THE BLACKLITES
BIO

NAME: JEFF STOCKHAM

OCCUPATION: PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

CITY BORN AND RAISED:  ROCHESTER, NY AND BROCKPORT NY 

YEARS THERE: 17

FAMILY: MARRIED TO THE BEAUTIFUL VICTORIA

CHILDREN: STEPSON KEVIN AND STEPDAUGHTER ALISON

MUSICAL CAREER BEGAN: 1976

MUSICAL TRAINING/EDUCATION: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY AND EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: TRUMPET, FRENCH HORN, VALVE TROMBONE, FLUGELHORN, CORNET

BANDS THAT I HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH: THE BLACKLITES, SYRACUSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, CNY JAZZ ORCHESTRA, STAN COLELLA ORCHESTRA, SALT CITY JAZZ COLLECTIVE, THE DESTINATION, ATLAS, LITTLE GEORGIE AND THE SHUFFLING HUNGARIANS, MARIO DESANTIS ORCHESTRA, BEARCAT JAZZ BAND, EXCELSIOR CORNET BAND, FEDERAL CITY BRASS BAND 

NATIONAL ACTS I'VE PLAYED WITH OR OPENED FOR:   
THE TEMPTATIONS, THE FOUR TOPS, THE SPINNERS, TONY BENNETT, FRANK SINATRA, JR., ROSEMARY CLOONEY, ARETHA FRANKLIN, JOSH GROBAN, HARRY CONNICK JR., ROBERTT GOULET, NATALIE COLE, JOHNNY MATHIS, TOMMY TUNE, MARVIN HAMLISCH, JEFF MULDAUER, AL MARTINO, DON RICKLES, JIMMY CAVALLO, JERRY VALE, LESLIE GORE, SHARI LEWIS, BOWZER'S ROCK AND ROLL REVIEW, PROFESSOR LOUIE AND THE CROWMATIX
JAZZ ARTISTS NNENNA FRELON, HAROLYN BLACKWELL, RON CARTER, HERBIE HANCOCK, BOBBY WATSON, DON BRADEN,HOWARD JOHNSON, RONNIE MATTHEWS, DANILO PEREZ, GERRI ALLEN DIANE REEVES, JACKY TERRASSON, HELEN SUNG, JAMES KNOWLES, BOBBY PORCELLI, KEVIN MAHOGANY, MARCUS ROBERTS, WILLIE WILLIAMS, JOHN FEDCHOCK, MIKE GARSON, LEW SOLOFF, DAVE BARGERON, JOE HENDERSON, CLARK TERRY, ROB MCCONNELL, PHIL WOODS EDDIE DANIELS, HOUSTON PERSON, MARCUS PRINTUP, WALLACE RONEY, JOE LOCKE, BILL DOBBINS, JIMMY HEATH,CLAUDIO RODITI, AL VIZZUTTI, DAN MILLER, BYRON STRIPLING, MICHAEL PHILLIP MOSSMAN, BOB BERG, ANTONIO HART, BIB MINTZER, SCOTT ROBINSON, JOE MAGNARELLI, ALEX SIPIAGIN, GARY SMULYAN, RUFUS REID, MICHAEL DAVIS, SLIDE HAMPTON, KEVIN MAHOGANY, DIANE SCHUUR AND OTHERS...

TOURED WITH:
THELONIUS MONK JR. BIG BAND, T.S. MONK SEXTET, GEORGE GRUNTZ CONCERT JAZZ BAND FROM SWITZERLAND, CHICAGO BLUES ARTISTS JIMMY JOHNSON, TOURED WITH THE NATIONAL COMPANY OF LES MISERABLES.