Gary Rixner Bio

Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University School of Music Pittsburgh, Pa. Featured
soloist at Carnegie Hall, New York City (C.M.U.brass quintet and orchestra). Studied
trombone from Byron McCulloh, bass trombonist, Pittsburgh Symphony. Toured the
U.S. with Bill Harms Quintet for 6 years. Side man for many national acts including
The Delaware Water Gap Festival Big Band, The 5th Dimension, The Temptations,
Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Frankie Valle, Bill Haley and the Comets, The Four Tops,
Lou Christie, Bob Newhart, Joan Rivers, Kool and the Gang, Englebert Humperdink,
Ben Vareen,and Champions on Ice. Toured with The Cancun Jazz Festival 1992.
Headlined at The Delaware Water Gap Celebration of The Arts, 2004 and The
Wilkes Barre Fine Arts Fiesta, 2005. Formerly played with local acts Daddy-O and
the Sax Maniacs, Reggie Brown , Rich Jenkins, Souled Out and Bobby Kyle. Currently
playing with Paul Labelle and The Exact Change Band, All That Jazz, The Indigo Moon
Brass Band, The Great Swamp Band, and The Gary Rixner Trio.