LIST OF CLASSICAL PERFORMANCES AT THE BACH (download pdf file)
Though most people have known the Bach Society for our Jazz programs, many have yet to discover our Classical concerts over the years. We apologize if we have omitted any artists, and invite visitors to our website to contact us with additions or corrections to this list.

JAZZ MUSICIANS AT THE BACH
Below is a partial listing of principle jazz musicians who have performed at the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society over the past 37 years, most of whom are listed in the Grove Dictionary of Jazz and the Leonard Feather Encyclopedia of Jazz or will be! Musicians we may have omitted due to incomplete records should contact us to be included in future listings. Musicians are listed by their instrument. Click on a link below for a list of names.

BASS
Charles Ables
Vernon Alley
Chris Amberger
Jay Anderson
Arild Anderson
Peter Barshay
Walter Bishop, Jr.
Walter Booker, Jr.
Bob Bowman
Ronnie Boykins
Ray Brown
Cameron Brown
Chris Brubeck
Monty Budwig
Michael Burr
Red Callender
Dave Cameron
Jeff Carney
Dave Carpenter
Ron Carter
Federico Cervantes
Jeff Chambers
John Clayton
Sam Comfort
Anthony Cox
Palle Danielleson
Richard David
Joel Debartolo
Chuck Domanico
Bill Douglass
Ray Drummond
Tony Dumas
Kai Eckhart
Malachi Favors
Rob Fisher
Michael Formanek
David Friesen
Larry Gales
Richard Gerard
Eddie Gomez
Jerry Goode
Bill Goodwin
Mel Graves
Larry Grenadier
Charlie Haden
Ratzo Harris
Bob Harrison
Max Hartstein
Marshall Hawkins
Roland Hayes
John Heard
Percy Heath
Peter Herbert
Calvin Hill
Milt Hinton
Jeff Hirshfield
Dave Holland
Major Holly
Luther Hughes
Chuck Isreals
Kenny Jenkins
Jeff Johnson
Marc Johnson
Reggie Johnson
Tom Kennedy
Pat Klobas
Jim Lacefield
Lenny Lasher
James Leary
Jack Lesberg
James Lewis
Herbie Lewis
John Lindberg
Curtis Lundy
Bob Magnusson
Bob Maize
Cecil McBee
Christian McBride
Ron McClure
Mickey McPhillips
Roberto Miranda
Charnett Moffet
Charles Moffet, Jr.
Micheal Moore
John Mosher
George Mraz
Jamil Nasser
Al Obidinsky
Frank Passantino
John Pattitucci
Lonnie Plaxico
Don Prell
Rufus Reid
Dean Reilly
Mike Richmond
Larry Ridley
Frank De la Rosa
Wyett Ruther
Keith Saunders
Pat Senatore
Miriam Sullivan
Mario Serachi
Avery Sharpe
Chuck Sher
John Shifflett
Andy Simpkins
Scott Steed
Steve Swallow
Harvie Swartz
Bill Takas
Don Thompson
Frank Tusa
Gerald Veasley
Leroy Vinnegar
Bob Wackerman
Paul Warburton
Peter Warren
Tom Warrington
Harley White
John Wiitala
Buster Williams
David Williams
Reggie Workman

BIG BANDS
Count Basie
Louie Bellson
Bill Berry-LA Big Band
CARMA
Duke Ellington
Full Faith & Credit
Bill Holman
"Oregon"
Don Piestrup
Bill Saks
Rudy Salvini Band
Akiyoshi-Tabackin
Tokyo Union Jazz Orchestra
Chuck Travis-Coppola
Gerald Wilson

CLARINET
John Carter
Vince Catolica
Roy Collins
Kenny Davern
Paquito D'Rivera
Phil Howe
Paul McCandless
Jeremy Steig
Jim Walker

