Bob has backed up such artists as Bob James, The Rat Pack (from Las Vegas), Michael Cavanaugh (from the Broadway Musical “Movin’ Out”), Bobby Caldwell, Olivia Newton-John, Sandy Duncan, Ray Charles, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Martha Reeves, The Platters, The Fifth Dimension, Rich Little, Joan Rivers, Hal Linden, Red Skelton, and the Guy Lombardo Orchestra. He has also performed for Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
Currently, Bob plays with his own group “Esto Jazz”, the Dave Banks Big Band, the Orchestra from the Cleveland Music Hroup, Kevin DiSimone, Billy Joe Wiseman and Yosef Greenberger.
His recording credits include jingles for the Cleveland Indians Franchise for the cable sports program entitled “Tribe TV”, the Prudential Insurance Company, Geauga Lake Amusement Park, the Summit Toy Company and various local radio stations.
He holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Bowling Green State University, and a Masters Degree in Music from the University of Akron.
True story. There is a very picky, conservatory-trained bassist in the immediate vicinity, visiting from over the pond. She has extremely broad taste in music, but unyielding on fundamentals. Despite a childhood exposure to jazz of all kinds, she literally winces when a lot of big names, living and deceased, pour forth from the speakers. Chartreuse" was playing. Said bassist, off in another room, makes a beeline and asks, Who is that?" You like?" Yeah, sort of sounds Chris Thile--Brad ...
Esto Jazz Plays Grand River Cellars Sunday,
September 1st
If you love Jazz and haven’t hear Esto Jazz then it’s
time to put them on your
“must see” list. The following are brief bios just to
give you an idea of the
talent in this band.
Bob Esterle, Saxophones, has performed in a wide
variety of musical groups—
from symphony orchestras to Jazz big bands—
throughout Ohio. He has
backed up such artists as The Rat Pack (Las Vegas
Tribute Group), Michael
Cavanaugh (from the Broadway Production of
“Movin’ Out”), Frankie Avalon,
Bobby Caldwell, Olivia Newton-John, Sandy
Duncan, Ray Charles, The Four
Tops, The Temptations, Martha Reeves and the
Vandellas, The Platters, The
Fifth Dimension, Rich Little, and Joan Rivers
Esto Jazz Plays Grand River Cellars Sunday,
September 1st
If you love Jazz and haven’t hear Esto Jazz then it’s
time to put them on your
“must see” list. The following are brief bios just to
give you an idea of the
talent in this band.
Bob Esterle, Saxophones, has performed in a wide
variety of musical groups—
from symphony orchestras to Jazz big bands—
throughout Ohio. He has
backed up such artists as The Rat Pack (Las Vegas
Tribute Group), Michael
Cavanaugh (from the Broadway Production of
“Movin’ Out”), Frankie Avalon,
Bobby Caldwell, Olivia Newton-John, Sandy
Duncan, Ray Charles, The Four
Tops, The Temptations, Martha Reeves and the
Vandellas, The Platters, The
Fifth Dimension, Rich Little, and Joan Rivers. His
recording credits include the
Summit Toy Company, jingles for the Cleveland
Indians Franchise’s cable
sports program “Tribe TV,” the Prudential Insurance
Company (National
Advertisement), Geauga Lake Amusement Park,
and various local radio
stations.
Domnic Reto, Piano/Keyboards, has enjoyed music
for many years. He has a
great ear and a real knack for making people stop
and listen to his talent for
tickling the ivories! Dominic began playing the piano
when he was ten years
old. He started taking lessons in Warren, Ohio and
studied music through the
next ten years with a variety of teachers covering
technique, theory, style and
history. Dominic was able to develop a truly
appealing style of his own playing
genres ranging from Smooth Jazz, Jazz Standards
and Jazz Fusion to
contemporary Blues, Motown and Classic Rock.
Warren Henry, Bass, currently plays professionally
throughout Northeast Ohio
and teaches guitar and bass at his own small music
store in Chagrin Falls
aptly titled “Warren Henry Music.” Warren was a
Jazz Studies major on guitar
at The University of Akron in the 1980’s and was a
member of the Jazz-
Fusion band, Osmosis, which was listed in Musician
Magazine’s 25 Top
Unsigned Bands category.
James “J.R.” Richley, Drums, has performed
internationally as both a drummer
and percussionist in a wide variety of musical styles.
From his early days as a
staff studio musician for Walt Disney Productions in
Los Angeles, he has gone
on to record albums for numerous record labels
including Universal Records
(with producer John Simon), MCA, Atlantic, Koch
Jazz, 1201 Music, Seismic
and Blaster records.
Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Music Education/Performance, 24 years of
both public and private teaching experience. Contact me for more information.
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