No one ever remembers the trumpet player. Oh sure you remember the sounds, You remember the enjoyment but if you see the trumpet player at your local Woolco you'll never recognize him. In an effort to stop this terrible miscarriage of justice we say - GO RENT THE MOVIE NOTHING IN COMMON. While you are listening to the music of the Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band take a look at that trumpet player making those great sounds. That's Mike Silverman, friend of Gabe Ward, the Hoosier Hot Shots museum, your old curator and, I'd be remiss if I didn't say so, one heck of a trumpet player.

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A native of Los Angeles, California, Mike started playing trumpet when he was 13. His first professional job was at the ripe old age of 14. Throughout high school and college (he earned a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics from the University of Southern California), Mike played with various dance bands in the Los Angeles area. At 18, he was playing jazz at a night club on the famed "Sunset Strip". A versatile musician, Mike is equally at home playing everything from dixieland and swing ballads, country and rock. Mike is also an accomplished guitarist and drummer, having played with the great Rex Stewart (of Duke Ellington fame). Mike has played with many Jazz greats, including Eddie Peabody, Peanuts Hucko, Matty Matlock, Tommy Newsom and Buddy Rich, and has worked with many top stars, including Jerry Lewis, Beatrice Kay and Joannie Sommers. In 1986, he made a guest appearance on the Johnny Carson "TONIGHT SHOW" with actor George Segal, keyboard artist Herbie Hancock, and an all-star jazz group. As co-leader of The Hot Frogs Jumping Jazz Band, a member of the Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band (Led by actor/trombonist Conrad Janis), and leader of his own dance band, Mike has performed in many countries around the world, recorded twenty albums, five full-length performance videos, and has appeared on many television and radio shows. He has also appeared in the movie "NOTHING IN COMMON" with Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason. After being featured on KNBC News, Mike was selected to perform with pop singer Michael Bolton and an all-star jazz group for President Clinton. Known for his repartee and showmanship on stage, Mike likes to have fun with jazz. But behind it all, Mike is an outstanding musician who is constantly striving for perfection. And now a word from the curator of the Hoosier Hot Shots Museum, "Great." And now for a couple more. Mike interest in the Hoosier Hot Shots, and particularly his association with Gabe Ward was how we met. The CD he sent soon made its way to KBRD radio here in Olympia and almost immediately the station manager was on the phone asking for more. Take a listen and I thnk you'll find yourself doing the same. An afterword. Mike died in June of 2003. . Mike's CDs are available at HezzieMusic Sales to the trade through Sagamore Records