Steve Apple

Steve Apple started playing drums at the age of five on a "Tony the Tiger" drum set supplied by his very tolerant mother. At age 14 he started playing Traditional Jazz with the Churchill Street Jazz Band at Palo Alto High School and fell in love with the music. His early drumming influences were Davey Tough, Ray Bauduc and Gene Krupa, as well as later drummers Wayne Jones, Hal Smith and Eddie Torres. He¹s played with many Bay Area "Trad" and Swing bands including The Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, the Magnolia Jazz Band, Professor Plum¹s Jazz, Clint Baker's Jazz Band and others. Since 2011, he's been the drum instructor at the annual San Diego Adult Traditional Jazz Camp. Steve spent two years filling in for Beth Goodfellow with Gaucho starting in 2011 and enthusiastically became the regular drummer in 2013. He enjoys playing a supportive role for his band-mates and he LOVES playing for dancers.