PERCUSSION
Babatunde
Big Black
Willie Bobo
Willie Colon
Glen Cronkhite
Kwaku Dadey
Vince Delgato
Ian Dogole
Pete Escovedo
Sheila E. Escovedo
Malachi Favors
Chuck Fertal
Jerry Gonzales
Michael Horne
Zakir Hussain
Mongo Santa Maria
Nicky Marreno
Helicio Milito
Otello Molineaux
Airto Moreira
Andy Narrell
Kenneth Nash
Hermeto Pascual
Tito Puente
Luis Romero
Poncho Sanchez
John Santos
Boogsie Sharpe
Benny Valardi
Carlos Patato Valdez
Paul Verden

VIBES
Larry Blackshere
Gary Burton
Jon Ericksen
Terry Gibbs
Jay Hoggart
Bobby Hutcherson
Milt Jackson
Joe Locke
Mike Mainieri
Don McCaslin
Buddy Montgomery
Jon Nagourney
Red Norvo
John Rae
Dave Samuels
Charlie Shoemake
Cal Tjader

VIOLIN
Billy Bang
John Blake
Charles Burnham
India Cooke
Eric Golub
Leroy Jenkins
Michal Urbaniak
Michael White

ORGAN
Tom Coster
Duke Jethro
Merl Saunders
Jimmy Smith
John Turk

FLUTE
Buddy Collette
Paul Horn
Herbie Mann
Roscoe Mitchell
James Moody
James Newton
Jeremy Steig
Lew Tabackin
Jim Walker

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DRUMS
Alex Acuna
Donald Bailey
Thurman Barker
Joey Baron
Benny Barth
Bobby Battle
Clarence Becton
Louie Bellson
Dick Berk
Ignacio Berrio
Brad Bilhorn
Gaylord Birch
Dave Black
Cindy Blackman
Brian Blade
Art Blakey
Tom Brechtlein
Cecil Brooks
Anthony Brown
Dan Brubeck
Carl Burnett
Frankie Capp
Wilbur Carlson
Teri Lynne Carrington
Jon Christensen
Mike Clark
Terry Clark
Omar Clay
Jimmy Cobb
Billy Cobham
Norman Connors
Andrew Cyrille
Steve Davis
Jack Dejohnette
Joe Dodge
Dottie Dodgion
Peter Donald
Tony Dumas
Steve Ellington
Peter Erskine
Sherman Ferguson
Al Foster
Eddie Gladden
Chuck Glave
Bill Goodwin
John Guerin
Gus Gustofson
Jeff Hamilton
Jake Hanna
Billy Hart
Jeff Hart
Louis Hayes
Tootie Heath
Billy Higgins
Moto Hikohino
Jeff Hirshfield
Ari Hoenig
Paul Humphrey
Ralph Humphrey
Youron Israel
Clifford Jarvis
Gus Johnson
Clarence Johnston
Harold Jones
Vince Lateano
Bob Leatherbarrow
Victor Lewis
Joe LaBarbosa Luna
Shelly Manne
John Markham
George Marsh
Eddie Marshall
Ed McClary
Roy McCurdy
Steve Michele
Butch Miles
Allison Miller
Charles Moffett
Eddie Moore
Marty Morell
Bob Moses
Paul Motian
Don Moye
Idris Muhammad
Louis Nash
Adam Nussbaum
Earl Palmer
Charlie Persip
Jim Plank
Alvin Queen
Tom Reynolds
Danny Richmond
Ben Riley
Max Roach
Mickey Roker
Adonis Rose
Bobby Rosenstein
Ronald Shannon Jackson
Avery Sharpe
Jim Simmerman
Jimmie Smith
Marvin "Smitty" Smith
Steve Smith
Akira Tana
Russ Tucker
Freddie Waits
Kenny Washington
Dave Weckl
Dick Weller
Tony Williams
Al Williams
Smiley Winters
Elliot Zigmund
Jim Zimmerman

