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Dave Eshelman's Jazz Garden BigBand
 

 
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.A San Francisco Bay Area based 18-piece big band featuring contemporary and classic big band jazz, the Jazz Garden Big Band. features. woodwind specialists. Mary Fettig,well known soloist and studio performer; Diablo Valley College Jazz Studies Director Rory Snyder;;Paul Contos of the Monterey Jazz Festival; tenor virtuoso, flautist Dann Zinn ; and Director of Bands at De Anza College Bob Farrington.The trumpet section features Marvin McFadden of Huey Lewis and the News;.San Jose based. Bill Resch; and freelance artists Steve Campos and Chuck MacKinnon. On trombone, Dave Martell, Jazz Director at James Logan .High. School; San Jose based Dave Gregoric;;and Steve Barnhill, Director of Bands at Overfelt High School. The rhythm section features on piano, San Jose veteran, Smith Dobson; and Susan Muscarella, Founder and Director of the Jazz School, Berkeley; and three of the area's busiest freelance performers: Tim Volpicella, guitar; .Seward McCain, bass; and Alan Hall, drums. Dave Eshelman, Director of Jazz Studies at California State University, .Hayward. is leader, composer and trombonist.

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