TROMBONE 1 - Rouvin Seah
Rouvin Seah has been a trombonist since middle school (1997). Rouvin attended Douglas College and UBC (B.Mus; B.Ed), specializing in secondary music education. Rouvin currently teaches at Pinetree Secondary School in Coquitlam. He studied with Doug Sparkes (Douglas College), Gregory Cox (UBC) and Gordon Cherry (UBC). He has been a member of FAT Jazz since 2003. When not performing, Rouvin enjoys spending time with his family, playing board games with friends, online gaming, and eating!
Rouvin plays on a Bach Stradivarius LT16M trombone with a Bach 12C mouthpiece.
TROMBONE 2 - Rick Talarczyk
Rick Talarczyk, born and raised in Vancouver, graduated in 1977 from Kitsilano Secondary School, where he played lead trombone in their Senior Stage, Concert and Mariachi Bands. Although starting a successful career in industrial steel drafting and design, he was convinced to buy himself a horn and play for the local theatre companies. Thus, he began playing in pit orchestras for the North Shore Light Opera Society (NSLOS), TUTS, Savoy Players and even a couple of stints with MUSSOC at UBC. The jazz bug caught a hold of him and, along with some great friends, he started up his own stage band - No Fixed Address (thus named for the lack of a permanent rehearsal space). This began his love affair with the vibra-slap. The musician contacts he made led him to the Art Rogers' Big Band, Night Train Swing Band, Stardust, Britannia Jazz Band and other swing bands in the Vancouver area. A long musical journey has taken him to play many places around the world, including Club Meds in Mexico and the Bahamas, plus concert band trips to San Francisco, Eastern Canada, Maui and Europe.
Aside from starting on 2nd bone in 2018 with FAT Jazz, Rick also plays 2nd bone for the Sanctuary All-Stars and 1st chair for the Delta Concert Band.
Rick plays on a silver Yamaha YSL-354V valve trombone with a Yamaha 45C2 (12C) mouthpiece.
TROMBONE 3 - Ian Clemens
Ian Clemens has been playing the trombone since elementary school and enjoys playing in community bands like FAT Jazz.
He owns and plays a variety of trombones and mouthpieces and chooses the appropriate combination depending on the situation.
BASS TROMBONE - Bruce Flello
Bruce has been a trombonist and singer since aged 10. In his hometown, he played Principal Trombone with Prince George Symphony, and free-lanced as a performer. Moving to Vancouver in 1983, Bruce attended VCC, Douglas College, and UBC in Instrumental Music Performance. Bruce studied trombone with some of Canada’s
greats including Gordon Cherry (Vancouver Symphony), Dave Robbins (formerly with Harry James) and Ian McDougal (formerly with the Boss Brass). Bruce is also a graduate of the TREBAS Institute of Recording Arts receiving his Sound Engineer Certification in 1985. Bruce was a past member of FAT Jazz back in 1989, departing to create his own Big Band, The Bruce James Orchestra, in 1999. Bruce’s main passions are music, his family, travelling, camping, cuisine and skinny vanilla lattés
from Starbucks.
Bruce rejoined FAT Jazz in the Fall of 2024.