GUITAR
John Abercrombie
Howard Alden
Laurindo Almeida
George Barnes
Kenny Burrell
Andre Bush
Charlie Byrd
Danny Carron
Joyce Cooling
Larry Coryell
Denny Diaz
Steve Draper
Ted Dunbar
Eddie Duran
Herb Ellis
James Emery
Ron Eschete
Kevin Eubanks
Strunz & Farah
Tal Farlow
Bruce Forman
Bill Frisell
Frank Gambale
Mick Goodrick
Jerry Hahn
Jim Hall
Joel Harrison
Toninho Horta
Michael Howell
Duncan James
Vic Juris
Barney Kessell
Calvin Keyes
Jeff Linsky
Kacloe Lomg
Mundell Lowe
Carlos Barbosa Lima
Paul Nash
Mary Osborne
Joe Pass
Bucky Pizzarelli
Tony Purrone
Vernon Reid
Emily Remler
Tony Rice
Jeff Richman
Brandon Ross
Gray Sargent
John Scofield
Bola Sete
Jimmy Setwart
John Stowell
Gabor Szabo
Ralph Towner
Phil Upchurch
Randy Vincent
Al Viola
Joe Louis Walker

MISC. INSTRUMENTS
Dave Grisman - Mandolin
Tommy Gumina - Accordion
Paul Hansen - Bassoon
Howard Johnson - Tuba
Ali Akbar Khan - Sarod
Ray Pizzi - Bassoon
Bob Stewart - Tuba
Toots Thielemans - Harmonica
Abdul Wadud - Cello
Peter Warren - Cello

TROMBONE
Rex Allen
Ray Anderson
Chuck Bennett
Chris Braymen
Jerry Butzen
Jimmy Cleveland
Buster Cooper
Allen Copland
Dave Eshelman
Robin Eubanks
Carl Fontana
Bruce Fowler
Curtis Fuller
Slide Hampton
Wayne Henderson
Dean Hubbard
Mike Humphrey
Slyde Hyde
Joel Karp
Steve Kohlbacker
Dick Leland
Tricky Lofton
Charles Loper
Delfayo Marsalis
Andy Martin
Grover Mitchell
Pat O'Hara
Max Perkoff
Kevin Porter
Benny Powell
Bobby Pratt
Julian Priester
James Pugh
Bill Reischenbach
Billy Robinson
James Romanek
Frank Rosolino
John Russell
Mal Sharpe
Phil Teele
Mick Teubrock
Lee Thornberg
Wayne Wallace
Bill Watrous
Marty Wehner
Bruce Wolfe
Britt Woodman
Don Young

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PIANO
Kei Akagi
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Monty Alexander
Mose Allison
Lynne Arriale
Kenny Barron
Denny Barthiaume
Bill Bell
Warren Bernhardt
Richie Bierach
Walter Bishop
Ran Blake
Joe Bonner
Joanne Brackeen
Alan Broadbent
Charles Brown
Jaki Byard
George Cables
Judy Carmichael
Tee Carson
Federico Cervantes
Billy Childs
Jeff Chimenti
Todd Cochran
Steve Cohn
Pat Coil
Frank Collette
Dick Conte
Mark Copland
Stanley Cowell
Marilyn Crispell
Bill Cunliffe
Jorge Dalto
Gary Dial
George DiQuatro
Smith Dobson
Armen Donelian
Larry Dunlap
Eliane Elias
Bill Evans
Victor Feldman
Russel Ferrante
Tommy Flanagan
Bob Florence
Dave Frishberg
Larry Fuller
Hal Galper
Mike Garrison
Mike Garson
Kent Glen
Erika Gocka
Tom Grant
Eddie Green
Benny Green
Mike Greensil
Vince Guaraldi
Gus Gustafeson
Don Haas
Roland Hanna
Gene Harris
Barry Harris
Hampton Hawes
Fred Hersch
John Hicks
Dick Hindman
Earl "Fatha" Hines
Art Hodes
Merrill Hoover
Abdulla Ibrahim
Larry Karush
Roger Kellaway
Ed Kelly
Siegfried Kessler
Kenny Kirkland
Steve Kuhn
Art Lande
Andy Laverne
Milcho Leviev
Mark Levine
Lou Levy
Kirk Lightsey
Mike Lipskin
Mark Little
Bob Lucas
Harold Mabern
Adam Makowicz
Bevan Manson
John Marabuto
Ronnie Matthews
Jon Mayer
Les McCann
Dave McKenna
Jim McNeeley
Brad Mehldau
Mulgrew Miller
Charles Moffett
Bob Mokarsky
Buddy Montgomery
Tete Montoliu
Jason Moran
Dado Moroni
George Muribus
Paul Nagel
Mike Nock
Walter Norris
Flip Nunez
Makoto Ozone
Si Perkoff
Michel Petrucciani
Don Piestrup
Jeff Pittson
Al Plank
Paul Potyen
Rachel Z
Don Pullen
Marcus Roberts
John Rosenberg
Michele Rosewoman
Renee Rosnes
Jimmy Rowles
Hilton Ruiz
Merl Saunders
Ted Saunders
Rob Schneiderman
Ben Sidran
Chris Siekert
Horace Silver
Sid Simmons
Sunnyland Slim
Martial Solal
Mark Soskin
Peggy Stern
Frank Strazzeri
Ralph Sutton
Horace Tapscott
Norma Teagarden
Mark Thompson
McCoy Tyner
Eric Vaughn
Larry Vuckovich
Mal Waldron
Cedar Walton
Michael Weiss
Kenny Werner
Randy Weston
Eddie Whettleland
Dick Whittington
Gerald Wiggins
Mary Lou Williams
James Williams
Jessica Williams
Larry Willis
Jack Wilson
Teddy Wilson
Mike Wofford
Anthony Wonsey
Martha Young
Joachim Young
Denny Zeitlin
Al Zulaica

