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 [a8422929]. He spent twenty five years with the [a835190] and had close associations with [a538821], [a833560], and [a224329] during those years. Bobo lived in Japan and taught at the [l966578] in Tokyo.