Dave Eshelman (born 1948) is a jazz trombonist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. From 1984 to 2007, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at

California State University, East Bay California State University, East Bay (Cal State East Bay, CSU East Bay, or CSUEB) is a public university in Hayward, California. The university is part of the 23-campus California State University system and offers 136 undergraduate and 60 pos ...

, formerly Cal State Hayward. Eshelman has performed with jazz groups in the Bay Area and has worked as a featured soloist in the big bands of Ray Brown,

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. His arrangements have been performed by

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, Swedish Radio Orchestra, and the Airmen of Note. In collegiate jazz festivals the California State-East Bay Jazz Ensemble has won first place in over half of the contests it has entered. In 2003 the university named him Outstanding Professor of the Year, and in 2006 the California Music Educator's Association named him top collegiate music educator in the state for 2007. He was presented with the CMEA/John Swain College/University Educator Award March 15, 2007 at the CMEA State Conference Gala Awards Banquet in Ontario, California.

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Dave Eshelman's biography
from the CSUEB website {{DEFAULTSORT:Eshelman, Dave American jazz trombonists Male trombonists American jazz composers American male jazz composers 1948 births Living people California State University, East Bay faculty 21st-century trombonists 21st-century American male musicians

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