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Description: Sun City Stomperz A Dixieland Jazz Band [themify_button style="large green rect flat" link="http://www.suncitystomperz.com/#Contact" text="#ffffff" ]Book Us[/themify_button] About Sun City StomperzThis band was formed in 2005 by Ernie Landes and Sid Gire in an effort to spread the joy of Dixieland Jazz to the folk ...
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With extensive experience as a performer, conductor, and music educator, Clark Chaffee brings a unique blend of perspectives to the band. He is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and has earned music degrees from University of Michigan and Northern Illinois University. NIU named him the 2014 Distinguished Alum from the the College of Visual and Performing Arts. He, his ensembles, and the Stevenson High School music PLC team have been recognized by numerous organizations including the National Endowment
Ernie took up the trombone in high school and began jamming with neighborhood musicians. While attending Stanford University, he heard the bands of Bob Scobey and Turk Murphy, and spent many Friday afternoons playing for free beer in college hangouts. He helped form a band named “South Bay Seven” which was popular in the San Jose area in the sixties. In 1973 he was recruited by Frank Goulette to join the “Monterey Bay Classic Jass Band” of Santa Cruz, CA. With this band he attended most of the West Coast
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