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Jeff Bush - trombone
Alex Perez - trumpet
Tate Hanlon - baritone, saxophone, and flute
Alex Weibel - guitar
Emiliano Siegert-Wilkinson - bass
Soojin Park - drums

Apollo, Pennsylvania native Jeff Bush began playing music at four and hasn’t stopped. While a college student, Bush performed with The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and The Glenn Miller Orchestra and received the Frank Rosolino Memorial Scholarship, which featured him at the 1999 International Trombone Festival.

In 2000, Jeff moved to New York City to begin a Master's degree at The Manhattan School of Music and to continue a music career that continues to flourish today. In various settings, Bush has been privileged to back master jazz artists including Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks, Ahmad Jamal, Vanessa Rubin, Jimmy Heath, Hubert Laws, Kevin Mahogany, Cyrus Chestnut, Marlena Shaw, and Anthony Braxton. He has performed with some of the best big bands in jazz, including The Count Basie Orchestra, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, The Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabakin Big Band, RIAS Big Band of Berlin, and The Bob Mintzer Big Band. Jeff has also been a featured soloist and substitute conductor for The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.

Bush joined the big band of superstar Harry Connick, Jr. in February 2007 and stayed through early 2009. During his tenure as a lead trombonist, Jeff toured the world, made many network television appearances, and special performances for The 2008 NBA All-Star Game, Pope Benedict XVI, and appeared on two releases for Columbia Records.

Jeff is very proud of his developments as an educator. He continues to work as a clinician with college and high school students and private instruction in his home studio. He has served on the faculty of Youngstown State University and West Virginia Wesleyan College and currently serves as an adjunct instructor of jazz studies at Duquesne University.