Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm: Bonegasm Goes West at California Jazz Conservatory

New York based band Bonegasm is a climax of musical excitement, characterized by feelings of pleasure centered in the ears and experienced as an accompaniment to hearing a group of trombone players. We make serious music seriously fun.

This is the brainchild of the Bay Area's own Jennifer Wharton. The infectiously fun ensemble performs music by up and coming artists as well as Grammy veterans like John Fedchock, Alan Ferber and Jim McNeely.

Artist/Group Bio(s)

Bass trombonist, Jennifer Wharton, was born and raised in Pittsburg, California and has been based in New York City for the last 15 years. Though getting her start classically, Jen has deep roots in jazz, commercial, chamber and Broadway music....

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New York based band Bonegasm is a climax of musical excitement, characterized by feelings of pleasure centered in the ears and experienced as an accompaniment to hearing a group of trombone players. We make serious music seriously fun.

This is the brainchild of the Bay Area's own Jennifer Wharton. The infectiously fun ensemble performs music by up and coming artists as well as Grammy veterans like John Fedchock, Alan Ferber and Jim McNeely.

Artist/Group Bio(s)

Bass trombonist, Jennifer Wharton, was born and raised in Pittsburg, California and has been based in New York City for the last 15 years. Though getting her start classically, Jen has deep roots in jazz, commercial, chamber and Broadway music.

These days, Jennifer can be found leading her trombone-forward ensemble, Bonegasm, and performing in West Side Story on Broadway.

Jen is a member of two multiple Grammy-nominated ensembles, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society and Alan Ferber Big Band. She has also performed on the Grammy-nominated cast albums for The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess, 9 to 5 The Musical and Curtains The Musical as well as the Grammy-winning recording of Beautiful The Carole King Musical.

She has performed and/or recorded with ensembles including the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie All Star Band, Ken Peplowski Big Band, Miggy Augmented Jazz Orchestra, DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Birdland Big Band, Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra, Woody Herman Orchestra, Terraza 7 Big Band, John Yao and His 17 Piece Instrument, Walking Distance, South Florida Jazz Orchestra, new Alchemy Jazz Orchestra, Steven Feifke Big Band, and the BMI Jazz Composers’ Workshop.

Jennifer is an XO Professional Brass artist and plays the 1240-LT bass trombone. She teaches bass trombone at Montclair State University in New Jersey.

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