Accompaniment

Rich performs with a variety of local musicians who are all acclaimed entertainers in their own right.

Paul Gregg

If one word could describe Massachusetts born Paul Gregg, that word would be "flexible." With a musical career that started at a very early age, Paul traveled up and down the East Coast from Canada to the Bahamas before heading west to San Diego in 1974. While in San Diego, Paul has performed at various night clubs, restaurants and hotels steadily since 1974. Paul has played many high end venues, including country clubs, yacht clubs, and his sweet sounds on keys in the Great American Songbook are sought after for cocktail hour and private parties. His repertoire expands into the thousands. Some of the volunteer work Paul has done within the community includes backing up Frankie Lane and Eddie Fisher and generously donating his time to those less fortunate than himself. Paul plays several keyboards, including piano, synthesizer and organ. An accomplished singer in his own right, Paul can sing hundreds of sweet melodies from yesteryear, and frequently provides sweet back-up harmony vocals to Rich Sax.

Bob Tutelman

Bob Tutelman has been playing music all his life. Born and raised in New York City, his parents and siblings were also accomplished musicians. An engineering graduate of City College of New York and the University of Michigan, he spent his professional career working for Bell Labs and several San Diego area firms. He also spent 4-1/2 years as a Gentil Organisateur (Staff Member) for Club Med during the 70s, teaching skin diving and skiing, and playing sax in the resorts’ disco bands. During this period he enjoyed working in the Caribbean, the South Pacific, and Europe. Bob has been playing sax and clarinet with combos in San Diego for more than 30 years, and loves working with Rich Sax performing the hundreds of classics he knows from the Great American Songbook. He also was Director and first tenor saxophonist of the Swing Set big band in the late 70s and early 80s, and has played with the Moonlight Serenade Orchestra (MSO) big band since 2000. He has been Musical Director of the MSO since 2004. Bob also sings and plays guitar.

James Brown

James Brown, not to be confused with the “Godfather of Soul,” had a career lasting some thirty-three years serving a large telecommunications company. This enabled him to pursue the real passions in his life, Music, Theatre and the Arts. Starting as a child actor, he has performed in a wide variety of community and semi-professional theaters in the San Diego area. Leading roles included such productions as “Cyrano de Bergerac,” “The Music Man,” “The Lion in Winter,” and Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol.” His love of music led him to performing in numerous folk groups, vocal ensembles and dance bands for over forty years. As a composer, he arranged the score for a musical version of a Beatrix Potter story, which was performed in San Diego as well as in Northern California. He has also been an award-winning photographer who has been published in San Diego Magazine and in Western Photographer, and he directed an Award winning film which was shown on KPBS Television. James loves to provide the bass for the Rich Sax band and interact with the audience to make every performance a care free fun time for everyone.

Jim Johnson

Jim Johnson has been drumming in the San Diego area for many years, showing flexibility and versatility rarely found among musicians. He was the lead percussionist for the "Bobby Shawn Show" during the 70's, and then played with Bill Carter in a jazz band combo. Later he and Bill put together a show band called "Red Roof" and signed with the top booking agent in San Diego. He continued music with the blues band of "Tommy Paterson", Lady Star, Blue Diamond and countless others, culminating in a jazz group called "Just Us" which was a San Diego fixture for many years. His styles include straight ahead jazz, Blues, Caribbean, Bongos and Swing. He captures the perfect beat with Rich Sax performing jazz standards from the Great American Songbook. With an illustrious career in music, Jim has also devoted himself in the fine art of Hair Dressing since the 1970’s, and opened his own shop called "The Back Door".