Intergalactic afro-cowboy world beat.

Free Peoples is:	
Tim Sawyer - vocals/guitar
Mark Calderon - bass/vocals
Karl Kummerle - fiddle
J Thor - trombone/etc
Jesse Shantor - saxophones
James Foster - drums/cymbals

Freelance trombones/low brass throughout California for:

Pop artists including Ray Charles, Johnny Mathis, Natalie Cole, Wayne Newton, The O'Jays, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Sam Moore, Martha Reeves, Shirley Jones, Red Skelton, The Ink Spots, The Dels, Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Diamonds, Bobby Rydell, San Francisco Glide Memorial Church Ensemble, SF Coconut Grove House Band

Jazz artists including Jon Hendricks, Jimmy Heath, Astrud Gilberto, Jon Faddis, Bob Berg, Dave Liebman, Pete Escovedo, Steve Smith, Four Freshmen, Bud E. Luv, Noel Jewkes, Mel Martin’s Bebop & Beyond, Rob Roth/Michael Aragon Group ...

Big bands including Bill Tole & Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Tex Beneke Tribute Band, Jim Widener Big Band, Mike Berkowitz’ Gene Krupa Tribute, Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Full Faith & Credit Big Band, MikeVax Jazz Orchestra, San Jose Jazz Orchestra, Mel Martin Big Band, Harold Jones Boss Men, Rudy Salvini Big Band, Dave Eshelman’s Jazz Garden Big Band, CARMA Big band, Black Market Jazz Orchestra, Bay Area Jazz Composers Orchestra, Sacramento Jazz Orchestra...

Symphony orchestras including Santa Rosa Symphony, Santa Barbara Pops, Sacramento Philharmonic, Monterey County Symphony, Napa Valley Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic & Opera Orchestra, San Luis Obispo County Symphony, Diablo Valley Opera

Latin, Afro-cuban, & Latin-jazz artists including Tito Nieves, Lefty Perez, El Canario, Chocoláte, Orquesta Candèla, Benny Velarde’s Super Combo, Caesar’s Latin Allstars, Orquesta Avance, Orquesta Romance, Julio Bravo y Salsabor, Orquesta Kaché, Tito Garcia y Orquesta International, Danilo y Orquesta Universal, Franco Brothers y Actualidad, Salsa Caliente...

2002-2014 Broadway Sacramento/Music Circus House Orchestra including national touring productions of Lion King, Wicked, Color Purple, 9 to 5, Chicago, Mary Poppins, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, West Side Story, Hair Spray, Legally Blonde, Sweet Charity ftg Molly Ringwald, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Kathy Rigby’s Peter Pan, Singin’ in the Rain, Transcendence Musical Theater of Sonoma, along with numerous local productions throughout Northern and Central California

Numerous video game tracks, commercial jingles and industrials for such companies as Telltale Games, Ace Hardware, Orbitz, etc...

Music Educator including:
Active private teaching studio w/ up to 15 low brass students, and many after school ensembles including jazz combos, improvisation workshops, and brass chamber groups....Sonoma St. Uuiv. Adjunct Professor - Trombone, Clinician and adjudicator in elementary schools thru colleges focusing on brass performance, jazz improvisation, big bands, chamber ensembles, etc. including Brubeck Jazz Camp @ U of Pacific(8 yrs), San Jose Jazz Festival Jazz Camp, CMEA Bay section, CSU Hayward, Diablo Valley College, San Marin HS and Marin School of the Arts in Novato, Santa Rosa Junior College, San Jose MS, Sinaloa MS...

MUSIC AGENT for live performances and tours, at IMN, Music Hub, and Second Octave Agencies represented jazz and world music artists including: Wynton Marsalis & Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Verve Jazz Festival, Eliane Elias, Count Basie Orchestra, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Joe Lovano, Guitar Trio ftg John McGlaughlin, Al Dimeola and Paco de Lucia, Yellowjackets, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, Baaba Maal, Salif Keita, Marisa Monte, Michael Brecker, Zawinul Syndicate, Solas, Altan, ¡Cubanismo!, JazzTimes Superband, Caribbean Jazz Project, Joey Calderazzo Trio, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, David Sanchez Sextet, Charlie Haden’s Quartet West, James Moody, Jon Faddis, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Heath, Bob Berg, Steve Smith....

CONCERT PROMOTER @ UC San Diego, Tingle Productions, Bill Silva Presents, presented artists including: Branford Marsalis Quartet, Michael Brecker Band, Sonny Rollins Quintet, Bobby McFerrin...

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