Ulrican Williams tenor trombone

Javier Stuppard tenor trombone

Emede Gonzalez tenor trombone

Mitch Butler tenor trombone

Oscar Diaz tenor/bass trombones

Martin McCain bass trombone

Austin Kimble piano

Utah Hamrick bass

David Sierra drums

Quinntin Smith vibraphone

For more information, visit www.jazzbonez.net

Recorded at Fire Station Studios in San Marcos, TX

Produced & engineered by Sven Sorhus • Mastered by Marshall Breedlove

1. Watch It! David Guidi

2. When You’re All Alone Michael Arthurs

3. Pangaean Groove Eric Richards

4. Fourcast Marcus Wilcher

5. Sharing Dreams Marcus Wilcher

6. Dans Un Monde Des Reves

(World of Dreams) Marcus Wilcher

7. The Phoenix Lee Thomason

8. The Balance of Things David Renter

9. Stablemates Benny Golson arr. Dick McQuary

Known for being “an eclectic group with high energy” JazzBonez, a trombone

ensemble based in Austin, Texas, has become one of the nation’s premiere

jazz trombone ensembles. The group came together in 2006 while

attending graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin. JazzBonez

consists of trombonists Mitch Butler, Oscar Diaz, Emede Gonzalez, Martin

McCain, Javier Stuppard, and

Ulrican Williams. Rhythm

section members include

Austin Kimble, piano; Utah

Hamrick, bass; Quinntin Smith,

vibraphone/congas; David

Sierra, drums.

As a jazz trombone ensemble, the band is committed to promoting the

trombone and continuing the legacy of great jazz ‘bone groups of Slide

Hampton, JJ Johnson, Kai Winding and the Capitol Bones. In 2007,

under the name Texas Jazz Bones, the ensemble won the International

Trombone Association’s Kai Winding Jazz Trombone Ensemble

Competition and the Eastern Trombone Workshop’s National Jazz

Trombone Ensemble Competition.

The group has performed with re-knowned trombone artists such

as Paul McKee, Harry Watters, Michael Davis, Reggie Watkins, Tony

Baker, Andre Hayward, Alex Iles and Bill Reichenbach. JazzBonez

performed at the 2007 Eastern Trombone Workshop in Fort Myer,

About JAZZBONEZ

VA and International

Trombone Festival in Las

Vegas, NV. JazzBonez has

also been featured at the

2008 TMEA Convention

in San Antonio, TX

and 2010 International

Trombone Festival as well

as the Texas Jazz Festival

in Corpus Christi, TX since 2008. They continue to reach out

to the community by performing at various schools and other

educational opportunities.

“The lead work of Williams, the fiery, inventive solos of Butler and McCains’ solid bass trombone work…among the highlights…”

– George Broussard/International

Trombone Association Journal“These guys are killing it! JazzBonez has all the elements: virtuosic players, arrangers, and creative and artistic improvisors…”

– Reggie Watkins/former Director,

Maynard Ferguson Big Band