Jazz with Bruce Babad and Friends

Join a jam session with Bruce Babad, saxophone; Ron Kobayashi, keyboard; Dave Stone, bass; and Cliff Hulling, drums.

Bruce Babad is Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Fullerton College, a saxophone studio artist at Biola University, and a freelance woodwind artist in Los Angeles, CA. Babad has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Bud Shank, Mel Lewis, The Four Tops, Barry Manilow and others.

Ron Kobayashi is a jazz pianist and composer, founder and leader of the Ron Kobayashi Trio, as well as Adjunct Professor of jazz piano at Biola University. He has performed with Mel Torme, Margaret Whiting, Peter Frampton, Kenny Burrell, Peter White, Paula Kelly Jr. and many more.

Dave Stone, bass, is well known in Southern California for his work on movie scores, with over 123 to his credit, including “The Bourne Supremacy,” “Cars,” and “Star Trek,’ to name a few. “Jag,” and “C.S.I. Miami” are just two of his many television score credits. His musical theater credits include “Cats,” “Evita,” Beauty and the Beast,” and “Wicked.”

Cliff Hulling, Associate Professor of percussion and composition at Biola University, has worked as principal percussionist for the Orange County Pacific Symphony, Pacific Chorale, and others. He has performed in many Broadway musical productions, and freelances extensively, working with well-known musicians like Sarah Vaughn and Ray Charles.