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THE Mike Olmos

Back in town and not going anywhere!

About Me

Mike Olmos has become one the most in demand jazz trumpet players since his arrival to the San Francisco Bay Area 10 years ago. Over that time he has been performing with various bands such as the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Realistic Orchestra, Brass Mafia, Evan Francis y Los Mitades to name few of the boatload of bands out there.The M.O.B can be seen performing from time to time at certain venues as: Amnesia, The Grant and Green, Cafe Revolution, Bruno's, Savanah Jazz, Club Deluxe, Jazz @ Pearl's, Jupiter and so on...His performing/recording credits include:Rosemary Clooney, Mary Stallings, Lavay Smith, Marcus Shelby, Cachao, John Calloway, Jesús Diaz y Su QBA, Pete Escovedo, Josh Jones, Thomas Dolby, Lyrics Born, Michael Feinstein, Realistic Orchestra, Brass Mafia, Akira Tana, Zigaboo Modeliste, Will Bernard, Andrew Speight, Jeff Chambers, Dave Eshelman's Jazz Garden Big Band, The Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, The Cab Calloway Orchestra, Evan Francis, Howard Wiley, Dayna Stephens, Noel Jewkes, Mel Martin, Michael Brecker, Madeline Eastman, Howard Tate, The Björkestra, and The Glide Ensemble to name a few.

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Member Since: 5/30/2006
Band Members: ME

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Influences: Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Kenny Garrett, Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton, Dave Douglas, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Hank Mobley, Tim Warfield, Cannonball Adderly, Sarah Vaughn, Frederíc Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninov, Gary Thomas, Miguel Zenon, Radiohead, Louis Armstrong
Sounds Like: Good Music.
Type of Label: None