Marty
Eggers appeared at the Festival for years as the bassist with the Bo
Grumpus Trio. He has also appeared with the Tichenor Family Trio (Trebor
Tichenor, Virginia Tichenor, and Marty). He also performs as a solo pianist.
Martyis well
known on the West Coast as a top-notch ragtime pianist and bassist. Marty's
music career began in Sacramento where as a teenager he helped found the
Sacramento Ragtime Society in 1982. He has played with numerous San Francisco Bay
Area jazz and ragtime groups, most notably John Gill's San Francisco JazzBand
and the Black Diamond Jazz Band. His talent and versatility have led him
into several varied and prestigious engagements, from recording with traditional
jazz legend Bob Helm to touring Germany with Hal Smith's Rhythm Cats to
playing in backup bands for both Leon Redbone and Butch Thompson. Marty
is also a skilled composer and arranger of ragtime and traditional jazz. Terry Waldo describes Marty as having "..an encyclopedic knowledge of
the ragtime and early jazz repertoire ..." Marty is married to ragtime pianist Virginia Tichenor and is a past president
of the West Coast Ragtime Society.
Marty
Eggers appeared at the Festival for years as the bassist with the Bo
Grumpus Trio. He has also appeared with the Tichenor Family Trio (Trebor
Tichenor, Virginia Tichenor, and Marty). He also performs as a solo pianist.
Marty is well
known on the West Coast as a top-notch ragtime pianist and bassist. Marty's
music career began in Sacramento where as a teenager he helped found the
Sacramento Ragtime Society in 1982. He has played with numerous San Francisco Bay
Area jazz and ragtime groups, most notably John Gill's San Francisco JazzBand
and the Black Diamond Jazz Band. His talent and versatility have led him
into several varied and prestigious engagements, from recording with traditional
jazz legend Bob Helm to touring Germany with Hal Smith's Rhythm Cats to
playing in backup bands for both Leon Redbone and Butch Thompson. Marty
is also a skilled composer and arranger of ragtime and traditional jazz. Terry Waldo describes Marty as having "..an encyclopedic knowledge of
the ragtime and early jazz repertoire ..." Marty is married to ragtime pianist Virginia Tichenor and is a past president
of the West Coast Ragtime Society.