VOCALISTS
Lorez Alexandria
Mose Allison
Ernestine Anderson
Doug Arrington
Margie Baker
Dee Bell
Brenda Boykin
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Charles Brown
Faye Carol
Betty Carter
Chris Connor
Buddy Connor
Blossom Dearie
Gail Dobson
Bob Dorough
Urszula Dudziak
Madeline Eastman
Carol Fredette
Nneena Freelon
Dave Frishberg
Kellye Gray
Yuko Hata
Bill Henderson
Jon Hendricks
Marigold Hill
Shirley Horn
Helen Humes
Etta James
Eddie Jefferson
Etta Jones
Sheila Jordan
Nancy King
Jackie & Roy Kral
Irene Kral
Karen Krog
Barbara Lashley
Tania Maria
Bobby McFerrin
Carmen McRae
Barbara Morrison
Maria Muldaur
Mark Murphy
Chris Murrell
Kim Nalley
Morning Nicholes
Bobbie Norris
Anita O'Day
Rebecca Parris
Flora Purim
Nate Pruitt
Kenny Rankin
Vi Redd
Anne Ross
Jackie Ryan
Marlena Shaw
Jack Sheldon
Ben Sidran
Carol Sloane
Lavay Smith
Mary Stallings
Bob Steger
Cami Thompson
Linda Tillery
Claudia Villela
Roseanna Vitro
Paula West
Carla White
Wesla Whitfield
Faith Winthrop
Cookie Wong
Pat Yankee
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vison

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TRUMPET
Nat Adderley
Clint Baker
Gary Barone
Dave Bendigkeit
Fred Berry
Bill Berry
Rich Bice
Terrence Blanchard
Lester Bowie
Bobby Bradford
Cecil Bridgewater
Harper Brothers
Steve Campos
Pete Candoli
Conte Candoli
Baikida Carroll
Waldo Carter
Bill Catalone
Buddy Childers
Johnny Coles
Ted Curson
Bob Doll
Barbara Donald
Don Ellis
Jon Faddis
Art Farmer
Ernie Figueroa
Larry Ford
Warren Gale
Luis Gasca
Dizzy Gillespie
Jerry Gonzalez
Phil Grenadier
David Hardiman
Roy Hargrove
Tom Harrell
Eddie Henderson
Steve Hoffsteger
Freddie Hubbard
Mark Isham
Lee Katzman
Cal Lewiston
Randy Masters
Blue Mitchell
Ed Neumeister
Bobbie Ojeda
Shinzo Ono
Nicholas Payton
Max Perkoff
Ed Polcer
Mike Price
Don Rader
Bill Resch
Red Rodney
Shorty Rogers
Wallace Roney
Bill Saks
Rudy Salvini
George Sams
Chase Sanborn
Carl Saunders
Henry Scott
Jim Seeley
Woody Shaw
Jack Sheldon
Archie Shepp
Bobby Shew
Allen Smith
Clark Terry
Rick Theurer
Mike Vax
Jack Walrath
Peter Welker
Kenny Wheeler
Zane Woodsworth
Snooky Young

