Born in Albuquerque, NM, jazz trumpeter Bobby Shew   has performed with various bands since the age of 13, playing as many as six nights a week in dinner clubs throughout his high school years.
After three years as jazz trumpet soloist in the famed NORAD multi-service band, Bobby joined the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and then the swinging bands of Buddy Rich and Woody Herman.
After nine years in Las Vegas as a lead player, Bobby moved to Los Angeles in 1973 to concentrate on developing as a jazz soloist. Since then, he's performed with such stellar groups as the Art Pepper Quintet, Bud Shank Quintet, Frank Strazzeri Sextet featuring Sam Most, the Chuck Flores Quintet, Barry Zweig Five, and he also formed his own widely accepted group.
Bobby's talents also have been showcased with studio work for numerous TV programs, including "Bob Newhart", "Streets of San Francisco", and "Happy Days", as well as in soundtracks for a barrage of motion pictures such as "Grease", and "Grease II", "Rocky", "Six-Pack", and "The Muppet Movie", to name only a few.
Bobby has completed several seasons as the host of "Just Jazz", a weekly half-hour jazz TV show from New Zealand, and has made progress towards starting a jazz program in the New Zealand school system. He has also served for several years as chairman for the National Association of Jazz Educators.
Today, Bobby tours the United States as well as Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, giving more than 130 high school clinics and concerts each year. For the past five years, he has made annual treks to this area, sometimes bringing along his entire group for clinics and a tour of the country.

Bobby Shew in concert