The MUSICIANS

All veteran jazzers with big band, combo and jazz band experience, the Band's members play with enthusiasm and like variety in their music. In addition to trad jazz performances, they play for dances. While serious about the quality of their music, the members all agree that fun is what it's really about, and that's what the Ramblers is all about.

Click on a name below to see a photo and bio.

The Front Line:

Brass:

Cornetist and Keyboardist Bill Dickson is one of the area's most popular musicians. His skills, wide repertoire, and vocal abilities keep his phone ringing and his datebook full. Bill has done time with many of the area's bands and for several years has been a member of Charlie's EasySounds combo.

Trombonist Tony Rossi is well known to area jazz fans and has played with many of the dance bands and most of the jazz bands in the area. He plays a smooth, Teagarden-ish bone and does great vocals.

Reeds:

Charlie Hull, playing the clarinet and tenor sax and fronting the Band, joined the Musicians Union while still in high school. In addition to night club and dance gigs, he has been a member of several local-area jazz bands.. He has several groups playing different styles (see www.easysounds.com), but his first love is jazz. His EasySounds Swing Dance Combo is well known to Sacramento dancers.

Vocalist:

Jeannie Nemeth, a veteran of the cruise liners, puts pizazz and sparkle into her renditions of jazz standards.
She's the icing on the cake.

Rhythm:

Ralph Thompson, co-leader, plays banjo and guitar. Ralph has performed with Phil Howe's Silver Dollar Jazz Band, Jim Maihack's Tappers,and Sugar Willie's Cubes, and is still a member of the resurrected showgroup, Boondockers. His solid rhythm and enthusiasm add much to K Street's solid groove. Ralph is currently a board member of the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society, active with the Music Committee.

String bassist Elmer Nemeth's solid bass (a la Slam Stewart) lays a solid groove for the band.  His vocal renditions are outstanding.

Drummer Bruce Turley, smooth and solid, has a well-earned reputation as a dance band percussionist.  K Street is his first venture into dixieland jazz, and he fits like a glove.