Clarence Banks

Trombone

American jazz trombone player, born in Englewood, NJ. He started playing trombone professionally in high school and after graduating from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a BA in music education, he went on to recorded with Slide Hampton and his World of Trombones. He has worked with artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, the Four Tops, and the Temptations, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nancy Wilson, among others. He has also performed in many Broadway shows, most recently in Come Fly Away. He recorded with artists such as: Slide Hampton's World if Trombones, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Tom Waits, and The Count Basie Orchestra.Currently, he is a member of the Count Basie Orchestra, and was the last musician to join the band while Mr. Basie was still alive.

We are honored to have Clarence record and perform with Big Beat Big Band!