Band Bios
Jazz Spectrum
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| BOB ZAUN, piano, arranger...At age 14 he quit piano lessons after four painful years. At age 16 he was introduced to jazz...Ella, Oscar, Sarah, Kenton, Basie, Ellington, The Four Freshman, and The HiLo's. As junior in college, he met a real piano player. Bob asked if he played in a group. "No, but I'd like to. What do you play?," he asked. Without a hitch Bob replied, "bass." Bob figured that the notes were so low they didn't matter, he just had to look good! That evening he called his father and said that he decided to minor in music and needed to play a second instrument. His dad said, "I didn't know you had a first!" And so birth was given to his first group, The Bob Fiasco Trio. Eventually Bob became an accomplished bass player and began playing piano in keys other than C. His writes all the vocal and instrumental arrangements, plus writes vocalese lyrics in the style of Jon Hendricks. He is married with two children and two grandchildren. Daughter, Stacy, sings the alto part and son, Greg has perfect pitch and the ability to transcribe anything he hears, a big help to Jazz Spectrum arrangements. Bob retired from Chase Home Mortgage in 2000 as a Regional Manger. Write Bob: jazzspect@aol.com |
| JOHN EIFERT, drums...Formal lessons were started at age 4 and he played his first professional gig at age 11. John played 5 summers at Marriott's Great America and was section leader for the nationally acclaimed John Phillip Sousa Honor Band performing in Washington, DC. At the University of Illinois he successfully crammed four years into six, majoring in percussion and music education. He was captain of the drum line and President of the symphonic band his senior year. It was there he met Stacy, Bob's daughter, as they marched together in the snare line of the Marching Illini. Bob became friends with John and, upon graduation, hired him as a mortgage loan officer. Truth be known, Jazz Spectrum then was an instrumental quartet always in need of a drummer. Bob figured he'd kill two birds with one stone. Little did he know he'd also get a son-in-law in the bargain! Stacy & John have two children and John is an Area Manager for Chase Home Mortgage. |
| LARRY BOISEN, saxes, flute, clarinet, harmonica, oboe, garden hose...We met Larry in 2001 when he was in the audience at a Jazz Spectrum concert. He introduced himself and he and Bob became fast friends. They have worked together on various projects including writing a commercial for WRLR-FM which Jazz Spectrum recorded. Larry has backed numerous popular performers such as Joey Lewis, Jerry Vale, The Harmonicats, and Leslie Uggums. He has toured with Les and Larry Elgart, Ralph Marterie and Ralph Flanagan. He is a playwright, composer, lyricist, author and poet....and fluent in 9 languages! He composed the title tune for Jazz Spectrum's CD, "It's Christmas." Larry is married with 2 children and 5 grandchildren. Larry teaches all reed instruments, flute and jazz studies. See his website at: www.recitalmusicplus.com |
| BILL ZIELINSKI, bass...In February 2004 Jazz Spectrum was recording their 2nd CD, "It's Christmas." We needed an acoustic bass for one of the numbers and Bill was recommended. Our longstanding bass player, Tom Sievers was trying to retire. He was happy to surrender his spot to Bill. While we were sad to lose Tom, Bill was a happy addition to Jazz Spectrum. Bill is married and has one son who is a very talented trumpet player. Every kid has got to envy Bill's dream job...developing video games! |
JAZZ SPECTUM... originated in 1980 as an instrumental
quartet with co-leaders, Bob Zaun and Craig Burgess
pictured here on alto sax. The vocal quartet was added in
1994 Craig and Bob played together for 25 years until
Craig moved out of state.
quartet with co-leaders, Bob Zaun and Craig Burgess
pictured here on alto sax. The vocal quartet was added in
1994 Craig and Bob played together for 25 years until
Craig moved out of state.
