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Trombone | Tuba | Bass Trombone | Euphonium | Sacqueboute

BIOGRAPHY  

 
Dave Bargeron is a versatile low-brass jazz artist hailing from Athol, Massachusetts, USA.

He won his first lead trombone job playing with Clark Terry's Big Band and from 1968-1970 played Bass Trombone and Tuba with Doc Severinsen's Band. In 1970, he joined "Blood, Sweat and Tears." Dave's recording and concert schedule worldwide with BS&T includes eleven albums. A break in their schedule allowed Dave to join the Gil Evans Orchestra in 1972 and he remains a member of that Orchestra currently led by Gil's son, Miles Evans.

After leaving Blood, Sweat & Tears, Dave became both a sought-after recording musician in New York City and a well-known jazz artist. He also records with many artists playing diverse musical styles that range from pop albums with Paul Simon, Mick Jagger, James Taylor and Eric Clapton to jazz albums with Gil Evans, George Russell, Gerry Mulligan, Dave Sanborn and Pat Metheny. Dave currently records and tours internationally with the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band from Switzerland, the George Russell Living Time Orchestra, Rabih Abou-Kahlil and was a long-time member of Jaco Pastorius' Word of Mouth Band. He is also a charter member of Howard Johnson's "Gravity," the 6-tuba group that has been together since 1968.

 

SOLO ALBUMS

Barge Burns….Slide Flies  (Trombone)    Mapleshade Records 1995
TubaTuba with Michel Godard (Tuba)   Enja Records  2001
TubaTuba II released November 2003. Check it out !!

 

AS FEATURED ARTIST

Blood Sweat & Tears  Live and Improvised
1989 Grammy award-winning Gil Evans album Bud & Bird
Live at Montreux with Miles Davis and Quincy Jones  (with both the Gil Evans Band and the George Gruntz Orchestras)
ReBirth of the Cool with Gerry Mulligan
Dance of Passion with Johnny Griffon
One More Once with Michel Camillo
Gravity and Right Now with Howard Johnson
Prairie Home Companion radio show with Garrison Keillor. -- Was a regular in the “Coffee Club Orchestra” on the weekly show  1989 – 1995.  Dave and the tuba were also featured on one of the shows.
1989 NARAS Most Valuable Player Award on Trombone
Jim Henson’s Sesame Street  (Children’s Television Workshop) --  Dave  plays the ‘voice’ of the character Telly’s Tuba since it’s inception.
Chicago, The Drop Dead Musical on Broadway – has featured Dave on Trombone since 1996
Dave continues to record commercial jingles for television, radio,  network themes and movies as well as recordings for singers and other musicians