Friends of Big Band Jazz

    The Mike Vax Big Band,
    featuring the Alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra 2006 Tour


    Mike/Peggy Vax; Peg sending her husband off on the tour.
    Send-off dinner location, in Hayward, CA
    Thai Restaurant dinner
    Thai Restaurant dinner
    Trumpet Section-rehearsal
    Sax Section-rehearsal
    Trombone section-rehearsal
    Gary Hobbs, drums-rehearsal
    Chris Symer, bass-rehearsal
    Bob Florence, piano-rehearsal
    Carl Saunders-rehearsing "Love Dance"
    Our benevolent leader, Mike Vax, trumpet
    Trumpet clinic at Ripon Christian HS
    Trombone clinic
    Saxophone clinic
    Rhythm Section clinic
    First tour concert: Ripon Christian High School
    Kim Richmond, lead alto
    Scott Petersen, alto/baritone
    Pete Gallio, tenor
    Alex Murzyn, tenor
    Infamous Joey Kaye, baritone/bass sax
    Trumpet clinic-Cal State University East Bay
    Trombone clinic-CSUEB
    Rhythm Section clinic-CSUEB
    Saxophone clinic-CSUEB
    Concert at CSUEB Jazz Festival
    Kenny Shroyer, bass trombone
    Dale DeVoe, trombone
    Roy Wiegand, trombone
    Curtis Fox, trombone
    Mike Suter, bass trombone, tuba
    Zzzz's on the bus
    Band mother Evie
    Roy at the HarborLite Hotel, Ft. Bragg, CA
    Cotton Auditorium, Fort Bragg, CA
    Appearing
    Auditorium interior (grand restoration), audience starting to enter
    Band onstage, Cotton Auditorium, Ft. Bragg HS
    Kim Richmond on soprano
    Band cookin'
    Carl Saunders on "Love Dance"
    Curtis Fox soloing
    The youngster Gabe Johnson soloing
    Scott Petersen solo
    Our leader in ecstasy
    Band members having breakfast in Ft. Bragg
    The band bus
    Loading the bus
    Band at the Ft Bragg
    Dennis Noday asleep on bus
    Saxophone clinic clinic in Eureka, CA
    Rhythm clinic clinic in Eureka, CA
    Trumpet clinic clinic in Eureka, CA
    Trombone clinic in Eureka, CA
    Band musicians jamming
    Klamath Falls new performing arts center: Ragland Theater
    Mike Vax and the Alumni appearing
    Setting up the bandstand, theater
    Band dinner
    More of the band dinner....NO LASAGNA!
    Bob exercising in hotel lobby
    Hotel Marquee
    Can't wait to make music with each other...jam
    Jam at Dy's Broadway Diner
    Jam
    Jam with Vax
    Sax Clinic Mt. Hood College
    Trombone Clinic Mt. Hood College
    Trumpet Clinic Mt. Hood College
    Bob Florence Piano & Vocal Clinic
    Faye Rice, Dave Umemoto, & Evie Florence selling CD's
    Band Mom (Evie Florence), Dr. Dave Clememts, & the Ham Leader
    The Band Hang
    Dave Barduhn, Kenton Arranger, and Mt. Hood Faculty
    Guys Hangin' with Dave Barduhn
    Bill & James, two separate documentary film makers
    Dennis Justice, Kenton Bus Driver, and our bus owner
    Gary Hobbs & his lovely bride
    Our leader "The Money Man"