Trombone Chowder
Jay T. Vonada - Trombone
Mike Bruster - Trombone
Dave Priester - Trombone Mike Loewen
- Bass Trombone
Liquid Jazz Rick Hirsch - Alto Saxophone
Dave Stambler - Tenor Sax
Jay T. Vonada - Trombone
Mac Himes - Guitar
Jeff Beck - Bass Kevin Lowe - Drums
Summit Saints Dixieland Band Fred Lynn
- Trumpet
Bill Fatula - Trumpet
Ned Deihl - Clarinet
Jay T. Vonada - Trombone
Philip Jensen - Tuba
Jim Kerhin - Banjo & Vocals
Frederick Brown - Keyboard
Jim Franklin - Drums
Jazz Innate
Pete Pepe - Alto Sax
Bryan Gillespie - Tenor Sax
Don Keat - Bari Sax
Rob Byham - Trumpet
Jay T. Vonada - Trombone Adam Kurland - Keyboards
Jacob Hibel - Bass Kevin Lowe - Drums
Here's a great website Groove Bone
which plays nothing but trombone music 24/7.
Bands I've played in - Valley Jazz Orchestra, Greg Johnson Quintet, Summit City Saints, Keystone Society of Swing, Friends Band, Trombone Chowder, Jazz Innate, Punk Jazz, Slide Zone, Various Pit Orchestras.
Jay Vonada, from Aaronsburg, made all-state band in his junior and senior years of high school, and went to all-eastern band in his senior year. Jay won the John Philip Sousa Award as a senior. He attended Mansfield University in the fall of 1993, studying jazz improvisation with Dr. Michael Galloway for one year and jazz arranging for one semester. He was lead trombone and featured soloist with the "Mansfield University Jazz Band" for four years, where they performed at the PMEA, MENC, and placed third at the Villanova Jazz Festival in 1994. Jay played with Jazz saxophonist Bob Mintzer at the Mansfield University Jazz Festival, and also performed with Mansfield alumni Neil Slater, who is currently director of the "One O'clock Lab Band" at the University of North Texas. In 1999, Jay won a scholarship to study at the Berklee College of Music.
Among the non-jazz groups he performed with are the "Mansfield University Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Trombone Choir, Brass Quintet, Trombone Quartet, and Pit Orchestra". He also performed as an extra for the "Williamsport Symphony".
Jay's personal jazz improvisational style is grounded in the bebop tradition of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and J.J. Johnson. Since discovering Jazz in 1995, he listens to the masters through recordings and live performances, as he believes is the only way jazz can be taught. He has over 500 CDs of the jazz masters, mostly trombonists. JJ. Johnson, Curtis Fuller, Carl Fontana, Frank Rosolino, Slide Hampton, Ray Anderson, Conrad Herwig, Steve Davis, Hal Crook, etc. Transcribing their solos or just learning them by ear is how he is developing as a jazz player.
Since leaving College, Jay has performed at his high school with the jazz band, in the pit orchestra for Penns Valley High School from 1999-2001, for the Bald Eagle Area High School from 2002-2004, for “Singing On Stages’” production of Dream Girls in 2006 and Oliver in 2007, and trombonist with the "Valley Jazz Orchestra" from 2004-2007, trombonist with "Jazz Innate", an octet from 2003-2005. He has played with Greg Johnson’s “Jazz Monsters” and “Punk Jazz” and has played at the monthly “Jazz Jam at Sozo’s” in State College. He was also the Lead Trombonist with the "Keystone Society of Swing Big Band", and is currently the trombonist for the "Summit Saints Dixieland Band". He plays in a trombone quartet called “Trombone Chowder”, and a newly formed five trombone and rhythm jazz group, “Slide Zone“, and also plays in a newly formed sextet “Liquid Jazz“. Jay has also had the privilege of playing with vocalist Catherine Dupuis, pianist Russ Kassoff, bassists Martin Wind and Jay Anderson, and drummers Tim Horner and Dennis Mackrel at the PA Jazz Festival from 2005-2008.
As the great trumpet player Clark Terry said "Imitate, Assimilate, Innovate". In November 2006 he recorded a demo.
Hello! Just wanted to drop in and let you know that pre-orders for my new jazz standards album "Bittersweet" are now taking place! The first 100 pre-orders will receive a signed and numbered copy! Release date is set for May 19th, but you will get your copy a few days earlier! Kate and I are very excited about the record, and we can't wait for you to hear it. Head over to www.bittersweetthealbum.com to pre-order! Thanks! ~Mark
Thanks so much for the add, Jay! Let me know if you'd like to drop by the studio sometime to check it out. I'm also considering converting my secondary Pro Tools system into a mobile rig so I can record some live gigs and take the tracks back to the studio to mix, in case you're interested.
Thanks for being my friend ! Now you can have and download the title tracks to my three recent releases for free! Check em' out! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. <td width="178" height="35" ..&quo
hey Jay T..........whats good bro,nice blowin,good sound cat!i see us bone players think alike.i'm rec. a trio now,guitar bass and bone.....ahmad jamal style u know..drop by anytime man peace!
