Real name: Ira Nepus

Effective period / Period of releases: 1979

Trombonist who has performed with Benny Carter, Gerald Wilson, Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Natalie Cole, Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Bob Crosby, World's Greatest Jazz Band, Harry James, Herbie Hancock, Frank Sinatra, George Benson, Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillespie, Phil Woods, Tom Scott, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr., Neil Diamond, Henry Mancini, Dionne Warwick, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, Lou Rawls, Diana Krall, and Nelson Riddle, among others.