Pops is very honored to host Delbert Bump Trio on Saturday, June 15 for an evening of Jazz Funk. Delbert Bump will perform on keyboards, Rich Defazio on drums and David EL on guitar. Listen here.
Advanced tickets are $15. They will be $20 at the door.
Delbert Bump Bio
Delbert Bump began his musical training at nine years old on the piano and was leading bands by the age of 13. At 14 he played ragtime in pizza parlors. During high school, he also learned to play drums, bugle, French horn, trumpet, and the sax. His keyboard abilities took over, and he began playing in his own jazz trios at the age of 17.
When Joe Morrello, the famous drummer from the Brubeck Group, came to town, Bump was able to play with him. “He liked my playing and that was it –I was on my way”, he said.
Delbert attended Chico State as a piano major and studied with Fred Laxton. In Chico he led various bands and explored rock and roll and free jazz which was popular in the beat era. He played funk with a band called the Big Timers, which he describes as a James Brown-type review with lead singer John Henry and three female vocalists. “We were hot”, he says about this band.
After Chico, he went on the road playing in funk bands and show groups, but still maintained my interest in jazz music. Delbert graduated from San Francisco State with a Masters degree in composition and upper division piano status. He became college-level music professor, and continued that aspect of my musical life for the next forty years. He was a professor of jazz studies and music theory at Solano College, and taught at U. C. Davis for seven years as Director of jazz ensembles, combos, and improvisation.
Bump has produced, directed, and performed on over fourteen records of his own music using top-notch sidemen from all over the country.
Richard DeFazio on Drums
Rich DeFazio began drumming at age 7, doing casuals from age 13, performing jazz, latin, R&B, and Top 40.Studied under local teachers and others, such as Mel Brown (who was with Diana Ross), and Murray Spivak in Los Angeles, CA. Jazz band drummer at Sacramento City College (studied for three years under Vern Proctor, as well as Percussion Ensemble under Don Silva), Cosumnes River College, and California State University at Sacramento.He worked with numerous local bands (Sacramento, CA), as well as doing lounge, concert, jazz, and studio dates from Sacramento to the Bay Area. For a four-year period was leader of own band. Toured the West Coast, Las Vegas hotel/nightclub/lounge circuit, across country from the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania to Florida, to the Catskill Mountains of New York, working the resort areas with various groups. At Sahara Tahoe, drummer for FIRE and ICE Dance Review, the GARFIN GATHERING and a six-month stint on the French Riviera with an En Vogue/Pointer Sisters type review. Spent nine years in Las Vegas, working for many bands, including THE COASTERS, sister DEBBIE DE FAZIO, SIDROS ARMADA, COCHO ARBY from Peru (keyboardist for Alex Acuna band), BILLY YOUNG (jazz keyboardist) and PAUL TAYLOR (Paul, jazz saxophonist now with the Rippingtons and his own solo act).
