Jack Redmond

Jack Redmond began playing the trombone at the age of nine, thanks largely to the support of his mother, who herself had played the C-Melody Horn in movie theaters during the silent film era. Jack played throughout school and during his Air Force career, then soon hit the road, touring with a number of Big Bands during the great swing era. He performed with the bands of such leaders as Les Elgart, Claude Gordon, Jerry Gray, and Sy Zentner—yes, he played on Sy’s biggest hit, “Up a Lazy River”—as well as Les Brown and His Band of Renown. Jack was with the Brown band for over 40 years and toured with them and Bob Hope to Vietnam six different times during the 1960s and ’70s to entertain the troops. In the early 2000s, Jack joined the Big Band Alumni, which delighted music lovers and dancers throughout the Los Angeles area for many years.