Fun stuff, I used to play this so much my high school band director handed me a stack of other jazz standards so he didn't have to hear the same one everyday before rehearsal... Oh, Dr. A...

Take the "A" Train by Billy Strayhorn

Satin Doll by Steve Kuhn

I love how articulately my computer records sounds in my basement... 

Misty by Erroll Garner

Jake has been an aspiring musician since beginning Trombone at the age of 12. He was born in Lawton, OK, but has moved numerous times, spending most of his early childhood in St. Joseph, MO and his late adolescence in Blue Springs, Mo. He attended Blue Springs High School and during his time there performed in the University of Missouri-Kansas City Honors Band for high school students once, in the Blue Springs Golden Regiment Marching Band four years, the Blue Springs Wildcat Jazz Ensemble three years, and in numerous church and community occasions. While taking part in these groups, Jake has performed in venues such as the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri (2009-2012 Bands of America Super Regional); the Lucas Oil Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana(BoA Grand National); the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia (BoA Super Regional); the 2011 Missouri Music Educator's Association meeting at Tan Tara; the Showboat Branson Belle, the Branson Landing, and select other attractions in Branson, Missouri; the 2010 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, New York; the Battleship USS Missouri and memorial at the Battleship USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii; and at the 2013 National School Board Association meeting in San Diego, California. Graduating from Blue Springs High School in 2013, he is now pursuing a Bachelor's of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. 

JBellinghausen