Ron Wilkins

Big XII Conference Review

The following post includes a conference review written by James Decker. The Sixth Annual Big 12 Area Trombone Conference was held January 16 – 18 at Texas Tech University. The Conference’s guest artists were Jim Pugh, internationally acclaimed jazz artist; Debbie Taylor, Principal Trombonist of the New Mexico Symphony; and Brian Allen, jazz artist/composer/arranger. All...

Ron Wilkins Sent to Siberia

On March 6th, my compatriots (Joel Dilley-Bassist and Darren Kuper-Drummer) and I flew from San Antonio, TX to Moscow, Russia to perform with Internationally renowned classical and jazz pianist and recording artist, Valeri Grohovski. I met Valeri in 1991 when he was a visiting professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and was...

Ron Wilkins

As many of you know, Ron Wilkins was recently hospitalized due to problems with his kidneys. He has since returned home and his long-term prognosis is very good. In fact, he’s ready to start gigging again (but at a much slower clip — no more 3-4 gigs a day!). Like many musicians, Ron doesn’t have...