SAX
George Adams
Pepper Adams
Harry Allen
Peter Apfelbaum
Gary Bartz
Bob Berg
Dave Berson
Jane Ira Bloom
Hamiet Bluiett
Arthur Blythe
Anthony Braxton
Nick Brignola
Pat Britt
George Brooks
Jules Broussard
Wilbur Brown
Bill Byne
Hadley Caliman
Benny Carter
Howard Cespides
Pete Christlieb
Pee Wee Claybrook
Arnett Cobb
Al Cohn
Richie Cole
Steve Coleman
George Coleman
Paul Contos
Bob Cooper
John Coppola
Hank Crawford
Sonny Criss
Ron Cuber
Vince Denham
Jerry Dodgion
Paquito D'Rivera
Teddy Edwards
Brooker Ervin
Bill Evans
Joe Farrell
Dino Faxio
Wilton Felder
Bob Ferreira
Brandon Fields
Martin Fierro
John Firman
Med Flory
Sonny Fortune
Frank Foster
Gary Foster
Chico Freeman
Bennett Friedman
Jan Garbarek
Kenny Garrett
Stan Getz
Dexter Gordon
Johnny Griffin
John Gross
Steve Hackman
Scott Hamilton
John Handy
Joseph Harman
Billy Harper
Eddie Harris
Donald Harrison
Tom Hart
Jimmy Heath
Julius Hemphill
Joe Henderson
Christopher Holliday
Red Holloway
Phil Howe
Tim Jackson
Sonya Jason
Carter Jefferson
Noel Jewkes
Plas Johnson
Louis Jordan
Clifford Jordan
Lee Konitz
Steve Lacy
Oliver Lake
Harold Land
Don La
Prince Lasha
Dave Liebman
Warne Marsh
Mel Martin
Zane Massey
Charles McPherson
Don Menza
Roscoe Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
James Moody
Brew Moore
Michael Moore
Ralph Moore
Lanny Morgan
Frank Morgan
Mike Morris
David Murray
David "Fathead" Newman
Jack Nimitz
Sal Nistico
Greg Osby
Cecil Payne
Jim Pepper
Art Pepper
Bill Perkins
Houston Person
Flip Phillips
Bill Pierce
Courtney Pine
Chris Bonner Pitts
Ray Pizzi
Tony Poindexter
Odean Pope
John Purcell
Vi Redd
Dewey Redman
Jerome Richardson
Herman Riley
Sam Rivers
George Roberts
Paul Robertson
Steve Rosenbloom
Jim Rothermel
Charlie Rouse
Marshall Royal
Pharoah Sanders
Moacir Santos
Matt Schon
Bud Shank
Archie Shepp
Bob Sheppard
Wayne Shorter
Sonny Simmons
Zoot Sims
Rory Snyder
Herbie Steward
Sonny Stitt
Mel Stuart
John Stubbelfield
Ira Sullivan
Lew Tabackin
T. Takahashi
Henry Threadgill
Jean Toussaint
Chuck Travis
Stanley Turrentine
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Mel Waldron
Junior Walker
Vince Wallace
Tim Warfield
Bobby Watson
Ernie Watts
Harvey Wainapel
Walt Weiskopf
Norman Williams
Steve Wilson
Bert Wilson
Phil Woods
Michael Zilber

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