"Marty Wehner says: "I feel everyone has music inside. I can help you find your nice tone and groovin' melodies while having fun!"

Marty Wehner teaches Trombone and leads the Intermediate Combo II

Marty Wehner has extensive playing experience. A few of the fine musicians he has recorded, toured or played with include: Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Henderson, Natalie Cole, Tone Toni Tony, Cecil Taylor, Dr. John, Tito Puente, Josh Redman, Benny Carter, the Mingus Epitaph Orchestra, Lavay Smith, Pete Escovedo, Dave Ellis and Wynton Marsalis.

Marty Wehner has appeared on David Letterman/ Jay Leno/VH1; recorded with Tony Bennett, Carlos Santana (Grammy Award winning "The Game of Love" w/ Michelle Branch), Bob Weir & Ratdog, Mingus Amungus, Lavay Smith, Kotoja, Graham Connah; Broadway Shows: Some Like It Hot, and played in "The Producers". Carlos Santana, Boz Scaggs, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Carla Thomas, Clarence Clemons, The Mingus Epitaph Orchestra, Benny Carter, Xavier Cugat, Sheila E., Queen Ida, Otis Clay, Phil Woods and Kenny Wheeler among others.

He has performed at Festivals in Monterey Jazz/ Playboy Jazz/Umbria Jazz, Milano, Bergamo (Italy)/Istanbul/ Berlin/ Knitting Factory (NY)/Athens.

Aside of heading up the UC Jazz Interactive Combo II and teaching the trombone, he also has taught at Just Say Jazz (Richmond Unified Sch. Dist.)/Stanford Jazz Workshop/Prospect Sierra Mid. Sch./ Mendocino Music Camp/ The Jazz School/ Bergamo Jazz School (Italy).

In addition to teaching at UC Berkeley's UC Jazz Department, Candela, Martin also leads his own big band and a hip hop funk group, Funkbone. He regularly plays with Mingus Amungus and also is a member of several groups including Candela (Salsa), Kotoja (Afro-Beat), Johnny Necturne Band (R&B), and The Ruby Salvihi Big Band.

Marty Wehner was born and raised in San Francisco and is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Boston. He has lived and performed in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and the US.

In the News

Mingus Amungus got its start in 1994 when Perkins was asked to take part in a series of Bay Area concerts honoring such luminaries as James Brown, Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter. Perkins was given the task of assembling a troupe to handle, and honor, the music of Charles Mingus. Two musicians he called upon were Reynolds and Wehner. "We put the band together and it was just awesome," Perkins says. "It was one of my best musical experiences. I just felt the calling and decided to keep this thing going." He wasn't the only one who felt that way. "There was so much energy. It was like a supernova," Wehner says of that first gig. "Our only job was to grab hold of it so that it didn't explode or implode, whichever the case may be." Oakland Tribune

The Graham Connah Group's current lineup features Smith Dobson Jr. on percussion, Wank Frehley on bass, Jewlia Eisenberg on vocals, and three fine horn players: Ben Goldberg on clarinet, Rob Sudduth on saxophone, and trombonist Marty Wehner. This Group's latest album was released in 1998: Gurney to the Lincoln Center of Your Mind again on Rastascan Records. www.allaboutjazz.com

Mingus Amungus is a particularly intriguing group comprised of three horns, a four-piece rhythm section, two dancers and a pair of rappers. Fortunately I missed the closing rap section but did see the two exotic dancers (Elizabeth and Caroline Lund) who change costumes frequently, and fine solos on Mingus tunes and originals by trumpeter Gavin DiStasi, trombonist Marty Wehner and tenor-saxophonist Joshi Marshall. . . .It seemed only fitting that I left Mingus Amungus to see the Mingus Big Band playing a typically rambunctious and exciting set on the main stage. Sue Mingus introduced the highly-rated ensemble which performed such Mingus songs as "Love's Fury,""Sweet Sucker Dance," "Tonight At Noon," "Boogie Stop Shuffle" (on which Frank Lacy sang the theme from "Spiderman"!) and "Meditations On Integration." www.jazzhouse.org

"The trombone solo is by Marty Wehner, one of the best trombonist on the scene today. " CDBaby about CJO

"Over the years the players have changed, but the spirit remains the same. Under the direction of Marty Wehner, this group has continually explored the outer reaches of jazz, only to find that jazz knows no bounds. In their wake, the sound, or at least the outfits, of jazz will never be the same. Marty's Funky Ten (plus two) strike again!"

"That Kind Of Thing" is Sergio Caputo's first entirely "Made in the U.S.A" album. It contains 10 guitar based Smooth Jazz tracks, a pinch of latin spice, lots of emotion and one singular ambition: to be heard in every corner of the world through the sole energy of his music. The project was born in California and was recorded over the course of one year with Sergio playing exclusively all electric and classical guitars and with collaborations by Bay Area musicians Rob Sudduth and Charles McNeal on sax, Mike Olmes on trumpet and Marty Wehner on trombone. www.jazzreview.com

Trombonist at UC Performance
photo by Jim Dennis