Brad Shigeta is a master Trombonist in Vancouver, British Columbia who studied with Jimmy Knepper, Count Basie Orchestra trombonist Benny Powell. He played for the Clifford Jordan Big Band, the Illinois Jacquet Big Band, the Dave Holland Big Band, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks and the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington.