from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. There, he studied with Roy Main and performed with the University Jazz Band No.1 under the direction of Paul Rinzler. He completed his music education credential at San Jose State in 2007 and served as the Instrumental Music Director at Mountain View High School until 2020. Jason has performed with the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps and has enjoyed teaching the Vanguard Cadets since 2004. When not playing or teaching music, Jason enjoys mountain biking, video gaming, and relaxing with family and friends.

Carlos was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, grew up in Los Angeles, California. He came up to the Northern California to march snare with Santa Clara Vanguard A-Corps and has remained active in the Bay Area music scene. Carlos is the owner of Silicon Valley Music and Entertainment, leader of ensembles such as Silicon Vibe and Jazz by Design. He’s the drummer and co-leader for Full Spectrum Jazz, the drummer for the Black Tie Jazz Orchestra, Come Back Buddy (West Coast) and member of the California Pops Symphony Orchestra.

Carlos’s “day gig” is as VP, of Engineering for SPK and Associates.