Christopher Merz, Conductor. Recorded with permission in Bengtson Auditorium, Russell Hall, on the University of Northern Iowa campus. ABOUT BOBBY SHEW: Born in Albuquerque, NM, Bobby Shew is an internationally renowned jazz trumpet player who honed his chops in the NORAD band while serving in the military. After his service, Shew moved to NYC to join the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. He then went on to play with Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, Si Zentner, and Benny Goodman. Bobby settled in Las Vegas for 7 years playing on the top show bands in the casinos. In 1972 he moved to Los Angeles and became a first-call studio musician as well as continuing to play on the big bands of Bill Holman, Bob Florence, Louie Bellson, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Ed Shaughnessy, Bill Berry, and Nat Pierce-Frank Capp Juggernaut. He is the designer/developer of the SHEW model Yamaha Trumpets, flugelhorns, and mutes and continues his career as a guest soloist and clinician, performing and teaching all over the world.
