Roger Bobo

(June 8, 1938, Los Angeles, California – February 12, 2023, Oaxaca, Mexico) American brass instrument player, teacher, and conductor who commissioned the first ever contrabass trumpet, designed by George Strucel. The contrabass trumpet is now owned by Bobo's ex-student Serge Gros. He spent twenty five years with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and had close associations with [a538821], [a833560], and André Previn during those years. Bobo lived in Japan and taught at the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo.