Mike Rocha
Trumpet
About
Mike Rocha is a four-time Grammy-nominated trumpeter, composer, arranger, and educator based in Lodi, California. He holds the jazz soloist seat in Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band and has an extensive career as a Hollywood studio session trumpeter, with credits on films including "The Color Purple," "Ford v Ferrari," "Ralph Breaks the Internet," and "The Secret Life of Pets 2," as well as television shows including "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy." Rocha has performed or recorded with artists ranging from Christina Aguilera and Bob Dylan to the John Daversa Big Band and Postmodern Jukebox. He co-leads the Lappitt-Rocha Septet and is a Yamaha artist endorsee. Rocha teaches trumpet at San Joaquin Delta College and CSU Sacramento and runs The Mike Rocha Music Academy online.
Trivia
Mike Rocha's official bio on the Big Phat Band website describes him as a "Four-time Grammy-nominated and Internationally renowned trumpeter, expert arranger, and meme connoisseur." He released the Lappitt-Rocha Septet's debut album "First Take" on his birthday in 2018. In his free time, Rocha aspires to compete in chess tournaments, for which he practices daily on his iPhone.
Early Life
Mike Rocha grew up in a small town in the Sacramento area of California and first started playing trumpet at age nine. While still in junior high and high school, he performed with both the California All-State Honor Band and All-State Jazz Band, won concerto competitions, and led a Dixieland band called "The Barkin' Dawgs." He toured Brazil with the Sacramento Youth Symphony as principal trumpeter and toured Japan with the Monterey Next-Gen Band as lead trumpeter. Rocha earned a B.M. in Trumpet Performance magna cum laude from Berklee College of Music in 2007 and an M.F.A. in Jazz Studies and Composition from California Institute of the Arts. After Berklee, he toured 48 states, Canada, and Japan as jazz trumpeter with the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
Mike Rocha Solos
2024
Trumpet solo - Right On! - 2024
4/4 funk in B minor at 100 BPM
Trumpet solo - Lickity Split - 2024
4/4 funk in E minor at 126 BPM
Trumpet solo - We Got Somethin Goin On - 2024
4/4 funk in C minor at 93 BPM
Trumpet solo - She Absorbed Him - 2024
3/4 waltz in C minor at 174 BPM
Trumpet solo - With Passion And Wonder - 2024
4/4 ballad in A minor at 57 BPM
Trumpet solo - Eros at Eventide - 2024
4/4 ballad in B minor at 65 BPM
Trumpet solo - Prosper - 2024
4/4 funk in C minor at 80 BPM
Trumpet solo - Welcome to the Midst - 2024
6/8 funk in A minor at 211 BPM
Trumpet solo - Love On Lexington - 2024
4/4 swing in F minor at 194 BPM
Trumpet solo - In Turquoise Time - 2024
4/4 straight in C minor at 114 BPM
Trumpet solo - Grinder - 2024
4/4 funk in F minor at 89 BPM
Trumpet solo - Scatter Good Seed in The Fields - 2024
4/4 swing in E minor at 210 BPM