A fine bop soloist on the valve trombone, Mike Fahn is always ready to jam or to add his horn to any swinging situation. His father was a drummer who had played with Lionel Hampton, and young Mike started out as a drummer, too. He soon switched to trumpet and baritone horn before becoming a valve trombonist when he was 12. Within a couple years his family moved to the Orange County area near Los Angeles. In 1979 he started sitting in with pianist Frank Strazzeri and began freelancing. Fahn performed with Shorty Rogers, Bill Holman, and Don Menza and had opportunities to sit in with Freddie Hubbard, Chet Baker, and Wynton Marsalis. He toured with Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau in the late '80s and eventually moved back to New York. Mike Fahn has recorded with Ferguson, Bob Cooper, Dick Berk, Kim Richmond, Matt Catingub, and Frank Strazzeri, among others, along with leading a pair of his own dates, 1989's Steppin' Out for Cexton and 2002's Close Your Eyes...and Listen for Sparky 1 Productions. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi